Floyd ] Cell  Score: 100, Turns: 317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Temple
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is the interior of a huge temple of primitive construction. A few
Floyd | flickering torches cast a sallow illumination over the altar, which,
Floyd | atop a row of stairs, is still drenched with the blood of human
Floyd | sacrifice. Behind the altar is an enormous statue of a demon which
Floyd | seems to reach towards you with dripping fangs and razor-sharp talons.
Floyd | Two open doorways lead out of the temple to the east and west, while
Floyd | two wooden doors stand at the north and south. A mass of hunched
Floyd | figures in the temple are chanting a haunting tune. They don't seem
Floyd | interested in your presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | A low noise begins behind you, and you turn to see hundreds of hunched
Floyd | and hairy shapes. A guttural chant issues from their throats. Near you
Floyd | stands a figure draped in a robe of deepest black, brandishing a
Floyd | vicious dagger. The chant grows louder as the robed figure approaches
Floyd | the altar. As the shapes grab you, the figure in black speaks: "Take
Floyd | the victim to the tower. I shall prepare for the sacrifice!" The
Floyd | figures, whose form you can barely guess, take you from here through
Floyd | the northern door and into a prison cell. They take your possessions
Floyd | from you and close the door with a crash!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is a small prison cell in the north tower of the temple. Hideous
Floyd | shapes can be seen through the iron-barred window in the prison door.
Floyd | From the temple, a bloodcurdling chant can be heard.
Floyd | The sun starts to set behind the Lonely Mountain in the west.
Floyd | The day is coming to an end earlier than you would have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "rezrov door" 		

Floyd ] Eastern Fork  Score: 100, Turns: 318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The locked cell door opens with a powerful snap! Unfortunately, the
Floyd | guards seem to have heard the snap and approach!
Floyd |
Floyd | A host of hunched and hairy shapes appear through the window. The cell
Floyd | door opens and you are marched solemnly to the temple and, from there,
Floyd | up the steps to the altar. The large, black figure approaches
Floyd | menacingly. He reaches into his cloak and pulls out a great, glowing
Floyd | dagger. He pulls you onto the altar, and with a murmur of approval
Floyd | from the throng, he plunges the blade into your heart!
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of
Floyd | a spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | You are at a fork in the road where paths to the northwest and
Floyd | southwest girdle the base of the Lonely Mountain and a smaller path
Floyd | winds its way to the east.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here.
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A small quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "ok"
		olethros says, "so, we didn't actually go through the junction this time"
		Jacqueline says, "No, I just cut to the chase."
		Jacqueline says, "But we can try that, too."
		olethros says, "no"
		olethros asks, "you just went to the temple?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I just wanted to see if the rezroving the door thing worked."
olethros says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		Jacqueline says, "I think we have firmly established that getting caught is Bad."
		Jacqueline says, "CF12 takes you to the gallery."
		BrianK says, "Yeah, it doesn't look like there's a way out of it"
olethros says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 308
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A battered lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   A worn silver spoon
Floyd |   A beautiful, ornamented egg
Floyd |   A jug
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "book" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There was no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "l at book" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L AT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The title is "My Spell Book". The book looks pretty new, and it
Floyd | doesn't seem to have much written in it yet. There are some spells
Floyd | written in the book in glowing letters, with marginal notes about how
Floyd | to cast them and what their effects are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The exex spell (make things move with greater speed).
Floyd | The vaxum spell (make a hostile creature your friend).
Floyd | The cleesh spell (change a creature into a small amphibian).
Floyd | The zifmia spell (magically summon a being).
Floyd | The krebf spell (repair willful damage).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The blorb spell (safely protect a small object as though in a strong
Floyd | box).
Floyd | The nitfol spell (converse with the beasts in their own tongue).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "we tried exexing ourselves?"
		olethros says, "dunno what we can zifmia"
		BrianK says, "Current puzzles: the control room with the giant hammer, the turtle, the translucent room, and the box in the closet"
		BrianK says, "and the adventurer in the mirror rooms"
		olethros says, "translucent room needs to be found"
		Roger says, "Oh we could cleesh the turtle. For some reason."
		Jacqueline says, "We exexed ourself to get past the hammer, then couldn't get back."
		olethros asks, "if exexed?"
		Roger says, "blorbing the brittle scroll might be fun"
		Jacqueline says, "We zimia'd the adventurer in the hall of mirrors, then followed him until we were caught by cultists."
		olethros asks, "can we frotz the walls of the maze?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, if you exex yourself and run through the hammers the machinery just speeds up to your speed."
		olethros says, "ok that explains the text"
		Roger says, "No we got stabbed by a different trap entirely"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		Jacqueline says, "There may be more to do with the adventurer, I guess."
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe we should mess with him more?"
		olethros says, "i distiinctly remember him helping me in some way"
		BrianK says, "Maybe we can cast vaxum on him"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't recall him being hostile, but sure."
		Jacqueline asks, "Someone else up for driving?"
		BrianK says, "I can do it"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh this is the gallery"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] South Hall  Score: 100, Turns: 313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | The damp corridor continues east and west from here. A dark and
Floyd | forbidding stairway leads down to the south. In addition, a narrow
Floyd | passage leads to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 100, Turns: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This dark and damp spot is at the base of the southwest tower of the
Floyd | castle. Two corridors lead off to the north and east. A winding
Floyd | staircase ascends into the tower.
Floyd | Bluebottles buzz up to you, and then away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] West Hall  Score: 100, Turns: 315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hall
Floyd | This narrow promenade stretches into darkness to the south and,
Floyd | through an archway, toward an open area to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside Gate  Score: 100, Turns: 316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | You are just inside what appears to be the main entrance to the
Floyd | castle. An iron gate, standing wide open, looms to the west. Through
Floyd | it, a narrow road can be seen winding through low, smoky hills. Before
Floyd | you, to the east, is a huge open courtyard. To the north and the south
Floyd | are archways leading to the interior of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Pebbled Path  Score: 100, Turns: 317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd | You are on a long pebbled path, stretching out to the north. To the
Floyd | south the path continues through an open arch into an open area.
Floyd | The sun starts to set behind the Lonely Mountain in the west.
Floyd | The day is coming to an end earlier than you would have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 100, Turns: 318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the northwest tower of the castle. A winding
Floyd | staircase leads up into the tower itself, and passages lead from here
Floyd | to the east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | This is the western end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN ZIFMIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd | From the other side of the "mirror" a bedraggled adventurer comes into
Floyd | view, carrying a brass lantern and an elvish sword, which is glowing
Floyd | dimly. He stops and stares in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VAXUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd | The adventurer, after checking his compass, walks off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Two  Score: 100, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | This is the western end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Two  Score: 100, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Three  Score: 100, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Four  Score: 100, Turns: 326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | This is the eastern end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd | From the other side of the "mirror" a bedraggled adventurer comes into
Floyd | view, carrying a brass lantern and an elvish sword, which is glowing
Floyd | dimly. He stops and stares in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Four  Score: 110, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ZIFMIA ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | All at once, the bedraggled adventurer appears before you, brightly
Floyd | glowing sword in hand. His jaw has dropped and his eyes are bulging.
Floyd | His eyes dart this way and that, as if looking for a way to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Four  Score: 110, Turns: 328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VAXUM ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, that seems to have worked"
		olethros says, "not sure what else to do with him"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe he helps us."
		BrianK says, "I probably should have typed brief beforehand since that was a whole lot of nothing"
		Jacqueline asks, "What could he help us with?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "adventurer, hello" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Four  Score: 110, Turns: 329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello. Nice to meet you."
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Maybe he'll give us his stuff"
		BrianK says, "Ah, he still starts wandering around"
		olethros says, "maybe we can order him"
		olethros says, "but I don't remember ever ordering him to do anything"
		olethros says, "i think he just reacts to some of the things we do"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Four  Score: 110, Turns: 330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A battered lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   A worn silver spoon
Floyd |   A beautiful, ornamented egg
Floyd |   A jug
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "and this is the 'easy' one, no?"
		olethros says, "(of the trilogy)"
		Jacqueline says, "He asked us what we need treasures for."
		Jacqueline asks, "What treasure do we have? The spoon?"
		olethros says, "guess we could give him the egg"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, duh. The egg."
		olethros says, "or spoon"
		Jacqueline says, "We've already used the egg, let's give him that to test it out"
		olethros asks, "w?"
		BrianK says, "Do you want to take over again"
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Three  Score: 110, Turns: 331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "he disappeared"
		Ellison says, "there was a puzzle or two I had to cheat on for this one. I thought Sorcerer was the easiest."
		olethros says, "oh we missed a turn with >i"
		BrianK says, "We spent a turn looking at inventory, so he's two turns away from us now yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Two  Score: 110, Turns: 332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | This is the western end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "damn it" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DAMN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see what you are referring to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the northwest tower of the castle. A winding
Floyd | staircase leads up into the tower itself, and passages lead from here
Floyd | to the east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | This is the western end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We could restore, then go back to the turn before summoning him and save."
olethros says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to eat?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "ok" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "ok".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "I have a feeling we will have to experiment with him a bit."
		olethros says, "do that please"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I can only go another 20 minutes."
		Jacqueline says, "Which is longer than we intended to play, fwiw."
		Jacqueline says, "But I am also okay with people continuing without me if we get to that spot and you all want to keep going."
		BrianK says, "All right"
		BrianK asks, "What save file was it again?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 308
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		BrianK says, "I'll drive to just before we summon the adventurer"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ] Gallery  Score: 100, Turns: 308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Brief descriptions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] South Hall  Score: 100, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 100, Turns: 310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] West Hall  Score: 100, Turns: 311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside Gate  Score: 100, Turns: 312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Pebbled Path  Score: 100, Turns: 313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 100, Turns: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 100, Turns: 315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN ZIFMIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 100, Turns: 316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VAXUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | From the other side of the "mirror" a bedraggled adventurer comes into
Floyd | view, carrying a brass lantern and an elvish sword, which is glowing
Floyd | dimly. He stops and stares in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf15" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 317
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "So zifmia adventurer, vaxum adventurer, and then give egg to adventurer?"
		olethros says, "perhaps"
		Roger says, "sure"
		olethros says, "that's our plan anyway"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ZIFMIA ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | All at once, the bedraggled adventurer appears before you, brightly
Floyd | glowing sword in hand. His jaw has dropped and his eyes are bulging.
Floyd | His eyes dart this way and that, as if looking for a way to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VAXUM ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give egg to adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE EGG TO ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer gratefully accepts the offer of the beautiful,
Floyd | ornamented egg. He is fascinated by its beauty and stops to thank you.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, he thinks you're evil. Or at least, his sword does. Huh"
		Jacqueline says, "He went the other way this time."
olethros says (to Floyd), "follow adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the northwest tower of the castle. A winding
Floyd | staircase leads up into the tower itself, and passages lead from here
Floyd | to the east and south.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a beautiful, ornamented egg, a sword, and a brass lantern. He
Floyd | seems pleased to see you and frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "he likes us"
olethros says (to Floyd), "follow adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | This is the western end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with
Floyd | tunnels, caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a beautiful, ornamented egg, a sword, and a brass lantern. He
Floyd | seems pleased to see you and frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "follow adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the northwest tower of the castle. A winding
Floyd | staircase leads up into the tower itself, and passages lead from here
Floyd | to the east and south.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a beautiful, ornamented egg, a sword, and a brass lantern. He
Floyd | seems pleased to see you and frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer tries to make some small talk, but he only mumbles.
Floyd | He'll have to speak up if he expects you to hear him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "ask adventurer about warlock" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT WARLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "about".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "tell adventurer about warlock" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL ADVENTURER ABOUT WARLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "about".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is pre-ASK/TELL"
olethros says (to Floyd), "talk to adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer looks at you expectantly, as though he thought you were
Floyd | about to talk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, go to the door"
		Jacqueline says, "The guarded door"
olethros says (to Floyd), "adventurer, follow me" 		

Floyd ] Tower  Score: 110, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, but I've got better things to do than follow you."
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		olethros asks, "hm?"
		BrianK says, "Wow, rude."
		Jacqueline says, "Hella rude, yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "follow adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Pebbled Path  Score: 110, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd | You are on a long pebbled path, stretching out to the north. To the
Floyd | south the path continues through an open arch into an open area.
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a beautiful, ornamented egg, a sword, and a brass lantern. He
Floyd | seems pleased to see you and frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "follow adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Inside Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | You are just inside what appears to be the main entrance to the
Floyd | castle. An iron gate, standing wide open, looms to the west. Through
Floyd | it, a narrow road can be seen winding through low, smoky hills. Before
Floyd | you, to the east, is a huge open courtyard. To the north and the south
Floyd | are archways leading to the interior of the castle.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a beautiful, ornamented egg, a sword, and a brass lantern. He
Floyd | seems pleased to see you and frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer waves at you and asks "Hello, Sailor?" Strange, you've
Floyd | never even been to sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "dunno... hm, there was something about it..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "adventurer, hello" 		

Floyd ] Inside Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello. Nice to meet you."
Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you like an idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "there were 1-2 things he could do"
		BrianK says, "Is that "he smiles like you like [he's] an idiot" or "he smiles at you like [you're] an idiot""
		olethros says, "first"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think it's the first one."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "adventurer, help me" 		

Floyd ] Inside Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, HELP ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "help".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm"
		olethros says, "aha"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh?"
		olethros says, "I think you just 'show egg' to adventurer"
		olethros says, "and then he follows you"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that could work."
		olethros says, "or maybe I'm mistaken"
		Jacqueline says, "He clearly likes treasure."
		BrianK says, "All right, let's try that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf15" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 100, Turns: 317
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "is there something we could plausibly ask him to do, otherwise?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ZIFMIA ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | All at once, the bedraggled adventurer appears before you, brightly
Floyd | glowing sword in hand. His jaw has dropped and his eyes are bulging.
Floyd | His eyes dart this way and that, as if looking for a way to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VAXUM ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "show egg to adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors One  Score: 110, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes light up at the sight of the beautiful, ornamented egg.
Floyd | The adventurer eyes your possessions intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "That seems promising."
		Jacqueline asks, "Now, where to lead him?"
		olethros asks, "critters, or hammers?"
		Jacqueline says, "My only idea was the door. Or maybe the turtle? Oh, or yeah, the hammers."
		olethros asks, "or opening a bigass door?"
		BrianK says, "Well, let's see if he follows us first"
		olethros says, "point"
		BrianK says, "Should I do >adventurer, follow me first"
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		Jacqueline says, "Just go."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Two  Score: 110, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer offers to relieve you of some of your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "BING!"
		Jacqueline says, "Although maybe it would have worked either way."
		BrianK says, "All righty then"
		Jacqueline asks, "Which thing do we want to try?"
		BrianK says, "The guarded door is the closest"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Three  Score: 110, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer, not overly tactful, asks to see what you're holding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Mirrors Four  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer, not overly tactful, asks to see what you're holding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] North Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This small open area stands at the old north gate of the castle, now
Floyd | badly rusted. Through the gate, a forest can be seen. To the west, a
Floyd | hall glows with light, and to the south, the dark castle can be
Floyd | reentered. A narrow passage to the east leads to the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer offers to relieve you of some of your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer glances around the room in a businesslike way and makes
Floyd | a few notes on his map.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd | A more incongruous place than this would be difficult to believe. The
Floyd | room itself is nothing more than a small room at the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower with a narrow passageway entering from the west.
Floyd | Standing in front of you to the north, however, is a door surpassing
Floyd | anything you could have imagined. For starters, its massive lock is
Floyd | wrapped in a dozen six-inch thick iron chains. In addition, a certain
Floyd | five-headed monster sporting razor-sharp spears for tongues seems to
Floyd | be imbedded within its heavy oak frame. One is almost embarrassed to
Floyd | mention the gargoyles spewing flame and sulphurous ash which ornament
Floyd | either side of the door, or the ninety-seven slimy groping tentacles
Floyd | which taunt you ever closer to certain death. A sign, floating
Floyd | serenely above the door and glowing hideously in purple letters,
Floyd | offers the following rude understatement: "Don't Bother".
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh no, he's gone"
		BrianK ( my bad
		Jacqueline says, "I'd like to see his map."
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] North Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This small open area stands at the old north gate of the castle, now
Floyd | badly rusted. Through the gate, a forest can be seen. To the west, a
Floyd | hall glows with light, and to the south, the dark castle can be
Floyd | reentered. A narrow passage to the east leads to the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the gate, heading to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Forest  Score: 110, Turns: 328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | You are in a dark forest, just north of a rusted gate. Except to the
Floyd | east and south, the forest is thick all around you.
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Swamp  Score: 110, Turns: 329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Swamp
Floyd | You are in a thick forest shading into a deep and miasmic swamp. The
Floyd | ground is very wet and boggy here, and footing is treacherous. Lily
Floyd | pads cover the surface of the water, and frogs abound. Things look
Floyd | drier to the west.
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The sounds of frogs and other swamp dwellers fill the air.
Floyd | The adventurer pulls out his map, a convoluted collection of lines,
Floyd | arrows, and boxes, and checks it briefly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Forest  Score: 110, Turns: 330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | You are in a dark forest, just north of a rusted gate. Except to the
Floyd | east and south, the forest is thick all around you.
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer eyes your possessions intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] North Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This small open area stands at the old north gate of the castle, now
Floyd | badly rusted. Through the gate, a forest can be seen. To the west, a
Floyd | hall glows with light, and to the south, the dark castle can be
Floyd | reentered. A narrow passage to the east leads to the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd | A more incongruous place than this would be difficult to believe. The
Floyd | room itself is nothing more than a small room at the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower with a narrow passageway entering from the west.
Floyd | Standing in front of you to the north, however, is a door surpassing
Floyd | anything you could have imagined. For starters, its massive lock is
Floyd | wrapped in a dozen six-inch thick iron chains. In addition, a certain
Floyd | five-headed monster sporting razor-sharp spears for tongues seems to
Floyd | be imbedded within its heavy oak frame. One is almost embarrassed to
Floyd | mention the gargoyles spewing flame and sulphurous ash which ornament
Floyd | either side of the door, or the ninety-seven slimy groping tentacles
Floyd | which taunt you ever closer to certain death. A sign, floating
Floyd | serenely above the door and glowing hideously in purple letters,
Floyd | offers the following rude understatement: "Don't Bother".
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer eyes your possessions intently.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So much for my guarded door idea."
		olethros says, "ok, we're back"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 332
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "f adventurer, open door?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, or maybe not? What're you thinking?"
		Jacqueline says (to o), "Sure. Why not."
olethros says (to Floyd), "adventurer, open door" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 145, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you motion toward the monstrous door, the adventurer follows the
Floyd | imaginary line which proceeds thence from your outstretched arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seemingly fearless adventurer shrugs and walks purposefully toward
Floyd | the door, ignoring all harm to his person in the form of knives,
Floyd | tentacles, and molten lead. As three buckets of the latter pour over
Floyd | his head, he casts you a perplexed look.
Floyd | "Did you try the doorknob?" he asks, as twenty-seven knives delicately
Floyd | skewer him.
Floyd | Before you can answer, he reaches for one of the gargoyle heads which,
Floyd | by sheerest coincidence, has just flooded him in red-orange flame, and
Floyd | turns it gently.
Floyd | "I think it's unlocked," he says, stoically ignoring the host of
Floyd | human-sized rats which feed on his incinerated torso.
Floyd | His left hand, broken and bloodied, pulls at the gargoyle head.
Floyd | "I'm going on ahead!" he cries, opening a simple wooden door.
Floyd | Wooden door? You rub your eyes for a moment and look again as he goes
Floyd | through it. Yes, just a plain wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		BrianK says, "Wow"
		olethros says, "seems like it was an illusion"
		BrianK says, "That was amazing"
		Jacqueline says, "So, yeah. Wow."
		olethros says, "high five"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing that is his purpose."
		Jacqueline says, "high five back"
		olethros says, "I guess we can save at this high note"
		BrianK says, "high fives all around"
		Jacqueline says, "So, um, yeah, I guess I'll stick around a few."
		Jacqueline says, "Crikey"
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "This only reveals one room, let's see what it is."
		BrianK says, "Well, we saved just a turn earlier so it's fine"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Map Room
Floyd | This room in the high tower appears to be a map room, with hundreds of
Floyd | ancient maps covering the walls. A huge globe, made of gold, sits on a
Floyd | pedestal in the center of the room. Through the tower windows can be
Floyd | seen a vast forest stretching out to the northeast and the sea,
Floyd | covered in fog, to the east and south. Stairs to the south lead to the
Floyd | bottom of the tower.
Floyd | Lying on the floor is a purple scroll.
Floyd | In one corner of the room is a badly worn pencil, inscribed with
Floyd | runes.
Floyd | Lying on the ground is an old parchment map.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "ok, now we can give him the egg for the map"
olethros says (to Floyd), "ask adventurer for map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ADVENTURER FOR MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the map anyway, hands it
Floyd | to you gladly.
Floyd | The adventurer waves at you and asks "Hello, Sailor?" Strange, you've
Floyd | never even been to sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Or we can just have it"
		olethros says, "oh right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The map consists of a drawing with nine points, each represented by a
Floyd | strange character, with interconnecting thin pencil lines. Using your
Floyd | native alphabet, it looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd | B       J
Floyd | !      / \
Floyd | !     /   \
Floyd | !    /     \
Floyd | !   K       V
Floyd | !          / \
Floyd | !         /   \
Floyd | !        /     \
Floyd | R-------M       F
Floyd |  \     /
Floyd |   \   /
Floyd |    \ /
Floyd |     H       P
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hello, sailor" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELLO, SAILOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "sailor".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "That is the translucent room area."
		BrianK says, "That explains the letters"
		olethros says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take pencil" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PENCIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your exhaustion.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the south, coming
Floyd | through the simple wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let's check out the purple scroll, too"
		Jacqueline says, "We probably don't need everything."
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah, we were hit by daemons earlier"
		Jacqueline asks, "What have we go?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A battered lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   A worn silver spoon
Floyd |   A beautiful, ornamented egg
Floyd |   A jug
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd | The adventurer looks at you as if seeing you for the first time. It's
Floyd | not clear that he likes what he sees, either.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the purple scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "er, got"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Ack!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Friendly him and get the scroll!"
		olethros asks, "the translucent map is the same info as the invisiclues one, no?"
		Jacqueline says, "Is it, yeah."
		BrianK says, "Well, I think we can literally write on the map and create a new passage"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "With thpencil!"
		olethros says, "oh!"
		Jacqueline says, "er, the pencil! Sorry, was excited."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. But I'm worried about the purple scroll."
		BrianK says, "The only problem is inventory issues"
		Jacqueline says, "I doubt we need the egg anymore now."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop egg" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd | The adventurer waves his sword menacingly in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VAXUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up some objects and seems pleased
Floyd | by his discovery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VAXUM ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer, not overly tactful, asks to see what you're holding.
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, whoops"
		BrianK says, "You can keep driving"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask adventurer for scroll" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ADVENTURER FOR SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the purple scroll
Floyd | anyway, hands it to you gladly.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We... we could frotz anything, right? We don't have to carry the lamp, do we?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "learn frotz" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN FROTZ
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the frotz spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, we can gnusto the scroll to get rid of it"
		Jacqueline asks, "What should we frotz?"
		BrianK says, "assuming there's a spell on it"
		olethros asks, "the spellbook?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "frotz spellbook" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "spellbook".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "frotz spell book" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ SPELL BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an almost blinding flash of light as the spell book begins to
Floyd | glow! It slowly fades to a less painful level, but the spell book is
Floyd | now quite usable as a light source.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop lamp" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x purple" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PURPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at purple" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 346
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT PURPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "filfre spell: create gratuitous fireworks".
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		BrianK says, "I'm not sure what that could be used for"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "gnusto filfre" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO FILFRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. In a spectacular effort of
Floyd | magic, the powers of the gnusto spell attempt to copy the filfre spell
Floyd | into your book, but the spell is too long, too complicated, and too
Floyd | powerful. The glow fades, but fortunately the purple scroll remains
Floyd | intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Yeah, me neither."
		olethros says, "and it's not copyable either"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and it is also - yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take pencil" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PENCIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any pencil here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A purple scroll
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A worn silver spoon
Floyd |   A jug
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "but I think we need it for something"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did he take it? The pencil?"
		BrianK asks, "take pencil, draw on map?"
		BrianK says, "Oh no the adventurer may have taken it"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask adventurer for pencil" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ADVENTURER FOR PENCIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any pencil here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "crap."
		Jacqueline scrolls back.
		Jacqueline | The adventurer stoops over and picks up some objects and seems pleased by his discovery.
olethros says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 349
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Map Room
Floyd | This room in the high tower appears to be a map room, with hundreds of
Floyd | ancient maps covering the walls. A huge globe, made of gold, sits on a
Floyd | pedestal in the center of the room. Through the tower windows can be
Floyd | seen a vast forest stretching out to the northeast and the sea,
Floyd | covered in fog, to the east and south. Stairs to the south lead to the
Floyd | bottom of the tower.
Floyd | There is a battered lantern here (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "hm"
		Jacqueline says, "I kind of want to restore to just before we came into this room."
		olethros says, "fine let's do it"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Things got a little chaotic after that."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 332
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "adventurer, open door" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 145, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you motion toward the monstrous door, the adventurer follows the
Floyd | imaginary line which proceeds thence from your outstretched arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seemingly fearless adventurer shrugs and walks purposefully toward
Floyd | the door, ignoring all harm to his person in the form of knives,
Floyd | tentacles, and molten lead. As three buckets of the latter pour over
Floyd | his head, he casts you a perplexed look.
Floyd | "Did you try the doorknob?" he asks, as twenty-seven knives delicately
Floyd | skewer him.
Floyd | Before you can answer, he reaches for one of the gargoyle heads which,
Floyd | by sheerest coincidence, has just flooded him in red-orange flame, and
Floyd | turns it gently.
Floyd | "I think it's unlocked," he says, stoically ignoring the host of
Floyd | human-sized rats which feed on his incinerated torso.
Floyd | His left hand, broken and bloodied, pulls at the gargoyle head.
Floyd | "I'm going on ahead!" he cries, opening a simple wooden door.
Floyd | Wooden door? You rub your eyes for a moment and look again as he goes
Floyd | through it. Yes, just a plain wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Map Room
Floyd | This room in the high tower appears to be a map room, with hundreds of
Floyd | ancient maps covering the walls. A huge globe, made of gold, sits on a
Floyd | pedestal in the center of the room. Through the tower windows can be
Floyd | seen a vast forest stretching out to the northeast and the sea,
Floyd | covered in fog, to the east and south. Stairs to the south lead to the
Floyd | bottom of the tower.
Floyd | Lying on the floor is a purple scroll.
Floyd | In one corner of the room is a badly worn pencil, inscribed with
Floyd | runes.
Floyd | Lying on the ground is an old parchment map.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | pedestal: You can't be serious.
Floyd | maps: Most of the maps are murals painted onto the walls. The others
Floyd | are securely mounted.
Floyd | purple scroll: Taken.
Floyd | badly worn pencil: Taken.
Floyd | map: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the south, coming
Floyd | through the simple wooden door.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Great. He's gone."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait. He's not."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nope, he's here again" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOPE, HE'S HERE AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "nope".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah whoops my bad"
		olethros says, "too many things in our inventory"
		olethros says, "drop egg, ask for map"
		BrianK says, "Sure"
olethros says (to Floyd), "drop egg" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the beautiful, ornamented egg
Floyd | and seems pleased by his discovery.
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "ask adventurer for map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ADVENTURER FOR MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the map anyway, hands it
Floyd | to you gladly.
Floyd | The adventurer stares at his possessions as if expecting a revelation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "All right, I think we have everything"
		olethros says, "ok, I think we're good"
		Jacqueline asks, "Try the pencil thing?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw on map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAW ON MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't draw on it arbitrarily. Rather, the pencil seems to home in
Floyd | on various points on the map, daring you to draw a line between them.
Floyd | The adventurer looks at you as if seeing you for the first time. It's
Floyd | not clear that he likes what he sees, either.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let's actually go there."
		olethros says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, to F"
		BrianK says, "Wait, does that mean the line is actually drawn"
		Jacqueline says, "Not yet, I don't think."
		Jacqueline asks, "My guess is we'll have to draw line from F to P or something?"
		olethros says, "yeah we just need to draw from F to P or something"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line on map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAW LINE ON MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't draw on it arbitrarily. Rather, the pencil seems to home in
Floyd | on various points on the map, daring you to draw a line between them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from f to p" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAW LINE FROM F TO P
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil
Floyd | point is very nearly gone.
Floyd | You feel that two powerful, evil forces are searching each other out.
Floyd | As they meet, the air lightens. Belboz appears before you. "Something
Floyd | has disturbed the ancient Terror. Krill himself knows this and will
Floyd | try to use it to his purposes. Already, they may have joined together.
Floyd | You must not allow the Terror to escape, or we are all doomed!" He
Floyd | fades into the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Um"
		olethros says, "oops we have unleashed the ancient terror"
		BrianK says, "OK, so, I think that's where the ancient terror was sealed"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are these two things actually connected?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not necessarily."
Allen arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "I mean, maybe they are."
		BrianK says, "I think they might be"
		BrianK asks, "Is this something we should have been trying to avoid?"
		BrianK says, "Or is it just a plot point that we need to hit before proceeding"
		olethros says, "I dunno - let's go and check the ancient terror out"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's something we have to do, probably."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's go P, yeah."
		olethros says, "i think we need to draw a specific line"
		olethros says, "put some trap in one of the rooms"
		olethros asks, "can we also erase lines?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "erase line from V to F" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ERASE LINE FROM V TO F
Floyd |
Floyd | The line between the two spots is erased, leaving the eraser barely
Floyd | usable.
Floyd | From somewhere nearby, an unseen force probes you, and you are gripped
Floyd | by a sickening feeling.
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, olethros, you think we drew the wrong line?"
		olethros says, "yes, ok"
		BrianK says, "well, um"
		BrianK says, "We'll probably have to restore now"
		Jacqueline says, ";We should have probably saved before this."
		olethros says, "so now the horror is trapped somewhere else"
		Jacqueline says, "But oh well."
		olethros says, "yeah, I think the idea is you trap the horror in F"
		olethros says, "and then you make another link to P"
		BrianK says, "How many lines are we given"
		olethros says, "2 draws and 2 erases"
		olethros says, "(as far as I Can tell from the messages)"
		BrianK says, "If we're restoring anyway, may as well check the limits"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from M to P" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAW LINE FROM M TO P
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil
Floyd | point is gone.
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "erase line from m to p" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ERASE LINE FROM M TO P
Floyd |
Floyd | The line between the two spots is erased, leaving the eraser not fit
Floyd | for use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah, you're right"
		BrianK says, "OK, I'm gonna restore and go through all that stuff again"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 110, Turns: 332
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "adventurer, open door" 		

Floyd ] Guarded Door  Score: 145, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ADVENTURER, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you motion toward the monstrous door, the adventurer follows the
Floyd | imaginary line which proceeds thence from your outstretched arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seemingly fearless adventurer shrugs and walks purposefully toward
Floyd | the door, ignoring all harm to his person in the form of knives,
Floyd | tentacles, and molten lead. As three buckets of the latter pour over
Floyd | his head, he casts you a perplexed look.
Floyd | "Did you try the doorknob?" he asks, as twenty-seven knives delicately
Floyd | skewer him.
Floyd | Before you can answer, he reaches for one of the gargoyle heads which,
Floyd | by sheerest coincidence, has just flooded him in red-orange flame, and
Floyd | turns it gently.
Floyd | "I think it's unlocked," he says, stoically ignoring the host of
Floyd | human-sized rats which feed on his incinerated torso.
Floyd | His left hand, broken and bloodied, pulls at the gargoyle head.
Floyd | "I'm going on ahead!" he cries, opening a simple wooden door.
Floyd | Wooden door? You rub your eyes for a moment and look again as he goes
Floyd | through it. Yes, just a plain wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Map Room
Floyd | This room in the high tower appears to be a map room, with hundreds of
Floyd | ancient maps covering the walls. A huge globe, made of gold, sits on a
Floyd | pedestal in the center of the room. Through the tower windows can be
Floyd | seen a vast forest stretching out to the northeast and the sea,
Floyd | covered in fog, to the east and south. Stairs to the south lead to the
Floyd | bottom of the tower.
Floyd | Lying on the floor is a purple scroll.
Floyd | In one corner of the room is a badly worn pencil, inscribed with
Floyd | runes.
Floyd | Lying on the ground is an old parchment map.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop egg" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the south, coming
Floyd | through the simple wooden door.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the beautiful, ornamented egg
Floyd | and seems pleased by his discovery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | adventurer: You can't be serious.
Floyd | pedestal: No spell would help with that!
Floyd | maps: Most of the maps are murals painted onto the walls. The others
Floyd | are securely mounted.
Floyd | purple scroll: Taken.
Floyd | badly worn pencil: Taken.
Floyd | map: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your exhaustion.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the south, coming
Floyd | through the simple wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I dropped the egg B( why can't we take the map this time"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A purple scroll
Floyd |   A battered lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   A worn silver spoon
Floyd |   A jug
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd | The adventurer looks at you as if seeing you for the first time. It's
Floyd | not clear that he likes what he sees, either.
Floyd | The adventurer stares at his possessions as if expecting a revelation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VAXUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VAXUM ADVENTURER
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer offers to relieve you of some of your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ask adventurer for map" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ADVENTURER FOR MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the map anyway, hands it
Floyd | to you gladly.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A purple scroll
Floyd |   A battered lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   A worn silver spoon
Floyd |   A jug
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "ok, let's go to the translucent stuff and save there"
		BrianK says, "Apparently we can get around inventory limits by getting the adventurer to give us stuff"
		BrianK asks, "Jacq, are you still here?"
		Jacqueline says, "I am"
		Jacqueline says, "Though I am eating lunch and watching."
		BrianK says, "All right"
		Jacqueline says, "I have an appointment in a bit where I will definitely have to leave, but can watch for a few."
		BrianK says, "I kind of feel like saving the translucent room stuff for next time"
		olethros says, "ok then save and bye"
		BrianK says, "Since I figure we'll have to fiddle with it for longer than we have time to"
		olethros says, "it was not difficult, I think, but yeah, it's late"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "translucent" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That was fun, everyone"
		BrianK exclaims, "Thanks!"
		Roger says, "woot"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks all. See you next time."
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
BrianK goes home. 		
Amber has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Lionheart arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Lionheart has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Allen has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
olethros says, "seems I need to reb00t" 		
olethros was told that in order to be published he had to cut his hair and sing in Swedish. 		
Khalisar goes home. 		
Oreolek arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Oreolek orders the storyharp to play. The harp immediately leaps over to a dirt field and works its way back and forth over the soil, creating freshly-plowed furrows. Time to plant! 		
Oreolek has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
zarf arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
zarf says (to floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "help".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "/help" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > /HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Valid commands are:
Floyd | /help
Floyd | /info
Floyd | /predictable
Floyd | /recstart
Floyd | /recstop
Floyd | /fileinput
Floyd | /config
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "/hi" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > /HI
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "/hi".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "hi" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HI
Floyd |
Floyd | Good day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "\hi" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > \HI
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "\hi".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "$hi" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > $HI
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "$hi".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ] Map Room  Score: 145, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 145 of a possible 400, in 343 moves.
Floyd | This puts you in the class of Novice Enchanter.

		
		
*** THIRD SESSION *** 		
		Allen asks, "have we not done Enchanter recently?"
		Allen says, "oh, continuation"
		BrianK says, "We never finished"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "translucent" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "hm"
		BrianK says, "I could've sworn that was the file we saved at"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "translucent" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "well this is awkward"
		Allen says, "let me see if I have it saved"
		Allen says, "I mean in my logs"
		Allen says, "if not, I know Enchanter to a degree that I can get you back to where you want to go very quickly"
		Roger says, "Maybe we should have a signable here to update with the last save name"
		| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save"
		Allen | Floyd | >
		Allen | Floyd | > SAVE
		Allen | Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
		| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "translucent"
		Allen | Floyd ] <i>Map Room</i> Score: 145, Turns: 342
		Allen | Floyd | > SAVEOk.
		Allen | Floyd |
		Allen | Floyd | >
		Allen | [clubfloyd] BrianK says, "That was fun, everyone"
		Allen | [clubfloyd] BrianK exclaims, "Thanks!"
		Roger says, "There's some particular syntax to load, I seem to recall"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore translucent" 		

Floyd | That sentence isn't one I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "At least I know I didn't just forget"
		Allen says, "yeah"
		Allen asks, "want me to see how fast I can rip through it??"
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Fork
Floyd | You stand at a point of decision on a road which makes a wide fork to
Floyd | the northeast and southeast, circling the base of the Lonely Mountain,
Floyd | which looms high overhead to the east. A very long and winding road
Floyd | starts here and stretches out of sight to the west through low, smoky
Floyd | hills.
Floyd | The sun is rising over the lands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Do you remember everything we did? :P"
		Allen says, "you may need to tell me, but I played the HECK out of this game in 84-85"
Allen says (to Floyd), "ne.nw.open oven" 		

Floyd | Outside of Shack
Floyd | You are south of an old wooden shack, apparently deserted. The trail
Floyd | extends from northeast to southwest here, circling the Lonely Mountain,
Floyd | which lies to the southeast.
Floyd | The sun is rising over the lands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Inside Shack
Floyd | The inside of the shack is a shambles. An overturned table and bench,
Floyd | and a few broken windows remain. An oven is the only fixture that's
Floyd | even recognizable. The door is to the south.
Floyd | The top of a battered lantern is partially visible behind the
Floyd | overturned table.
Floyd | An empty jug lies in a corner of the room, against the overturned
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd | Opening the oven reveals a loaf of bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get lamp, jug, bread" 		

Floyd | battered lantern: Taken.
Floyd | jug: Taken.
Floyd | loaf of bread: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "out.ne.se.ne" 		

Floyd | Outside of Shack
Floyd |
Floyd | Trail
Floyd | The trail turns a corner here, bending out of sight to the southeast
Floyd | and southwest. The ground is higher here than to the south, allowing
Floyd | you to make out the top of the Lonely Mountain, shrouded in clouds. No
Floyd | path from here leads up the mountain, however.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trail Head
Floyd | You are on the northeast side of the Lonely Mountain, walking a narrow
Floyd | path through rolling hills. On one side of the path is a sign and
Floyd | behind that, to the northeast, a winding path through the thick
Floyd | undergrowth. The trail continues to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shady Brook
Floyd | The trail ends here. A ruined stone foundation marks the site of the
Floyd | Old Lingolf House, which presumably was a monument of some sort. The
Floyd | trail head is off to the southwest, and a small brook flows slowly by.
Floyd | The sun has now risen above the hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well we definitely did all of the mountain area so"
Allen says (to Floyd), "fill jug" 		

Floyd | The jug is now full of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "sw.se.sw.in" 		

Floyd | Trail Head
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | You are at a fork in the road where paths to the northwest and
Floyd | southwest girdle the base of the Lonely Mountain and a smaller path
Floyd | winds its way to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Outskirts
Floyd | You are on a road which enters a small village to the southwest and
Floyd | comes to a fork to the northeast. The Lonely Mountain looms above but
Floyd | there is no path from here which ascends the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Deserted Village
Floyd | This is the castle's village. Formerly, peasants lived here, going to
Floyd | their farm plots each day. Merchants and artisans made it a center of
Floyd | cultural activity. But now it's deserted. Or almost: there is smoke
Floyd | rising from a particularly decrepit hovel to the south. A path travels
Floyd | through the village from southwest to northeast, heading towards the
Floyd | castle, and a less-used trail heads north up the mountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | It is dark and smoky in here, but this is a place of great disorder,
Floyd | and its odor is indescribable. A pile of rags sits near a small pot
Floyd | which is bubbling and steaming over a tiny fire. The pile of rags
Floyd | sports a gnarled hand which busies itself with the noisome stew. A
Floyd | closer look reveals a withered crone at the other end of the hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature looks you over keenly and speaks: "I should have thought
Floyd | they would send someone more ... more ..." She laughs in an unsettling
Floyd | way. "They've all left! A great storm is brewing in the east, my
Floyd | friend, and all have fled before it!" She starts to chuckle. "Take this
Floyd | and begone!" With a wave of her hand, you find yourself reeling out of
Floyd | the door of the hovel, holding some sort of scroll in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "gnusto rezrov.ne.ne.e.e.learn rezrov. rezrov gate" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the rezrov spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Road
Floyd | You are on an east-west road, which wends its way through the dark,
Floyd | rolling hills of this land. To the west rises a high mountain, to the
Floyd | east stands a high castle with dark towers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | You are outside the western entrance to the castle. To the east stands
Floyd | an iron gate which is closed and chained. A winding road starts here
Floyd | and proceeds to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chains of the iron gate fly into the air and vanish. The gate flies
Floyd | open and a blast of cold air fills your lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "this is intense"
BrianK clears the save counter. 		Allen asks, "have you done the egg?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "yep"
		BrianK says, "uh, we hit up the egg and the swamp in the top area"
Allen says (to Floyd), "e.n.n.u.get egg.learn rezrov.rezrov egg.d.e.e.e.e.n.e" 		

Floyd | As you pass through the gate, you feel that your mind is being probed.
Floyd | After a moment, it is released or, perhaps, discarded as uninteresting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | You are just inside what appears to be the main entrance to the castle.
Floyd | An iron gate, standing wide open, looms to the west. Through it, a
Floyd | narrow road can be seen winding through low, smoky hills. Before you,
Floyd | to the east, is a huge open courtyard. To the north and the south are
Floyd | archways leading to the interior of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd | You are on a long pebbled path, stretching out to the north. To the
Floyd | south the path continues through an open arch into an open area.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pitch black and there is evil in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jewel Room
Floyd | This fabulous room commands a magnificent view of the Lonely Mountain
Floyd | which lies to the north and west. The room itself is filled with
Floyd | beautiful chests and cabinets which once contained precious jewels and
Floyd | other objets d'art. These are empty. Winding stone stairs lead down to
Floyd | the base of the tower.
Floyd | There is an ornamented egg here, both beautiful and complex. It is
Floyd | carefully crafted and bears further examination.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg seems to come to life and each piece slides effortlessly in the
Floyd | correct pattern. The egg opens, revealing a shredded scroll inside,
Floyd | nestled among a profusion of shredders, knives, and other sharp
Floyd | instruments, cunningly connected to the knobs, buttons, etc. on the
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pitch black and there is evil in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no! Something slithered alongside you and feasted on your person!
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here.
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "crap"
		Allen says, "forgot to frotz something"
Allen says (to Floyd), "restore" 		Allen asks, "how do you restore?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blah" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | You are outside the western entrance to the castle. To the east stands
Floyd | an iron gate which is wide open. A winding road starts here and
Floyd | proceeds to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I think we have undo but anyway"
		BrianK says, ""push restore" restores the latest one"
Allen says (to Floyd), "frotz jug" 		

Floyd | There is an almost blinding flash of light as the jug begins to glow!
Floyd | It slowly fades to a less painful level, but the jug is now quite
Floyd | usable as a light source.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e.n.n.u." 		

Floyd | As you pass through the gate, you feel that your mind is being probed.
Floyd | After a moment, it is released or, perhaps, discarded as uninteresting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | You are just inside what appears to be the main entrance to the castle.
Floyd | An iron gate, standing wide open, looms to the west. Through it, a
Floyd | narrow road can be seen winding through low, smoky hills. Before you,
Floyd | to the east, is a huge open courtyard. To the north and the south are
Floyd | archways leading to the interior of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd | You are on a long pebbled path, stretching out to the north. To the
Floyd | south the path continues through an open arch into an open area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the northwest tower of the castle. A winding
Floyd | staircase leads up into the tower itself, and passages lead from here
Floyd | to the east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jewel Room
Floyd | This fabulous room commands a magnificent view of the Lonely Mountain
Floyd | which lies to the north and west. The room itself is filled with
Floyd | beautiful chests and cabinets which once contained precious jewels and
Floyd | other objets d'art. These are empty. Winding stone stairs lead down to
Floyd | the base of the tower.
Floyd | There is an ornamented egg here, both beautiful and complex. It is
Floyd | carefully crafted and bears further examination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get egg. learn rezrov. rezrov egg." 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg seems to come to life and each piece slides effortlessly in the
Floyd | correct pattern. The egg opens, revealing a shredded scroll inside,
Floyd | nestled among a profusion of shredders, knives, and other sharp
Floyd | instruments, cunningly connected to the knobs, buttons, etc. on the
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "open egg" 		

Floyd | It is already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "d.e.e.e.e.n" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd | This is the western end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with tunnels,
Floyd | caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with tunnels,
Floyd | caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | This is a spot within the long Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with tunnels,
Floyd | caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | This is the eastern end of the Hall of Mirrors. The hall itself is
Floyd | astounding and not a little bit confusing. To be sure, its northern
Floyd | wall is glass, but it does not seem to reflect anything within the
Floyd | hall. Rather, it seems to be a window on another world. This other
Floyd | world appears to be a large underground labyrinth, filled with tunnels,
Floyd | caves, and peculiar rock formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's lots more where
Floyd | that came from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e.learn rezrov. rezrov gate" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | This small open area stands at the old north gate of the castle, now
Floyd | badly rusted. Through the gate, a forest can be seen. To the west, a
Floyd | hall glows with light, and to the south, the dark castle can be
Floyd | reentered. A narrow passage to the east leads to the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rusted north gate magically creaks open far enough for you to
Floyd | leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n.e." 		

Floyd | Forest
Floyd | You are in a dark forest, just north of a rusted gate. Except to the
Floyd | east and south, the forest is thick all around you.
Floyd | Discarded beneath a nearby tree is a slightly crumpled scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | Swamp
Floyd | You are in a thick forest shading into a deep and miasmic swamp. The
Floyd | ground is very wet and boggy here, and footing is treacherous. Lily
Floyd | pads cover the surface of the water, and frogs abound. Things look
Floyd | drier to the west.
Floyd | The sounds of frogs and other swamp dwellers fill the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look under lilypad" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "lilypad".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look under lily pad" 		

Floyd | There is a damp scroll there, which you take into your hand.
Floyd | The sounds of frogs and other swamp dwellers fill the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd | Which scroll do you mean, the damp scroll or the shredded scroll?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "damp" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "cleesh spell: change a creature into a small
Floyd | amphibian".
Floyd | The sounds of frogs and other swamp dwellers fill the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "gnusto cleesh" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the cleesh spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd | The sounds of frogs and other swamp dwellers fill the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Forest
Floyd | Discarded beneath a nearby tree is a slightly crumpled scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "krebf spell: repair willful damage".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "gnusto krebf. learn krebf" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the krebf spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book
Floyd | itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains! However,
Floyd | the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the krebf spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "krebf scroll" 		

Floyd | The scroll reforms, its slices and cuts rejoining, until there is a
Floyd | whole scroll, somewhat faded, in its place!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "gnusto zifmia" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the zifmia spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "learn zifma" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "zifma".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | From the other side of the "mirror" a bedraggled adventurer comes into
Floyd | view, carrying a brass lantern and an elvish sword, which is glowing
Floyd | dimly. He stops and stares in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer, after checking his compass, walks off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "zifmia advent" 		

Floyd | If you will remember from Thaumaturgy 201, summoning of beings works
Floyd | only if the being can be seen, unless the being possesses great magic
Floyd | of his own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The zifmia spell (magically summon a being).
Floyd | The krebf spell (repair willful damage).
Floyd | The cleesh spell (change a creature into a small amphibian).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The blorb spell (safely protect a small object as though in a strong
Floyd | box).
Floyd | The nitfol spell (converse with the beasts in their own tongue).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hold on let me check my notes"
		Allen asks, "hmm, where's the make a hostile creature your friend?"
		BrianK says, "It might be in the bedroom"
		Allen says, "ah"
Allen says (to Floyd), "w.w.w.w.w.s.s.s.s.u" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s.s.s.u" 		

Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hall
Floyd | This narrow promenade stretches into darkness to the south and, through
Floyd | an archway, toward an open area to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This dark and damp spot is at the base of the southwest tower of the
Floyd | castle. Two corridors lead off to the north and east. A winding
Floyd | staircase ascends into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The eyrie is a round bedroom high in the tower. Narrow windows overlook
Floyd | the outside. A stone stairway leads down.
Floyd | There is a fourposter feather bed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "how do we save again? Now is a good time"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "lie" 		

Floyd | The bed is very comfortable and soft. In fact, you feel sort of sleepy
Floyd | just lying on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | You settle down to sleep, but you really aren't tired, so you thrash
Floyd | around for a while and then give up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		says, "type "push save" (not to floyd, just in the MUD)"
		Allen says, "darn it"
Allen says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd | Ah, that was a comfortable bed! But you're now on your own feet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "have you gotten the ozmoo spell yet?"
		BrianK says, "nope"
		Allen says, "crap"
		Allen asks, "done the turtle?"
		BrianK says, "nope"
Allen says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd | Mmm. That tasted great! There's a whole lot of it left, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "uhh, we have exex"
Allen says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The zifmia spell (magically summon a being).
Floyd | The krebf spell (repair willful damage).
Floyd | The cleesh spell (change a creature into a small amphibian).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The blorb spell (safely protect a small object as though in a strong
Floyd | box).
Floyd | The nitfol spell (converse with the beasts in their own tongue).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | The sun starts to set behind the Lonely Mountain in the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I think that's in the secret passage area"
Allen says (to Floyd), "lie" 		

Floyd | The bed is very comfortable and soft. In fact, you feel sort of sleepy
Floyd | just lying on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | You're not all that tired, but the bed is very comfortable.
Floyd | You fall asleep quickly, the bed being so comfortable. You dream as
Floyd | well, of this very room. A beautiful damsel, obviously noble, is
Floyd | standing by the bed holding a scroll in one hand and resting the other
Floyd | on the bedpost. Turning to block your view, she does something you
Floyd | can't see. Then she gets in bed and turns out the light, but before she
Floyd | does you can see she is no longer carrying the scroll... You wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd | Ah, that was a comfortable bed! But you're now on your own feet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "push button. get all" 		

Floyd | The bedpost pops open, revealing a small compartment and, nestled
Floyd | inside, a gold leaf scroll!
Floyd |
Floyd | fourposter feather bed: It would take more magic than you've got!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get scroll. read it" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "vaxum spell: make a hostile creature your friend".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "gnusto vaxum" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the vaxum spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book
Floyd | itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains! However,
Floyd | the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "d." 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "hostile creature is now yor frend"
		Allen says, "now, we need to find the advnt"
Allen says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "push save" 		

Floyd | You used the word "save" in a way that I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "We can hit up the cell area"
Allen says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "while we're here :P"
Allen says (to Floyd), "e.d." 		

Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | The damp corridor continues east and west from here. A dark and
Floyd | forbidding stairway leads down to the south. In addition, a narrow
Floyd | passage leads to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | A dank and forgotten pit contains the dungeons. There is a cell to the
Floyd | north, and a partly blocked passage leads even deeper into the earth.
Floyd | It looks as if there was once a mortared stone wall blocking this
Floyd | passage, but it has crumbled and collapsed, reopening the tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That's the order we did it in the first time"
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The cell door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "open door.n.move block" 		

Floyd | The door is very rusty and reluctantly opens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | This is a damp and unhealthy dungeon cell with writing on the walls.
Floyd | The rusty door of the cell is open.
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the block out of the crumbling wall, revealing a dark passage
Floyd | leading east.
Floyd | You hear, almost beyond your hearing, the soft rattle of chains, and a
Floyd | cold wind blows over the back of your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Secret Passage
Floyd | This is a crudely carved secret passage. It appears to have been
Floyd | hollowed out by (perhaps) generations of prisoners. A passage leads
Floyd | west. A short, crudely hewn passage leads up.
Floyd | Lying near the door is a silver spoon, discarded by the prisoners as
Floyd | too soft to dig with. It is only slightly worn.
Floyd | Lying on the ground, and slightly damaged, is a stained scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen is a newbie. 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd | worn silver spoon: Taken.
Floyd | stained scroll: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "exex spell: make things move with greater speed".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "gnusto exex" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the exex spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book
Floyd | itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains! However,
Floyd | the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w.s.u." 		

Floyd | Cell
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok, wander around"
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah, and then we hit up the adventurer and got into the map room"
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West Hall
Floyd | You are very thirsty now. You'd better have a drink soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's plenty more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Did we summon the adventurer properly?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Library
Floyd | This is a library, or rather it was until it was ransacked and
Floyd | despoiled. Most of the contents of the room have been burned in a huge
Floyd | bonfire in the center of the room. Hundreds of charred and empty tubes
Floyd | are scattered about, as if by someone searching, so ashes are strewn
Floyd | about. There are rat tracks in the ashes.
Floyd | To the south you can hear the sound of a group of low, guttural voices.
Floyd | Amid the tubes is an old and dusty book.
Floyd | The low, guttural voices seem to be coming in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "yeah"
Allen says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd | A more incongruous place than this would be difficult to believe. The
Floyd | room itself is nothing more than a small room at the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower with a narrow passageway entering from the west.
Floyd | Standing in front of you to the north, however, is a door surpassing
Floyd | anything you could have imagined. For starters, its massive lock is
Floyd | wrapped in a dozen six-inch thick iron chains. In addition, a certain
Floyd | five-headed monster sporting razor-sharp spears for tongues seems to be
Floyd | imbedded within its heavy oak frame. One is almost embarrassed to
Floyd | mention the gargoyles spewing flame and sulphurous ash which ornament
Floyd | either side of the door, or the ninety-seven slimy groping tentacles
Floyd | which taunt you ever closer to certain death. A sign, floating serenely
Floyd | above the door and glowing hideously in purple letters, offers the
Floyd | following rude understatement: "Don't Bother".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | From the other side of the "mirror" a bedraggled adventurer comes into
Floyd | view, carrying a brass lantern and an elvish sword, which is glowing
Floyd | dimly. He stops and stares in your direction.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I thought you got a failure message"
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Miseri has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "n.n.n.n.e" 		

Floyd | West Hall
Floyd | You are very thirsty now. You'd better have a drink soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's plenty more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | Bluebottles buzz up to you, and then away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | From the other side of the "mirror" a bedraggled adventurer comes into
Floyd | view, carrying a brass lantern and an elvish sword, which is glowing
Floyd | dimly. He stops and stares in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "zifmia advent" 		

Floyd | All at once, the bedraggled adventurer appears before you, brightly
Floyd | glowing sword in hand. His jaw has dropped and his eyes are bulging.
Floyd | His eyes dart this way and that, as if looking for a way to escape.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "vaxum advent" 		

Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah there we go"
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer, not overly tactful, asks to see what you're holding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer eyes your possessions intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer offers to relieve you of some of your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer offers to relieve you of some of your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd | A more incongruous place than this would be difficult to believe. The
Floyd | room itself is nothing more than a small room at the base of the
Floyd | northeast tower with a narrow passageway entering from the west.
Floyd | Standing in front of you to the north, however, is a door surpassing
Floyd | anything you could have imagined. For starters, its massive lock is
Floyd | wrapped in a dozen six-inch thick iron chains. In addition, a certain
Floyd | five-headed monster sporting razor-sharp spears for tongues seems to be
Floyd | imbedded within its heavy oak frame. One is almost embarrassed to
Floyd | mention the gargoyles spewing flame and sulphurous ash which ornament
Floyd | either side of the door, or the ninety-seven slimy groping tentacles
Floyd | which taunt you ever closer to certain death. A sign, floating serenely
Floyd | above the door and glowing hideously in purple letters, offers the
Floyd | following rude understatement: "Don't Bother".
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer glances around the room in a businesslike way and makes
Floyd | a few notes on his map.
Floyd | The adventurer eyes your possessions intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "point at door" 		

Floyd | As you motion toward the monstrous door, the adventurer follows the
Floyd | imaginary line which proceeds thence from your outstretched arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seemingly fearless adventurer shrugs and walks purposefully toward
Floyd | the door, ignoring all harm to his person in the form of knives,
Floyd | tentacles, and molten lead. As three buckets of the latter pour over
Floyd | his head, he casts you a perplexed look.
Floyd | "Did you try the doorknob?" he asks, as twenty-seven knives delicately
Floyd | skewer him.
Floyd | Before you can answer, he reaches for one of the gargoyle heads which,
Floyd | by sheerest coincidence, has just flooded him in red-orange flame, and
Floyd | turns it gently.
Floyd | "I think it's unlocked," he says, stoically ignoring the host of
Floyd | human-sized rats which feed on his incinerated torso.
Floyd | His left hand, broken and bloodied, pulls at the gargoyle head.
Floyd | "I'm going on ahead!" he cries, opening a simple wooden door.
Floyd | Wooden door? You rub your eyes for a moment and look again as he goes
Floyd | through it. Yes, just a plain wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | It is already open.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the north, coming
Floyd | through the simple wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, proceeding cautiously, follows you. He seems to be
Floyd | paying particular attention to your possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Map Room
Floyd | This room in the high tower appears to be a map room, with hundreds of
Floyd | ancient maps covering the walls. A huge globe, made of gold, sits on a
Floyd | pedestal in the center of the room. Through the tower windows can be
Floyd | seen a vast forest stretching out to the northeast and the sea, covered
Floyd | in fog, to the east and south. Stairs to the south lead to the bottom
Floyd | of the tower.
Floyd | Lying on the floor is a purple scroll.
Floyd | Lying on the ground is an old parchment map.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a badly worn pencil, a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems
Floyd | pleased to see you and frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer asks what you would be needing treasures for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get pencil, map" 		

Floyd | badly worn pencil: The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the
Floyd | badly worn pencil anyway, hands it to you gladly.
Floyd | map: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The adventurer waves at you and asks "Hello, Sailor?" Strange, you've
Floyd | never even been to sea.
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop spoon" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up the worn silver spoon and seems
Floyd | pleased by his discovery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get map" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah, those darn inventory limits that we had trouble with last time"
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop egg" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the south, coming
Floyd | through the simple wooden door.
Floyd | The adventurer stoops over and picks up some objects and seems pleased
Floyd | by his discovery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "get map" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room through the simple wooden door, heading
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A battered lantern
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Should we have dropped the spoon :P"
Allen says (to Floyd), "drop lamp" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "sure, it's useless"
		Allen says, "except for trade with the advent"
		BrianK says, "it's only a little spoilery, but all right"
Allen says (to Floyd), "d.w.w.w.w.w.s.s.s.s.e.d." 		

Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | You are very hungry now. You'd better have something to eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd | Mmm. That tasted great! There's a lot of bread left, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "w.s.s.s.s.e.d." 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the south and it is very strange indeed, perfectly round
Floyd | and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "We basically stopped here"
Allen says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Allen says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok, I give it to you"
		BrianK says, "Woohoo"
Jim arrives, full of fun and funk. 		BrianK says, "The perfect crime"
		Allen says, "not only do I know it superwell, I played it through in 30 minutes a few weeks ago. Probably when you were running it the first time"
		Allen says, "without reference to any hints or stuff"
		Allen says, "I hope I didn't give away the lily pad puzzle. It occurred to me after I typed that, I might have"
		BrianK says, "Nah we solved that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The map consists of a drawing with nine points, each represented by a
Floyd | strange character, with interconnecting thin pencil lines. Using your
Floyd | native alphabet, it looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd | B       J
Floyd | !      / \
Floyd | !     /   \
Floyd | !    /     \
Floyd | !   K       V
Floyd | !          / \
Floyd | !         /   \
Floyd | !        /     \
Floyd | R-------M       F
Floyd |  \     /
Floyd |   \   /
Floyd |    \ /
Floyd |     H       P
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "this one is fiddly. It seems like basic graph theory, but the motivation of the unseen terror is odd"
		BrianK asks, "Was there a scroll in the map room?"
		BrianK says, "It looks like the adventurer took it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "undo".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah whatever"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u.u." 		

Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West Hall
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Pebbled Path
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors One
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Two
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Three
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's still some left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hall of Mirrors Four
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Library
Floyd | This is a library, or rather it was until it was ransacked and
Floyd | despoiled. Most of the contents of the room have been burned in a huge
Floyd | bonfire in the center of the room. Hundreds of charred and empty tubes
Floyd | are scattered about, as if by someone searching, so ashes are strewn
Floyd | about. There are rat tracks in the ashes.
Floyd | To the south you can hear the sound of a group of low, guttural voices.
Floyd | Amid the tubes is an old and dusty book.
Floyd | The low, guttural voices seem to be coming in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Map Room
Floyd | There is a battered lantern here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Guarded Door
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Forest
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Swamp
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | The sounds of frogs and other swamp dwellers fill the air.
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u.u." 		

Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | The east-west corridor opens into a gallery. The walls are lined with
Floyd | portraits, some of apparently great value. All of the eyes seem to
Floyd | follow you as you pass, and the entire room is subtly disturbing.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | This interior courtyard stands at the southern entrance to the castle,
Floyd | where a small rusty gate is standing open and slowly swaying in a
Floyd | gentle sea breeze. Beyond the gate can be seen a small meadow and,
Floyd | beyond that, a white beach on a misty sea. Passages enter the castle
Floyd | proper to the north, east, and west.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the south, coming
Floyd | through the rusty gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd | You don't have the vaxum spell committed to memory!
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "gosh darn it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u.u." 		

Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | The east-west corridor opens into a gallery. The walls are lined with
Floyd | portraits, some of apparently great value. All of the eyes seem to
Floyd | follow you as you pass, and the entire room is subtly disturbing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | This interior courtyard stands at the southern entrance to the castle,
Floyd | where a small rusty gate is standing open and slowly swaying in a
Floyd | gentle sea breeze. Beyond the gate can be seen a small meadow and,
Floyd | beyond that, a white beach on a misty sea. Passages enter the castle
Floyd | proper to the north, east, and west.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a purple scroll, a beautiful, ornamented egg, a worn silver
Floyd | spoon, a sword, and a brass lantern.
Floyd | The adventurer tries to make some small talk, but only mumbles. He'll
Floyd | have to speak up if he expects you to hear him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer, not overly tactful, asks to see what you're holding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take purple scroll" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the purple scroll anyway,
Floyd | hands it to you gladly.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the west.
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read purple" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "filfre spell: create gratuitous fireworks".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto filfre" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. In a spectacular effort of
Floyd | magic, the powers of the gnusto spell attempt to copy the filfre spell
Floyd | into your book, but the spell is too long, too complicated, and too
Floyd | powerful. The glow fades, but fortunately the purple scroll remains
Floyd | intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah that's a thing that happened"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.w.d.d." 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | You hear, almost beyond your hearing, the soft rattle of chains, and a
Floyd | cold wind blows over the back of your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Now we're basically where we were"
		Amber cheers!
		BrianK says, "Okay recap of what we know"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The map consists of a drawing with nine points, each represented by a
Floyd | strange character, with interconnecting thin pencil lines. Using your
Floyd | native alphabet, it looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd | B       J
Floyd | !      / \
Floyd | !     /   \
Floyd | !    /     \
Floyd | !   K       V
Floyd | !          / \
Floyd | !         /   \
Floyd | !        /     \
Floyd | R-------M       F
Floyd |  \     /
Floyd |   \   /
Floyd |    \ /
Floyd |     H       P
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "There is apparently some sort of thingy sealed in the P room on this map"
		BrianK says, "and we can draw on the map to create actual paths between rooms in reality"
		BrianK says, "so if we do something like this"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from f to p" 		

Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil point
Floyd | is very nearly gone.
Floyd | You feel that two powerful, evil forces are searching each other out.
Floyd | As they meet, the air lightens. Belboz appears before you. "Something
Floyd | has disturbed the ancient Terror. Krill himself knows this and will try
Floyd | to use it to his purposes. Already, they may have joined together. You
Floyd | must not allow the Terror to escape, or we are all doomed!" He fades
Floyd | into the gloom.
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "that guy's like "don't let the thingy escape!!!""
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "'joined together', eh"
		BrianK says, "the pencil also has an eraser so"
		BrianK says, "I guess we can try erasing the exit from the translucent area and then connecting the sealed room and seeing if the terror is contained"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the southeast, east, and north and they are very strange
Floyd | indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The map consists of a drawing with nine points, each represented by a
Floyd | strange character, with interconnecting thin pencil lines. Using your
Floyd | native alphabet, it looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd | B       J
Floyd | !      / \
Floyd | !     /   \
Floyd | !    /     \
Floyd | !   K       V
Floyd | !          / \
Floyd | !         /   \
Floyd | !        /     \
Floyd | R-------M       F
Floyd |  \     /
Floyd |   \   /
Floyd |    \ /
Floyd |     H       P
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "erase line from B to R" 		

Floyd | The line between the two spots is erased, leaving the eraser barely
Floyd | usable.
Floyd | Suddenly, the black passage to the north closes off!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), " draw line from F to P" 		

Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil point
Floyd | is very nearly gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So now the dude isn't all "don't let the terror escape" so that's good"
		BrianK says, "and now I'll go to the P room and check out what's there"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the west, southwest, and northeast and they are very
Floyd | strange indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the northwest, southwest, and southeast and they are
Floyd | very strange indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the northwest and southwest and they are very strange
Floyd | indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd | You sense that near this place an evil presence lurks. It seems close
Floyd | by and is moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | A scroll emanating power is here.
Floyd | An evil presence pervades the room, its source unseen. Fear seeps into
Floyd | your mind, like fog. You look fearfully around. There is something
Floyd | horrible here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x scroll" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | Which scroll do you mean, the powerful scroll or the purple scroll?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x powerful scroll" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The scroll reads "guncho spell: banish the victim to another plane of
Floyd | existence". The spell seems very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your exhaustion.
Floyd | You are very thirsty now. You'd better have a drink soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A purple scroll
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A small quantity of water
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, indeed. The rest will do you good. You
Floyd | spread your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind ... Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a while, your sleep is disturbed by a strange dream. You are
Floyd | wandering in a darkened place, for you have no light or other
Floyd | possessions. You feel that you are being watched! You are surrounded by
Floyd | faces, their eyes following you. They drift in and out, staring at you
Floyd | with proud indifference. One face, brightly lit (unlike the rest),
Floyd | draws you closer and closer. As you touch it, you wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's still some left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take powerful" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto guncho" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. In a spectacular effort of
Floyd | magic, the powers of the gnusto spell attempt to copy the guncho spell
Floyd | into your book, but the spell is too long, too complicated, and too
Floyd | powerful. The glow fades, but fortunately the powerful scroll remains
Floyd | intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dull aching fills your head, and your mind is again probed, more
Floyd | deeply than when you entered the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, yes, of course"
		Jacqueline says, "I can see that this is all going just fine. Apologies that I was away for my massage, and am now quite floppy and may prefer to just go drink giant glasses of water while staring out the window."
		BrianK says, "Dang, I could use a massage"
		Jacqueline says, "I definitely needed one.'"
		Roger says, "We owe a debt to Allen"
		BrianK says, "The save file we saved at last time didn't work for some reason"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. huh."
		BrianK says, "So Allen, who is an Enchanter Expert, got us back to where we were form the beginning"
		BrianK says, "from*"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		BrianK says, "Anyway I'm messing with the translucent rooms right now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop powerful" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmmm"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take powerful" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I thought the fear was conditional on 'the evil presence' being in the room"
		BrianK says, "but it's not specifically mentioned, so I dunno what the source of that is"
		Roger says, "I've no idea"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from M to P" 		

Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil point
Floyd | is gone.
Floyd | Suddenly, the wall to the northwest opens to form a perfectly round and
Floyd | black passage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jim disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The map consists of a drawing with nine points, each represented by a
Floyd | strange character, with interconnecting thin pencil lines. Using your
Floyd | native alphabet, it looks like this:
Floyd |
Floyd | B       J
Floyd | !      / \
Floyd | !     /   \
Floyd | !    /     \
Floyd | !   K       V
Floyd | !          / \
Floyd | !         /   \
Floyd | !        /     \
Floyd | R-------M       F
Floyd |  \     /
Floyd |   \   /
Floyd |    \ /
Floyd |     H       P
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the southeast, east, and north and they are very strange
Floyd | indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, indeed. The rest will do you good. You
Floyd | spread your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind ... Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a while, your sleep is disturbed by a strange dream. You are
Floyd | wandering in a darkened place, for you have no light or other
Floyd | possessions. You feel that you are being watched! You are surrounded by
Floyd | faces, their eyes following you. They drift in and out, staring at you
Floyd | with proud indifference. One face, brightly lit (unlike the rest),
Floyd | draws you closer and closer. As you touch it, you wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "erase line from b to r" 		

Floyd | The line between the two spots is erased, leaving the eraser barely
Floyd | usable.
Floyd | Suddenly, the black passage to the north closes off!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the west, southwest, and northeast and they are very
Floyd | strange indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the northwest, southwest, and southeast and they are
Floyd | very strange indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northwest and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from f to p" 		

Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil point
Floyd | is very nearly gone.
Floyd | Suddenly, the wall to the southwest opens to form a perfectly round and
Floyd | black passage!
Floyd | You are very thirsty now. You'd better have a drink soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's still some left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | A scroll emanating power is here.
Floyd | An evil presence pervades the room, its source unseen. Fear seeps into
Floyd | your mind, like fog. You look fearfully around. There is something
Floyd | horrible here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x presence" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | You see nothing special about the lurking evil presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I mean, I guess since the presence is unseen we can't see anything about it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | A scroll emanating power is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum evil presence" 		

Floyd | The terror may be friendlier, but with friends like that....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ha ha"
		Allen says, ""vaxum trump""
		BrianK asks, "So it actually worked?"
		Roger says, "For certain values"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn blorb" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the blorb spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blorb powerful" 		

Floyd | A glowing strong box forms out of the air, carefully enclosing the
Floyd | powerful scroll, which disappears from view. The strong box rests on
Floyd | the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | There is a faintly glowing strong box here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "hm, I thought the presence was tied to the scroll, but that's not it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd | As you open the strong box, it vanishes, and the powerful scroll
Floyd | reappears in its place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "At least I know how the blorb spell works though"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take powerful" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | You feel energetic and zippy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmm, I'm not totally sure if we have what we need to accomplish this"
		Allen says, "you do"
		BrianK says, "Hey, spoilers :P"
		Roger asks, "What have we?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x spellbook" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | I don't know the word "spellbook".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A powerful scroll
Floyd |   A purple scroll
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A very small quantity of water
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x spell book" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The title is "My Spell Book". The book looks pretty new, and it doesn't
Floyd | seem to have much written in it yet. There are some spells written in
Floyd | the book in glowing letters, with marginal notes about how to cast them
Floyd | and what their effects are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "darn it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read spell book" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The exex spell (make things move with greater speed).
Floyd | The vaxum spell (make a hostile creature your friend).
Floyd | The zifmia spell (magically summon a being).
Floyd | The krebf spell (repair willful damage).
Floyd | The cleesh spell (change a creature into a small amphibian).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The blorb spell (safely protect a small object as though in a strong
Floyd | box).
Floyd | The nitfol spell (converse with the beasts in their own tongue).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "look at pencil" 		

Floyd | The pencil is very old and covered with finely inlaid runes. The point
Floyd | is very nearly gone and the attached eraser is barely usable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "ok, just wanted to verify that"
		BrianK says, "We can draw and erase one hallway each in the translucent room area"
		BrianK says, "We don't have the brainpower to learn the more complex scrolls, though, so that's something to think about"
		BrianK says, "ne"
		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the southeast, east, and north and they are very strange
Floyd | indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "erase line from b to r" 		

Floyd | The line between the two spots is erased, leaving the eraser barely
Floyd | usable.
Floyd | Suddenly, the black passage to the north closes off!
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, indeed. The rest will do you good. You
Floyd | spread your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind ... Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a while, your sleep is disturbed by a strange dream. You are
Floyd | wandering in a darkened place, for you have no light or other
Floyd | possessions. You feel that you are being watched! You are surrounded by
Floyd | faces, their eyes following you. They drift in and out, staring at you
Floyd | with proud indifference. One face, brightly lit (unlike the rest),
Floyd | draws you closer and closer. As you touch it, you wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the west, southwest, and northeast and they are very
Floyd | strange indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the northwest, southwest, and southeast and they are
Floyd | very strange indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northwest and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from f to p" 		

Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil point
Floyd | is very nearly gone.
Floyd | Suddenly, the wall to the southwest opens to form a perfectly round and
Floyd | black passage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | A scroll emanating power is here.
Floyd | An evil presence pervades the room, its source unseen. Fear seeps into
Floyd | your mind, like fog. You look fearfully around. There is something
Floyd | horrible here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I don't suppose the evil presence moves around"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | You are very thirsty now. You'd better have a drink soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, and there's still some left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | You sense that near this place an evil presence lurks. It seems close
Floyd | by and is moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | You sense that near this place an evil presence lurks. It seems close
Floyd | by and is moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | A scroll emanating power is here.
Floyd | An evil presence pervades the room, its source unseen. Fear seeps into
Floyd | your mind, like fog. You look fearfully around. There is something
Floyd | horrible here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "It says it's moving, but really it's just staying in this one place :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the northwest and southwest and they are very strange
Floyd | indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | You sense that near this place an evil presence lurks. It seems close
Floyd | by and is moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Just pacing back and forth"
Bert arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | Passages go to the northwest and southwest and they are very strange
Floyd | indeed, perfectly round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | You sense that near this place an evil presence lurks. It seems close
Floyd | by and is moving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd | A scroll emanating power is here.
Floyd | An evil presence pervades the room, its source unseen. Fear seeps into
Floyd | your mind, like fog. You look fearfully around. There is something
Floyd | horrible here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take powerful" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "read powerful"
		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read powerful" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "guncho spell: banish the victim to another plane of
Floyd | existence". The spell seems very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn cleesh" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the cleesh spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cleesh presence" 		

Floyd | Turning the lurking evil presence into a newt is a remarkable idea.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "It is, in fact, a remarkable idea"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn nitfol" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the nitfol spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol evil presence" 		

Floyd | This seems to have no effect on a lurking evil presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex evil presence" 		

Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia evil presence" 		

Floyd | As you cast the zifmia spell, you are overpowered with such a sense of
Floyd | malice that you cannot continue. All in all, a good thing probably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, okay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Your feet are leaden with fear, and cold sweat runs down your back as
Floyd | you make your way to the door, but you make no progress. Your mind
Floyd | tells you you are running, but you aren't getting anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "We can't guncho it?"
		BrianK says, "The guncho spell is too hard to learn"
		BrianK says, "As far as I know"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn guncho" 		

Floyd | You haven't written that spell into your book yet. Until you do, you
Floyd | can't memorize the spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto guncho" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. In a spectacular effort of
Floyd | magic, the powers of the gnusto spell attempt to copy the guncho spell
Floyd | into your book, but the spell is too long, too complicated, and too
Floyd | powerful. The glow fades, but fortunately the powerful scroll remains
Floyd | intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dull aching fills your head, and your mind is again probed, more
Floyd | deeply than when you entered the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I think we can cast it directly from the scroll"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "guncho presence" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the powerful scroll vanishes!
Floyd | The room fills with a horrible noise, darkens to pitch blackness, and
Floyd | then lightens. The weight of fear lifts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your head is filled with a heavy sensation, as though an enormous
Floyd | weight were being borne by it. Your mind is again probed, this time
Floyd | very deeply, testing and learning. The feeling passes after a long
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz appears before you, hard and stern. "While you have quested for
Floyd | Krill's lair, the Circle has not been idle. We have tried to shield
Floyd | your presence from him, but your use of such a powerful spell might
Floyd | endanger us all! As we have sensed it, so surely must Krill! Be
Floyd | careful, brave Enchanter!" His image fades.
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh dang, we can"
		BrianK says, "Nice"
		BrianK says, "So basically the 'too complicated' spells are just one-use spells"
		Roger says, "Yeah I'm not sure if that's made explicit either in this game or maybe the earlier one"
		BrianK asks, "Isn't this the first one?"
		Roger asks, "Ummm maybe?"
		Roger says, "Perhaps it presupposes a solid foundation of D&D spellcraft"
		BrianK says, "I dunno if this is the best outcome, though, since the dude appeared and warned us about using it"
		Roger says, "perhaps"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd | Mmm. That tasted great! There's still about half of it left, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I... guess we can leave for now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd | This is a peculiar room, whose cream-colored walls are thin and
Floyd | translucent.
Floyd | An exit is to the northeast and it is very strange indeed, perfectly
Floyd | round and black as pitch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "draw line from b to r" 		

Floyd | A thin line now connects the two spots on the map, but the pencil point
Floyd | is gone.
Floyd | Suddenly, the wall to the north opens to form a perfectly round and
Floyd | black passage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Translucent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Anyone want to take over and try things? I need to step out for ten minutes or so"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Not I"
		Allen says, "I can do it for you, but it means you're giving up"
		Allen asks, "oh wait, you solved it?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A purple scroll
Floyd |   A map
Floyd |   A badly worn pencil
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A very small quantity of water
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "scroll" 		

Floyd | There was no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "examine scroll" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "filfre spell: create gratuitous fireworks".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "wait why did you get this?"
Allen says (to Floyd), "filfre" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the purple scroll vanishes!
Floyd | In a blinding burst of pyrotechnics, the air lights up with fireworks
Floyd | and dazzling explosions of multicolored fire! In sizzling sparks and
Floyd | roiling smoke is written:
Floyd |
Floyd |   Enchanter
Floyd |      by
Floyd | Dave Lebling
Floyd |      and
Floyd |  Marc Blank
Floyd |
Floyd | Copyright 1983, by Infocom, Inc.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a while, the smoke dissipates and the lights dim. You remain
Floyd | slightly dazzled for a while, but fortunately, this wears off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Amber exclaims, "A message from the ancients!"
		BrianK says, "ok I'm back"
		BrianK exclaims, "Yay that was ten minutes, I am not a liar!"
		BrianK says, "Also I thought the filfre spell was important, haha"
		BrianK says, "I'm not sure why we needed to do what we did in the translucent room, though"
		BrianK says, "I thought the powerful scroll would give us some magic to solve puzzles, but we're basically in the same state as before we entered"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | This is a meadow near the sea. There is a smell of salt in the air.
Floyd | Only heather and thistles grow here. To the north is a gate leading
Floyd | into the castle. A narrow path to the southeast leads to the shore of
Floyd | the Sea.
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Beach
Floyd | This is a rocky beach along a grey and lifeless sea. There is dead
Floyd | seaweed covering many rocks, and listless waves barely stir the flotsam
Floyd | and jetsam here. There are many shells, but all are broken. A narrow
Floyd | path to the northwest leads into a meadow.
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | Crawling slowly along the beach is an enormous turtle, his enamelled
Floyd | shell shining with all the colors of the rainbow.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So here's the turtle that we didn't know what to do with last time"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn nitfol" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the nitfol spell.
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle looks at you for a moment, and you look at it.
Floyd | "Hello," it says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "filfre is an in-joke. It's a pun on "feel free", the invitation to contribute to source code"
		BrianK says, "Ah"
		BrianK says, "I was pronouncing it fil-fer"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ask turtle about turtle" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "about".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Wait there's no conversation in this game"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "listen to turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle makes no sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | "Are you a magician? Are you going to do something about that annoying
Floyd | Warlock, then?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, help me" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "help".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, give me assistance" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "assistance".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, speak" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "speak".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, say something" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "something".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, goodbye" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "goodbye".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, please" 		

Floyd | You used the word "please" in a way that I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | "It's nice to find a human who talks turtle. Not many do, you know.
Floyd | Most people think turtles are boring, just because we talk slowly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | "How do you like my shell? A wizard did that to me about 75 years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | "It's nice to find a human who talks turtle. Not many do, you know.
Floyd | Most people think turtles are boring, just because we talk slowly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | "How do you like my shell? A wizard did that to me about 75 years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "OK, well"
		BrianK says, "I have an inkling of an idea and it has to do with the other thing"
		BrianK says, "In the control room"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the southeast tower of the castle. From atop a
Floyd | winding staircase comes a loud crashing and screeching noise. To the
Floyd | west is a corridor and the southern gate of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, but the jug is now empty.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | You feel energetic and zippy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You zip across the room easily, but you must have touched something
Floyd | dangerous along the way, because the machinery speeds up, going faster
Floyd | and faster.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, wait, I should've saved before that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You zip across the room easily, but you must have touched something
Floyd | dangerous along the way, because the machinery speeds up, going faster
Floyd | and faster.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "kulcad spell: dispel a magic spell". The spell seems
Floyd | very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto kulcad" 		

Floyd | You must have a legible spell scroll in your hands before the gnusto
Floyd | spell will work on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto kulcad" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. In a spectacular effort of
Floyd | magic, the powers of the gnusto spell attempt to copy the kulcad spell
Floyd | into your book, but the spell is too long, too complicated, and too
Floyd | powerful. The glow fades, but fortunately the brittle scroll remains
Floyd | intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | A knife seems to split your head apart. A deep, black presence seems to
Floyd | enter and probe, deep and sure. After what seems like an eternity, it
Floyd | passes, leaving you with a throbbing headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, yeah, so we can't copy this one either"
		BrianK says, "So according to the turtle, his turtle-ness was caused by a wizard, so I was thinking that maybe we could use kulcad to dispel that"
		Roger says, "Worth a shot"
		BrianK says, "But this is as far as we got last time"
		Roger says, "That's true"
		BrianK says, "Since the machinery speeds up and we can't zip past it like before"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The lights and displays hold no meaning for you. A random number
Floyd | generator may be controlling the whole thing, for all you know.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You rush across the engine room, your speed enabling you to avoid the
Floyd | gigantic hammers and gears; at this speed they appear to move with
Floyd | great deliberation. Unfortunately, you set off a trap, and many sharp
Floyd | spears fly at you from all directions! They seem to move pretty fast.
Floyd | Too fast, in fact. You can't dodge them, and you are severely skewered.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "And yeah, that happens if we try to leave"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		Roger says, "Maybe exex is a red herring here"
		Roger says, "Or maybe it stacks"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | You don't have the exex spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. Perhaps the spell needs time before it can be
Floyd | cast again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | You are not a pretty sight.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "When does the spell wear off?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You rush across the engine room, your speed enabling you to avoid the
Floyd | gigantic hammers and gears; at this speed they appear to move with
Floyd | great deliberation. Unfortunately, you set off a trap, and many sharp
Floyd | spears fly at you from all directions! They seem to move pretty fast.
Floyd | Too fast, in fact. You can't dodge them, and you are severely skewered.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | You are not a pretty sight.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You zip across the room easily, but you must have touched something
Floyd | dangerous along the way, because the machinery speeds up, going faster
Floyd | and faster.
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I can't remember if we tried coming through without casting exex first"
		Roger says, "I seem to recall it was our doom but it might be worth trying again"
		Roger says, "Also it's not really fair for all these controls to be here and us not to be able to control anything"
		BrianK says, "Yeah >:("
		BrianK says, "I'll restore to cf10 then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the southeast tower of the castle. From atop a
Floyd | winding staircase comes a loud crashing and screeching noise. To the
Floyd | west is a corridor and the southern gate of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "filfre" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the purple scroll vanishes!
Floyd | In a blinding burst of pyrotechnics, the air lights up with fireworks
Floyd | and dazzling explosions of multicolored fire! In sizzling sparks and
Floyd | roiling smoke is written:
Floyd |
Floyd |   Enchanter
Floyd |      by
Floyd | Dave Lebling
Floyd |      and
Floyd |  Marc Blank
Floyd |
Floyd | Copyright 1983, by Infocom, Inc.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a while, the smoke dissipates and the lights dim. You remain
Floyd | slightly dazzled for a while, but fortunately, this wears off.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "woohoo"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You start across the room, but less than halfway across, the huge
Floyd | hammer crashes down, right on top of you!
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A very small quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		BrianK asks, "Is it possible to time it so that the hammer doesn't crash while we're crossing?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You start across the room, but less than halfway across, the huge
Floyd | hammer crashes down, right on top of you!
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A very small quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "It crashes every fifth turn"
		BrianK says, "If that's even the right approach"
		BrianK says, "Though going on the turn immediately after the hammer doesn't work"
		BrianK says, "Wait, no, that's every fourth turn. I can't count."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You make it across the room, but just barely; just as you duck through
Floyd | the door, a huge hammer crashes down behind, missing by an inch.
Floyd | Something you stepped on along the way clicked as well, and with a
Floyd | horrible screeching noise, the machinery speeds up, crashing faster and
Floyd | faster until it's twice as fast as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So it works if you go EXACTLY on the turn the hammer crashes"
		BrianK says, "I don't totally understand the logic behind that"
		Amber says, "I imagine it this way: when the hammer is down, it can not hit you, but when it is up, it can hit at any time."
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah, that makes sense"
		BrianK says, "If we start when the hammer is down then that maximizes the amount of time until it goes down again"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "I wonder if it works the same way backwards?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You run across the room, trying to dodge the crashing machinery, and
Floyd | you are succeeding for a while until you set off a trap. A volley of
Floyd | sharp spears, powered by cunning machinery, comes at you from all
Floyd | directions. You are skewered! The huge hammer crashes down for the coup
Floyd | de grace.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A very small quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'll try casting exex from here and see if that helps us"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | You feel energetic and zippy.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You rush across the engine room, your speed enabling you to avoid the
Floyd | gigantic hammers and gears; at this speed they appear to move with
Floyd | great deliberation. Unfortunately, you set off a trap, and many sharp
Floyd | spears fly at you from all directions! They seem to move pretty fast.
Floyd | Too fast, in fact. You can't dodge them, and you are severely skewered.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A very small quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Amber asks, "It does mention the machine moves faster. Do we use a spell to slow it or is it based on timing?"
		BrianK says, "Well, the only effect seems to be that the hammer crashes down every second turn instead of every fourth turn"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "But apparently it's not even the hammer that kills us, it's a trap that we set off (regardless of whether we're using exex or not)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "machinery" 		

Floyd | There was no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x machinery" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The machinery is extremely noisy and complicated. Other than that, you
Floyd | can't imagine of what use it is to anybody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | You see nothing special about the floor.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x trap" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | I don't know the word "trap".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd | You find nothing unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The lights and displays hold no meaning for you. A random number
Floyd | generator may be controlling the whole thing, for all you know.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search controls" 		

Floyd | You find nothing unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x dials" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | The lights and displays hold no meaning for you. A random number
Floyd | generator may be controlling the whole thing, for all you know.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd | You are very thirsty now. You'd better have a drink soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn dial" 		

Floyd | This has no effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | Pushing the glowing button has no desirable effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So apparently this control room doesn't actually control the machinery :|"
		Roger says, "Don'"
		Roger asks, "Don't we have something to dispel magic?"
		BrianK says, "Yes, but that's what we came here for"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read brittle" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "kulcad spell: dispel a magic spell". The spell seems
Floyd | very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kulcad hammer" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the brittle scroll vanishes!
Floyd | It appears that the hammer was real, since nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | A knife seems to split your head apart. A deep, black presence seems to
Floyd | enter and probe, deep and sure. After what seems like an eternity, it
Floyd | passes, leaving you with a throbbing headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess this is all mechanical"
		Roger says, "The controls, though"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kulcad controls" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the brittle scroll vanishes!
Floyd | It appears that the glowing button was real, since nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | A knife seems to split your head apart. A deep, black presence seems to
Floyd | enter and probe, deep and sure. After what seems like an eternity, it
Floyd | passes, leaving you with a throbbing headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "\:("
		Roger says, "Well hunh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn blorb" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the blorb spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blorb me" 		

Floyd | You experience the most peculiar sensation of being simultaneously
Floyd | shrunken and sucked into what might best be likened to a black hole.
Floyd | The effect is not without its exhilarating aspect; as a way of life,
Floyd | however, it leaves much to be desired.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Belboz tilts his head, as if sensing something amiss. He examines your
Floyd | possessions and is taken aback: "You have acquired a scroll of great
Floyd | power. Using spells of this kind requires surpassing wisdom." With a
Floyd | wave of his hand, the scroll disappears.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A very small quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, that's fun"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn rezrov" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov hammer" 		

Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn rezrov" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov floor" 		

Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I was hoping I could magically open the trap or something"
		Roger says, "Is there some other corner of the game we're stuck on, perhaps"
		BrianK says, "Ah, yeah"
		BrianK says, "There's a box of stuff"
		Roger says, "I mean carry on if you want, but"
		Roger says, "A box of stuff sounds promising"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | The damp corridor continues east and west from here. A dark and
Floyd | forbidding stairway leads down to the south. In addition, a narrow
Floyd | passage leads to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Closet
Floyd | This small room must have been a closet of some sort. To the north is a
Floyd | passage leading out into a courtyard. Another exit is to the south.
Floyd | In the exact center of the room is a large, jewelled box. It is wrapped
Floyd | in tight coils of thin rope. You try to follow the strands with your
Floyd | eye, but become hopelessly lost in the jumble of thousands of loops and
Floyd | knots.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, I say box of stuff but since the puzzle is opening the box, I don't actually know what's inside it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | It is closed and wrapped in tight coils of thin rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "Enchanter is a tough game."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | You see nothing special about the tangle of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "For demonstration purposes:"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn rezrov" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov box" 		

Floyd | The magic in the rope is strong enough to prevent the rezrov spell from
Floyd | working.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "Can we take it whole?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | Your mouth is getting rather dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "filfre" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the purple scroll vanishes!
Floyd | In a blinding burst of pyrotechnics, the air lights up with fireworks
Floyd | and dazzling explosions of multicolored fire! In sizzling sparks and
Floyd | roiling smoke is written:
Floyd |
Floyd |   Enchanter
Floyd |      by
Floyd | Dave Lebling
Floyd |      and
Floyd |  Marc Blank
Floyd |
Floyd | Copyright 1983, by Infocom, Inc.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a while, the smoke dissipates and the lights dim. You remain
Floyd | slightly dazzled for a while, but fortunately, this wears off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd | map: Dropped.
Floyd | badly worn pencil: Dropped.
Floyd | loaf of bread: Dropped.
Floyd | jug: Dropped.
Floyd | spell book: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, what"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | It is closed and wrapped in tight coils of thin rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take bread" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take jug" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Closet
Floyd | This small room must have been a closet of some sort. To the north is a
Floyd | passage leading out into a courtyard. Another exit is to the south.
Floyd | In one corner of the room is a badly worn pencil, inscribed with runes.
Floyd | There is a map here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it took me about 8-9 months to finish 98% of it. I didn't manage to finish the whole thing until 1990 when I found hints on the internet and realized what I did wrong (you can get in an unwinnable state)"
		BrianK says, "I'm going to assume we're done with the pencil and map and leave it here"
		Allen says, "if you've got the powerful scroll, you can ditch them"
		BrianK says, "Oh, uh"
		BrianK says, "We used the powerful scroll"
		Allen says, "if not, be warned the adventurer will pick them up and move them around, like the thief in ... oh"
		Allen asks, "what'd you use it for?"
		BrianK says, "to get rid of the evil presence"
		Roger says, "The Terror"
		Allen says, "oh ok"
		BrianK says, "I mean, the belboz guy did come out after we used it and told us to be careful"
		BrianK says, "So MAYBE we weren't supposed to do that"
		Allen says, "I'll be quiet as a mouse from now on"
		BrianK says, "Because otherwise we could use the spell to defeat the big bad in the end? I guess"
		Roger says, "Maybe the hammer can smoosh the box open"
		BrianK says, "worth a shot"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | You are becoming quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great, but the jug is now empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh what"
		BrianK asks, "we're out of water already?"
		BrianK says, "that can't be right"
		Allen says, "no, you run out of water more than once."
Allen says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | The damp corridor continues east and west from here. A dark and
Floyd | forbidding stairway leads down to the south. In addition, a narrow
Floyd | passage leads to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "hmm"
		Allen says, "you can go: w.n.n.w.w.nw.ne.fill jug"
		Allen says, "it is an unfair game in that you need to optimize your eating and drinking over time. The bread is a one-time thing"
		Allen says, "I've thought about modifying the zcode to make a less annoying game"
		BrianK says, "I thought it would last longer, though"
		BrianK asks, "Didn't we only do, like, four sips?"
		Allen says, "Enchanter and Planetfall have the worst consumption daemons"
		Allen says, "after those, Infocom learned those "puzzles" suck and annoy people."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.n.n.w.w.nw.ne.fill jug" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Road
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "also, the lamp in Zork II, II."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.nw.ne.fill jug" 		

Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trail Head
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shady Brook
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jug is now full of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd | The delicious spring water tasted great.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "nah we don't need to drink again"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fill jug" 		

Floyd | The jug is now full of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's best to drink water while here, because it uses the spring"
		Allen says, "instead of the jug"
		BrianK says, "oh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		Allen says, "you don't know how many hundreds of hours I spent playing this game at age 14 or so :)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw.se.e.e.e.s.s.e." 		

Floyd | Trail Head
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Road
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Gate
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Hall
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e.e.e.u." 		

Floyd | Gallery
Floyd |
Floyd | South Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | Tower
Floyd | This is the base of the southeast tower of the castle. From atop a
Floyd | winding staircase comes a loud crashing and screeching noise. To the
Floyd | west is a corridor and the southern gate of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jewelled box
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "What's the best way to handle this"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You start across the room, but less than halfway across, the huge
Floyd | hammer crashes down, right on top of you!
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		Roger says, "I've no idea"
		BrianK says, "So the hammer doesn't interact with the box"
		BrianK says, "But maybe the trap will"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "just tell me when you want a hint"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You make it across the room, but just barely; just as you duck through
Floyd | the door, a huge hammer crashes down behind, missing by an inch.
Floyd | Something you stepped on along the way clicked as well, and with a
Floyd | horrible screeching noise, the machinery speeds up, crashing faster and
Floyd | faster until it's twice as fast as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take scroll" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your exhaustion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger) Allen says, "WRONG"
		BrianK says, "pfft"
BrianK says (to Floyd), " sleep" 		

Floyd | You try to sleep but it's too noisy.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "kulcad spell: dispel a magic spell". The spell seems
Floyd | very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd | Suddenly, you sense a great wind of evil magic blowing around you. You
Floyd | are weighed down by its power, and only your sorcerous training permits
Floyd | you to withstand it. When you regain your composure, your surroundings
Floyd | have changed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Uh, what"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah the "faint acrid odor" description"
		BrianK says, "It shows up randomly but I dunno what it's about"
		BrianK says, "But the whole 'your surroundings have changed' seems to indicate that it's, like, a Thing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kulcad evil" 		

Floyd | You can't see any evil here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jewelled box
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "may as well sleep before entering"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | You try to sleep but it's too noisy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, indeed. The rest will do you good. You
Floyd | spread your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind ... Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sleep uneventfully, dreamlessly, and awake refreshed.
Floyd | The sun has now risen above the hills.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd | Mmm. That tasted great! There's nearly half of it left, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You make it across the room, but just barely; just as you duck through
Floyd | the door, a huge hammer crashes down behind, missing by an inch.
Floyd | Something you stepped on along the way clicked as well, and with a
Floyd | horrible screeching noise, the machinery speeds up, crashing faster and
Floyd | faster until it's twice as fast as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You run across the room, trying to dodge the crashing machinery, and
Floyd | you are succeeding for a while until you set off a trap. A volley of
Floyd | sharp spears, powered by cunning machinery, comes at you from all
Floyd | directions. You are skewered! The huge hammer crashes down for the coup
Floyd | de grace.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "All right, it doesn't look like the box interacts with the machinery here"
		BrianK says, "oh wait"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kulcad box" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the brittle scroll vanishes!
Floyd | It appears that the jewelled box was real, since nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | A knife seems to split your head apart. A deep, black presence seems to
Floyd | enter and probe, deep and sure. After what seems like an eternity, it
Floyd | passes, leaving you with a throbbing headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Uhh"
		Roger says, "The adventurer has lots of sharp bits of metal; maybe he can get Gordian on it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kulcad rope" 		

Floyd | As you cast the spell, the brittle scroll vanishes!
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens, but when you examine the rope, it lacks a
Floyd | certain something you saw in it before. It now looks sort of ordinary,
Floyd | like a clothesline.
Floyd |
Floyd | A knife seems to split your head apart. A deep, black presence seems to
Floyd | enter and probe, deep and sure. After what seems like an eternity, it
Floyd | passes, leaving you with a throbbing headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Oh hunh"
		Roger says, "Good work BK"
		BrianK says, "I might be onto something"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn rezrov" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov box" 		

Floyd | The rope dissolves and the jewelled box flies open!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd | The jewelled box contains:
Floyd |   A vellum scroll
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get vellum" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "omg"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd | The scroll reads "melbor spell: protect magic users from harm by evil
Floyd | beings".
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Ohhhhh"
		BrianK says, "Ahhhhhh"
		Roger says, "ha"
		BrianK says, "Does... does this protect us from the trap though"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto melbor" 		

Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the melbor spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn melbor" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the melbor spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "melbor me" 		

Floyd | A wave of warmth courses through you, leaving you with a feeling of
Floyd | great internal strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You run across the room, trying to dodge the crashing machinery, and
Floyd | you are succeeding for a while until you set off a trap. A volley of
Floyd | sharp spears, powered by cunning machinery, comes at you from all
Floyd | directions. You are skewered! The huge hammer crashes down for the coup
Floyd | de grace.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "It probably saves us from the terror so hrm"
		BrianK says, "ok, so, that doesn't help us get out of the area"
		Roger says, "true"
		BrianK says, "and yeah it looks like we want to use melbor to get the powerful scroll without having to use it"
		BrianK says, "So we'll have to restore at some point"
		BrianK says, "And what do you do with the turtle??? Argh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | You feel energetic and zippy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You rush across the engine room, your speed enabling you to avoid the
Floyd | gigantic hammers and gears; at this speed they appear to move with
Floyd | great deliberation. Unfortunately, you set off a trap, and many sharp
Floyd | spears fly at you from all directions! They seem to move pretty fast.
Floyd | Too fast, in fact. You can't dodge them, and you are severely skewered.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I dunno why I tried that again"
		BrianK says, "insanity is trying the same thing etc."
		Roger says, "I can't hold this entire game in my head right now, so I'm not much help"
		Roger says, "Might be worth asking Allen if we're already unwinnable though"
		BrianK says, "Well, I think we are unwinnable in that we used the powerful scroll :P"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.s.se" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | This is a meadow near the sea. There is a smell of salt in the air.
Floyd | Only heather and thistles grow here. To the north is a gate leading
Floyd | into the castle. A narrow path to the southeast leads to the shore of
Floyd | the Sea.
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | This is a rocky beach along a grey and lifeless sea. There is dead
Floyd | seaweed covering many rocks, and listless waves barely stir the flotsam
Floyd | and jetsam here. There are many shells, but all are broken. A narrow
Floyd | path to the northwest leads into a meadow.
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd | Crawling slowly along the beach is an enormous turtle, his enamelled
Floyd | shell shining with all the colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x turtle" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | There is nothing special to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shell" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | There is nothing special to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "l at shell" 		

Floyd | There is nothing special to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn cleesh" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the cleesh spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cleesh turtle" 		

Floyd | As he is already a reptile, the spell has little effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That was the change-creature-to-amphibian spell"
		BrianK says, "Which is silly because obviously a reptile is diffeerent from an amphibian"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | The turtle looks at you quizzically. It's clear he would like to
Floyd | understand you, but he doesn't. He responds, but it's only snaps,
Floyd | hisses, and clicks to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn nitfol" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the nitfol spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle looks at you for a moment, and you look at it.
Floyd | "Hello," it says.
Floyd | You are worn out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, indeed. The rest will do you good. You
Floyd | spread your cloak under the open sky and drift off, renewing your
Floyd | powers and refreshing your mind ... Time passes as you snore
Floyd | blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sleep blissfully, unaware of the evil creatures lurking in the
Floyd | darkness. Unaware, that is, until one of them sets upon you with nasty
Floyd | sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Uh, okay"
		BrianK says, "I guess we can't sleep outside"
		BrianK says, "And the turtle won't protect us :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | The stars shine down on you from a clear, dark sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | You sense something behind you, turn, and there is nothing there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | You fall asleep quickly and begin to dream. The dream turns into a
Floyd | nightmare of decay and desolation, as your surroundings turn grey and
Floyd | lifeless. You feel a great weight, like a pile of ashes, constricting
Floyd | your movements, and then you bolt awake!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd | Mmm. That tasted great! There's nearly half of it left, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Beach
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch shell" 		

Floyd | The turtle seems to appreciate the attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take turtle" 		

Floyd | The turtle is much too large to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blorb" 		

Floyd | What do you want to blorb?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blorb turtle" 		

Floyd | You can't see any blorb turtle here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blorb turtle" 		

Floyd | You don't have the blorb spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn blorb" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the blorb spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blorb turtle" 		

Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "ask turtle about shell" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "about".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Dangit"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in turtle" 		

Floyd | There is nothing special to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, give shell to me" 		

Floyd | "I'm only a turtle, you know, even if I can talk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, give scroll to me" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle seems confused. "I don't see any scroll here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, nw" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ok, so we can relocate the turtle"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Miseri says, "I seem to remember needing the turtle to go somewhere."
		BrianK says, "Can we use this to our advantage"
		Roger says, "Sure"
		Roger says, "Maybe he's hammerproof"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, n" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | This interior courtyard stands at the southern entrance to the castle,
Floyd | where a small rusty gate is standing open and slowly swaying in a
Floyd | gentle sea breeze. Beyond the gate can be seen a small meadow and,
Floyd | beyond that, a white beach on a misty sea. Passages enter the castle
Floyd | proper to the north, east, and west.
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, e" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle," 		

Floyd | There was no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, u" 		

Floyd | The turtle looks at you quizzically. It's clear he would like to
Floyd | understand you, but he doesn't. He responds, but it's only snaps,
Floyd | hisses, and clicks to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ehhh, did it wear off already"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn nitfol" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the nitfol spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle looks at you for a moment, and you look at it.
Floyd | "Hello," it says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, up" 		

Floyd | The turtle huffs and puffs up the stairs. "Pretty steep stairs for a
Floyd | turtle, friend..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, se" 		

Floyd | The poor turtle starts, but he's just too slow. About halfway across
Floyd | the room he is dispatched by the enormous hammer, leaving only a
Floyd | rainbow colored smudge on the floor. Even that disappears at the next
Floyd | blow of the hammer.
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The rainbow turtle has died ***
Floyd |
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
		Roger says, "uhhh"
		Roger says, "Sorry little guy"
		BrianK says, "I'M SO SORRY TURTLE"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd | A gaunt, feral-looking dog carrying a well-chewed bone approaches, is
Floyd | surprised by your presence, growls and then turns tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "In life, he was a good friend"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle shimmers, then vibrates in place for a few seconds,
Floyd | but doesn't take any notice of the change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, se" 		

Floyd | As the turtle starts across, he seems to set off something, for the
Floyd | machinery speeds up and the noise level becomes almost unbearable.
Floyd | Luckily, he makes it to the other side safely!
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, get scroll" 		

Floyd | The turtle seems to bend its head as if to listen, but with all this
Floyd | noise it's not very likely that he hears you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You start across the room, but less than halfway across, the huge
Floyd | hammer crashes down, right on top of you!
Floyd |
Floyd |     ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken among the members of the Circle. Belboz the Necromancer
Floyd | looks tired, and scattered about are the remains of the components of a
Floyd | spell of great healing power. The other members of the Circle are
Floyd | pleased to see you revived, but worried by the setback. "I think Krill
Floyd | is too powerful," says one. "This inexperienced wizard will never
Floyd | defeat one so puissant as he." Quiet discussion ensues, with
Floyd | well-concealed acrimony beneath the surface.
Floyd | Debate ensues, with Belboz returning frequently to the contents of the
Floyd | ancient manuscript. His wishes prevail, and it is agreed to send you
Floyd | back....
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Fork
Floyd | The darkening sky is lit by a waning moon.
Floyd | There is a loaf of bread here.
Floyd | There is a jug here (providing light).
Floyd | The jug contains:
Floyd |   A quantity of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Oh, yeah, it speeds up"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd | Across the room you can see the rainbow turtle, who frequently looks
Floyd | your way.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn exex" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the exex spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exex me" 		

Floyd | Nothing seems to happen. Perhaps the spell needs time before it can be
Floyd | cast again.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia turtle" 		

Floyd | You can't see anyturtle here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "What is that supposed to mean B("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia rainbow turtle" 		

Floyd | You don't have the zifmia spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x turtle" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | He is standing on the other side of the machinery.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd | The darkened sky is now full of bright stars. It is night.
Floyd | Today seemed shorter than yesterday, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia turtle" 		

Floyd | You can't see anyturtle here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Could we tie the rope to the turtle and pull it back"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   A spell book
Floyd |   A jug (providing light)
Floyd |   The jug contains:
Floyd |     A quantity of water
Floyd |   A partially eaten loaf of bread
Floyd |   A jewelled box
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "The rope is purely part of the box, I think"
		BrianK says, "I was thinking something like... we go past the machinery first, and then summon the turtle, and then send the turtle to set off the trap but not get hurt because of the shell"
		BrianK asks, "But summoning the turtle... doesn't work?"
		Roger asks, "What's the desc on zifmia again?"
		BrianK says, "zifmia: magically summon a being"
		BrianK says, "(specifically, something we can see)"
		Roger says, "I was thinking if we can all get over by the controls, we could send the turtle back over to set off the spears for us"
		Roger says, "But I can't see any way to achieve that"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		BrianK says, "I think we have the right idea"
		Roger asks, "Has we used cleesh for anything useful yet?"
		BrianK says, "Not yet"
		Roger says, "Like maybe we can newt our way back without setting off the trap"
		BrianK says, "I dunno if we can go back to being not-a-newt once we become a newt"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn cleesh" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the cleesh spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cleesh me" 		

Floyd | You are turned into a newt, and scurry off to find your friends in the
Floyd | swamp. You are distracted by various yummy insects along the way, but
Floyd | eventually settle into a nice gooey part of the morass and live happily
Floyd | ever after, at least until you are devoured by a heron.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 145 of a possible 400, in 445 moves.
Floyd | This puts you in the class of Novice Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game?
Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, that was fun"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I was not expecting that, but alright"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn cleesh" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the cleesh spell.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the north.
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | East Hall
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This short piece of corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a dusty book, a beautiful, ornamented egg, a worn silver
Floyd | spoon, a sword, and a brass lantern.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the north.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Banquet Hall
Floyd | This desolate hall is nearly empty, save for a few long benches which
Floyd | are scattered throughout the room. The walls seem to be scorched, and
Floyd | everywhere are signs of decay. A sickening odor pervades the room, and
Floyd | wisps of acrid black smoke can be seen to the north. A wide passage
Floyd | leads south, and a small one opens to the east.
Floyd | To the north you can hear the sound of a group of low, guttural voices.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a dusty book, a beautiful, ornamented egg, a worn silver
Floyd | spoon, a sword, and a brass lantern.
Floyd | The low, guttural voices seem to be coming in your direction.
Floyd | The adventurer attempts to eat his sword. I don't think it would agree
Floyd | with him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cleesh adventurer" 		

Floyd | The adventurer turns into a fairly large newt, which scuttles off and
Floyd | is lost to sight.
Floyd | A group of four hunched and hairy shapes walks into your presence. They
Floyd | seem surprised to see you. After whispering a few guttural words to
Floyd | each other, they start to move toward you purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "uh"
		BrianK says, "this is new"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | East Hall
Floyd | The group of shapes follows you, intent on your capture! They seem to
Floyd | come alive in the desolation which fills this room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | The group of shapes follows you into this undespoiled room, emboldened
Floyd | and eager for blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | The group of hunched and hairy shapes takes you in their arms and
Floyd | escorts you into a huge temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | A low noise begins behind you, and you turn to see hundreds of hunched
Floyd | and hairy shapes. A guttural chant issues from their throats. Near you
Floyd | stands a figure draped in a robe of deepest black, brandishing a
Floyd | vicious dagger. The chant grows louder as the robed figure approaches
Floyd | the altar. As the shapes grab you, the figure in black speaks: "Take
Floyd | the victim to the tower. I shall prepare for the sacrifice!" The
Floyd | figures, whose form you can barely guess, take you from here through
Floyd | the northern door and into a prison cell. They take your possessions
Floyd | from you and close the door with a crash!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is a small prison cell in the north tower of the temple. Hideous
Floyd | shapes can be seen through the iron-barred window in the prison door.
Floyd | From the temple, a bloodcurdling chant can be heard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "ANYWAY"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day, indeed. The rest will do you good. You
Floyd | spread your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind ... Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sleep uneventfully, dreamlessly, and awake refreshed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | This is a meadow near the sea. There is a smell of salt in the air.
Floyd | Only heather and thistles grow here. To the north is a gate leading
Floyd | into the castle. A narrow path to the southeast leads to the shore of
Floyd | the Sea.
Floyd | The sun has now risen above the hills.
Floyd | Your stomach is starting to grumble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Beach
Floyd | This is a rocky beach along a grey and lifeless sea. There is dead
Floyd | seaweed covering many rocks, and listless waves barely stir the flotsam
Floyd | and jetsam here. There are many shells, but all are broken. A narrow
Floyd | path to the northwest leads into a meadow.
Floyd | Crawling slowly along the beach is an enormous turtle, his enamelled
Floyd | shell shining with all the colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn nitfol" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the nitfol spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle looks at you for a moment, and you look at it.
Floyd | "Hello," it says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, nw" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, n. n." 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | East Hall
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This short piece of corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "ah it went up twice instead of going up and then me going up"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, s" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from the east.
Floyd | You are becoming quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Gate
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a dusty book, a beautiful, ornamented egg, a worn silver
Floyd | spoon, a sword, and a brass lantern.
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, e" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle, ever the good friend, leaves you.
Floyd | A gaunt, feral-looking dog carrying a well-chewed bone approaches, is
Floyd | surprised by your presence, growls and then turns tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Tower
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, u" 		

Floyd | The turtle huffs and puffs up the stairs. "Pretty steep stairs for a
Floyd | turtle, friend..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd | Mmm. That tasted great! There's nearly half of it left, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You make it across the room, but just barely; just as you duck through
Floyd | the door, a huge hammer crashes down behind, missing by an inch.
Floyd | Something you stepped on along the way clicked as well, and with a
Floyd | horrible screeching noise, the machinery speeds up, crashing faster and
Floyd | faster until it's twice as fast as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia turtle" 		

Floyd | You can't see anyturtle here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x turtle" 		

Floyd | [x -> examine]
Floyd | He is standing on the other side of the machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Come onnnnn, we can see the turtle from here :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, se" 		

Floyd | The turtle seems to bend its head as if to listen, but with all this
Floyd | noise it's not very likely that he hears you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf15" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "climb turtle" 		

Floyd | The turtle doesn't allow you to get on his back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, get me" 		

Floyd | "I don't think I can carry that too easily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get on turtle" 		

Floyd | You can't climb onto the rainbow turtle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn zifmia" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the zifmia spell.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "zifmia turtle" 		

Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "zifmia does work on the turtle when it's right next to us"
		BrianK says, "well, it 'works'"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum turtle" 		

Floyd | The turtle seems to make a friendly gesture, but then again turtles are
Floyd | pretty friendly anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "climb turtle" 		

Floyd | The turtle doesn't allow you to get on his back.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn rezrov" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov turtle" 		

Floyd | The turtle's shell pops off his back. Mortified, he retrieves it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "uh, whoops"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "doesn't that kill the turtle"
		BrianK says, "I suppose we can't expect magically transmogrified turtles to be anatomically correct"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, hello" 		

Floyd | The turtle looks at you quizzically. It's clear he would like to
Floyd | understand you, but he doesn't. He responds, but it's only snaps,
Floyd | hisses, and clicks to you.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn nitfol" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the nitfol spell.
Floyd | The sun starts to set behind the Lonely Mountain in the west.
Floyd | The day is coming to an end earlier than you would have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle looks at you for a moment, and you look at it.
Floyd | "Hello," it says.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vaxum" 		

Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vaxum spell.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vaxum adventurer" 		

Floyd | The adventurer smiles at you with an air of good will.
Floyd | The adventurer eyes your possessions intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "adventurer, se" 		

Floyd | "I'll do what I please, thank you."
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "well"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You make it across the room, but just barely; just as you duck through
Floyd | the door, a huge hammer crashes down behind, missing by an inch.
Floyd | Something you stepped on along the way clicked as well, and with a
Floyd | horrible screeching noise, the machinery speeds up, crashing faster and
Floyd | faster until it's twice as fast as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | Everything you see is grey and lifeless, as though covered with a veil
Floyd | of ash. Sound is muted and there is a faint acrid odor.
Floyd | This is the control room for all the machinery nearby. The controls are
Floyd | all magical, of course. The walls are covered by blinking lights and
Floyd | shifting displays, interspersed with arcane dials and glowing buttons.
Floyd | It's all very mysterious looking. The exit, to the northwest, leads
Floyd | into a room with machinery which would surely crush you if you were to
Floyd | attempt to enter it.
Floyd | A scroll of old, brittle parchment is here.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room is filled with noise: crashing and smashing, gurgling of
Floyd | water, grinding of gears, and horrible screeching of metal. Huge
Floyd | devices of obscure purpose provide these effects. The most notable is a
Floyd | huge hammer that smashes continually against the stone floor: it makes
Floyd | any crossing of the room a dangerous enterprise. The whole construction
Floyd | brings to mind the words "Infernal Machine." Far off to the southeast
Floyd | is another room. You can barely make out something on the floor of that
Floyd | room. It might be a scroll, but from here you can't tell for sure.
Floyd | There is a bedraggled and weary adventurer standing here. He is
Floyd | carrying a dusty book, a beautiful, ornamented egg, a worn silver
Floyd | spoon, a sword, and a brass lantern. He seems pleased to see you and
Floyd | frequently smiles in your direction.
Floyd | An enormous turtle is here, its enamelled shell shining with all the
Floyd | colors of the rainbow.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nitfol turtle" 		

Floyd | The rainbow turtle looks at you for a moment, and you look at it.
Floyd | "Hello," it says.
Floyd | A bedraggled adventurer walks into the room from downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turtle, eat adventurer" 		

Floyd | "I'm only a turtle, you know, even if I can talk!"
Floyd | The adventurer stares at his possessions as if expecting a revelation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd | The adventurer, not seeing any use in keeping the dusty book anyway,
Floyd | hands it to you gladly.
Floyd | The adventurer leaves the room, heading downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd | Which book do you mean, the dusty book or the spell book?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read dusty book" 		

Floyd | The first page of the book was the table of contents. Only two chapter
Floyd | names can be read: The Legend of the Unseen Terror and The Legend of
Floyd | the Great Implementers.
Floyd | "Crash!" A huge hammer smashes against the stone floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read unseen terror" 		

Floyd | This legend, written in an ancient tongue, goes something like this: At
Floyd | one time a shapeless and formless manifestation of evil was disturbed
Floyd | from millenia of sleep. It was so powerful that it required the
Floyd | combined wisdom of the leading enchanters of that age to conquer it.
Floyd | The legend tells how the enchanters lured the Terror "to a recess deep
Floyd | within the earth" by placing there a powerful spell scroll. When it had
Floyd | reached the scroll, the enchanters trapped it there with a spell that
Floyd | encased it in the living rock. The Terror was so horrible that none
Floyd | would dare speak of it. A comment at the end of the narration indicates
Floyd | that the story is considered to be quite fanciful; no other chronicles
Floyd | of the age mention the Terror in any form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I'm about done for today, little help as I've been"
		BrianK says, "Yeah, I guess I'm mostly stuck too"
		BrianK says, "We didn't really accomplish much in the major way of things but we made little bits of progress in all directions"
		Roger says, "mmhmm"
		BrianK says, "I'll restore to cf8, before we mess with the translucent room"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "save" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "translucent" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hopefully that carries over to next week"
		
*** FOURTH SESSION *** 		
			



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Ariadne in Aeaea by Victor Ojuel
As played on ifMUD on December 11, 2016

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 Ariadne in Aeaea written by Victor Ojuel. 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 ariadne" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Isle of Aeaea, the eastern Aegean.
Floyd | 3,500 years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd |  "What tidings from the northern wastes?" asked the High Priestess.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her elderly eyes were glued to the north, across the moonlit lagoon,
Floyd | beyond the cliffs on the other side, towards the great sea. Deep in
Floyd | though, she didn't notice a human shape silhouetted against the
Floyd | glistening waters, scurrying along the clifftop.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Alas, my potnia, the Achaeans have taken Tiryns", said the other
Floyd | woman, her voice so quiet her Egyptian lilt was almost unrecognisable
Floyd | "They are spreading through the Argolis like wildfire."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wildfire", echoed the High Priestess. "The Achaeans have a new Wanax,
Floyd | do they not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Be truer to say their new Wanax has them - lined up like pieces upon
Floyd | a game-board. Hear me, Circe, I have not the slightest doubt that he
Floyd | had a part in my sister's murder."
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe turned with a placating gesture.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Before we publicly accuse the most powerful Wanax of the northern
Floyd | wastes of sacrilegious killing..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My potnia, you and I know full well that my sister was all that stood
Floyd | between Achaean greed and the palace of Tiryns. Wake up, Circe. Palace
Floyd | after palace, they are bringing their sky-gods southwards and they
Floyd | care not an iota for us or the Goddess. Today it is Tiryns and
Floyd | tomorrow perhaps a closer port, and before we react they shall have a
Floyd | foothold in Crete. Perchance my potnia is growing soft in her old age?
Floyd | Maybe the Goddess needs a more... youthful vehicle for the fulfilment
Floyd | of her designs?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, let me guess, one of you Avaris women? Do you reckon I cling to
Floyd | this life just to spite you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kindly give us your candidates for evaluation, then. One of your
Floyd | nieces, I suppose?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "In due time. Phaedra shows potential but she is still too young. And
Floyd | concerning Ariadne..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The other woman let go a short, hearty laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ariadne! We Thebans always love a good joke, but it is high time we
Floyd | made a serious move, my potnia."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very well. I shall send for her in the morning, and we shall reach a
Floyd | decision before sunset. In fact, you can go fetch my niece yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pray tell, which one, my potnia?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, very droll, very droll..."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		BrianK says, "Oh my, that's a long intro"
Doug arrives, full of fun and funk. 		DavidW asks (of BrianK), "Would you like to drive since I've seen the first part of this?"
		BrianK says, "All right"
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Ariadne in Aeaea by Víctor Ojuel
Floyd | Made with Inform 7, September 2016.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art by Ara Carrasco.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author wishes to thank those who kindly (and bravely!) tested this
Floyd | game in its infancy, namely Ara Carrasco, Matthew Holland, Liz Mercuri
Floyd | and Andrew Schultz.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type HELP or INSTRUCTIONS if you want instructions on
Floyd | how to play.
Floyd | Type ABOUT AUTHOR to learn more about the author.
Floyd | Type ABOUT GAME to know more about the game and its
Floyd | historical/mythological setting.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd |
Floyd | Ariadne in Aeaea
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Victor Ojuel
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 160928 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Shepherd's hut
Floyd | You wake up from a dream of winding passages and a beast chasing you,
Floyd | to a morning which is little better: no labyrinth but a tangle of
Floyd | limbs, no beast but a pulsing headache and a concert of snores. A
Floyd | pale, blueish light filters through the wooden ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Which is odd, because the living quarters of the palace are all stone,
Floyd | and the other priestesses are rarely this physically affectionate and
Floyd | come to think about that...
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your eyes and bolt upright.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is not quite the palace's living quarters, more like a ragged
Floyd | wooden shelter. Your memories of yesterday are vague: you remember
Floyd | waiting until the other novices fell asleep, climbing down the outer
Floyd | wall of the palace, sneaking along the clifftop to meet the shepherd
Floyd | boys, and then all is a blur.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty jug lies on its side against a wall, abandoned where it
Floyd | stopped rolling. Just like the human occupants of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'm gonna look at the instructions to see if there's anything specific to this game"
		DavidW says, "okay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "instructions" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSTRUCTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | These are all the actions you need to complete the game:
Floyd |
Floyd | Use N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE and SW to move in the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Use ENTER and OUT to get in and out of buildings.
Floyd | Use INVENTORY to see the objects you carry and the clothes you wear.
Floyd | Use LOOK to see your surroundings.
Floyd | Use EXAMINE  to learn more about a certain object or person.
Floyd | Use TAKE  to pick up objects and GIVE  TO  to
Floyd | interact with humans.
Floyd | Use WEAR and TAKE OFF to don and disrobe pieces of clothing.
Floyd | Use TALK TO  to interact socially.
Floyd | Use PUSH and PULL to move heavy objects.
Floyd | And if you get stuck and would like a hint, use THINK to switch on
Floyd | your grey cells!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's more brief than I expected. How nice."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "about author" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Víctor Ojuel (Barcelona, 1983) is a writer, narrative designer and
Floyd | translator, based in Manchester, UK.
Floyd |
Floyd | He has worked as a business consultant, advertising copywriter and
Floyd | fashion transcreator before writing videogames, among them
Floyd | Pharaonic (now on Steam), Forgotten Kodama and
Floyd | Pilgrimage (IFDB).
Floyd |
Floyd | He has written a novel (Ava Ström, a university thriller with
Floyd | SF touches, now on Amazon) and is currently working on a second book,
Floyd | as well as a few undisclosed commercial projects. And, of course,
Floyd | Mistress of the Labyrinth, the original Ariadne game and an
Floyd | immediate sequel to the events of Ariadne in Aeaea. He is
Floyd | available as a freelance writer and narrative designer for videogames
Floyd | and other multimedia projects.
Floyd |
Floyd | Catch me on Twitter (@victorojuel) or send me an email
Floyd | and let me know what you think of this game
Floyd | (victor.ojuel@gmail.com). And thanks for playing! :)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "about game" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT GAME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ariadne in Aeaea is designed as a short, slightly
Floyd | tongue-in-cheek prologue to the events in the upcoming Mistress of
Floyd | the Labyrinth. They are both based upon the author's
Floyd | reinterpretation of the myths of the sorceress Circe, Ariadne, queen
Floyd | Pasiphaë, king Minos, the Minotaur and Theseus as historical facts
Floyd | deformed by post-Homeric Greek propaganda. In this world, Ariadne is a
Floyd | priestess of the (chthonic, matriarcal, animistic) Cretan/Minoan
Floyd | civilisation. She is also a stand-in for her culture, pitted against
Floyd | the onslaught of Achaean (proto-Greek) expansion, in the late Bronze
Floyd | Age in the Aegean sea, around the 15th century BC.
Floyd |
Floyd | Historically, this process ended with almost complete cultural
Floyd | assimilation, to the point that by Homer's time (400 to 600 years
Floyd | later) all traces of the Minoan culture where shrouded in legend.
Floyd | Nowadays it is extremely difficult to distinguish the Minoan roots of
Floyd | many aspects of Greek civilisation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ariadne in Aeaea specifically presents a conjectural theocratic
Floyd | society based on a fictional island, geographically modelled after
Floyd | Thera (Santorini) and culturally based on the Minoan palatial
Floyd | societies of Knossos and Phaistos. While most details are historically
Floyd | correct, the bigger picture is purely fictional - specially the notion
Floyd | of a somewhat centralised cult, Minoan in nature and with Egyptian
Floyd | influences, wielding significant international power and in control of
Floyd | a Mediterranean-wide network of priestesses cum diplomatic envoys and
Floyd | spies. While I believe it was entirely possible by the cultural and
Floyd | technological means of the era, there is no evidence of such a
Floyd | political structure ever existing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type CREDITS for general info, art and testing credits.
Floyd | Type ABOUT AUTHOR to learn more about the author.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ariadne in Aeaea by Víctor Ojuel
Floyd | Made with Inform 7, September 2016.
Floyd |
Floyd | Art by Ara Carrasco.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author wishes to thank those who kindly (and bravely!) tested this
Floyd | game in its infancy, namely Ara Carrasco, Matthew Holland, Liz Mercuri
Floyd | and Andrew Schultz.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type HELP or INSTRUCTIONS if you want instructions on
Floyd | how to play.
Floyd | Type ABOUT AUTHOR to learn more about the author.
Floyd | Type ABOUT GAME to know more about the game and its
Floyd | historical/mythological setting.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh that's the same as the beginning"
		BrianK says, "Anyway now we can proceed with the game"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Shepherd's hut
Floyd | Now that your vision has cleared a little, you take better stock of
Floyd | your surroundings. The hut is little more than a rough wooden shack,
Floyd | and the only furniture is a rudimentary rack on one side of the
Floyd | entrance. Most of the space is taken up by the... bed, if you could
Floyd | call it that. Two boys are sleeping there, snoring drunkenly. There is
Floyd | an Ariadne-shaped empty space between them.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty jug lies on its side against a wall, abandoned where it
Floyd | stopped rolling. Just like the human occupants of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Ariadne of Knossos, daughter of Minos, of the royal line of
Floyd | Pasiphaë the Sun-Maiden. At your formidable seventeen springtimes, you
Floyd | are an initiate priestess of the Isle of Aeaea, holiest of priestly
Floyd | orders of Potinaja, the Great Goddess.
Floyd |
Floyd | And right now you are not exactly at your brightest - hungover, hungry
Floyd | and naked after a deliciously rough night. But the poets don't need to
Floyd | know about your early years when they sing your praises for the
Floyd | centuries, do they?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are nude.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x boys" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | The boys are snoring loudly. One of them is really worth it, the other
Floyd | one only passable in the mercilessly sober light of the morning. So
Floyd | they even out and it's fine. (You understate things. You always do. As
Floyd | befits a sophisticated lady of royal lineage.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest finding your clothes before heading back to the holy palace."
		BrianK says, "That would make sense"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x jug" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a stylish round design with a small flat base, red clay with a
Floyd | striking black many-tentacled octopus. Such a modern and expensive
Floyd | model can only be imported from Crete and way above the means of a
Floyd | goatherder, so it was probably you who brought it from the
Floyd | palace.There lingers the faint perfume of fine wine, but it is
Floyd | completely empty. You probably had more than your fair share of it
Floyd | last night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You lift the jug with one hand: unsurprisingly, it's empty. A pity -
Floyd | by the Goddess, you could use a drink. And some breakfast... Then your
Floyd | eyes catch the glint of something metallic. You squat again, screwing
Floyd | your eyes in the half-light. There was something behind the jug... a
Floyd | pin? It seems to be a sort of golden brooch. You can guess it was
Floyd | carefully hidden somewhere, until last night's whirlwind of men and
Floyd | clothes ended up with the little golden bauble thrown in a corner. Now
Floyd | this is a surprise...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "As far as I know, there's no timer. We can take our time with this."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take brooch" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BROOCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the brooch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x brooch" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BROOCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a good look at it, from all sides. It is gold indeed, and the
Floyd | device is a lion sitting on its hind legs. You have no idea what it
Floyd | means, so at least it's not Cretan. Not from one of the great palaces,
Floyd | at any rate, or you'd know, but it is an expensive piece of art, and
Floyd | not from Aeaea either. Only the Goddess knows how it came into the
Floyd | hands of a rustic goatherder. Well, obviously it was the Goddess' will
Floyd | that you'd find it. It will look better on you anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear brooch" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BROOCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Wear it where? Pin it in your skin? This kind of jewelry without
Floyd | clothes is not just kinky, also painful. Better put on some clothes
Floyd | first, then wear the brooch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | A simple wooden platform to hold the meagre posessions of the
Floyd | goatherder. The only interesting ones are a loaf of bread and a pile
Floyd | of discarded pieces of clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x clothing" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone undressed hastily here. You might have had something to do
Floyd | with the undressing. Or with the haste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear clothing" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CLOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking pile of clothes)
Floyd | Your clothes should be somewhere around here. Now, let's think, you
Floyd | were wearing a tunic, right? If only you could remember where you left
Floyd | it... Rifling through the clothing (raw woollen shirts, leather pants,
Floyd | ragged boots) yields no result, except for a stench of sweat and
Floyd | seawater (now how do shepherds get wet with seawater? Are they so
Floyd | rustic that they bathe dressed?). You drop the lot with a weary sigh.
Floyd | Now where did you take off that bloody tunic, really?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bread" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | A hard piece of coarse, stale bread, perhaps adequate fare for
Floyd | shepherds but utterly unedible by humans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "wow, sick burn to those shepherds"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling your stomach churning, you snatch away the piece of bread. Too
Floyd | much wine and no dinner, time you ate something solid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A girl's gotta have *some* standards."
		BrianK says, "Except when she doesn't, and sleeps with them anyway :P"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The boys are lying on top of what probably was a nice and fluffy pile
Floyd | of straw a few hours ago. After last night's activities, the straw has
Floyd | been evenly spread through the hut and they are practically sleeping
Floyd | on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "My notes say that if you examine the men, she found one to be worth it and the other only passable."
		BrianK says, "I guess that's fair"
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You have already done all you felt like doing with, and on, that bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Shepherd's hut
Floyd | Now that your vision has cleared a little, you take better stock of
Floyd | your surroundings. The hut is little more than a rough wooden shack,
Floyd | and the only furniture is a rudimentary rack on one side of the
Floyd | entrance. Most of the space is taken up by the... bed, if you could
Floyd | call it that. Two boys are sleeping there, snoring drunkenly. There is
Floyd | an Ariadne-shaped empty space between them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Girl, you are seriously confused this morning. Maybe time to cut down
Floyd | on the wine a bit?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Wow, parser. Rude :("
		BrianK asks, "Did I forget to examine anything?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search boys" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have already done all you felt like doing to him/them last night.
Floyd | Possibly. Memories still a bit hazy, but you've had your fun. In any
Floyd | case, you feel like breakfast without conversation, so better get a
Floyd | move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "or are my clothes not in this room"
		DavidW says, "You've seen everything here, yeah."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Shielding your eyes against the light, you step outside. It takes you
Floyd | a few moments to adjust to sunlight, and your headache doesn't
Floyd | particularly like it. When you open your eyes again, the grand
Floyd | landscape of the Isle of Aeaea unfolds against a crisp blue morning
Floyd | sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rugged hills
Floyd | In all directions, the hills climb up and down, reddish earth
Floyd | embroidered with dark green shrubs and a few small pine woods,
Floyd | sometimes broken by white, sheer rock. The land slopes downwards, from
Floyd | the cliffs in the west to the eastern beaches. The shepherd's hut is
Floyd | the only visible shelter. The isle narrows to the north and broadens
Floyd | to the south, where a few smoke columns indicate the location of the
Floyd | palace. The shepherd's hut is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A herd of goats is roaming the pastures nearby, grazing on the short,
Floyd | tough grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I like the picture painted by this description"
		DavidW says, "The writing is good, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x goats" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOATS
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby goat is breakfasting on something that looks like a piece of
Floyd | textile of some so... oh by the Goddess, it's your tunic! You try to
Floyd | shoo the beast, or frighten it in some way to discourage the munching
Floyd | of your clothes, but it seems to love the change in diet. Damn...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give bread to goat" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BREAD TO GOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave the bread in front of the stupid animal's eyes. Eventually
Floyd | you catch its attention, and it approaches and reluctantly stops
Floyd | chewing your tunic to munch on the bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Puzzle solved!!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take tunic" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You swiftly snatch away the tunic, lest the animal changes its mind.
Floyd | It's not exactly clean, and part of a shoulder seems to have been
Floyd | bitten off, but surely asymmetric shoulders must be the fashion in
Floyd | some faraway island? And it beats showing up naked in the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay. Take the tunic before the bread's gone."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear tunic" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the tunic in place, and hold the torn shoulder while you pin
Floyd | it with the brooch, then smooth the torn edges under it. It holds, and
Floyd | possibly even adds a fanciful highlight to the otherwise plain
Floyd | garment. Can't wait to be ordained a full priestess and do away with
Floyd | these rags. Anyway, for the moment you are decent again, or decent
Floyd | enough to sneak back into the palace. And head straight for the
Floyd | kitchen, adds your rumbling stomach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tunic" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | Fine linen, fashionably pleated like the Egyptian girls from the
Floyd | Avaris chapter, but edged with embroidered dolphins and saffron
Floyd | crocus. It is one of the pieces Mother sewed for you before your
Floyd | departure for Aeaea (which is goatshit. Your know full well Mother
Floyd | could never sew to save her life.) The torn shoulder has been repaired
Floyd | with a flashy golden brooch, and the effect is rather fetching, if you
Floyd | do say so yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't fancy going cross-country through these solitudes
Floyd | like a goat. Better do like a human and follow the clifftop path to
Floyd | the west, or go back inside the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crest path
Floyd | A narrow path on top of the cliffs follows the crescent shape of
Floyd | Aeaea. The isle's rocky arms stretch like the horns of a bull piercing
Floyd | the sea. The Saffron Bay occupies most of the view, sheer cliff faces
Floyd | the height of a hundred men plunging vertically into the waters below.
Floyd | The palace complex shines across the bay like white teeth on jagged,
Floyd | blackened gums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path clings to the clifftop, coming from the civilised south and
Floyd | stretching towards the sharp edge of the isle to the northwest. To the
Floyd | east lie the hilly scrublands frequented only by shepherds and
Floyd | goatherds. As you know full well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Let us hope this is not what the poets will remember you for...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Clifftop path
Floyd | This is where the elegant curve of the Saffron Bay becomes wider and
Floyd | the downward slope is more benign. Most of the productive fields of
Floyd | the isle are around here, tended by peasants indentured to the palace,
Floyd | a few free settlers and scores of slaves. The olive trees, vineyards
Floyd | and farms of this side provide most of the local foodstuffs. The path
Floyd | follows the clifftop to the wild north and it becomes a proper paved
Floyd | road to the southwest, towards the entrance to the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "The exits could be clearer for some of the descriptions"
		DavidW says, "mm"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of archers wink at you (old "friends", so to speak), and
Floyd | quite a few priestesses frown (older "friends", so to speak).
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, finally here you are. Now, if you can only slip unnoticed to the
Floyd | side wall that is never guarded, and just climb up to the first floor
Floyd | terrace, then it should be easy to...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, if it isn't the wayward Ariadne!" booms a female voice behind
Floyd | you, grating on your hungover brains.
Floyd |
Floyd | You close your eyes, hard, taking an extra moment before turning
Floyd | around to face her. Oh sweet Potinaja, fair lady, let it not be old
Floyd | Circe...
Floyd |
Floyd | And the Goddess must have a perverse sense humour, because the
Floyd | offending lady is indeed not your aunt... but your sister.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sister" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger sister is considerably smaller than you, of slighter
Floyd | build, and is wearing the complete paraphernalia of a confirmed potnia
Floyd | - ruched and tiered red-and-blue longskirt, ceremonial apron, fitten
Floyd | open gilet and headdress. Her eyes and breasts are heavily made up
Floyd | with kohl and crushed coral. You used to look after her when she was
Floyd | just a bawling toddler... and now she has been ordained a potnia
Floyd | before you. Curses.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Phaedra." you say, in an extremely friendly way. The sight of her is
Floyd | the very last thing you needed right now and... oh by the Goddess,
Floyd | what is she wearing?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I can see you have noticed..." she purrs in triumph. You roll
Floyd | your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "TALK TO is the conversation style in this game."
		BrianK says, "I guess that was a little sequence breaking"
		BrianK says, "since it seems like I was supposed to get the "what is she wearing?" message and then examine her clothes afterwards"
		DavidW says, "oh, I see what you mean."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to phaedra" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PHAEDRA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath for your next reply:
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you doing, all tarted up like that?", you ask, trying to
Floyd | sound not at all taken aback.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You watch that tongue when speaking to a potnia, dear
Floyd | sister, specially while you are still an initiate", Phaedra
Floyd | says, savouring each word. The realisation comes late to your fried
Floyd | brains: has she been ordained yet? Before you? But you're at least two
Floyd | springtimes her senior! And you shed first blood at more or less the
Floyd | same age, so...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to phaedra" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PHAEDRA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath for your next reply:
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see. Grovelling at Aunt Circe's feet has finally paid up".
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pay? Circe, like all us potnias, is just a conduit for the designs of
Floyd | the Goddess, praise be the fair Potinaja," she recites, doing a little
Floyd | dance around you, presumably to rub in the offence, "And talking about
Floyd | payment, how does whatever you do pay? What a lovely brooch, sister. A
Floyd | little trinket from a client of yours?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You can use AGAIN or just G to repeat your last command."
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah"
		BrianK says, "I was just using the up key to repeat it though"
		DavidW says, "oh."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath for your next reply:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, sweet lady, does it come to this? Come, come, sister, be not so
Floyd | bitter", you smile in sympathy, taking her arm sororally, "Is it my
Floyd | fault no sane man was ever interested in you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Men, is that so?" she brushes your hand aside "I hear you sleep with
Floyd | goatherders."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I hear you sleep with the goats."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh very droll..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Potinaja wept, you even got the rancid mannerisms...!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes become linear slits, snake-like under the copious makeup. "I
Floyd | shan't have you profer blasphemies, least of all in presence of a
Floyd | potnia. You shall go see Circe and send my regards..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, that I shall..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...and if I do learn later that you have not, or have not used the
Floyd | proper formula and respect, I shall ask the High Priestess to have you
Floyd | seconded to my retinue, to do my hair and prepare the potions.
Floyd | Understood, initiate?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath for your next reply:
Floyd |
Floyd | You shut your mouth in time. Normally no priestess would be on a
Floyd | position to do that, but Phaedra is a royal as well, and of Pasiphaë's
Floyd | line, and her standing with your aunt is obviously better than yours.
Floyd | (Actually there are at least three slaves that Circe regards higher
Floyd | than she does you...). And then again, you'd sooner jump into the sea
Floyd | and try to make it back to Crete swimming than go through the
Floyd | humiliation of being your little sister's handmaiden.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Understood."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Understood what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Understood, my potnia."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I am so loving the sound of that. I shall see you later,
Floyd | initiate, do make haste", she sing-songs as she walks away. You pull a
Floyd | face at her back and quietly tell the Goddess how much you love little
Floyd | Phaedra.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well. Perhaps you really, really should have not stolen that toy
Floyd | crocodile when she was five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of archers wink at you (old "friends", so to speak), and
Floyd | quite a few priestesses frown (older "friends", so to speak).
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "west"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the palace unchallenged by either priestess or archer
Floyd | patrols.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe's chambers
Floyd | The residence of the High Priestesses is less sumptuous than what you
Floyd | had imagined the first time. It is nevertheless the most luxurious
Floyd | room in the whole island, somewhat in spite of Circe herself. The
Floyd | focal point of the room is a great wooden table, strewn with a
Floyd | thousand little objects around a map.
Floyd |
Floyd | The High Priestess is studying something intently at the great table,
Floyd | stopping only occasionally to gaze out of the window, never quite
Floyd | bothering to look in your general direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This scene is very amusing."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | It is surprisingly difficult to identify the landmasses. This one must
Floyd | be Aeaea; the bottom-heavy crescent is unmistakeable. Crete must be
Floyd | big and west of here, so it should be that vaguely rectangular block
Floyd | over there, with Knossos and Phaistos marked prominently and a dozen
Floyd | smaller palaces dotted around. South lies the Egyptian coast, so the
Floyd | symbol there must mark the position of Avaris. And far to the
Floyd | northwest, in the wastes beyond the sea, there's a cluster of black
Floyd | figurines. All of them are modelled in the likeness of a sitting lion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to circle" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are so lost it would take a big ball of twine to get you out of
Floyd | your confusion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oops"
		BrianK says, "muscle memory in action"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to circe" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CIRCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your left fist to your left temple, performing the adoration
Floyd | gesture. Circe pays no attention to you. You ahem-ahem a little, still
Floyd | to no reaction from the High Priestess, so you just chatter away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My potnia, I come on behalf of my beloved sister..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, that is a droll one", she mutters, still not looking at you. She
Floyd | rereads a line from a tablet, then moves another figurine over the
Floyd | map.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I bring my beloved sister Phaedra's respect and best wishes for the
Floyd | High Priestess, on the occasion of my noble sister's ordainment..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am sure you must be very proud of her, are you not?", she says
Floyd | dryly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very" you reply with equal enthusiasm, "As proud as if it was my own
Floyd | and belated induction into the Goddess' mysteries", you drone on
Floyd | monotonously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear a complaint?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shut up, it's a rhetorical question. Because I hear many complaints
Floyd | every day, and quite a few have something to do with one of my nieces
Floyd | being somewhat unruly."
Floyd |
Floyd | Being essentially a sensible young woman despite what certain
Floyd | uncharitable individuals might think, you let that one pass and force
Floyd | a smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anything else?", she asks. You are biting your tongue, hard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "Auntie Circe," you try, affectionately "when is my ordainment going
Floyd | to take place? I yearn to serve the Goddess and I am already old
Floyd | enough for the mysteries..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Age has nothing to do with it, child," she interrupts, still
Floyd | contemplating her map, "Maturity has. Just as some women shed first
Floyd | blood earlier, the Goddess blesses certain minds sooner than
Floyd | others..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So the lesson today is patience..." you sigh boredly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...and some she does not touch ever at all. What, patience? The
Floyd | Goddess and I have wasted ours with you, Ariadne."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Auntie, I promise, if this is about the drinking and... uhm,
Floyd | merrymaking, I swear I shall just..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh shut up, girl. What am I now, one of those bloody Lukkan puritans?
Floyd | Shut up, it's another rhetorical question. Merrymaking, the
Floyd | goatshit one has to hear! Mark my words, I do not give a fig if you
Floyd | fuck each and every fisherman in Aeaea while drunk as an Alassian
Floyd | sailor..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Auntie Circe...!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "...and don't you Auntie Circe me as if I was some senile
Floyd | spinster! What, scandalised? Oh, the irony! Listen, you might well
Floyd | despise your sister because she is a bit stupider than you (which is
Floyd | no small measure), or because she is quite insufferable (not to say
Floyd | you are not), or just because she is your sister, which is reason
Floyd | enough... Bugger me, did I hate your noble mother when we were your
Floyd | age, did I! And she was just like you, chasing men and women and
Floyd | whatnot, and the Goddess and I could not care less because she was
Floyd | also useful, and that is the whole point. Pasiphaë is and was useful,
Floyd | and thus she is Wanassa of Knossos. Your sister Phaedra doesn't have
Floyd | her political vision but she's fanatical and ruthless, and one day she
Floyd | shall be Wanassa of Phaistos. Now tell me, wench, what are you
Floyd | good for?"
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is it another rhetorical question?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very, very droll", Circe sighs, fingering one of the figurines on the
Floyd | map. "An easier one, then. What do we export, here in Aeaea?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Saffron and potnias?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very well. You might not be Wanassa material since you have no
Floyd | political wits... or an officiant priestess, given how obviously the
Floyd | Goddess chooses not to speak through you, but we might at least make a
Floyd | store administrator out of you yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stores?" you gasp, horrified "Sitting downstairs all day, counting
Floyd | measures of olive oil? Aunt, I'm begging you, send me back to Knossos
Floyd | rather than...!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was not a rhetorical question, girl. Dozens of palaces rely on us
Floyd | to provide suitable potnias as Wanassas," she says, making a broad
Floyd | gesture over the map, "and we do deliver. I need not remind you who
Floyd | brokered your mother's marriage to the Wanax of Knossos, or why he and
Floyd | thirty other dinasties send me their daughters for education and
Floyd | ordainment. In due time, your sister will be Wanassa of Phaistos. The
Floyd | Wanax shall get a powerful priestess to take care of divine affairs
Floyd | while he wages wars. Your father shall get a reliable alliance. And
Floyd | the Goddess and I shall get an influent agent in southern Crete, same
Floyd | as Pasiphaë has been in the north coast for decades."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am still a royal of the Pasiphaë line, I can marry..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Marry as you please. The world is full of bloody royals, do you know
Floyd | how many new siblings you've gotten since you came? Every petty
Floyd | warlord has two or three score bastards, and do you know what a
Floyd | nightmare genealogy has become? I should know, my father is the bloody
Floyd | Sun. Anyway. Princes and princesses are a fig a dozen. Potnias are
Floyd | scarce and precious. Should I send you back unordained, Minos would be
Floyd | offended and Pasiphaë's position weakened. I shall not undo the work
Floyd | of a generation for your sake."
Floyd |
Floyd | She waves you away and concentrates on the maps, moving another of the
Floyd | lion-shaped thingies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x lions" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your head is killing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x lion" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LION
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden brooch representing a sitting lion, of unknown origin. You
Floyd | found it at the shepherd's hut, which is quite a mystery. Perhaps you
Floyd | should look into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "no, the lion-shaped thingies :|"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x lion-shaped thingies" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LION-SHAPED THINGIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Sweet lady Potinaja, what do you mean?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to circe" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CIRCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I shall prove to you I am useful to you and the Goddess."
Floyd |
Floyd | Without looking up from her maps, Circe waves you away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pray be not a nuisance, niece. Go do as you please but bother me no
Floyd | more."
Floyd |
Floyd | She is obviously concerned with something, very much unrelated to your
Floyd | tribulations, and somehow related to the many lion-shaped figurines
Floyd | she keeps herding around the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the things on the map aren't implemented separately."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x figurines" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIGURINES
Floyd |
Floyd | A black piece of stone. Obviously Circe is using them to signify some
Floyd | sort of kingdom or faction over her map. Each is shaped like a sitting
Floyd | lion. Now where have you seen that before?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, okay, they are."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "show brooch to circe" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BROOCH TO CIRCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding the torn shoulder with your fingers, you undo the brooch and
Floyd | throw it on the table. It lands squarely among the black lion-shaped
Floyd | figurines, sending them on sudden expeditions across the sea. Circe
Floyd | looks up, startled.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How dare you...?", she starts.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Answering your next, non-rhetorical question, I have my own sources,
Floyd | just like you, aunt dear. I thought this might interest you, since you
Floyd | seem so fond of little lion figurines."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know what this is?" Circe says, as she takes the brooch and
Floyd | looks at it intently before staring back at you. "Its meaning? Where
Floyd | does it come from?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's see - yes, no, kind of. It's a brooch. I have no idea what it
Floyd | stands for. It comes from somewhere in the northern wastes, since you
Floyd | are piling all your toys there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The High Priestess takes a deep breath, obviously pondering whether to
Floyd | discuss important matters with you. Finally, she sighs and looks away.
Floyd | Was that a little chuckle?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Young Ariadne, what do you know about the Achaeans?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to circe" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CIRCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Achaeans. Northern barbarians, a few sad excuses for palaces. No
Floyd | fleet worth of the name. The only thing they are good at is making
Floyd | cheap copies of every piece of pottery Father sells them at outrageous
Floyd | prices. They are desperate for some culture. Are we sending them many
Floyd | potnias?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not a single one. They have their own unsavoury gods. And a very
Floyd | unsavoury new Wanax. With very, very unsavoury methods."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You sound jealous, aunt." Circe waves a finger at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do not get cocky, child. If you have found this in Aeaea, and I can
Floyd | only imagine where or how, it might mean we have a little spy problem.
Floyd | Now, I do not have enough archers to keep a patrol on all shores at
Floyd | all times, and sending them to search every ship and warehouse in the
Floyd | harbour would alert the spy... So...", she says, looking up and down
Floyd | at you with a critical eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So" you echo, tossing your hair dramatically, "You got yourself a
Floyd | secret agent, auntie."
Floyd |
Floyd | She hmphs. You smile. Then remember something.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, my potnia? On an unrelated note, can I have that brooch back?
Floyd | Holding this thing in place all day is tiring."
Floyd |
Floyd | The High Priestess of Aeaea mutters something unpleasant about your
Floyd | generation while fumbling about her things, then slides a clay token
Floyd | over the table towards you, together with the brooch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take brooch" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BROOCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the Achaean brooch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear brooch" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BROOCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you still hungover? Do you think it is a good idea to hunt around
Floyd | for an Achaean spy while wearing this for all the world to see?
Floyd | Perhaps Circe was right about your true calling after all...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TOKEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You palm the little piece of clay gleefully. Circe is notoriously
Floyd | stingy with supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The price of saffron is down and imports are killing us, Ariadne."
Floyd | she says warily "Take better care of your clothes from now on. And do
Floyd | not get anywhere near goats."
Floyd |
Floyd | "By the Goddess, how do you...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have been your age. Just avoid rumiants in general."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x token" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOKEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of fired clay, bearing three symbols - the glyphs for
Floyd | "priestess tunic", "high quality" and the personal seal of Circe. A
Floyd | requistion order for the palace stores, from the highest authority.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, we're getting a new tunic, which is why we don't need to wear the brooch again.... I guess"
		BrianK says, "look"
		BrianK says, "er"
		DavidW says, "yes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe's chambers
Floyd | The residence of the High Priestesses is less sumptuous than what you
Floyd | had imagined the first time. It is nevertheless the most luxurious
Floyd | room in the whole island, somewhat in spite of Circe herself. The
Floyd | focal point of the room is a great wooden table, strewn with a
Floyd | thousand little objects around a map.
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe is looking at you, appraisingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "west"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "west" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace stores
Floyd | The chambers are filled with the hustle of a few dozen workers
Floyd | carrying goods into our out of the stores. Slaves bring in copper ore
Floyd | and oil pithoi in carts, checked and accounted for by palace
Floyd | administrators. Throngs of artisans from the workshops bring their
Floyd | finished crafts for inspection, and receive clay tokens in exchange.
Floyd | This is a part of the palace you seldom visit willingily, except to
Floyd | pilfer some baubles or chat with your friend.  If you don't manage to
Floyd | fulfil your quest, you might well be spending the rest of your days
Floyd | here... The mere idea makes you shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of of the administrator catches your eye. It's Satiah, one of your
Floyd | last friends. She nods slightly in your direction while she keepts
Floyd | doing calculations on her abacus and counting tokens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | Satiah is more or less your age. She has the darker skin that
Floyd | identifies her as coming from the Avaris chapter, which is somewhere
Floyd | in the Two Lands, on the delta of an incredibly big river, far to the
Floyd | south. She wears the full pleated linen favoured by admininstrative
Floyd | priestesses when they are not facing the public, decorated with the
Floyd | insignia of a mid-junior priestess - quite a promotion for accounting
Floyd | duty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This scene is as far as I got."
		DavidW asks, "Did you remember to take the jug from the hut as well, by the way?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah, I have it"
		DavidW says, "good"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, bad girl Ariadne is back. What tidings, love?", she greets, with
Floyd | her unmistakeable Egyptian lilt.
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Hey, Satiah. My sister is such a bitch."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have had this conversation already.", she observes, looking at you
Floyd | sideways.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. So, you want to hear about last night? It was like a dream. I
Floyd | met these two satyrs under the moonlight..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And that one as well. You Keftius are like trained songbirds who only
Floyd | know two songs."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine. You tell me about your fascinating adventures, then. How many
Floyd | measures of olives? Did someone, gasp, forget to record a few copper
Floyd | ingots? Tell me about your night of wild passion with your abacus."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ari, love, why are we always talking about men or pouring goatshit
Floyd | about other women? Can we not have a relevant conversation, like
Floyd | priestesses are supposed to? Do you reckon this is what the Goddess
Floyd | wants to discuss through us?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I... never thought of it that way, honestly."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I mean not to offend, dear Ariadne, but perhaps that is one
Floyd | reason why you are still only an initiate at seventeen? While the rest
Floyd | of our year-sisters have their own shrines on the other shore of the
Floyd | Great Green? Even Phaedra is prancing around with rouged boobs and
Floyd | acting like she is Circe reborn."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, my hangover. Catch you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, ""Oh, my hangover." great excuse, Ariadne"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give token to satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TOKEN TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | Satiah takes the token and gives it a cursory glance, then a double
Floyd | take.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aha. Somebody's connections are starting to pay off?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for your kind words, Satiah. I am so glad I can share this
Floyd | very special moment with a good friend."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All I am saying is," she shrugs, "it is quite unusual to see two of
Floyd | these within the same day, both for nieces of the High Priestess. And
Floyd | I have been a witness to Phaedra's initiation in the third mysteries,
Floyd | but you I have not seen since you talked me into pilfering that wine
Floyd | jug for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So I am working my way to ordainment a different way, does that make
Floyd | me a worse priestess than my dear, dear sister?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Satiah smiles sympathetically, says nothing (because she is an amazing
Floyd | friend) and sends a slave for the goods (because she does not trust
Floyd | you alone in a room filled with valuable stuff). She inspects the
Floyd | garments when they arrive, nods and drops the token in the appropiate
Floyd | jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | "All yours. And congratulations. You must have done something quite
Floyd | impressive, given your record, to impress the old girl so. Care to
Floyd | gossip about it, or you're too important now for your old friend, my
Floyd | potnia?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You give her a conspiratorial wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Secret mission. High priesthood business. Can't talk", you whisper in
Floyd | a mysterious and alluring way. Satiah tsk-tsks and shields her eyes in
Floyd | mock shock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   tunic
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an Achaean brooch
Floyd |   wine jug (empty)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take garments" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GARMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | With the appropiate reverence, you take the ceremonial garments
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You need to take the ... ah, good"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear garments" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GARMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You should get rid of the tunic first, or it will look ridiculous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take off tunic" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OFF TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | Been there, but in your new quest as a secret agent, this is probably
Floyd | not the way to keep a low profile, at least in such a public place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah, duh"
		DavidW says, "You can also give the jug to Satiah."
		BrianK says, "I'm clearly too used to stripping in public places"
		DavidW says, "heh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give jug to Satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE JUG TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | "You did not smash it this time? Good. Keep it for now. If I take it I
Floyd | shall have to account for it and I am all out of pottery tokens. Call
Floyd | it inventories adjustment."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was not giving it back, Satiah. I was asking for a refill."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Potinaja wept, Ari, you have a drinking problem."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The boys drank almost all of it, I promised. Pretty please?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She frowns, calls one of her helpers and mutters some instructions in
Floyd | his ear. He takes the jug, disappears and brings it back after a
Floyd | while. Satiah smiles and hands it back to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace stores
Floyd | The chambers are filled with the hustle of a few dozen workers
Floyd | carrying goods into our out of the stores. Slaves bring in copper ore
Floyd | and oil pithoi in carts, checked and accounted for by palace
Floyd | administrators. Throngs of artisans from the workshops bring their
Floyd | finished crafts for inspection, and receive clay tokens in exchange.
Floyd | This is a part of the palace you seldom visit willingily, except to
Floyd | pilfer some baubles or chat with your friend.  If you don't manage to
Floyd | fulfil your quest, you might well be spending the rest of your days
Floyd | here... The mere idea makes you shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satiah smiles at you from behind her desk, fingers flying on the
Floyd | abacus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of archers wink at you (old "friends", so to speak), and
Floyd | quite a few priestesses frown (older "friends", so to speak).
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the palace unchallenged by either priestess or archer
Floyd | patrols.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You start towards the living quarters, but you stop after a couple of
Floyd | steps. What's the point? You have already been caught, and in the
Floyd | worst of ways, so why pretend? Better carry on with your own business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Uh, where do I go to change"
		DavidW says, "So, I'm thinking we need to find a place to change our clothes, but I'm not sure where."
		BrianK says, "I thought it would be the living quarters"
		BrianK asks, "I... guess we could try the wilderness?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, me too. But I stopped playing instead of finding where the next scene was."
		DavidW says, "Unless there's exits that just aren't mentioned."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of archers wink at you (old "friends", so to speak), and
Floyd | quite a few priestesses frown (older "friends", so to speak).
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Clifftop path
Floyd | This is where the elegant curve of the Saffron Bay becomes wider and
Floyd | the downward slope is more benign. Most of the productive fields of
Floyd | the isle are around here, tended by peasants indentured to the palace,
Floyd | a few free settlers and scores of slaves. The olive trees, vineyards
Floyd | and farms of this side provide most of the local foodstuffs. The path
Floyd | follows the clifftop to the wild north and it becomes a proper paved
Floyd | road to the southwest, towards the entrance to the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take off tunic" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OFF TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You shimmer out of tunic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear garments" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GARMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on ceremonial priestly garments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Puzzle solved!"
		DavidW asks, "I'm not sure what we're supposed to do next. Ask the shepherds about the brooch? Or poke around somewhere else?"
		BrianK says, "I'll talk to the shepherds, then, if I can"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crest path
Floyd | A narrow path on top of the cliffs follows the crescent shape of
Floyd | Aeaea. The isle's rocky arms stretch like the horns of a bull piercing
Floyd | the sea. The Saffron Bay occupies most of the view, sheer cliff faces
Floyd | the height of a hundred men plunging vertically into the waters below.
Floyd | The palace complex shines across the bay like white teeth on jagged,
Floyd | blackened gums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path clings to the clifftop, coming from the civilised south and
Floyd | stretching towards the sharp edge of the isle to the northwest. To the
Floyd | east lie the hilly scrublands frequented only by shepherds and
Floyd | goatherds. As you know full well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps reentering the palace gives new options, now we're dressed nicer."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Rugged hills
Floyd | In all directions, the hills climb up and down, reddish earth
Floyd | embroidered with dark green shrubs and a few small pine woods,
Floyd | sometimes broken by white, sheer rock. The land slopes downwards, from
Floyd | the cliffs in the west to the eastern beaches. The shepherd's hut is
Floyd | the only visible shelter. The isle narrows to the north and broadens
Floyd | to the south, where a few smoke columns indicate the location of the
Floyd | palace. The shepherd's hut is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter hut" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shepherd's hut
Floyd | Here you are, back in the hut. The boys are gone, it is marginally
Floyd | tidier than it was this morning, and there is still nothing but a
Floyd | wooden rack and a miserable bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, they're gone"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The rack is empty. No bread, no clothes (at a guess, the shepherds
Floyd | must be wearing them)... You stop for an instant, look at it twice.
Floyd | Wasn't it a bit further away from the wall, this morning? It might
Floyd | just be the shepherd boys tidying up after your tryst, or there might
Floyd | be another reason for pushing the rack against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The bedding has been half-heartedly remade after last night, but still
Floyd | consists of loose straw piled on the floor. You kick it around a bit,
Floyd | but you find no more brooches or anything else but dusty straw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, move the rack"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The rack is already against the wall, it won't move unless you pull
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You take both ends of the rack, plant your feet firmly on the ground
Floyd | and pull. It is not terribly heavy, and you manage to separate it a
Floyd | couple of handspans from the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, you have no time for this, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "look behind it?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look behind rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Potinaja wept, you are not making any sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The rack is empty. No bread, no clothes (at a guess, the shepherds
Floyd | must be wearing them)... You stop for an instant, look at it twice.
Floyd | Wasn't it a bit further away from the wall, this morning? It might
Floyd | just be the shepherd boys tidying up after your tryst, or there might
Floyd | be another reason for pushing the rack against the wall. Pulling the
Floyd | rack away from the wall has revealed a small hole in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "a hole"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | What a surprise, a small cache. Now this goatherders are much more
Floyd | mysterious than you thought.
Floyd | The hole contains a small but finely made daidala.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x daidala" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DAIDALA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a little statuette of a bull, cast in bronze and lacquered in
Floyd | black, with lovingly carved ivory horns, small enough that it can
Floyd | stand on your open palm. The head is articulated, so that the horns
Floyd | can point up or down - either menacing, as during the ritual
Floyd | bulldancing, or towards the earth, in worship of the Goddess. Very,
Floyd | very clever, and so finely detailed it looks almost menacing. This
Floyd | belongs in a major shrine. You have very seldom seen works of similar
Floyd | craftsmanship... and all of them were tributes sent from your native
Floyd | Crete. You examine it carefully again. Yes, without the shadow of a
Floyd | doubt - this is no Achaean artifact. Only Cretan masters can produce
Floyd | such perfection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Surprised, you take the statuette with careful fingers. What a place
Floyd | to find a holy piece. Really, what were these lads up to? Depending on
Floyd | its origin, they could be guilty of a most blasphemous crime.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, well. Now you are really, really interested in having a
Floyd | conversation with those two. Where are they gone?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push rack" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the rack back against the wall, and brush the ground a bit
Floyd | with your feet. Nobody would be able to tell it's been moved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "It looks like we want to go find the boys then"
		DavidW asks, "I guess go back out, check for trampled grass?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Rugged hills
Floyd | In all directions, the hills climb up and down, reddish earth
Floyd | embroidered with dark green shrubs and a few small pine woods,
Floyd | sometimes broken by white, sheer rock. The land slopes downwards, from
Floyd | the cliffs in the west to the eastern beaches. The shepherd's hut is
Floyd | the only visible shelter. The isle narrows to the north and broadens
Floyd | to the south, where a few smoke columns indicate the location of the
Floyd | palace. The shepherd's hut is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | The volcanic landscape of Aeaea is at its wildest here - not a
Floyd | flouncy-skirted priestess in sight, not a rumour of toiling workers or
Floyd | a flash of sunlight over a magnificient building, nary a word of
Floyd | praise for the Goddess except the calls of goats and the song of
Floyd | birds. Which is kind of pretty is you're that kind of person, but
Floyd | being a sophisticated lady and having spent ten years in Aeaea, you
Floyd | find it rather boring and unstimulating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "eastern beaches, maybe"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shepherd's hut
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shepherd's hut
Floyd | Here you are, back in the hut. The boys are gone, it is marginally
Floyd | tidier than it was this morning, and there is still nothing but a
Floyd | wooden rack and a miserable bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Rugged hills
Floyd | In all directions, the hills climb up and down, reddish earth
Floyd | embroidered with dark green shrubs and a few small pine woods,
Floyd | sometimes broken by white, sheer rock. The land slopes downwards, from
Floyd | the cliffs in the west to the eastern beaches. The shepherd's hut is
Floyd | the only visible shelter. The isle narrows to the north and broadens
Floyd | to the south, where a few smoke columns indicate the location of the
Floyd | palace. The shepherd's hut is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "north?"
		BrianK says, "North is a dead end"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't fancy going cross-country through these solitudes
Floyd | like a goat. Better do like a human and follow the clifftop path to
Floyd | the west, or go back inside the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rugged hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't fancy going cross-country through these solitudes
Floyd | like a goat. Better do like a human and follow the clifftop path to
Floyd | the west, or go back inside the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I guess we can head back to the palace, then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crest path
Floyd | A narrow path on top of the cliffs follows the crescent shape of
Floyd | Aeaea. The isle's rocky arms stretch like the horns of a bull piercing
Floyd | the sea. The Saffron Bay occupies most of the view, sheer cliff faces
Floyd | the height of a hundred men plunging vertically into the waters below.
Floyd | The palace complex shines across the bay like white teeth on jagged,
Floyd | blackened gums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path clings to the clifftop, coming from the civilised south and
Floyd | stretching towards the sharp edge of the isle to the northwest. To the
Floyd | east lie the hilly scrublands frequented only by shepherds and
Floyd | goatherds. As you know full well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I suppose we can show the bull statuette to Circe if nothing else is available."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern crags
Floyd | The crescent of Aeaea narrows to a bullhorn-sharp point here and the
Floyd | clifftop resolves into a rocky chaos of crags plunging dramatically
Floyd | into foaming waters. From here you can see the whole curve of the
Floyd | Saffron Bay, steep as the edge of a cauldron, with the palace a
Floyd | miniature on the other side. Without even a single goat to feed on the
Floyd | thorny bushes, the only living presence is the gulls that circle
Floyd | overhead, looking for fish in the the clashing waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x gulls" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GULLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about gull.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crest path
Floyd | A narrow path on top of the cliffs follows the crescent shape of
Floyd | Aeaea. The isle's rocky arms stretch like the horns of a bull piercing
Floyd | the sea. The Saffron Bay occupies most of the view, sheer cliff faces
Floyd | the height of a hundred men plunging vertically into the waters below.
Floyd | The palace complex shines across the bay like white teeth on jagged,
Floyd | blackened gums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path clings to the clifftop, coming from the civilised south and
Floyd | stretching towards the sharp edge of the isle to the northwest. To the
Floyd | east lie the hilly scrublands frequented only by shepherds and
Floyd | goatherds. As you know full well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Clifftop path
Floyd | This is where the elegant curve of the Saffron Bay becomes wider and
Floyd | the downward slope is more benign. Most of the productive fields of
Floyd | the isle are around here, tended by peasants indentured to the palace,
Floyd | a few free settlers and scores of slaves. The olive trees, vineyards
Floyd | and farms of this side provide most of the local foodstuffs. The path
Floyd | follows the clifftop to the wild north and it becomes a proper paved
Floyd | road to the southwest, towards the entrance to the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x olive trees" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OLIVE TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | What can you say, the saffron fields produce most of the exports of
Floyd | Aeaea, and the rest of the fields are merely foodstuffs. Some fields
Floyd | are tended by slaves, property of the palace or of the settlers, and
Floyd | most of the free men are depend on the palace in one way or the other:
Floyd | some are indentuered workers, some are technically free but rely on
Floyd | bartering their produce for clay tokens only exchangeable for other
Floyd | stuff in the palace stores... Not that you care much for the boring
Floyd | details. Your interest in agricultural matters has always been quite
Floyd | low.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few priestesses blink, then nod respectfully as they pass, eyeing
Floyd | your attire. A couple of archers almost stand at attention when they
Floyd | see you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "se to harbour?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Harbour town
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Harbour town
Floyd | The paved road snakes downhill towards the glistening blue waters. The
Floyd | beach on the southern tip hosts the only port in the isle, a
Floyd | collection of warehouses and shipyards clustered around the harbour.
Floyd | The air smells of salt, rotting seaweed and adventure. Burly
Floyd | longshoremen sing coarse shanties as they unload a merchant ship,
Floyd | while the palace indentured workers wait to cart the loads to the
Floyd | workshops in the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dozen or so whores are pitching their wares to the sailors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x whores" 		

Floyd ]  Harbour town
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHORES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are gaudily dressed and most of them are girls. A couple of them
Floyd | have had the cheek to dress up in flouncy skirts and open bodices, in
Floyd | imitation of priestly garb. Such a near-blasphemy is indicative of
Floyd | their liminal status, for they are one of the collectives in Aeaea
Floyd | more loosely bound to the palace. As far as the High Priestess is
Floyd | concerned, they are legally free settlers and economically unnecesary
Floyd | for the Goddess, but also a natural element of the portuary
Floyd | facilities. Apart from helping in the harvest of saffron, which is the
Floyd | customary duty of all Aeaeans, their nominal allegiance to Circe boils
Floyd | down to their personal piety.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "'most'"
		DavidW says, "not all"
		BrianK says, "I was about to mention the same thing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to whores" 		

Floyd ]  Harbour town
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WHORES
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the prostitutes, reasoning that they probably know each
Floyd | ship and sailor that moves around these parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group falls into a respectful silence, turning and bringing fists
Floyd | to temples in the adoration gesture. A tall Peleset woman with her
Floyd | hair braided with red and blue thread meets your eyes levelly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My potnia," she says diplomatically, "We are conducting business this
Floyd | side of the harbour as agreed, and not obstructing palace business in
Floyd | any way. We are all healthy and a moon ago we donated a..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am here on palace business indeed but not of that sort. Have you
Floyd | seen any Achaeans... err, northern barbarians? Long black hair,
Floyd | beards, helmets made of boar tusks? Mycenaeans, Tirynsians,
Floyd | Athenians?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A lot of sailors fit that description, except for the helmets. And
Floyd | who can tell where they come from? In any case, my potnia, almost all
Floyd | our customers are foreigners, mostly Cretan and Alassian."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you seen anyone wearing brooches shaped like lions?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "How do they look like?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "show brooch to whore" 		

Floyd ]  Harbour town
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BROOCH TO WHORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You show the lion brooch to the Peleset woman, whose eyes open wide as
Floyd | soon as she sees it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have never seen a sailor wear such a thing...", she starts, but you
Floyd | cut her off.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on. You have seen it before! Lying to me is lying to the
Floyd | Goddess..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...but as I was about to say, a man offered me one of those a few
Floyd | nights ago. Not this one, but a very similar one."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And do you still have it? Who was that man, was he a northerner?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I don't have it any more", she says slowly, looking you in the
Floyd | eye, "but I know where to find him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Lead me to him and you can keep this one as well."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, most generous potnia. The man is a local, a shepherd or
Floyd | something. I had seen him many times, bringing milk and goatmeat to
Floyd | town and eyeing the girls. Obviously we were never interested in his
Floyd | custom, but as I say, he suddenly was very rich. I did not ask where
Floyd | he got that little brooch, but he said something about going fishing
Floyd | in the crags."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fishing in the crags... and say, are you feeling well these
Floyd | days? No rashes or itches or blood in your urine?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles and shakes her head. You silently praise the Goddess and,
Floyd | as agreed, let her have the brooch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, we can go back to the craggy area, but I dunno if we need a fishing rod or something"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Harbour town
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Harbour town
Floyd | The paved road snakes downhill towards the glistening blue waters. The
Floyd | beach on the southern tip hosts the only port in the isle, a
Floyd | collection of warehouses and shipyards clustered around the harbour.
Floyd | The air smells of salt, rotting seaweed and adventure. Burly
Floyd | longshoremen sing coarse shanties as they unload a merchant ship,
Floyd | while the palace indentured workers wait to cart the loads to the
Floyd | workshops in the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dozen or so whores are pitching their wares to the sailors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sailors" 		

Floyd ]  Harbour town
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAILORS
Floyd |
Floyd | A confusion of seamen, foreign captains in exotic clothing and toiling
Floyd | longshoremen. It would be an interesting spectacle if you did not have
Floyd | urgent matters to tend to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we can't find a fishing rod, we can ask Satiah, I suppose."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few priestesses blink, then nod respectfully as they pass, eyeing
Floyd | your attire. A couple of archers almost stand at attention when they
Floyd | see you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the palace unchallenged by either priestess or archer
Floyd | patrols.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace stores
Floyd | The chambers are filled with the hustle of a few dozen workers
Floyd | carrying goods into our out of the stores. Slaves bring in copper ore
Floyd | and oil pithoi in carts, checked and accounted for by palace
Floyd | administrators. Throngs of artisans from the workshops bring their
Floyd | finished crafts for inspection, and receive clay tokens in exchange.
Floyd | This is a part of the palace you seldom visit willingily, except to
Floyd | pilfer some baubles or chat with your friend.  If you don't manage to
Floyd | fulfil your quest, you might well be spending the rest of your days
Floyd | here... The mere idea makes you shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satiah smiles at you from behind her desk, fingers flying on the
Floyd | abacus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me, Satiah, do you really like it here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indeed I do. This palace might look like a rock, solid as the
Floyd | foundations of the earth, but it is actually dangling in a fine
Floyd | balance, always on a tipping point between copper ore coming in and
Floyd | finished goods coming out, saffron exported and meat imported, and the
Floyd | fluctuating number of mouths to nourish. The Goddess provides but it
Floyd | is up to us to keep her equilibrium or this isle would perish in a
Floyd | fortnight without us admin girls."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about traveling, serving overseas?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ariadne dearest, I am already serving overseas, remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, you told me about Avaris. Sorry, I have a bull-sized
Floyd | hangover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have just had a conversation with our beloved High Priestess."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And? Are you still a free woman?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have been told The World Is More Complicated Than I Know and also
Floyd | that I Play But a Small Part in It."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Knowing Circe, it sounds surprisingly harmless. Anything troubling
Floyd | your mind?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you seen or heard of any Achaeans around here?", you ask
Floyd | casually.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There used to be that girl, the straw-haired one? I think she was
Floyd | from somewhere up north? She was sent to Wilusha, assistant Wanassa,
Floyd | two springtimes ago maybe?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, yes. Nah, I was thinking more like traders, ambassadors, perhaps
Floyd | sailors? Do you get any trade from the northerners?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Occasionally. Not recently. They almost never trade directly with
Floyd | us, I hear most of the commerce goes through your island of Keftiu, so
Floyd | you probably know more than I do, you Cretan know-it-all. And they
Floyd | would have no business here anyway, they are dealt with at the
Floyd | harbour, and good riddance. Potinaja save me from dealing with the
Floyd | maniacs at port authority."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Satiah."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "btw, we can do something about the hangover. I was hoping you're discover it yourself, though."
		BrianK says, "Oh"
		BrianK says, "Is it... to drink more"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink wine" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Try again, this time making some sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   ceremonial priestly garments
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   bull daidala
Floyd |   tunic
Floyd |   wine jug (full of water)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh wait it's just water"
		DavidW says, "Drink something, but you don't actually have wine."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You drain it in a couple of long, greedy gulps. It does wonders to
Floyd | alleviate your hangover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give jug to satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE JUG TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | Satiah grimaces and calls a worker to refill your jug, then hands it
Floyd | back to you again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x jug" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a stylish round design with a small flat base, red clay with a
Floyd | striking black many-tentacled octopus. Such a modern and expensive
Floyd | model can only be imported from Crete and way above the means of a
Floyd | goatherder, so it was probably you who brought it from the
Floyd | palace.Satiah has made sure it was refilled... with fresh water. What
Floyd | a party pooper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to satiah" 		

Floyd ]  Palace stores
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SATIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | "What tidings, Ariadne?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Secret stuff. Anything suspicious happening around here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a Sherden trader screwing the Goddess on the saffron-pottery
Floyd | exchange rate, but nothing that would interest an important agent of
Floyd | the High Priestess like you. Let us have a jug tonight and talk, shall
Floyd | we?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You start towards the living quarters, but you stop after a couple of
Floyd | steps. What's the point? You have already been caught, and in the
Floyd | worst of ways, so why pretend? Better carry on with your own business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe's chambers
Floyd | The residence of the High Priestesses is less sumptuous than what you
Floyd | had imagined the first time. It is nevertheless the most luxurious
Floyd | room in the whole island, somewhat in spite of Circe herself. The
Floyd | focal point of the room is a great wooden table, strewn with a
Floyd | thousand little objects around a map.
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe is looking at you, appraisingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to circe" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CIRCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So where shall I begin?", you ask in a conspiratorial tone. Circe
Floyd | rolls her eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Last time I had this sinking feeling the earth shook and it rained
Floyd | ash for a moon."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aunt?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, get properly dressed, but remember it is not an official
Floyd | ordainment but a temporary promotion, just for this mission." She
Floyd | starts putting the figurines back in place "Then possibly try and
Floyd | trace back the origin of that brooch? Further investigate the place
Floyd | where you found it? Track whoever gave it ti you? Ask questions
Floyd | discreetly to the right people? Seduce men and suss out their secrets?
Floyd | Sweet lady Potinaja, ask me not about complicated matters of intrigue,
Floyd | I am but the elderly High Priestess of Aeaea. You youngsters have it
Floyd | all figured out, surely. I shall just stay here and play around with
Floyd | my strategic toys while you do the Goddess' will."
Floyd |
Floyd | You make the adoration gesture again, this time with a slight smile,
Floyd | and get ready to go. A secret mission for the High Priestess, no less!
Floyd | Time to prove your mettle... and avoid ending up as a bloody clerk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "show daidala to circe" 		

Floyd ]  Circe's chambers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DAIDALA TO CIRCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look what I found", you say, putting the daidala on the table. Circe
Floyd | looks puzzled for a second.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Where have you gotten that from? Ariadne, I expect you not to use
Floyd | your mission as an excuse to commit sacrilegious actions..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was among the possessions of a suspected Achaean agent. But it is
Floyd | clearly not Achaean. I suspect it was stolen from a shrine in Crete,
Floyd | which is probably not beneath the barbarians, but why bring it here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "And then again, why bring something as incriminating as the brooch?
Floyd | Perhaps we are dealing with a particularly stupid spy, or perchance it
Floyd | is a different matter. Whatever the case, if sacrilege is involved we
Floyd | need solve it more than ever, Ariadne. Pursue that lead. Find your
Floyd | man."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I shall, my potnia."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few priestesses blink, then nod respectfully as they pass, eyeing
Floyd | your attire. A couple of archers almost stand at attention when they
Floyd | see you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Clifftop path
Floyd | This is where the elegant curve of the Saffron Bay becomes wider and
Floyd | the downward slope is more benign. Most of the productive fields of
Floyd | the isle are around here, tended by peasants indentured to the palace,
Floyd | a few free settlers and scores of slaves. The olive trees, vineyards
Floyd | and farms of this side provide most of the local foodstuffs. The path
Floyd | follows the clifftop to the wild north and it becomes a proper paved
Floyd | road to the southwest, towards the entrance to the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crest path
Floyd | A narrow path on top of the cliffs follows the crescent shape of
Floyd | Aeaea. The isle's rocky arms stretch like the horns of a bull piercing
Floyd | the sea. The Saffron Bay occupies most of the view, sheer cliff faces
Floyd | the height of a hundred men plunging vertically into the waters below.
Floyd | The palace complex shines across the bay like white teeth on jagged,
Floyd | blackened gums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path clings to the clifftop, coming from the civilised south and
Floyd | stretching towards the sharp edge of the isle to the northwest. To the
Floyd | east lie the hilly scrublands frequented only by shepherds and
Floyd | goatherds. As you know full well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern crags
Floyd | The crescent of Aeaea narrows to a bullhorn-sharp point here and the
Floyd | clifftop resolves into a rocky chaos of crags plunging dramatically
Floyd | into foaming waters. From here you can see the whole curve of the
Floyd | Saffron Bay, steep as the edge of a cauldron, with the palace a
Floyd | miniature on the other side. Without even a single goat to feed on the
Floyd | thorny bushes, the only living presence is the gulls that circle
Floyd | overhead, looking for fish in the the clashing waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then there's the goatherd, with no goats in sight, looking quite
Floyd | out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess check the crags again? ah."
		BrianK says, "Oh, he's just here"
		BrianK exclaims, "...puzzle solved!"
		BrianK says, "is he the good-looking one or the other one"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x goatherd" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOATHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, at least he is the handsome one of last night's duo, a swarthy
Floyd | square of a man, all straight lines and coiled muscle under tan skin.
Floyd | He's wearing boots and loincloth and carries bag. He's looking around
Floyd | shiftily, as if looking for a way to escape... or maybe get rid of
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, it's the cute one."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to goatherd" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GOATHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | The man meets your eyes with a jolt, then does a double take. You see
Floyd | the doubt in his eyes for an instant and smile warmly, just in case
Floyd | he's thinking of escaping. Or giving you a little nudge over the
Floyd | cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, if it is not my favourite goatherder. I never thought you would
Floyd | be so difficult to get. Considering."
Floyd |
Floyd | He starts off with some remarks about last night that you might find
Floyd | rudely enticing if you didn't know him to be an Achaean spy.
Floyd |
Floyd | And a sacrilegious thief of holy daidala, for good measure.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what are you doing in these solitudes all by your own? Should you
Floyd | not be tending to your herd?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks one way and the other, scratches his head and ahem-ahems for
Floyd | a while, until you suggest that maybe he's fishing in the
Floyd | crags? He nods, then stops and looks at you (you let nothing show
Floyd | on your face), licks his lips, then nods again vigorously. "Why, aye,
Floyd | fishing! Indeed!".
Floyd |
Floyd | Without a line or a hook, of course. And then there's that metallic
Floyd | clink every time he shifts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what were you fishing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pretty girls, and look, it worked!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll your eyes, but not so much that you don't keep a watch on
Floyd | him. He's trying to goatshit his way out of this one? Fine, then
Floyd | you'll need to confront him with solid proof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give daidala to goatherd" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DAIDALA TO GOATHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | "So where did you fish this one?", you say, holding the statuette
Floyd | high. He looks horrified. You press on:
Floyd |
Floyd | "And I know about the brooch too, and the whole lot of them. And the
Floyd | High Priestess does as well, in case you were thinking of a little
Floyd | accident. Now, confess, and I shall make sure she is merciful with
Floyd | you. How long have you been an Achaean spy?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah-aka... what is an Akayan? And I'm no spy! I know nothing, I-I
Floyd | just...! the goats...! I thought you, you and I...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cut the goatshit. Where did you find this? And the brooch? Confess or
Floyd | you shall know Potinaja's wrath!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "D-downstairs!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink, watching out for any ruse. He gestures downwards with his
Floyd | head, towards the cliffs. You nod. Carefully, he moves towards a few
Floyd | thorny bushes and moves them aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There is a path down the cliff."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guide me. You go first."
Floyd |
Floyd | He sighs, nods and disappears down the hidden passage, looking just as
Floyd | if he was sinking into the tangle of thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "intrigue!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You find the secret way behind the bushes and carefully descend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | Taking a deep breath, you navigate your way through the narrow
Floyd | passage. A few steps ahead of you, the shepherd beckons. The
Floyd | passageway is little more than an excavated slope for a few paces, and
Floyd | then it merges into a natural cavern, open on one side to a vista of
Floyd | the northern seascape. You follow the man along the zigzagging open
Floyd | cavern, descending down the face of the cliff, until you reach a tiny
Floyd | pebble beach at the foot of the crags. As far as you can see, there is
Floyd | nothing but open seas ahead. Behind you, Aeaea is a continuous wall of
Floyd | sheer rock, uninterrupted except for this small beach. It is scarcely
Floyd | twenty strides wide... and its main feature is a huge warship, wrecked
Floyd | against the rock on the western side of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sweet Potinaja. This is something Circe would kill to know. Hopefully
Floyd | not literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | The goatherd is pacing up and down the narrow beach, looking shifty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x warship" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARSHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the wreck carefully. The bow third is a mess of
Floyd | splintered wood, smashed against the rocks, the rest more or less
Floyd | intact. A couple of dead bodies, presumably from the ship, are
Floyd | stranded on the pebbles. The ship itself is long, single-masted, sleek
Floyd | and probably rode low over the water. Definitely not a Cretan merchant
Floyd | ship - more like a barbarian warship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bodies" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The corpses are both bloated and whitish, having spent many days at
Floyd | sea. You take a look at the nearest one. It is a man, that much you
Floyd | know, with a sword hung from a tasseled shoulder belt. The weapon is
Floyd | of good quality and northern make, so you are looking at an Achaean
Floyd | officer, may the Goddess have mercy on his heretic heart. You grimace.
Floyd | A ship this size carried more warriors, obviously, perhaps thirty or
Floyd | forty. Perhaps most of them were swept to the sea in the gale, or
Floyd | jumped out in terror, or died here on the beach and were thrown back
Floyd | into the ocean by whoever found the wreck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So he's been stealing from the wreck?"
		BrianK says, "Seems like it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Potinaja wept, you are not making any sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to goatherd" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GOATHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | "You see, my potnia, me and my friend found this last new moon, and
Floyd | though we tried to save the sailors..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Goatshit", you interrupt, turning towards him with a dramatic
Floyd | flourish, "You tricked them into running aground, surely with some
Floyd | lamps. Do you expect a potnia to believe this Achaean warship just
Floyd | happened to shipwreck here, on the only beach in the whole coast, on a
Floyd | moonless night, and in the only spot where you and your mate would be
Floyd | able to loot their ship?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't answer, you fool. It's what we priestesses call a rhetorical
Floyd | question."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Actually, maybe it is a gift from the Goddess herself..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't you explain the Goddess to me, man, I'm a bloody potnia! So you
Floyd | pulled out your little trick, not that I mind because they were
Floyd | Achaean scum anyway, and then tried to sell the stuff in town. You
Floyd | made just one mistake - bedding me! I do not mean that as a literal
Floyd | mistake, mind you. But when you mess with Ariadne, secret agent of the
Floyd | High Priestess..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, holy Ariadne...!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, shut up. Circe will be certainly interested in these shipwrecked
Floyd | Achaeans, she does give not a fig for thieving goatherders. But you
Floyd | should have told me in the first place."
Floyd |
Floyd | You take one last good look around. Being pretty sure you have learned
Floyd | all there was to discover here, you say a brief prayer to the Goddess
Floyd | - to guide the dead northerners to her underground realm, even if they
Floyd | scarcely deserve it. The goatherd stands respectfully at attention,
Floyd | although there is no way he can understand your oration, delivered in
Floyd | your native Cretan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye, you see something stir among the rocks!
Floyd | And the goatherder has seen it as well, because he jumps scared,
Floyd | thinking it is one of the corpses rising. Being an initiate in the
Floyd | first mysteries, you go investigate, intoning incantations against the
Floyd | wrath of the dead.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the boy is not quite dead. He is a young one, of perhaps eleven or
Floyd | twelve years old, barely standing on his two feet, reeking of seawater
Floyd | and malnutrition. He collapses as soon as you reach him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Go fetch help!", you order, and the goatherder disappears towards the
Floyd | passage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x boy" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | A boy or eleven or twelve, dressed according to Cretan fashion, with
Floyd | taste and a touch of distinction. Not at all what you would expect to
Floyd | find in an Achaean wreck! Perhaps he was a prisoner? The kidnaped son
Floyd | of some Cretan great, held for ransom, as a guarantee of some peace?
Floyd | You need to interrogate him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if that's Jason."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to boy" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Boy, do you speak Cretan? Do you hear me?", you try to shake him
Floyd | awake, but he's too delirious with thirst.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...ther... sorry, Father... shouldn't have... are coming... Minos...
Floyd | shouldn't... coming... coming for... should... Father... the bull..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hold on, boy. I shall get you some water."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "give jug to boy"
		BrianK asks, "Is it.. Theseus?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give jug to boy" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE JUG TO BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You tilt the jug so that the boy can drink - it takes a few tries in
Floyd | his state. Little by little, he regains consciousness. He looks at
Floyd | you, frightened, so you smile as warmly as this crazy day allows.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am Cretan like you, and a potnia. You are safe with me, boy. What
Floyd | is your name and how come you where aboard an Achaean warship?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "My-my name is Icarus", he says, making a feeble attempt at an
Floyd | adoration gesture, "and my father was...", and there he clams up,
Floyd | opening his eyes wide and looking at you with a suspicious expression.
Floyd | You tsk-tsk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am not one of them. My name is Ariadne, and I am the daughter of
Floyd | the Wanassa of Knossos, whom you surely have heard of. So what about
Floyd | your father?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmph. He's a fisherman."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure she is, and I am a talking dolphin in disguise. See my fins? I
Floyd | was swimming around today, minding my own dolphinic business and blam,
Floyd | I came upon that wreck and said, what about having this little boy for
Floyd | breakfast..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh it's Icarus"
		DavidW says, "Maybe. I don't remember who Theseus is."
		DavidW says, "huh. Icarus. neat."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to icarus" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ICARUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So where did the Achaeans get you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He thinks about it for too long. He's making it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "At Phaistos. While we... I was trying to board a ship."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You and your father? Who is he? Is he the reason you were captured...
Floyd | and trying to board a ship? Were you both on the run? Why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He stammers a little, then pretends to faint.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on, Icarus. I am not a friend at all of the awful men that got
Floyd | you. Did they get your father as well? Let me guess, he is an
Floyd | important man in Crete, am I right? A lagawetes, perhaps? A
Floyd | commander?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A fisherman, like I said, from Phaistos."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Goatshit. You have the Knossos accent, Icarus, and your skin is too
Floyd | white and soft for the son of a fisherman, not to mention your
Floyd | clothes. Your hands look rough, though... is he a great artisan? Oh, I
Floyd | know. Perhaps a maker of beautiful objects?"
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes go wide in fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | He is keeping his mouth shut, but you know full well there is
Floyd | something more here. Perhaps you can refresh his memory... with a
Floyd | little memento from his father.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "show bull to boy?"
		BrianK says, "Ohhhhh, the words daidala and Daedalus are related"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "show daidala to boy" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DAIDALA TO BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is this perchance yours?" you ask, producing the bull statuette with
Floyd | a theatrical gesture.
Floyd |
Floyd | He hesitates, wanting to trust the lovely lady with the hometown
Floyd | accent, but still scared. You smile encouragingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It belongs to your mysterious father. And his only reason for owning
Floyd | a sacred object would be being a priestess, and from my authoritative
Floyd | experience as a priestess, men are rarely priestesses, or vice versa.
Floyd | So your father must be a maker of daidala, and there are not many of
Floyd | those, not even in my father's palace, so. See how the
Floyd | Goddess speaks through me? Tell me the rest, Icarus, for Her patience
Floyd | is much scarcer than her wisdom."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My father is indeed a daedalus," he sighs, giving up, "and we were on
Floyd | the run when the Achaeans got us. They boarded our ship just out of
Floyd | Phaistos, and Father fell overboard. I was taken captive."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You were on the run from what?", you ask, but you already know the
Floyd | answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your noble father, potnia. For a crime he did not commit!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile reassuringly and pat his head. Now this is something Circe
Floyd | shall be interested in - courtly intrigue of which Mother has told her
Floyd | nothing, Achaean warships roaming very close to Cretan ports, a
Floyd | targeted kidnapping, and a smart kid with fresh news about it all.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you walk, Icarus? Come with me. We shall get you proper food and
Floyd | a bed, and you shall talk to a very nice old lady."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Or, uh, daedalus is a profession rather than a name"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps with some people, it's the same thing."
		BrianK says, "I'll return to the palace then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to icarus" 		

Floyd ]  Pebble beach at the foot of the cliffs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ICARUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You chat a little with the boy as you walk your way back to the
Floyd | palace. He is still reserved and wary of saying too much, but you
Floyd | gather a few juicy hints here and there. His father got enmeshed in
Floyd | some kind of intrigue with Mother, and Father was not amused. Both are
Floyd | in good health. You have four new siblings, four brothers and a
Floyd | sister. There was an earth-shake two years ago, but the damages were
Floyd | very minor, and it ceased as soon as three bulls were sacrificed.
Floyd | Gortyn burned to the ground (all good, you never liked Gortynians).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Northern crags
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern crags
Floyd | The crescent of Aeaea narrows to a bullhorn-sharp point here and the
Floyd | clifftop resolves into a rocky chaos of crags plunging dramatically
Floyd | into foaming waters. From here you can see the whole curve of the
Floyd | Saffron Bay, steep as the edge of a cauldron, with the palace a
Floyd | miniature on the other side. Without even a single goat to feed on the
Floyd | thorny bushes, the only living presence is the gulls that circle
Floyd | overhead, looking for fish in the the clashing waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shepherd has opened a narrow downwards passage through a few
Floyd | thorny bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Icarus arrives from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Crest path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crest path
Floyd | A narrow path on top of the cliffs follows the crescent shape of
Floyd | Aeaea. The isle's rocky arms stretch like the horns of a bull piercing
Floyd | the sea. The Saffron Bay occupies most of the view, sheer cliff faces
Floyd | the height of a hundred men plunging vertically into the waters below.
Floyd | The palace complex shines across the bay like white teeth on jagged,
Floyd | blackened gums.
Floyd |
Floyd | The path clings to the clifftop, coming from the civilised south and
Floyd | stretching towards the sharp edge of the isle to the northwest. To the
Floyd | east lie the hilly scrublands frequented only by shepherds and
Floyd | goatherds. As you know full well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Icarus arrives from the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Clifftop path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Clifftop path
Floyd | This is where the elegant curve of the Saffron Bay becomes wider and
Floyd | the downward slope is more benign. Most of the productive fields of
Floyd | the isle are around here, tended by peasants indentured to the palace,
Floyd | a few free settlers and scores of slaves. The olive trees, vineyards
Floyd | and farms of this side provide most of the local foodstuffs. The path
Floyd | follows the clifftop to the wild north and it becomes a proper paved
Floyd | road to the southwest, towards the entrance to the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Icarus arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ceremonial entrance to the palace
Floyd | The ceremonial road ends in an ample paved space before the grand
Floyd | entrance to the palace. Men and oxen come on go along the road like
Floyd | ants and mill around the vast plaza, transporting all manners of goods
Floyd | from the palace stores to the port below, overseen by
Floyd | administrative-rank priestesses and keen-eyed archers. The great
Floyd | complex is three stories high, fronted with a majestic row of crimson
Floyd | red and marine blue tapered columns.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few priestesses blink, then nod respectfully as they pass, eyeing
Floyd | your attire. A couple of archers almost stand at attention when they
Floyd | see you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceremonial paved road snakes descends towards the southeast and
Floyd | the harbour. The palace lies west, blocking the view of the bay. A
Floyd | narrow path leads northeast, following the clifftops, towards the
Floyd | wilderness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Icarus arrives from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the palace unchallenged by either priestess or archer
Floyd | patrols.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace megaron
Floyd | The main megaron is flanked with tapered red columns, centered around
Floyd | a central great hall that opens to two long wings. The western wing
Floyd | contains the workshops, stores and administrative dependencies. The
Floyd | north wing is mainly taken up with living quarters for priestess in
Floyd | the upper floors, and servants and slaves in the lower ones. But the
Floyd | definitive majestic piece of the megaron is the monumental gipsum
Floyd | stairway leading up, to the High Priestess' dependencies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The megaron is in full swing, with dozens of priestesses of diverse
Floyd | rank coming and going about palace business.
Floyd |
Floyd | Icarus arrives from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe looks up and blinks hard, twice. You smile your Competent Niece
Floyd | and Even Better Potnia smile and fill her in with the facts of your
Floyd | investigation, only embellishing slightly. As like how you fought to
Floyd | death two of the Achaeans who were still alive (you are resolute!), or
Floyd | the time you invoked the Goddess to reveal the identity of the boy
Floyd | (the Potinaja obviously wants you ordained!).
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe listens with something like excited exasperation, then sends you
Floyd | out while she grills Icarus.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | You take advantage of the situation to go fetch some breakfast, at
Floyd | long last. You come across Phaedra, and have a grand time prancing in
Floyd | your priestly finery while she watches incredulously. Halfway through
Floyd | the tale of how you are performing secret missions for the High
Floyd | Priestess, she runs away in an undignified rage. Finally, the day is
Floyd | starting to look up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | That evening just before sunset, Circe sends for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, well, perhaps the Goddess has found a way to speak through
Floyd | you...", she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She needed some help in doing so, but I really cannot blame her,
Floyd | auntie. I was quite out of voice this morning."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...and if you would just shut up for a while and kneel down, I shall
Floyd | recite your ordainment invocation. Tonight you shall be brought to the
Floyd | sacred cave and initiated in the third mysteries, and so please the
Floyd | Goddess, by daybreak you shall be a full priestess, worthy of the
Floyd | regalia."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My potnia..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And then", she adds, with a harsh edge in her voice, "we shall talk,
Floyd | Ariadne."
Floyd |
Floyd | She turns towards the last rays of the setting sun, and frowns, as if
Floyd | watching the setting of a different sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We shall talk about what must be done to save Crete."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Thus begins the legend of Ariadne of Knossos,
Floyd | Mistress of the Labyrinth ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ariadne is a delight"
		DavidW says, "that was fun"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace megaron
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Circe sighs, her eyes still on the setting sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Praised be the Goddess, here we go. Listen, Ariadne have you tried...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...kissing Satiah?"
Floyd | ...kissing me (Circe)?"
Floyd | ...talking to the goat?"
Floyd | ...praying?"
Floyd | ...typing ABOUT GAME for a pedantic historical explanation?"
Floyd | ...typing ABOUT AUTHOR for insufferable authorial ego-tripping?"
Floyd | ...trying AMUSING during the game?"
Floyd | ...examining the Sun?"
Floyd | ...talking to the Sun?"
Floyd | ...examining your own eyes?"
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 | >

		BrianK says, "Aw, man, I could kiss people"
		DavidW asks, "oh, didn't Circe say her father was the Sun? Something like that?"
		McMartin says, "Yep"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		BrianK says, "Which is Apollo, I guess"
		McMartin says, "I got some notes in internal monologue to the effect that grandpa was the Sun"
		DavidW says, "gread-uncle Apollo"
		McMartin asks, "Wasn't there some Titan that was the Sun before Apollo took over?"
		DavidW says, "er great-uncle"
		McMartin asks, "Er, isn't your aunt's dad your grandpa?"
		McMartin says, "Barring complexities"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
		McMartin says, "And assuming she's not your, uh, aunt-in-law"
		DavidW asks, "Circe was mom's sister, I think?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "That's simpler, then."
		BrianK says, "I guess Helios would be the other Sun"
		DavidW says, "Ra was the other other Sun. There's a few."
		BrianK says, "Oh, yeah, the wikipedia says Circe's the daughter of Helios"
		BrianK says, "wikipedia article*"
		DavidW says, "cool"
		DavidW says, "I liked that. I hope there'll be a sequel."
		DavidW says, "Maybe with an EXITS command, though, next time."
		BrianK says, "Apparently this was supposed to be a prequel to a larger game"
		BrianK says, "So if that's still being worked on then I'll look forward to that"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Not All Things Make It Across by Bruno Dias
The World Turned Upside Down by Bruno Dias
As played on ifMUD on January 1, 2017

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 Not All Things Make It Across written by Bruno Dias, and The World Turned Upside Down written by Bruno Dias. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Not All Things Make It Across, and The World Turned Upside Down.

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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Not All Things Make It Across by Bruno Dias
The World Turned Upside Down by Bruno Dias
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		BrianK exclaims, "Happy new year!!"
		Doug says, "woooo!"
		DavidW says, "I see by the bb that Jacqueline will be away today. So I guess it's continue your last game if applicable or Floyder's Choice."
		Roger says, "huzzah"
		BrianK says, "The last game was Enchanter, but it might be nice to take a break and play something else"
		BrianK says, "Although I don't have any ideas otherwise"
		Doug says, "Bruno released a new game yesterday"
		Doug | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "If you all would like, I will upload that before I go."
		Jacqueline says, "(Apologies, must get ready and then step out the door in a few minutes.)"
		Doug says, "hi Jacq! Happy new year!"
		Jacqueline says, "Happy New Year to you, too."
		DavidW says, "yes, Happy New Year, Jacqueline."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Happy New Year to the whole lot of you!"
		BrianK exclaims, "Happy new year!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did you all finish Enchanter?"
		DavidW says (to Doug), "You've at least chosen a game I know nothing about, always a plus."
		BrianK says, "We aren't finished yet"
		Doug says, "it's a 'sequel' to his other games, but I don't think you need to have played them all. (I've only played 2 or 3)"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. Well, I'll leave it to you all to decide what to do, since Enchanter is still running."
		DavidW says, "I think I missed the last Enchanter session (again)."
		Doug says, "though that's just a guess"
		Jacqueline says, "I've uploaded Bruno's game as notallthings"
Peregrine arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says, "hi Peregrine"
		Jacqueline says, "And now, I head out. (Happy New Year, Peregerine!)"
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "Happy New Year!"
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "load notallthings" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | All around the city now, parties are taking place. It's been a hell of
Floyd | a year, emphasis on hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | But tonight, there are other things you have to do. The end of the year
Floyd | is a threshold. And like all thresholds...
Floyd |
Floyd | Not All Things Make It Across
Floyd | An inventory by Bruno Dias
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 161231 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty), a
Floyd | desk (on which are a handkerchief, a tallow candle, the keener
Floyd | fragment, a goathorn piece, a shred of fabric, a broken propeller, a
Floyd | pint glass, and a trapped butterfly), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you would like explicit guidance on how to play, type INSTRUCTIONS)
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Happy New Year to you too, DW"
		Peregrine says, "Wow, this is poetry the way I like it. Gritty and to the point."
		DavidW says, "That's a lot of inventory items."
		DavidW asks, "Who's driving?"
		Doug says, "not it"
		DavidW says, "'cause I vote that we examine all those goodies."
		BrianK says, "I guess I can drive"
		BrianK says, "I'll pull up the instructions in case there's something new"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "instructions" 		

Floyd | >This is a parser game; you can interact by typing commands, usually in
Floyd | the form "(verb)", "(verb) (noun)", or "(verb) (noun) on/into/at
Floyd | (noun)". To complete this story and see most of the content, you will
Floyd | want to use LOOK, EXAMINE (thing), PUT (thing) IN (container), TAKE
Floyd | (thing), TOUCH (thing), and DROP (thing), but there are others you
Floyd | could try. A few example commands to get you started:
Floyd |
Floyd | EXAMINE ME
Floyd | INVENTORY
Floyd | EXAMINE PIECE
Floyd | TOUCH PIECE
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >Getting old, to be quite honest.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), " i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket" 		

Floyd | >It's an ordinary wastebasket, a cylinder of black aluminum. But
Floyd | wrapped around it is a complex pattern in silver thread that makes your
Floyd | eyes defocus if you try to follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | When midnight strikes, everything inside it will be destroyed. Even the
Floyd | magical things that are ordinarily hard to dispose of. Especially the
Floyd | magical things.
Floyd |

		Doug says, "odd that it's not echoing our commands."
		BrianK says, "Oh whoops"
		BrianK says, "I didn't load it in sleepmask"
		Doug says, "ohh"
		DavidW says, "Even though the game is called 'Not All Things Make It Across', I still wanna > X ALL THE THINGS."
		DavidW says, "That's one ultimate wastebasket."
Owlor arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Doug asks (of BrianK), "should we reload?"
		BrianK says, "May as well"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "quit" 		Peregrine exclaims, "Hellowlor!"
		DavidW says, "Feel free to reload in sleepmask. There might be a clock to midnight we need to see."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		
Sequitur arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		BrianK says, "Uh, is floyd okay"
		Doug says, "hi Peregrine, Owlor, Sequitur!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		BrianK says, "Oh there we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask notallthings" 		
Floyd >Are you sure you want to quit? Please answer yes or no.> ] Safehouse 		

Floyd | Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | All around the city now, parties are taking place. It's been a hell of
Floyd | a year, emphasis on hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | But tonight, there are other things you have to do. The end of the
Floyd | year is a threshold. And like all thresholds...
Floyd |
Floyd | Not All Things Make It Across
Floyd | An inventory by Bruno Dias
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 161231 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a handkerchief, a tallow candle, the keener
Floyd | fragment, a goathorn piece, a shred of fabric, a broken propeller, a
Floyd | pint glass, and a trapped butterfly), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you would like explicit guidance on how to play, type
Floyd | INSTRUCTIONS)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Owlor says, "hello,I am completely clueless about ifmud, in spite of having been here before" 		DavidW says, "It wasn't showing the are you sure message."
Peregrine says, "Type in #clubfloyd now to be able to speak to us" 		Doug says (to Owlor), "it's convention to hold all conversation on #clubfloyd"
		Doug says, "(or #cfspoilers if you've played the game before)"
DavidW says (to Owlor), "We're just starting a new game." 		
Peregrine says, "Then to say something, type ;whatever you want to say" 		
Peregrine says, "the ; is essential" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "instructions" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSTRUCTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a parser game; you can interact by typing commands, usually in
Floyd | the form "(verb)", "(verb) (noun)", or "(verb) (noun) on/into/at
Floyd | (noun)". To complete this story and see most of the content, you will
Floyd | want to use LOOK, EXAMINE (thing), PUT (thing) IN (container), TAKE
Floyd | (thing), TOUCH (thing), and DROP (thing), but there are others you
Floyd | could try. A few example commands to get you started:
Floyd |
Floyd | EXAMINE ME
Floyd | INVENTORY
Floyd | EXAMINE PIECE
Floyd | TOUCH PIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ah better, status line too."
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing we have to decide what items to put into the wastebasket (to destroy forever) and which to put into the cardboard box (to keep for the next year), but I'm just wildly guessing."
Doug says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a cardboard box you salvaged from the bodega down the street.
Floyd | Using paint made from wormwood and lead, you've marked it with a sigil
Floyd | meant to keep its contents safe in transit.
Floyd |
Floyd | For packing in the things you want to keep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "makes sense"
		Owlor says, ";"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A cheap writing desk out of a flatpack. There's not even drawers.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk are a handkerchief, a tallow candle, the keener fragment,
Floyd | a goathorn piece, a shred of fabric, a broken propeller, a pint glass,
Floyd | and a trapped butterfly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So far, the game is making my guess seem correct. But how do we know what we what?"
		Owlor says, "oops"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x wormwood" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WORMWOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er want?"
		BrianK says, "No drawers on this desk??? Blasphemy"
		Peregrine says, "Let's examine the stuff before we start sorting"
		DavidW says, "There's probably chewed gum underneath the desk."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You salvaged this one out of a bistro that was about to close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get chair" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't even see any room exits."
		BrianK says, "Looks like it's a small game"
Doug says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "chair" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Guess we're stuck here till midnight."
		DavidW says, "Or this is the setup room."
DavidW I bet midnight happens once we sort all the things. 		BrianK says, "Let's go through all the important-looking objects, then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x handkerchief" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HANDKERCHIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | An ordinary grey pocket square. You keep it on hand; it's useful for
Floyd | handling things you'd rather not touch with bare skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "please"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Made from tallow, with the dried optical nerve of a cow serving as the
Floyd | wick. It burns unevently with a purple-white flame; it does not smell
Floyd | great. The candle connects sight to memory and allows things to carry
Floyd | echoes of their history.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x fragment" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRAGMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | It has no discernible physical shape. It's just a sullen, faded lump
Floyd | of hatred, held together by its own surface tension, still radiating
Floyd | horror.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can TOUCH most things to learn more about them.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's no ordinary candle."
		Doug asks, "unevenly or uneventfully?"
		Owlor asks, "wait optical nerve of a cow? isthat a thing?"
		Sequitur says, "I mean, cows have eyes"
		DavidW says, "All eyes have nerves."
		Owlor says, "nononono, that its used as a wick"
		DavidW says, "They connect the eye to the brain."
		DavidW says, "I have never heard of a nerve wick before."
		Owlor says, "I know how eyes wor, its candles i dont understand."
		Sequitur says, "No that's something I made up"
		Doug says, "burning an optic nerve is more plausible than a magic wastebasket."
		Sequitur says, "I mean the candle is also magic"
		DavidW says, "Some of these things will be magical, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x piece" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | A memento from twenty-odd years ago. Gods, it's been that
Floyd | long. Its divine power is certainly faded, but you still hold on
Floyd | to it for good luck. And, in all honesty, because gods have a bad
Floyd | habit of being reborn from their pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch candle" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to disturb it while it's burning. For all you know,
Floyd | touching it might bring on a vision of the cow being slaughtered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Eeeeagh."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x fabric" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FABRIC
Floyd |
Floyd | A torn shred of thick synthetic material that someone carefully scored
Floyd | into a pattern that resembles feathers, or maybe scales.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I had that vision in one of Emily's games."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x propeller" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken half of a small propeller made out of some carbon
Floyd | composite; taken from the remains of a destroyed police drone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh hey, that's the thingy from Cape."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch fabric" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH FABRIC
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the shred of fabric)
Floyd | (first taking the handkerchief)
Floyd | You gingerly take the shred of fabric with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab hold of the shred of fabric with your bare hand, and your
Floyd | vision swims for a lingering instant...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Doug says, "the, uh, cape."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Someone press space!"
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Rooftop, Sweltering
Floyd | Just after sunset, several stories up, still radiating the heat of the
Floyd | day. A streak of blood runs across the edge of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh yeah, there was a police drone in Cape too"
		BrianK says, "and the police drone is Cape-ish I think"
		BrianK says, "Timing"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x blood" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | A curved, triangular splatter. Not a gunshot; a fist. But produced
Floyd | with abnormal force.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x building" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a shred of fabric (held with your bare hand)
Floyd |   a handkerchief
Floyd |
Floyd | (Once you are done here, you can LET GO to return.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a shred of fabric to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. This is just a vision, but I'm not sure what the fabric has to do with it."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Garbage baking in the sun all the way down in street-level; the ozone
Floyd | promise of rain in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "presumably this is a flashback to when we wore the cape and punched people with abnormal force."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't remember any cape."
		Doug says, "the fabric, I mean"
		DavidW asks, "How do you know the fabric is from a cape?"
		BrianK says, "Presumably this is a reference to the author's other game, Cape"
		Doug says, "because I played Cape. :)"
		DavidW says, "oh, I don't know that game."
		BrianK says, "I played it too long ago so my memory is pretty vague"
		Doug says, "where you can gain feathers or scales"
		Doug says, "and punch baddies"
		Doug asks, "anyhoo. Wonder if we can jump? or fly?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a shred of fabric to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "If the game is referencing other games I suppose it won't be too interesting if we haven't played them :P"
		Doug says, "it's not a particularly deep or important reference, I think"
		Peregrine says, "I've played Cape and Mere Arnarchy."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "taste" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to taste?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fabric" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FABRIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a shred of fabric to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, maybe the items are interconnected in some way."
		BrianK says, "Have we sensed the world around us as much as we can"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "touch the blood maybe?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch blood" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Rooftop, SwelteriBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a shred of fabric to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess so, for now. We can probably return here if we must."
		Doug says, "or taste it"
		BrianK says, "Taste is blocked :P"
		Peregrine exclaims (at Doug), "You vampire!"
		Doug says, "oops right"
		Peregrine rushes at Doug with a steak.
		Doug says, "mmm"
		BrianK says, "So the visions are just like an instant captured in time"
		Doug says, "let's make like Elsa (?) and let it go"
		BrianK says, "Pfft"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "let go" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LET GO
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the shred of fabric, and the vision fades around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a shred of fabric, a tallow candle, the keener
Floyd | fragment, a goathorn piece, a broken propeller, a pint glass, and a
Floyd | trapped butterfly), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the pint glass or the trapped butterfly?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "(still haven't seen Frozen)"
		DavidW says, "I can't wait to start making dresses and living snowmen."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pint" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PINT
Floyd |
Floyd | A pint glass, the conical kind with a flared bulge towards the top.
Floyd | Faded lettering on the side spells out "Herrig's."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Heheee"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x butterfly" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTTERFLY
Floyd |
Floyd | A viceroy butterfly, perpetually flying laps inside a glass torus.
Floyd | Breaking it out of its little time loop would have vast and
Floyd | far-reaching consequences, just like doing literally anything else.
Floyd | But figuring out what those consequences are for a given time and
Floyd | place is a daunting task of divination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Go for the butterfly"
		Doug says, "hm, the pint glass might be from the bar in The World Turned Upside Down"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch butterfly" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH BUTTERFLY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the trapped butterfly)
Floyd | You gingerly take the trapped butterfly with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab hold of the trapped butterfly with your bare hand, and your
Floyd | vision swims for a lingering instant...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Shop, Cramped
Floyd | The back door is still swinging where the shopkeeper went in to fetch
Floyd | something; the front door is caught closing as a customer walks away.
Floyd | The item in your hand remembers, particularly, this tiny instant of
Floyd | quiet between two doors slamming after an unwelcome visit, before
Floyd | everything went to hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | All around you, the shelves are filled with a panoply of bizarre
Floyd | artifacts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "(which we could play next)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x back door" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BACK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on an empty
Floyd | aquarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x aquarium" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AQUARIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Recently cleaned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a caged
Floyd | crow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x crow" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | Asleeep in a brass cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Aquarium says, I have no blood on *me*."
		BrianK says, "asleeeeeep"
		Doug says, "hm, I don't remember a shop"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on an empty
Floyd | bell jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bell jar" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BELL JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Marked as sold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a Great
Floyd | War gas mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x gas mask" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAS MASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Mint condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a coal
Floyd | carving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x carving" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARVING
Floyd |
Floyd | The size of a human head and the shape of an inhuman head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "mint gas!"
		BrianK says, "I like the carving description"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a bottle
Floyd | of faerie wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x faerie wine" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAERIE WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Curiously small and very, very old.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a bottle
Floyd | of faerie wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Inhuman head, clearly a MCU reference"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a
Floyd | collection of hands of glory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x hands of glory" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HANDS OF GLORY
Floyd |
Floyd | Mummified and dipped in wax.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hands of... glory?"
		BrianK says, "I think there's a hand of glory in Harry Potter"
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, the hand of a hanged man, said to protect thieves"
		[LINK]
		Doug says, "TIL"
		BrianK says, "Oh it's a generic thing"
		DavidW says, "A hand of glory is a hand where the fingers are candles. An aid to thieves. And it pre-dates Harry Potter. (As 'inhuman' predates Marvel Comics.)"
		Peregrine says, "It's not made up. (or at least, not made up by Bruno or Rowling)"
		Doug | The Hand of Glory also purportedly had the power to unlock any door it came across.
		DavidW says, "A lot of stuff in Harry Potter was pre-made by other authors than Rowling."
		Doug says (to DavidW), "I was joking about the MCU"
		DavidW says (to Doug), "Hard to tell these days."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on a caged
Floyd | crow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x artifacts" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARTIFACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes roam over the shelf space, eventually settling on an empty
Floyd | aquarium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I think we've exhausted the list of artifacts"
		DavidW asks, "Anything else in here?"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get hands" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a trapped butterfly to
Floyd | escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Besides a shelf of artifacts?"
		Sequitur says, "There are more things, though the list is purely at random"
Oreolek arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		BrianK says, "Ah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x front door" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Shop, Cramped    Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRONT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm not sure yet what we're looking for. We are looking for some insight on what to keep and toss, yes?"
		Peregrine says, "I guess it's a personal choice."
		Sequitur says, "This is not a puzzle, no"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "let go" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LET GO
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the trapped butterfly, and the vision fades around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a trapped butterfly, a shred of fabric, a tallow
Floyd | candle, the keener fragment, a goathorn piece, a broken propeller, and
Floyd | a pint glass), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch chair" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch me" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No memories associated with us."
		Peregrine says, "A chair would hardly fit in the wastebasket, however magical it may be"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a trapped butterfly, a shred of fabric, a tallow
Floyd | candle, the keener fragment, a goathorn piece, a broken propeller, and
Floyd | a pint glass), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, what should we visit next"
		Peregrine asks, "Propeller?"
		BrianK says, "We saw the fabric and the butterfly"
		DavidW asks (of Peregrine), "And how many magical wastebaskets have you come across?"
		Peregrine says, "..."
		Sequitur says, "You can fit a chair into a magic wastebasket, but it has to be one of those large 30-gallon ones"
		Sequitur says, "This is also true of mundane garbage bins"
		Doug asks, "did we examine everything?"
		BrianK says, "Or a magically enlarged small wastebasket, where the inside is larger than the outside :P"
		DavidW says, "We have not examined everything."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x goathorn" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOATHORN
Floyd |
Floyd | A memento from twenty-odd years ago. Gods, it's been that
Floyd | long. Its divine power is certainly faded, but you still hold on
Floyd | to it for good luck. And, in all honesty, because gods have a bad
Floyd | habit of being reborn from their pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x keener" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEENER
Floyd |
Floyd | It has no discernible physical shape. It's just a sullen, faded lump
Floyd | of hatred, held together by its own surface tension, still radiating
Floyd | horror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, by examine, you meant 'examine'."
		Doug says, "more like keenEST!"
		BrianK says, "We did 'examine' everything, we just haven't touched everything"
		DavidW says, "We haven't examined by touch everything."
		Doug says, "oh, piece = goathorn piece"
		BrianK says, "Let's move on to the propeller then"
		Peregrine says, "I'm a litte hesitant to touch a ball of hatred. Sounds like a badtempered kitty."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch propeller" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the broken propeller)
Floyd | You gingerly take the broken propeller with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab hold of the broken propeller with your bare hand, and your
Floyd | vision swims for a lingering instant...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Warehouse, Exploding
Floyd | A mess of fire and debris, stopped mid-detonation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell" 		Doug says, "whoa"

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Not like black powder, not like cordite. Acrid and sharp like some
Floyd | kind of high explosive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "f x fire"
		BrianK says, "I guess you can't really listen to something frozen in time"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x fire" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | High-speed chunks of aluminum and composite polymers, turned into
Floyd | expensive shrapnel; the remains of police drones, and maybe a fragment
Floyd | or two of the bomb that set them off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "makes sense"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x debris" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | High-speed chunks of aluminum and composite polymers, turned into
Floyd | expensive shrapnel; the remains of police drones, and maybe a fragment
Floyd | or two of the bomb that set them off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to floyd), "touch fire" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a broken propeller to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "can you smell something frozen in time? how do the smell molecules travel to your nose?"
		DavidW says, "maybe turn the propeller to fast forward or rewind."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x propeller" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken half of a small propeller made out of some carbon
Floyd | composite; taken from the remains of a destroyed police drone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "it's broken"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn propeller" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a broken propeller to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave propeller" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Warehouse, ExplodBefore midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a broken propeller to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I think that's everything in this vision"
		Peregrine sings 'Leeeeet it goooooooo'
BrianK says (to Floyd), "let go" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LET GO
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the broken propeller, and the vision fades around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a broken propeller, a trapped butterfly, a shred
Floyd | of fabric, a tallow candle, the keener fragment, a goathorn piece, and
Floyd | a pint glass), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose one thing we must keep is the hanky."
		BrianK says, "So we have the keener fragment, the goathorn piece, and the pint glass left"
		Oreolek asks, "pint glass next maybe?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Sequitur says, "The hanky is just a bit of atmospheric parser fluff. Kinda like the umbrella in Anchorhead, since you're using it to handle things without going into a vision."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "drink pint" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK PINT
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "darn, that didn't work"
		DavidW says, "Parser fluff is the missing fifth fluff from Hitchhiker's."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch glass" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the trapped butterfly or the pint glass?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "touch pint" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PINT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pint glass)
Floyd | You gingerly take the pint glass with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab hold of the pint glass with your bare hand, and your vision
Floyd | swims for a lingering instant...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		BrianK says, "as a nitpick I'm not too fond of that disambiguation :P"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Bar, Silent
Floyd | Rain on the windows turns the world outside into a yellowy haze;
Floyd | upturned chairs rest on wooden tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | And over the counter, a note changes hands between a bartender and a
Floyd | patron.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | A napkin with an address scrawled on. It corresponds to a peculiar
Floyd | shop downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Although I guess that's just my weird philosophy of using the noun instead of the modifiers in the parser"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bartender" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARTENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Rough, tall, bulky; like everything in his bar he looks like he's made
Floyd | out of hardwood and old magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x patron" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATRON
Floyd |
Floyd | Average in build but oddly sharp-eyed; you notice her undercut, though
Floyd | most of her is fuzzy. Whatever magic she's been tampering with has
Floyd | given her so much of an aura that she seems to vibrate in the air,
Floyd | there-and-not-there. And you know she isn't done, yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch patron" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PATRON
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a pint glass to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "bah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x aura" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AURA
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | A napkin with an address scrawled on. It corresponds to a peculiar
Floyd | shop downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell patron" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL PATRON
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x address" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ADDRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "eat note"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rain" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tables" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Oak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chairs" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | Oak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "hm, the peculiar shop we visited before?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Doug), "Possibly, yes."
		Peregrine says, "Connection the Barbarian strikes again"
		BrianK says, "If we've checked out everything"
		DavidW says, "I sorta want to know if these visions fit into a coherent story, but I'm not sure if they do."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bar" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | Not at their cleanest, today.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "clean windows" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Bar, Silent      Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a phantom of the past, a congealed instant; you can only
Floyd | sense the world around you, or let go of a pint glass to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "perhaps the patron was the "unwelcome visit" at the shop."
		Peregrine says, "Hm."
		Sequitur says, "They fit into a coherent narrative but it's not self-contained since like my other end-of-year game this is a big extended mythology thing"
		Peregrine says, "Cool."
		DavidW says, "Like, you find a set of photographs in a shoe box your aunt, and you don't know where the photos took place or who's in the photos."
		BrianK says, "That's a pretty good analogy"
		Doug asks, "wait, that thing my aunt gave me was a shoe box??"
		DavidW asks, "You didn't know what it was?"
		Peregrine says, "HHGTTG"
		Peregrine says, "hee"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "let go" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LET GO
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the pint glass, and the vision fades around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a pint glass, a broken propeller, a trapped
Floyd | butterfly, a shred of fabric, a tallow candle, the keener fragment,
Floyd | and a goathorn piece), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I wonder if we can see the customer in the shop flashback"
		BrianK says, "I think the customer had just left"
		Doug | the front door is caught closing as a customer walks away.
Oreolek says, "maybe we can examine the front door" 		BrianK says, "Remember to talk on channel :P"
		Doug says, "but, I'm in favor of touching all the things first before revisiting"
		BrianK says, "But I tried examining the doors earlier"
		BrianK says, "Uhh what's left"
		DavidW says, "try 'x customer' on revisit."
		BrianK says, "The goathorn piece and the keener fragment"
		Oreolek says, "oh damn"
		Doug says, "too bad Touchy is 7 days idle."
		BrianK says, "Haha"
		Peregrine says, "heeheehee"
		Doug says, "and his doing is SEQUITUR. whoa."
		Peregrine says, "talk about destiny"
		BrianK says, "Anyway I'll just go with the piece then"
		DavidW asks, "So this inventory is our manifest destiny?"
		Peregrine says, "Hmhm."
		Doug says, "GO AT HORN"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch piece" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the goathorn piece)
Floyd | You gingerly take the goathorn piece with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab hold of the goathorn piece with your bare hand, and your
Floyd | vision swims for a lingering instant...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Basement, 1994
Floyd | Dark and humid; silt has broken through the walls, the floor is
Floyd | drowned in seawater, and the smell of rotting fish is everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | And in the middle of the basement, a man speaks to a god of goats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Silt, saltwater, urea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Oreolek says, "interesting, now we have an exact year"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x silt" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SILT
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey and rough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "c'mon, look at the god"
		Doug says, "heh, from the drowned floor I would have guessed this was a reference to When The Land Goes Under The Water but that was rather earlier than 1994."
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "C'mon it builds tension to save it for last"
		Peregrine is tense.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x seawater" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEAWATER
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "the god of elephants in the room"
		BrianK says, "Although really I was just going through the description in order"
		Sequitur says, "It's actually a pretty disappointing god"
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "x basement" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BASEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Basement, 1994
Floyd | Dark and humid; silt has broken through the walls, the floor is
Floyd | drowned in seawater, and the smell of rotting fish is everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | And in the middle of the basement, a man speaks to a god of goats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | A god of living goats and dead fish, caught in this place trying to
Floyd | swallow modernity. Head of a goat, fishtail, united by a body obscured
Floyd | under layers of hairshirt-like wool. Strange and bloodied. It would
Floyd | eventually be swallowed, itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "ooops"
		BrianK says, "So it's a mer-goat"
		Oreolek says, "$1"
		DavidW asks, "hm, Capricorn?"
		Oreolek says, "is it a tapestry godmonster"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You already looked a bit unsteady, a bit rough around the edges, back
Floyd | then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh that's us"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Basement, 1994
Floyd | Dark and humid; silt has broken through the walls, the floor is
Floyd | drowned in seawater, and the smell of rotting fish is everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | And in the middle of the basement, a man speaks to a god of goats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "huh, are we the Ghost of New Year's Days Future?"
		DavidW asks, "So why were we speaking to a god of goats?"
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] Vision: Basement, 1994   Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Play [the game this connects to] to find out more!"
		BrianK says, "in three easy payments of $19.99"
		Peregrine asks, "The sentence is ambiguous. Are we speaking to a 'god of goats' or to a god about goats�?"
		Doug says, "it's a god of living goats and dead fish"
		Oreolek says, "please.. my goat.. it's sick."
		DavidW says, "Prithee, god, let us speak of goats."
		Peregrine says, "'Hello, God. I wanted to bring up the subject of goats.'"
		Sequitur says, "Looks like you only have the fragment left..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "let go" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LET GO
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the goathorn piece, and the vision fades around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a goathorn piece, a pint glass, a broken
Floyd | propeller, a trapped butterfly, a shred of fabric, a tallow candle,
Floyd | and the keener fragment), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, I guess this is referring to Four Sitting in a Sinking House from Ectocomp, which I haven't played yet"
		BrianK says, "If the house is sinking, that explains the seawater"
		Oreolek asks, "wait, so you talked to the God of Goats and he just gave you his goathorn piece as a memento?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x piece" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | A memento from twenty-odd years ago. Gods, it's been that
Floyd | long. Its divine power is certainly faded, but you still hold on
Floyd | to it for good luck. And, in all honesty, because gods have a bad
Floyd | habit of being reborn from their pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't played any of these games. I've been in 1998 recently."
		BrianK says, "The implication seems to be that the god died"
		Peregrine says, "Woaw, time-traveller"
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "That explains a lot of things"
		Oreolek says (to BrianK), "the god didn't reborn, he's not dead"
		Doug says, "probably we took it after the god was swallowed"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (empty),
Floyd | a desk (on which are a goathorn piece, a pint glass, a broken
Floyd | propeller, a trapped butterfly, a shred of fabric, a tallow candle,
Floyd | and the keener fragment), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "The fragment's all that's left"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Okay, so now it's time for the ball of hatred!"
		Peregrine says, "RAAAAARGH"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "touch fragment" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH FRAGMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the keener fragment)
Floyd | You gingerly take the keener fragment with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab hold of the keener fragment with your bare hand, and your
Floyd | vision swims for a lingering instant...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd |
Floyd | Vision: Darkness
Floyd | IT HATES. IT HATES. IT HATES. IT HATES. IT HATES. IT HATES. IT HATES.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "x hate" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It hates. It hates. It hates. It hates. It hates. It hates. It hates.
Floyd | It hates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | It hates. It hates. It hates. It hates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It hates. It hates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It hates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "whoa"
		Doug says, "nice use of status line"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Peregrine says, "Better put THAT in the wastebasket"
		BrianK says, "Considering the descriptions divided by two every time I'm going to assume the actions don't matter for the responses"
		Oreolek says, "i sense strong smell of "I Have No Mouth""
Doug says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Oreolek), "I was thinking that also."
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "taste" 		

Floyd ] IT HATES                     IT HATES                  IT HATES
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to taste?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "taste hate" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE HATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It hates.
Floyd |
Floyd | No, wait. Something's wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the keener fragment, an engraved wastebasket (empty), a
Floyd | cardboard box (empty), a desk (on which are a goathorn piece, a pint
Floyd | glass, a broken propeller, a trapped butterfly, a shred of fabric, and
Floyd | a tallow candle), and a chair here.

		Doug says, "your score is IT HATES"

Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are still shaking. It seems you threw the thing down on the
Floyd | floor with some force.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah, it was just a hate countdown"
		Sequitur says, "You can actually LET GO to escape that sequence early"
		BrianK asks, "Did we want to revisit the butterfly?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take hate" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take the keener fragment with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put hate in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               1/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HATE IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the keener fragment into the wastebasket. You'll be really
Floyd | glad to be rid of this thing; even in pieces, those have a mind of
Floyd | their own. You could never track down who made the original device,
Floyd | anyway, from just this small piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hey hey we should vote before deciding to keep or trash things :P"
		Doug says, "hm, was that from Mere Anarchy? I don't remember"
		DavidW says (to BrianK), "yeah, but I agree to trash the HATE."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               1/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (in which is the keener fragment),
Floyd | a cardboard box (empty), a desk (on which are a goathorn piece, a pint
Floyd | glass, a broken propeller, a trapped butterfly, a shred of fabric, and
Floyd | a tallow candle), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sequitur says, "The keener is the central plot device in Mere Anarchy. The torus is a little background detail, and the shop is a scene in that story also"
		BrianK says, "get piece"
		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get piece" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               1/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take the goathorn piece with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "What should we do with this"
		DavidW says, "I'd like to keep the butterfly. That seemed safe and pleasant and artifact-licious."
DavidW How many items does the box hold? 		Doug says, "hard to believe Mere Anarchy was 2015. seems longer ago"
		DavidW asks, "How many items does the box hold?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               1/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a cardboard box you salvaged from the bodega down the street.
Floyd | Using paint made from wormwood and lead, you've marked it with a sigil
Floyd | meant to keep its contents safe in transit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I figure it can hold everything"
		DavidW says, "yeah, except the title suggests that Not All Things Make It Across."
		Doug says, "gods probably belong in the wastebasket of history"
		Sequitur says, "no gods, no kings"
		BrianK says, "Well, that just makes me want to have all things make it across to be contrarian"
		Doug says, "axe the hero, paint a zero on his head"
		DavidW says, "I'd keep the goat god and butterfly shop. Toss the cloth blood and the whatever explosion."
		Oreolek says, "wear the goathorn, ditch the police"
		Doug asks, "is this basically Marie Kondo: The Game?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe keep the pint with the Oak tables, Oak chairs, and Oak bartender."
		Doug asks, "which of these things spark joy?"
		BrianK says, "I agree with that"
		Peregrine says, "So do I"
		Doug | First, put your hands on everything you own, ask yourself if it sparks joy, and if it doesn’t, thank it for its service and get rid of it. Second, once only your most joy-giving belongings remain, put every item in a place where it’s visible, accessible, and easy to grab and then put back.
		BrianK says, "I think for everything beyond the hate thing, the actual emotions invoked really depend on the emotions the player felt when they played the corresponding games"
		Doug says, "I think we can make some guesses even without playing them"
		Peregrine says, "Well, I'd keep the bloody cape. I enjoyed that game."
		Doug says, "I'm also guessing there is no wrong answer"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put goathorn in box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               2/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GOATHORN IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the goathorn piece into the box. It's probably safe to keep,
Floyd | anyway. And besides, it complements the telling of the story of how
Floyd | you came to possess it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I've heard that Violence isn't the answer."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take fabric" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               2/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FABRIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take the shred of fabric with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               2/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a cardboard box you salvaged from the bodega down the street.
Floyd | Using paint made from wormwood and lead, you've marked it with a sigil
Floyd | meant to keep its contents safe in transit.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cardboard box is a goathorn piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "wonder if we need to do something with the candle, since we couldn't touch it (and it'd probably burn the cardboard box anyway)"
		DavidW says, "I suppose once everything is placed, blow the candle out."
		Peregrine says, "Probably"
		BrianK says, "Are we keeping the blood fabric or trashing it"
		Peregrine says, "I would keep it."
		Doug says, "ohhh, right, the candle is what is giving us the visions."
		DavidW says, "Personally, I would toss the fabric, but I think I'm outvoted."
		BrianK says, "I would toss it, I guess"
		Peregrine says, "Okay, I'm outvoted."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put fabric in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               3/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FABRIC IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the shred of fabric into the wastebasket. That case is closed,
Floyd | anyway, and you travel light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get propeller" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               3/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take the broken propeller with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Hygiene wins over coolness."
		DavidW says, "Propeller was the explosion one, right? I see no reason to keep it."
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Peregrine says, "In the wastebasket you go, then"
		BrianK says, "Even as someone who played Cape it's not all that meaningful to me"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put propeller in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               4/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PROPELLER IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the broken propeller into the wastebasket. I mean, it's really
Floyd | just mundane trash, but you kept it for a while as a reminder that
Floyd | they're not invincible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah I guess it held more meaning to the player"
		Peregrine says, "Never mind."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               4/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (in which are a broken propeller,
Floyd | a shred of fabric, and the keener fragment), a cardboard box (in which
Floyd | is a goathorn piece), a desk (on which are a pint glass, a trapped
Floyd | butterfly, and a tallow candle), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "We keep the pint and the butterfly, right?"
		Peregrine says, "(i.e. put them in the box)"
		DavidW says, "I'd keep both the pint and butterfly, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get pint" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               4/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take the pint glass with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put pint in box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PINT IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pint glass into the box. It has sentimental value. Plus,
Floyd | it's hard to get another one given that Herrig kind of despises you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get butterfly" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BUTTERFLY
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly take the trapped butterfly with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put butterfly in box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BUTTERFLY IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the trapped butterfly into the box. Sure, in retrospect this
Floyd | is hardly the most useful thing to grab and run out of a fire in a
Floyd | magic shop, but hindsight is 20/20.
Floyd |
Floyd | There; it's done. You've picked what to keep and what to discard from
Floyd | the past. A cleaner entry into another year of struggle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody has fun on new year's eve anyway; the pressure is too much. So
Floyd | you might as well spend it choosing what to take and what to leave
Floyd | behind. A year in this city has shown you enough things that you'd
Floyd | rather not have seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You light a cigarette while you wait out the last few moments. You
Floyd | don't hear the snap of the wastebasket vanishing into thin
Floyd | air at midnight; it's drowned out by the crackle of fireworks outside.
Floyd | But you smell ozone in the air, and feel the telltale vibration of
Floyd | something ceasing to exist.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy new year ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "And there you have it"
		Doug says, "hm, I wonder if there are different endings"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Happy New Year!"
		BrianK exclaims, "Happy new year!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "afterword" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AFTERWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Not All Things Make it Across was written in December 2016
Floyd | for the occasion of New Year's Eve. It's set in the same universe as
Floyd | Cape and Mere Anarchy, and shares a player character
Floyd | with The World Turned Upside Down and Four Sittings in a
Floyd | Sinking House. It is, therefore, even more self-indulgent than
Floyd | the December game I wrote in 2015.
Floyd |
Floyd | As always, I can be reached on Twitter (@notbrunoagain).
Floyd |
Floyd | Special thanks in no particular order to Cat Manning, Katherine
Floyd | Morayati, Brendan Patrick Hennessy, furkle, juxi, Sam Kabo Ashwell,
Floyd | Astrid Dalmady, Hannah Flynn, Liam MacDonald, Adam Myers, Liam Welton,
Floyd | Samuel Partridge, Jason Macintosh, Caleb Wilson, Doug Orleans, Emily
Floyd | Short, verityvirtue, Kevin Snow, and everyone else who aided,
Floyd | supported, and read my work in 2016.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bruno Dias
Floyd | December 30th, 2016
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can read this again by typing AFTERWORD anywhere in the
Floyd | game)
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "it me!"
		Oreolek says, "happy new year"
		BrianK says, "I figure the ending would change slightly if you decide to keep everything or toss everything"
		Peregrine says, "it me too (I read some of Bruno's work this year)"
		Doug says, "that's what I was thinking"
		Peregrine says, "sounds right"
		Doug says, "I wonder if we can blow out the candle before disposing of everything"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (in which are a broken propeller,
Floyd | a shred of fabric, and the keener fragment), a cardboard box (in which
Floyd | are a pint glass and a goathorn piece), a desk (on which is a tallow
Floyd | candle), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "blow candle" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOW CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd also check if we can enter the box or wastebasket. Just in case."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn off candle" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to disturb it while it's burning. For all you know,
Floyd | touching it might bring on a vision of the cow being slaughtered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get basket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You would really, really rather not be holding it when it
Floyd | goes off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "burn basket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll carry it out soon enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put box in basket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOX IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to concern yourself with the cardboard box; it's
Floyd | actually perfectly ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put handkerchief in basket" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDKERCHIEF IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to concern yourself with the handkerchief; it's
Floyd | actually perfectly ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Normally you keep the place pretty clean and thus neutral-scented, but
Floyd | the candle is burning in here right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "put candle in basket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CANDLE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll dispose of the candle properly once it's done burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "put basket in box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BASKET IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to concern yourself with the engraved wastebasket; it's
Floyd | actually perfectly ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "put self in box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SELF IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to concern yourself with yourself; it's actually
Floyd | perfectly ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hahahah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read engraving" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ENGRAVING
Floyd |
Floyd | (That thing is either not here, or you don't need to refer it over
Floyd | the course of the story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek says (to Floyd), "read basket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an ordinary wastebasket, a cylinder of black aluminum. But
Floyd | wrapped around it is a complex pattern in silver thread that makes
Floyd | your eyes defocus if you try to follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the engraved wastebasket are a broken propeller, a shred of fabric,
Floyd | and the keener fragment.
Floyd |
Floyd | When midnight strikes, everything inside it will be destroyed.
Floyd | Even the magical things that are ordinarily hard to dispose of.
Floyd | Especially the magical things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "sure, just a perfectly ordinary magical basket of annihilation."
		BrianK says, "Ah, the smell of postgame trying-to-break-the-game madness"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get all from box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (You will have to refer to things individually in this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to BrianK), "I see it more as trying to peek behind the curtains."
		Doug says, "hrmph"
		Doug says, "I vote for trying to keep all the things"
		BrianK says, "That's a better way to put it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x basket" 		Sequitur says, ">enter wastebasket"

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an ordinary wastebasket, a cylinder of black aluminum. But
Floyd | wrapped around it is a complex pattern in silver thread that makes
Floyd | your eyes defocus if you try to follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the engraved wastebasket are a broken propeller, a shred of fabric,
Floyd | and the keener fragment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sequitur says, "You enter the wastebasket, screaming "TAKE ME HOME, BOYS!" to any passing garbage men"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get propeller" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               4/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PROPELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first putting the trapped butterfly back on the desk)
Floyd | You gingerly take the broken propeller with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get fabric. get fragment" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               2/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FABRIC. GET FRAGMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first putting the broken propeller back on the desk)
Floyd | You gingerly take the shred of fabric with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first putting the shred of fabric back on the desk)
Floyd | You gingerly take the keener fragment with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               2/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | All the units in this old building have been divided and subdivided
Floyd | until they're dangerously cramped.  The apartment is much as you found
Floyd | it; a year is not so long, and you'll be gone soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an engraved wastebasket (empty), a cardboard box (in which
Floyd | are a pint glass and a goathorn piece), a desk (on which are a shred
Floyd | of fabric, a broken propeller, a trapped butterfly, and a tallow
Floyd | candle), and a chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sequitur says, "Oh yeah this has an INVENTORY LIMIT"
		Sequitur says, "Nobody can say I'm not a traditional parser game author NOW"
		DavidW says, "ah. No holding two visionable items at a time, eh"
		[LINK]
		BrianK says, "Well, at least it's nice enough to put stuff on the desk for you"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put propeller in box. put fragment in box. put fabric in box." 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PROPELLER IN BOX. PUT FRAGMENT IN BOX. PUT FABRIC IN BOX.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the broken propeller)
Floyd | (first putting the keener fragment back on the desk)
Floyd | You gingerly take the broken propeller with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the broken propeller into the box. Might as well keep it; it's
Floyd | not like you're not basically made out of incriminating evidence.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the keener fragment)
Floyd | You gingerly take the keener fragment with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the keener fragment into the box. You're loathe to keep it,
Floyd | but it might still lead you back to where the original keener was
Floyd | made... or to the person who used it.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the shred of fabric)
Floyd | You gingerly take the shred of fabric with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the shred of fabric into the box. Shreds of clothing are
Floyd | usually not that useful as sympathetic tokens, but this one has
Floyd | special significance. Maybe you should keep it as insurance. Just in
Floyd | case your friend gets out of line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put butterfly in box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BUTTERFLY IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the trapped butterfly)
Floyd | You gingerly take the trapped butterfly with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the trapped butterfly into the box. Sure, in retrospect this
Floyd | is hardly the most useful thing to grab and run out of a fire in a
Floyd | magic shop, but hindsight is 20/20.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the end, you're too much of a pack rat to really leave anything
Floyd | behind. Particularly in such a definitive way. But it's the exercise
Floyd | of choosing that counts; if you're going to carry all those memories
Floyd | along with you, let it be because you think they matter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody has fun on new year's eve anyway; the pressure is too much. So
Floyd | you might as well spend it choosing what to take and what to leave
Floyd | behind. A year in this city has shown you enough things that you'd
Floyd | rather not have seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You light a cigarette while you wait out the last few moments. You
Floyd | don't hear the snap of the wastebasket vanishing into thin
Floyd | air at midnight; it's drowned out by the crackle of fireworks outside.
Floyd | But you smell ozone in the air, and feel the telltale vibration of
Floyd | something ceasing to exist.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy new year ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "(Slightly) different ending"
		DavidW says, "huh. You are allowed to keep it all. PACK RAT."
		Doug says, "well that's nice."
		BrianK says, "The wastebasket goes off regardless"
		BrianK says, "Oh wait, the wastebasket vanishes entirely"
		BrianK says, "I thought it just got rid of the contents"
		Peregrine says, "*poof*"
		DavidW says, "It goes back to the mothership."
		Doug says, "I should go around and touch everything in my house, so I can feel like I'm not actually a hoarder!"
		Peregrine says, "Well, this was not traditional IF but still pleasant reading."
		Doug says, "but first, get a cow's optic nerve"
		Doug asks, "shall we try to Banish All The Things?"
		BrianK says, "Well, we're already here"
		Peregrine says (to Sequitur), "It makes me want to go back and play/replay your games"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put butterfly in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BUTTERFLY IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the trapped butterfly)
Floyd | You gingerly take the trapped butterfly with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the trapped butterfly into the wastebasket. It's kind of sad
Floyd | destroying this, since it's one of a kind, but it's also useless and
Floyd | bizarrely cruel.
Floyd |
Floyd | There; it's done. You've picked what to keep and what to discard from
Floyd | the past. A cleaner entry into another year of struggle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody has fun on new year's eve anyway; the pressure is too much. So
Floyd | you might as well spend it choosing what to take and what to leave
Floyd | behind. A year in this city has shown you enough things that you'd
Floyd | rather not have seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You light a cigarette while you wait out the last few moments. You
Floyd | don't hear the snap of the wastebasket vanishing into thin
Floyd | air at midnight; it's drowned out by the crackle of fireworks outside.
Floyd | But you smell ozone in the air, and feel the telltale vibration of
Floyd | something ceasing to exist.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy new year ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "er whoops"
		BrianK says, "I forgot to take everything else out"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Safehouse Aleph
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a cardboard box you salvaged from the bodega down the street.
Floyd | Using paint made from wormwood and lead, you've marked it with a sigil
Floyd | meant to keep its contents safe in transit.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cardboard box are a shred of fabric, the keener fragment, a
Floyd | broken propeller, a pint glass, and a goathorn piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put fabric in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FABRIC IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the shred of fabric)
Floyd | You gingerly take the shred of fabric with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the shred of fabric into the wastebasket. That case is closed,
Floyd | anyway, and you travel light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put keener in wastebasket. put propeller in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEENER IN WASTEBASKET. PUT PROPELLER IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the keener fragment)
Floyd | You gingerly take the keener fragment with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the keener fragment into the wastebasket. You'll be really
Floyd | glad to be rid of this thing; even in pieces, those have a mind of
Floyd | their own. You could never track down who made the original device,
Floyd | anyway, from just this small piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the broken propeller)
Floyd | You gingerly take the broken propeller with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the broken propeller into the wastebasket. I mean, it's really
Floyd | just mundane trash, but you kept it for a while as a reminder that
Floyd | they're not invincible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a cardboard box you salvaged from the bodega down the street.
Floyd | Using paint made from wormwood and lead, you've marked it with a sigil
Floyd | meant to keep its contents safe in transit.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cardboard box are a pint glass and a goathorn piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put pint in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PINT IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pint glass)
Floyd | You gingerly take the pint glass with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pint glass into the wastebasket. To be quite honest,
Floyd | you're not sure if these are even enchanted. You nicked one hoping it
Floyd | had some kind of self-cleaning charm on it, but no such luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put goathorn in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               5/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GOATHORN IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the goathorn piece)
Floyd | You gingerly take the goathorn piece with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the goathorn piece into the wastebasket. You've told that
Floyd | story a couple of times now, but maybe it's time to bury that body;
Floyd | the old fish-goat still shows up ever so often in your nightmares,
Floyd | crying about the concept of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put butterfly in wastebasket" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BUTTERFLY IN WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the trapped butterfly)
Floyd | You gingerly take the trapped butterfly with the handkerchief.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the trapped butterfly into the wastebasket. It's kind of sad
Floyd | destroying this, since it's one of a kind, but it's also useless and
Floyd | bizarrely cruel.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been, in the ways that count, and awful year. Nobody will blame
Floyd | you for throwing out what little good there is, along with all the
Floyd | bad. You try not to let your mind form the words "fresh start"; there
Floyd | has never been one, and never will be.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody has fun on new year's eve anyway; the pressure is too much. So
Floyd | you might as well spend it choosing what to take and what to leave
Floyd | behind. A year in this city has shown you enough things that you'd
Floyd | rather not have seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You light a cigarette while you wait out the last few moments. You
Floyd | don't hear the snap of the wastebasket vanishing into thin
Floyd | air at midnight; it's drowned out by the crackle of fireworks outside.
Floyd | But you smell ozone in the air, and feel the telltale vibration of
Floyd | something ceasing to exist.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy new year ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps the pint glass has a charm against breakage. It's probably annoying to replace the glassware in a tavern."
		Peregrine says, "Okay, time for me to hit the sack."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit the sack" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT THE SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "already? but the year just started!"
		Peregrine says, "I feel a need... a need for sleep."
		Doug says, "nighty night."
		Doug says, "thanks for playing"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Thanks for the game. Have a happy new year!"
		DavidW says, "g'night Peregrine"
		Peregrine says, "night y'all"
		Doug says, "tomorrow will be a fr**h s***t"
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. 		
Sequitur goes home. 		Doug says, "anyway, yeah, nice little rumination."
		DavidW says, "so, is that it for today? I'm fine with stopping here, making it a short session."
		DavidW says, "I wouldn't mind a bit of a nap."
		Doug says, "we could play his short game from NYE 2015, but I'm also fine with stopping"
		DavidW asks, "You mean from last year?"
		DavidW asks, "uh, I mean, from a year ago?"
		Doug says, "from a year and a day ago"
		Doug says, "oh, I guess it was a Christmas game. The World Turned Upside Down"
		DavidW says, "I don't think I know that one."
		says, "let's see if I can remember how to upload games to floyd"
		DavidW asks, "shall we quit the current game then?"
		Doug says, "hm, I don't think I saved the magic URL for floyd uploads."
		Doug says, "oh, but my browser remembers!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask theworldturnedupsidedown" 		

Floyd ] Safehouse Aleph          Before midnight               6/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOAD SLEEPMASK THEWORLDTURNEDUPSIDEDOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
Floyd | command, or read the author's AFTERWORD?
Floyd | >

		
Oreolek disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Doug 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?" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask theworldturnedupsidedown" 		

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 says, "The IFDB page says this is another Mere Anarchy/Cape game, which means I'll again not get the references."
Doug 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 | >

		Doug says, "I think this was less connected"
		DavidW says, "There's that word 'panoply' again."
		DavidW says, "There was a panoply of artifacts in the last game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine regulars" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXAMINE 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 floorboards crack and pop underfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "reminds me of this: [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "ouch"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x centipede" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CENTIPEDE
Floyd |
Floyd | A tube of flesh hidden beneath an armature of mottled red and black,
Floyd | studded with numerous sharp yellow legs, clinging to Ramos' shoulder
Floyd | and neck like the worst/greatest feather boa. Sometimes it taps his
Floyd | collarbone with one of its scraping limbs, as though to remind him of
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cat perches outside one of the windows, then disappears again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You force your eyes to focus on the hat for a moment: It's shaped like
Floyd | an abstract paper chrysanthemum, perched on her head at an improbable
Floyd | angle. It moves, not with the drafty air inside the bar but of its own
Floyd | volition, like a breathing flower.
Floyd |
Floyd | The floorboards crack and pop underfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scarf" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pretty much ever color at one point or another; it looks very
Floyd | much like someone finished a scarf, then just started the next one by
Floyd | continuing that same scarf, several times over, until they had a beast
Floyd | that resembled six or seven different scarves joined end to end into a
Floyd | cozy chimera.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cat perches outside one of the windows, then disappears again.
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 | >

		DavidW says, "oh. We're the bartender? That's new."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Much like the bar: A little rough around the edges, a little worse for
Floyd | wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | The table of regulars laughs together; except, of course, for Grin.
Floyd |
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 | >

		DavidW says, "perhaps examine him."
		DavidW says, "He probably has a snake familiar or cockatoo or something."
Doug 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 | Skóa takes a drink out of her glass.
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 | >

		Doug says, "I think Yeats was one of the cities in Cape"
		DavidW says, "Do we have a name for the new guy yet? I haven't seen one."
		Doug asks, "oh, by 'him' did you mean the newcomer?"
		DavidW says, "Also, I'm having trouble telling who's speaking to whom."
Doug 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 | Ramos nods silently in response to some unseen signal or message from
Floyd | his familiar.
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 | >

		DavidW says, "yes, the newcomer."
		Doug says, "hm, I guess we missed a chance to INTERJECT"
		Doug says, "ah, the pictures are probably of the player in Cape"
		Doug says, "who could either leap or fly"
		DavidW says, "I guess the impression this game is very much on rails and that INTERJECT is for short targets of extra info."
		DavidW says, "er tangent"
		DavidW says, "tangents, not targets"
		DavidW says, "I'm tired."
		Doug asks, "shall I interject?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Doug 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 | The table of regulars laughs together; except, of course, for Grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "ah right, Blaise was the city in Cape"
		Doug says, "er, both Blaise and Keats. or maybe they are neighborhoods, I forget"
		DavidW says, "I thought it was Yeats"
		Doug says, "yes, sorry."
		DavidW says, "It's gotta all literary in here all of a sudden."
Doug says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a rag
Floyd |   a crow cameo
Floyd |
Floyd | Ramos takes a drink out of his glass.
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 | >

		Doug asks, "should we just interject always?"
		DavidW says, "up to you"
		Doug says, "I don't remember if it has an effect other than extra story bits"
		Doug says, "I'm also curious about the crow came."
		Doug says, "+o"
		Doug says, "maybe I'll wait until a non-interject point"
Doug 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 oversized
Floyd | scarf? That's Grin. He 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 | >

		Doug says, "eek."
		DavidW says, "I'm not getting much sense of player agency here. I think this is a story we're being told and interjecting just changes it slightly."
Doug 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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x crow" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | A layer of onyx finely glued onto a layer of iridescent labradorite,
Floyd | then carved so that the onyx resembles a crow's head emerging from the
Floyd | eerie glow of the white-cyan stone underneath. "For protection," she
Floyd | said, on the last night you saw her in this bar. It still hums a tiny
Floyd | bit with her aura, pointing faintly towards some distant path.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chow gives Ainsley a curious look from the corner table
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 | >

		Doug says, "hm, seems like interjecting is warranted"
		DavidW says, "I don't think there's much more to it than that. You can try restarting and interjecting that first time we missed."
Doug 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 | >

		
Allen has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "give cameo to ainsley" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CAMEO TO AINSLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Ainsley doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the random flickering of the lights outside.
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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

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.

		
Doug 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 | >

		
Doug 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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "interject" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > INTERJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not talking to anyone right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "drop cameo" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CAMEO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Closing Time (behind the bar)
Floyd | It's three minutes to three on the last Saturday before Christmas; the
Floyd | green glass light fixtures hanging over the bar have been dimmed,
Floyd | dirty frost speckles the windows, and the hazy scent of alcoholic
Floyd | vomit emanating from the toilets has subdued to a minor note in the
Floyd | far 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 also see a crow cameo here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "clean bar with rag" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN BAR WITH RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to clean the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "clean bar" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't strictly need it, but it helps people read you as the
Floyd | bartender.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes drift inexorably to the group of regulars huddled around the
Floyd | table, taking stock of them.
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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x chow" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Chow is Skóa's physical opposite: Short, brown-skinned, slightly round
Floyd | about the cheeks and quite round about the body. But the two have the
Floyd | same cold, frighteningly perceptive eyes in common. Chow seems to
Floyd | enjoy mostly the vague warmth of others' company; she fills space by
Floyd | reading a book. You didn't quite glimpse its cover.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ramos nods silently in response to some unseen signal or message from
Floyd | his familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It might be interesting if a game's commands were entirely interjections like 'wow', 'hey', 'aww', 'hooray', etc."
		Doug says, "heh"
		Doug says, ">HEH"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You force your eyes to focus on the cover of the book: It's not old as
Floyd | in really old, just weatherbeaten and outdated. It's some pulpy thing
Floyd | with a screaming woman on the cover and a suitably absurd title:
Floyd | The Return of the Worm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The floorboards crack and pop underfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Actually, I sorta already did that with 'Yay Games'."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x floorboards" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOORBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But I hadn't thought of the idea for interjections to steer a conversation."
Doug 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 | Someone's phone squawks with a notification; nobody looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x fascinator" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FASCINATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You force your eyes to focus on the hat for a moment: It's shaped like
Floyd | an abstract paper chrysanthemum, perched on her head at an improbable
Floyd | angle. It moves, not with the drafty air inside the bar but of its own
Floyd | volition, like a breathing flower.
Floyd |
Floyd | The table of regulars laughs together; except, of course, for Grin.
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 | >

		DavidW says, "There's an O? I saw Ska."
		Doug says, "yeah, there's an accent over the O"
		DavidW says, "ah. I don't see accented characters with my mudclient."
		Doug says, "sux2bu"
		DavidW says, "Someday I'll join the future."
Doug 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 looks at their phone and laughs at a private joke.
Floyd |
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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug 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 floorboards crack and pop underfoot.
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 | >

		
Doug 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 | Chow takes a drink out of her glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x vest" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEST
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x chairs" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The corner table is round, with a plush bench that wraps around it,
Floyd | fixed next to a window.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone's phone squawks with a notification; nobody looks.
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 | >

		Doug says, "aw, not "Oak.""
Doug 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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says, "hm, maybe we should try not interjecting here" 		DavidW says, "Could try 'wait'"
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is that the weirdo in a costume that all the papers are up in arms
Floyd | about?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods, eyes bobbing up in his head like they want to roll.
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue: "Why do you assume a wizard is behind every weird thing
Floyd | that happens?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Used to be a good assumption to have in this town. Now I'm not so
Floyd | sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jamessin blows a smoke ring, though it comes out weirdly deformed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug 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 | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry," you say, not sorry. "Can't help you there. What's your real
Floyd | 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 | The table of regulars laughs together; except, of course, for Grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "hm, yeah, I guess only the third interjection matters"
		DavidW asks, "So, is everyone else here PCs in previous games?"
		Doug says, "no, none of them are"
		Doug says, "and I guess none of them are the patron from the flashback in the previous game"
		Doug says, "but I guess Grin knows the PC from Cape"
Doug says (to Floyd), "get book" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to belong to Chow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ramos nods silently in response to some unseen signal or message from
Floyd | his familiar.
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 | >

		Doug says, "anyway yeah, I guess there's not much beyond examining everything, and three interjection points"
		Doug says, "maybe a later game will involve Ainsley's team."
		Doug says, "hm, the crow cameo might have been given by the patron. Who might be a character in Mere Anarchy, but my memories of that are fuzzy"
		Doug says, "anyhoo, that's the game."
		DavidW says, "good show"
		DavidW says, "I think I'm done for today. It was different, but nice enough."
		Owlor says, "yeah it was interesting, sorry i was quiet for most of it."
		Doug says, "it's reminding me that I hope Carolyn picks up 18 Rooms again."
\[clubfloyd] Doug says, "speaking of superhero games." 		DavidW says, "oh yeah, 18 Rooms. Agreed, it would be nice to see more of that."
		DavidW asks, "We got, uh 4 of those rooms? Or was it 5?"
		Doug says, "3, I thought"
		Doug says, "you're right, 4. Room 15."
BrianK goes home. 		Doug says, "anyway, happy new year Floyders!"
		DavidW says, "thanks. Happy New Year to all,."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Yami-Nabe!! by Brian Kwak
ANATIDAEPHOBIA by Peregrine Wade
As played on ifMUD on January 8, 2017

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 Yami-Nabe!! written by Brian Kwak, and ANATIDAEPHOBIA written by Peregrine Wade, You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: ANATIDAEPHOBIA and Yami-Nabe!!.

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:

Yami-Nabe!! by Brian Kwak
ANATIDAEPHOBIA by Peregrine Wade
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
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		Jacqueline says, "Today is the day we play the TENTH YEAR of New Year's Speed IFs."
		Jacqueline says, "Which is... just ... a sign that we are all getting old."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Hooray for age and wisdom!"
		Taleslinger says, "Yay!"
		Roger says, "We'll get it right some day"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's see some of that maturity on display in these games."
		Taleslinger says, "oh boy"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure they will all be very high-brow."
		Peregrine chuckles nervously.
		BrianK says, "Well, this is my first time, so I can say that y'all are getting old :P"
		DavidW says, "New Year's Speed is 10 years old? Wow."
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Fair."
		Taleslinger says, "oh by oh boy"
		Peregrine says, "My first time too"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I know. And this September, ClubFloyd will also turn ten."
		Taleslinger says, "And it's my 10th year in the IF scene."
		Jacqueline says, "Fortunately, CF will still be at that sweet age where it is not yet a petulant tween."
		Peregrine says, "I got into IF writing for the first time in early 2016."
		Peregrine says, "(wow that rhymed)"
		Jacqueline says, "It's very cool that there's both new blood and continuity."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
		DavidW) Perry asks (to Jacqueline), "Can I borrow the car?"
		Peregrine faints at the sight of blood.
		Jacqueline says, "So, we have four games."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "A N A T I D A E P H O B I A, The Day I Shot Alex (wonder who that's by?), The Horste, and Yami-Nabe."
		Taleslinger says, "I think we should play the first timer's games first"
		Jacqueline says, "Fair."
		Roger says, "That works for me"
		Peregrine says, "It's actually Anatidaephobia. The spaces shouldn't be in the title"
		Taleslinger says, "Oh, that's my bad then."
		BrianK says, "I'd vote mine first if only because it's probably the farthest from being a proper game"
		Peregrine says, "It was only supposed to show when the game starts for esthetic reasons"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		BrianK says, "(furthest?)"
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "As in it is quick?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah it should be pretty quick"
		Jacqueline asks, "Any objections? BK, then P?"
		Taleslinger says, "Sure"
		Taleslinger says, "Also, Mr. Carbols game contains spoiles for Westworld. Not sure if that's an issue for anyone"
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "So, which one is yours?"
		BrianK says, "Yami-Nabe"
		BrianK says, "also it has to be run under not-sleepmask, just normally"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ny10yaminabe" 		

Floyd | > Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		BrianK says, "Hmm"
		Jacqueline raises an eyebrow.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you playing this game during ClubFloyd? >> Please answer yes or
Floyd | no.>
Floyd | All right, you're good to go!

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Yami-Nabe!!
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Brian Kwak
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170102 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | ClubFloyd
Floyd | Hello! Welcome to ClubFloyd! I'm Floyd, the host of the yami-nabe party
Floyd | we'll be having today.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "hmm"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
		Peregrine says, "Odd question."
		BrianK says, "The things aren't interacting well"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Is this your first time at a yami-nabe party? (If it is, I can give you
Floyd | some background and instructions on what to do.) >>
Floyd | Yami-nabe (literally translated as "hot pot of darkness") is a
Floyd | variation of hot pot dish where members of a party can bring their own
Floyd | ingredients to put in a hot pot. The hot pot is cooked and eaten in the
Floyd | dark, so anyone can add whatever they want without getting caught! And
Floyd | because it's dark, you won't know what you get until you taste it, so
Floyd | you might be in for some surprises!
Floyd |
Floyd | When we begin, you can put any ingredient you want by sending the
Floyd | command "ADD [ingredient]". Of course, it wouldn't be very much of a
Floyd | secret if everyone knows what you're adding, right? So instead of
Floyd | typing the command "F ADD [ingredient]", you can type "WF ADD
Floyd | [ingredient]" to secretly add the ingredient you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you're ready to eat, just send the command "EAT" to try something
Floyd | that was added to the pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | We will automatically finish up once there is nothing left in the pot,
Floyd | but if you'd like to end earlier, you can type "DONE" to finish and see
Floyd | what was remaining.

		Roger says, "Mysterious"
		Peregrine says, "Very."
		Taleslinger says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wf add carrots" 		

Floyd |

		BrianK says, "it hasn't started yet :P"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Yeah, that's an ufortunate Floyd bug thing."
		DavidW says, "oops"
		BrianK says, "the next question should have to do with ingredients to start off"
		BrianK says, "I'll just type yes for simplicity"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | The pot is empty right now, so you won't be able to start eating until
Floyd | we put enough ingredients inside. However, if you'd like, I can add
Floyd | some ingredients in advance to start you off. Would you like me to add
Floyd | some ingredients in advance? >> Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | All right! I've added some of my special ingredients to the pot. Hope
Floyd | you enjoy! You may begin as soon as I turn the lights off.

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from
Floyd | the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish).
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a clunk from the hot pot! (That's the sound of the ingredient
Floyd | being added.)
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "That was me."
		Taleslinger asks, "Everyone add their secret ingredient and then say done?"

Floyd | >You hear a thunk from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from
Floyd | the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish).
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "That was me."
		BrianK says, "You can add multiple and then eat"

Floyd | >You hear a plunk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Is this the first game specifically designed for Floyd/CF?"
		Taleslinger says, "That was me."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | peas!
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Werewolf was for Floyd."

Floyd | >You hear a fwish from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a clank from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a husk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		Roger says, "I've added"

Floyd | >You hear a squidge from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from
Floyd | the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish).
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a blorsh from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | paper clips!
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Well, true, but that was a game before it was on Floyd. It was just adapted for Floyd."

Floyd | >You hear a husk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | chipmunk!
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Though that was not me!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | octopus!
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | tomato!
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | chocolate!
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "done" 		

Floyd | >Finished already? Hold on... I'll turn the lights back on.
Floyd | The ingredients remaining in the pot were as follows: potato, monkey,
Floyd | cabbage, cheese, male tears, sidetoril, bubblegum, orange soda, and
Floyd | DavidW!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hope you enjoyed the yami-nabe!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy new year! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		BrianK says, "oh no"
		Peregrine exclaims, "!"
		BrianK says, "we should've continued eating until someone ate David"
		Taleslinger says, "he he"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		DavidW says, "goodness"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, is that a real thing that people do? It's... not, right?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Another round?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "It's a thing, but it involves actual food"
		Roger says, "It sounds too dangerous to do in real life"
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button. 		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Yeah"
		Roger says, "I guess you could have a sighted moderator"
		DavidW says, "I've heard of a dark restaurant."
		BrianK says, "I've never actual tried it in real life but apparently people bring like chocolate or chicken nuggets or something"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I've wanted to go to one of those."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you playing this game during ClubFloyd? >> Please answer yes or
Floyd | no.>
Floyd | All right, you're good to go!

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Yami-Nabe!!
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Brian Kwak
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170102 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | ClubFloyd
Floyd | Hello! Welcome to ClubFloyd! I'm Floyd, the host of the yami-nabe party
Floyd | we'll be having today.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Is this your first time at a yami-nabe party? (If it is, I can give you
Floyd | some background and instructions on what to do.) >>
Floyd | Yami-nabe (literally translated as "hot pot of darkness") is a
Floyd | variation of hot pot dish where members of a party can bring their own
Floyd | ingredients to put in a hot pot. The hot pot is cooked and eaten in the
Floyd | dark, so anyone can add whatever they want without getting caught! And
Floyd | because it's dark, you won't know what you get until you taste it, so
Floyd | you might be in for some surprises!
Floyd |
Floyd | When we begin, you can put any ingredient you want by sending the
Floyd | command "ADD [ingredient]". Of course, it wouldn't be very much of a
Floyd | secret if everyone knows what you're adding, right? So instead of
Floyd | typing the command "F ADD [ingredient]", you can type "WF ADD
Floyd | [ingredient]" to secretly add the ingredient you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you're ready to eat, just send the command "EAT" to try something
Floyd | that was added to the pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | We will automatically finish up once there is nothing left in the pot,
Floyd | but if you'd like to end earlier, you can type "DONE" to finish and see
Floyd | what was remaining.

		Jacqueline says, "Oops, my timing is off."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | The pot is empty right now, so you won't be able to start eating until
Floyd | we put enough ingredients inside. However, if you'd like, I can add
Floyd | some ingredients in advance to start you off. Would you like me to add
Floyd | some ingredients in advance? >>
Floyd | All right! I've added some of my special ingredients to the pot. Hope
Floyd | you enjoy! You may begin as soon as I turn the lights off.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I'm not sure what goes where :P"
zarf arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		

Floyd | >You hear a flop from the hot pot! (That's the sound of the ingredient
Floyd | being added.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a whap from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a thunk from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a thud from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from
Floyd | the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish).
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "also I liked the male tears ingredient, I wanted to add something like that"

Floyd | >You hear a squish from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a whap from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "add the whole Clubfloyd crew" 		

Floyd | >You hear a squidge from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a plink from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a fwish from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a plunk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | cabbage!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a thunk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		Roger asks, "So I imagine this is done with [topic]?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | tomato!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a husk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		Roger says, "Nice"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | beetroot!
Floyd |

		
Roger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | octopus!
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | alligator meat!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a flop from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "ooh alligator"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | ventilator!
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | paper clips!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a thud from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "hehehe"

Floyd | >You hear a flop from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | Roger!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a fwish from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
Peregrine!! 		Roger says, "nooo"

Floyd | >You hear a squidge from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		zarf says, "ha ha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | John Malkovich!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a plop from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a blorsh from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | monkey!
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | the whole Clubfloyd crew!
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "eeeeeeeeeagh"
		BrianK says, "Welp, there goes all of us"
		Jacqueline dies.
		BrianK exclaims, "Congratulations Jacq!!!!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | kosher zarf!
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Peregrine exclaims, "wot!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... a
Floyd | plover's egg the size of a plover's egg!
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "You cannibals, you."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | chocolate-covered popcorn!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a flop from the hot pot!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a clink from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "This is really fun but it's very remote from IF, heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | diced turnip!
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | Briank!
Floyd |

		Taleslinger says, "Yummy newcomers"
		Peregrine asks, "Wait! What?"
		BrianK says, "oh nooooo"
		Peregrine says, "eaten twice"
		Jacqueline asks, "Does it add our names as we add stuff, or is someone among us a cannibal?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | zarf!
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "One of us is a cannibal :P"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | that thing your aunt gave you but you didn't know what it was!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a husk from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
		Peregrine asks, "But who?"
		BrianK says, "~*~that's the mystery~*~"
		Jacqueline shifts her eyes around the room.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | squirrel droppings!
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Blech"
		Peregrine says, "bleugh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | chicken fingers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >Hey! Who tried to add me to the pot!?
Floyd |

		Taleslinger says, "I know who it is, but I can't put my finger on it"
		Jacqueline says, "That's better."
		BrianK says, "wooo"
		Roger says, "sneaky"
		BrianK says, "That's what happens when you try to add Floyd to the pot"
		DavidW says, "Did ... tmg"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Oh!"
		Jacqueline says (to Taleslinger), "It's safer to not put your finger on the cannibal yeah, you might lose it."

Floyd | >You hear a thud from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | food that your aut gave you that you don't know what it is!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You can't add the hot pot to itself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >You hear a plink from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | knowledge of eventual but certain death!
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "woo metaphysical"
		BrianK says, "That doesn't sound like it would be all that tasty"
		zarf says, "ok, I feel I have gotten the idea of this game"

Floyd | >You hear a squidge from the hot pot!
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | potato!
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | no tea!
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | teen spirit!
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd | >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like...
Floyd | Nitku has returned Hi Nitku!!
Floyd |

		
zarf has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		

Floyd | >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from
Floyd | the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish).
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm good. We could type done."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "done" 		

Floyd | >Finished already? Hold on... I'll turn the lights back on.

		Peregrine says, "Yeah, time for ducks."
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The ingredients remaining in the pot were as follows: Jacqueline, old
Floyd | pigweed, something that you don't know what it is, You pick something
Floyd | from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like..., and xyzzy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hope you enjoyed the yami-nabe!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy new year! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		Jacqueline says, "Phew, just escaped."
		Jacqueline asks, "What... is pigweed?"
		DavidW asks, "yeah, what is pigweed?"
		Roger says, "It's a thing I think"
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "It's from a song from Mark Knopfer about hobo stews"
		Jacqueline | Amaranthus palmeri is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, dioecious amaranth, Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It is native to most of the southern half of North America.
		Peregrine says, "You learn something new every day."
		Jacqueline says, "That was a very fun idea, Brian. :)"
		Taleslinger says (to briank), "This was a funny idea. Good work!"
		BrianK says, "Glad you liked it :D"
		Peregrine thumbs up.
		Roger says, "Yeah, good idea well-executed"
		Jacqueline asks (of Peregrine), "Which one is yours, again? Anatidaephobia?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Okay, now for the one that just rolls off the tongue, Amnio..Aniomon..Amininoo.. er, Jacq?"
		Peregrine says, "Also, first multiplayer IF I've seen that's not an RPG"
		Peregrine says, "Okay, the next newbie game is Anatidaephobia. Mine."
		Jacqueline asks, "Cool. Sleepmask?"
		Peregrine says, "It's a glulxe game, no fancy stuff"
		Peregrine says, "But it does have hybrud choices"
		BrianK says, "(for the record, the reason sleepmask doesn't work is because the commands get echoed so that would ruin the surprise)"
		Roger says, "Ah, of course"
		DavidW asks, "Has mulitfloyd.h been ported to I7 yet?"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Ah, true."
		DavidW says, "er multifloyd"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia" 		

Floyd | > Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia" 		
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia" 		
Floyd > ] 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's another nice, sunny day outside. The bird are singing, the
Floyd | flowers are beaming, and all is well.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that's what you assume, since in actual fact you're inside a
Floyd | brand new office on the sixth floor of the Weiner Corporation's newest
Floyd | skyscraper. At any rate, the job pays well, and your day usually
Floyd | passes by without any notable incidents to marr its pleasing monotony.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | But something is different today. Cold sweat glistens on your brow.
Floyd | You know all too well what this means.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere...somehow... a duck is watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A N A T I D A E P H O B I A
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 161231 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh-oh. The monotony will be broken."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You've never really looked at yourself in a mirror. In fact, you tend
Floyd | to avoid mirrors like the plague, to such an extent that you're not
Floyd | sure what you really look like.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're sure of it. There's a duck watching you right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline narrows her eyes.
		DavidW asks, "Why is there a cow in the office?"
		Peregrine says, "Warning: there is a lot of examinable scenery."
Allen arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Why wouldn't there be? Do you not have a house cow?"
		DavidW says, "I do not."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x cow" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COW
Floyd |
Floyd | It's leaning against the wall, legs crossed, smoking a cigarette. What
Floyd | is it doing here? You have not the slightest idea, and you're not
Floyd | really interested in finding out. What you really want to find... is
Floyd | that DUCK!
Floyd |
Floyd | You wipe off a bead of sweat. Why did it have to be here? Why did it
Floyd | have to be now? Why? WHY?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Canada is a weird place. They don't even have house cows."
		Taleslinger asks, "Is this fear real?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cow about duck" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COW ABOUT DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You could just try to engage in casual conversation. One way of doing
Floyd | this is by typing TALK TO NPC into the command prompt.  (Oh, crap,
Floyd | I just broke the fourth wall. Who's going to pay for that, I
Floyd | wonder?)
Floyd | You loosen your tie with one hand, and glance around fearfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fourth wall" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOURTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no choice. You have to find that duck, track it down, hound
Floyd | it, chase it to the ends of the earth if necessary. Thus is the price
Floyd | you must pay for peace of mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to cow" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COW
Floyd |
Floyd | You cough. The cow coughs. For a moment, silence hangs heavy upon both
Floyd | of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So. Ahem."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You wanted to ask me something, boss?" the cow says finally, chewing
Floyd | on its cigarette in a typically bovine manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Do you see that duck?"
Floyd | 2) "What are you doing here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "I do have an aunt who is deathly afraid of ducks."
		Taleslinger says, "Oooh cow orker, I get it"
		DavidW says, "We certainly have ducks in Waterloo."
		Jacqueline says, "One day we had coffee at a place on a river and she refused to sit on the patio by the river because of the ducks."
		Peregrine is edified by Jacq's tale.
		Taleslinger says, "I'm my own Tale!"
		DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know that fear of ducks was a thing."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | ["What are you doing here?"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't you remember, boss?" the cow says, slapping you on the back
Floyd | with one hoof. "We're corporate spies working for ACME. This is an
Floyd | undercover operation, okay? I see what's wrong with you: you've been
Floyd | trying to use the "How to Brainwash Yourself Easily" book again. If
Floyd | you've got amnesia, we gotta exfiltrate ourselves pronto and
Floyd | burn the evidence. Have you got amnesia, boss?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I haven't got amnesia, you idiot!"
Floyd | 2) "I can't remember anything! What is my REAL identity?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Neither did I."
		Roger says, "duck-duck-goose can be very traumatic"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, which choice?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm leaning toward 2"
		DavidW says, "I want 2"
		Taleslinger says, "I say try to keep our cover"
		BrianK says, "I like 1"
		Taleslinger says, "1"
		Jacqueline says, "Ack. That's a tie."
		Jacqueline asks, "Tiebreaker?"
		Peregrine asks, "Roger?"
		BrianK says, "Roger? :P"
		Nitku says, "1"
		Peregrine says, "Go with 1, then."
		Jacqueline says, "Watch, now Roger will say -- oh, okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | ["I haven't got amnesia, you idiot!"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Phoooey," the cow sighs with relief, tugging at its cigarette
Floyd | compulsively. "You had me worried there for a second." And upon these
Floyd | words, it begins to stare intensively at the wall, as though waiting
Floyd | for ninja chipmunks to leap out without warning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the duck's beady dark eyes boring into the back of your
Floyd | skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wire" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too thick to cut with scissors, sadly enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though the duck is not in the room, still you feel its baleful glare,
Floyd | unwavering, unblinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'm glad the cow doesn't actually care to check"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "follow wire" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chipmunks" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHIPMUNKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pane" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's made of glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | You bang your head against the furniture, heart bowed down beneath a
Floyd | seething cloud of paranoia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fax" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAX
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a great, heavy monster of bureaucratic hell. With its aid, you
Floyd | could fax a dinosaur to Hawaii, that's telling you how sophisticated
Floyd | it is. It's powered by a very, very long electric wire which crosses
Floyd | the floor and disappears out into the corridor to the south. Oh, and
Floyd | it's also blatantly simple to use: all that is necessary is to put
Floyd | something in it, and then dial any number between 0 and 10. The fax
Floyd | machine has been customized specifically for faxing things to a very
Floyd | specific destination.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must do something about that duck. There is no other way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Peregrine), "Was it you who put the chipmunks in the pot during the last game? Do you have a thing for chipmunks?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an IKEA desk, somewhat disfigured by coffee rings (from all the
Floyd | times you left your hot mug of coffee on the desk for far too much
Floyd | time). And certainly it would be nice to have more than just the one
Floyd | drawer for tidying away your stuff. But it's perfectly adequate for
Floyd | the kind of work you do for the Weiner Corporation -- namely, sorting
Floyd | through piles of mail. Such as the huge heap now standing before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something must be done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cityscape" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CITYSCAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | New Dork City stretches out before you in its full glory. But what
Floyd | interests you most of all is the building opposite the one you're
Floyd | currently in: the ACME Corporation's newest skycraper.
Floyd |
Floyd | All this stress and paranoia proves far too much for you. With a
Floyd | wordless cry you throw yourself out the window!
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, you do not throw yourself out of the window, you merely
Floyd | bounce off it with a muffled "PANG", and then stagger out into the
Floyd | corridor, nursing your blossoming bruise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oops"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mail" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Looks like there was a timing component"
		Peregrine says, "Not a seious one, howeve"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW asks, "oh, different location now?"
		BrianK asks, "Can we go back in and keep exploring?"
		Peregrine says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon it are the following (badly-inked) words: M. POND --
Floyd | MAILROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sort piles" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SORT PILES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "hmmm I wonder why more corporations don't use Ikea furniture."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we can't actually sort the mail, right?"
		BrianK says, "Okay we're back inside"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "sort mail" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SORT MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a letter from none other than "Mr. Coffee Machine"! How odd.
Floyd | A quick glance indicates that he is appealing to the powers that be
Floyd | for the right to have his own office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull open the drawer, and find only a lonely-looking pair of
Floyd | scissors. You decide after some deliberation to take this with you
Floyd | (you never know when it might come in handy...)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		DavidW says, "I got some INVENTORY!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "seems like there's no more time to join CF"
		Jacqueline asks (of olethros), "?"
		Ellison says, "just don't give him his own stapler or who knows what will end up in the coffee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sort mail" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SORT MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a letter from none other than "Mr. Coffee Machine"! How odd.
Floyd | A quick glance indicates that he is appealing to the powers that be
Floyd | for the right to have his own office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a sturdy thing, with sturdy wheels that are always well oiled
Floyd | (you suspect that the office elves do all that work when no one is
Floyd | looking.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a strange and most peculiar feeling that it will come in
Floyd | handy at some point in the immediate future.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get letter" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get mail" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take off shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OFF SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Whoops, little oversight, but not game-breaking, fortunately"
		DavidW says, "That chair is definitely pushable. I can tell."
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "Is this that kind of game?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Wait, we aren't wearing pants?"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		BrianK says, "Well, we can make it that kind of game"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "It would appear not!"
		Roger says, "no tale it is you who is the duck"
		Jacqueline says, "It would appear we are wearing a tie and a shirt. Rowr."
		BrianK says, "Well, now we're wearing just the tie"
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Taleslinger says (to roger), "You're not my real psychologist, just some sort of quack"
		Peregrine says, "You can see the duck from where you are."
		DavidW says, "Ever since A Freak Accident Makes Seattle Pantsless, there's been no pants in this office."
		Jacqueline says, "That was impressive, taking off the shirt while leaving the tie in place."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x tie" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Suitably unfashionable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "If this job falls through, we could be a performer."
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "Obviously you haven't seen many male strippers"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x duck" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too far away for you to tell, but it appears to be staring at you
Floyd | in an unsettling way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "I have not, that is true."
		BrianK says, "Memorizing phone numbers these days? Amazing"
		Peregrine says, "I was too lazy to implement a CALL PHONE NUMBER action."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call gary" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL GARY
Floyd |
Floyd | That command isn't available in choice mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "(it would have been hell to debug)"
		Jacqueline asks, "Just 9?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "9" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 9
Floyd |
Floyd | [Gary Larson]
Floyd |
Floyd | You get only an answerphone. "Gary Larson is on holiday in Africa,
Floyd | being bullied by Jane Goodall's chimps. Please call back another
Floyd | time."
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to P), "This was a good work-around."
		DavidW asks, "hm, no '0' to mean we don't make a call?"
		Roger says, "Maybe we'll get to stand on this extremely wobbly chair"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "I think so."
		Peregrine says, "The Gary LArson thing isn't made up"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "You always live so dangerously."
		Peregrine says, "(check wikipedia)"
		BrianK asks, "Have we checked everything out here?"
		DavidW says, "I remember the last chair where I had to reach a smoke detector."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cityscape" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CITYSCAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | New Dork City stretches out before you in its full glory. But what
Floyd | interests you most of all is the building opposite the one you're
Floyd | currently in: the ACME Corporation's newest skycraper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's covered in squid ink stains (don't ask why). You feel something
Floyd | heavy in your breast pocket, and it's definitely not your heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh hey"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x acme" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ACME
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at it through the glass window, and shudder. The duck is
Floyd | there, peering out through an office window, staring at you through
Floyd | caricatural binoculars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You squint and squirm, but conclude that the only way to find out
Floyd | what's inside is to boldly go forth and SEARCH it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "Too fast!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the breast pocket is a portable squid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get squid" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SQUID
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "For all your squid needs."
		Jacqueline asks, "It's going to leak ink, isn't it?"
		BrianK says, "I'm sure it will come in handy"
		Taleslinger says, "Never know when you'll need a squid!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get squid" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SQUID
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an extremely tiny, adorable little squid about the size of a
Floyd | fountain pen. Every now and then, it makes cute squid noises.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe we squeeze the squid to summon inky."
		Allen says, "awww!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "squeeze squid" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUEEZE SQUID
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze the squid gently, and before you know it it squirts ink
Floyd | all over your face! Instant karma, indeed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "This references another Gary Larson cartoon."
		BrianK says, "Anyway, we also spotted the duck in the ACME building"
		Jacqueline says, "I do indeed like Gary Larson."
		DavidW says, "Does this window have a blind or curtain? We could foil this duck that way."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's made of glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Doesn't seem to mention it"
		Peregrine points out that in the message text before you ran out of the office madly, it said you wanted to GET the duck.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "call 5" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL 5
Floyd |
Floyd | That command isn't available in choice mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | [the ACME Corporation]
Floyd |
Floyd | After several minutes of mildly annoying music, you finally get a
Floyd | response:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, how may I help you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um, I'm not sure..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's not a problem at all. We cater to all needs: the Clown
Floyd | Department is on the first floor, the Jungle Department on the second
Floyd | floor, the Toothpick Department is on the third floor, bananas are
Floyd | plentiful on the fourth floor, we have fire and brimstone on the fifth
Floyd | floor, doughnuts on the seventh floor, unspeakable things on the
Floyd | eighth floor, anachronistic but potentially useful duck-killing
Floyd | weapons on the ninth floor, and if you like ice-cream you can always
Floyd | go to the tenth floor. Please keep in mind, however, that before
Floyd | entering the elevator you will be stripped of all suspicious
Floyd | belongings by our diligent Security Brigade."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks, but what I really wanted to know is: have you seen a duck,
Floyd | anywhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am not at liberty to say," the receptionnist replies
Floyd | apologetically. The conversation ends soon afterwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "anyway, I'd like to see more of the building to the south."
		Taleslinger says, "Go forth, DW"
		BrianK says, "Yes, let's explore"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Don't forget to read carefully!"
		DavidW says, "Sounds like a 9th floor is what we want."
		DavidW says, "maybe."
		Jacqueline hands the keys to DW.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wire" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too thick to cut with scissors, sadly enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It advertises the latest action movie: FLY HARD, with Braaawk Willis
Floyd | playing a daredevil chicken cop facing off against Alan Cricketman's
Floyd | stereotypically six-legged (and German!) baddie. The poster shows the
Floyd | main character jumping off an exploding skyscraper with a (live)
Floyd | electric wire tied around himself. The tagline reads: "Always in
Floyd | the wrong place at the wrong time, wearing the wrong clothes and using
Floyd | the wrong shaving cream! BURMA SHAVE".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Boo german baddies"
		DavidW says, "This sounds like foreshadowing."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to coffee machine" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COFFEE MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your throat, and cough. "Ahem? Mr Coffee Machine? Are you
Floyd | all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I feel terrible," the coffee machine groans. "My self-esteem is down
Floyd | the toilet. I'm tragically misunderstood. The whole world conspires
Floyd | against me."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Would it be okay if I had a cup of
Floyd | coffee?"
Floyd | 2) "Oh, come one, it can't be that bad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "2?"
		Jacqueline says, "Empathetic."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | ["Oh, come one, it can't be that bad."]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not that bad?" the coffee machine snorts bitterly. "Not that
Floyd | bad?!? God dang it, I've been working here for 65 years and I've never
Floyd | even been promoted! I don't even get my own office chair!
Floyd | That would be so little to ask for -- an office chair of my own, to
Floyd | sit on whenever I feel tired, a token of respect for all the coffee
Floyd | I've pumped out all those years! The Weiner Corporation would have
Floyd | NEVER been as successful as it is without MY coffee to keep their
Floyd | minds sharp and lively into the wee hours of the night!"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Ahem... talking about coffee... could I have some, please?"
Floyd | 2) "Ahem... isn't there something you could do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We do have an office chair."
		DavidW says, "We do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | ["Ahem... isn't there something you could do?"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Like, I don't know... have you tried talking to a psychiatrist?" you
Floyd | add, patting the coffee machine on the -- for lack of a better word --
Floyd | "shoulder".
Floyd |
Floyd | "Psychiatrist? I'm not mad, you idiot!" the machine retorts angrily.
Floyd | "This is it! I'm not going to put up with this sort of crap any more!
Floyd | I'm handing in my resignation! Right now, do you hear?"
Floyd |
Floyd | It hops out of the room and down the corridor at breakneck speed. Soon
Floyd | afterwards, to your dismay, you hear the sound of a heavy coffee
Floyd | machine falling down six flights of stairs in a record-breaking (and
Floyd | neck-breaking) 3.45 seconds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't know who it belongs to, but we could give it to him anyway."
		Roger says, "The Weiner corporation was probably founded by a German"
		BrianK says, "Uhhhhh"
		Peregrine says, "Uh, you just locked yourself out of one possible route through the game."
		BrianK says, "Did it just... die"
		Peregrine says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "oops,."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wow, did he just fling himself down the stairs?"
		DavidW says, "I did not want that outcome at all."
		Taleslinger says, "But now the window is open and we can do the wire jump"
		Peregrine says, "Nope."
		Roger says, "That's grounds for dismissal"
		DavidW says, "I wanted to give the chair to the machine."
		Taleslinger says, "Time to switch to tea"
		Jacqueline says (to Talesling), "hahaha aw"
		Peregrine says, "You could undo, or you could keep on (but then you need to think of another way to escape the building.)"
		Peregrine says, "Up to you."
		Jacqueline says, "I personally like undo."
		BrianK says, "Let's undo"
		DavidW says, "I need to eat something. Someone else drive while I unpeel an orange."
		Taleslinger says, "Undo it is"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Should we get coffee?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Get him the chair as DW suggested?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | That command isn't available in choice mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "We have to exit the conversation first"
		Peregrine says, "Choose 1"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | ["Ahem... talking about coffee... could I have some,
Floyd | please?"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Coffee!" the machine snorts. "You want coffee? Here's your
Floyd | coffee, you selfish jerk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | For a second, it looks like the machine is going to hurl piping hot
Floyd | caffeine beverages at your face, but your fear prove to be unfounded,
Floyd | and sure enough you find yourself looking down at a cup of coffee as
Floyd | you hold it tentatively in one hand. The rooms falls silent once more,
Floyd | and your mind is irresistably drawn back to the one thing uppermost in
Floyd | your thoughts right now. That. Goddamn. DUCK.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies

		DavidW says, "You can unplug the wire back there, I bet."

Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair s" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR S
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls south into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR E
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls east into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffee machine notices that you have brought an office chair into
Floyd | the room! "Golly, is that for me?" it gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yup," you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | With herethereto unsuspected nimbleness, the great lumbering
Floyd | caffeine-dispensing contraction hops onto the chair, whooping with
Floyd | delight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "FAINT AROMA?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Talk to him again now?"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to machine" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffee machine is in its own nirvana. Best not to engage
Floyd | conversation with it right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Peregrine says, "There are places you haven't explored."
		Taleslinger says, "Yay, but also hm"
		Peregrine says, "Exploration leads to enlightenment."
		Peregrine says, "(I find it curious that no one tried to exit the building by normal means.)"
		DavidW says, "I need to learn to eat before ClubFloyd starts."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It was suggested to you. By someone."
		Roger says, "Clubflo rarely doesn't the obvious normal thing"
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "If I was playing solo, I'd be examining everything everywhere before doing any thing significant."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "Ah, okay"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon it are the following (badly-inked) words: M. POND --
Floyd | MAILROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell the unmistakeable smell of napalm -- uh, coffee in
Floyd | the morning, actually. It appears to be emanating (if that is the
Floyd | correct terminology) from the eastern side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "just atmosphere"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, explore to the west?"
		Roger says, "We meet again, Monsieur Pond"
		Taleslinger says (to roger), "Don't go chasing Waterfalls"
		DavidW says, "Corridor also goes west."
		Roger says, "In Soviet mailroom, waterfall chases you"
		BrianK asks, "Let's go west, then?"
		DavidW says, "please"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "stairs, elevator, storage room"
		Peregrine says, "Oh, I would save here if I were you."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Storage room!"
BrianK clears the save counter. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I could use some more storage."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x sellotape" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SELLOTAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone clearly ran out of flypaper, and decided that it would be a
Floyd | smart idea to use the sellotape as a substitute. The roll of sellotape
Floyd | is only partially unrolled, however, and dangles from the ceiling like
Floyd | a peculiar pendulum of insect doom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "swing sellotape" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWING SELLOTAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing sensible to swing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look closely, it wobbles a little to the left and then to the
Floyd | right again. There is definitely something in there... something
Floyd | alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I didn't know 'swing' was an Inform verb."
		DavidW says, "It is."
		Peregrine notes this for future use.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the large cardboard tube is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the large cardboard tube, revealing a weiner dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of P), "Is this autobiographical?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks up placidly at you, and yawns, mumbling something
Floyd | unintelligible about coffee in the morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was too slow."
		BrianK asks, "Give coffee to dog?"
		Peregrine says (to Jacq), "Nope, entirely Gary LArson."
		Taleslinger says (to BrianK), "Sure"
		Taleslinger asks, "But before we continue, how do we want to do this? One driver?"
		BrianK says, "I feel like we should have a driver"
		Peregrine says, "I advise it."
		Peregrine says, "This is partly a Zork homage in disguise."
		Taleslinger says (to BrianK), "Drive away"
		BrianK says, "Uhh, I'm slightly distracted so someone else should probably do it"
		Peregrine pushes Taleslinger into the limelight.
		DavidW asks, "Pet dog? Take dog? Name dog Ralph?"
		BrianK says, "Give the coffee to the dog :P"
		Roger says, "beware of doug"
		Peregrine says, "heeheeh"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you still eating that orange?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "Take tape? (or did we miss our chance because only the chair would let us reach it?)" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE? (OR DID WE MISS OUR CHANCE BECAUSE ONLY THE CHAIR WOULD
Floyd | LET US REACH IT?)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "whoa"
		DavidW says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "uh, no, I've eaten the orange."
		Taleslinger says, "Drive like the devil, DW"
		DavidW says, "geez"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks up placidly at you, and yawns, mumbling something
Floyd | unintelligible about coffee in the morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Here's the thing. This game is winnable."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large cardboard tube (open)
Floyd |     a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I'm occasionally distracted by fellow vacationers"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "If you lock yourself out of doing something, it doesn't matter."
		Jacqueline asks (of T), "Where are you, again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tantalizingly out of reach, as you conclude from several minutes
Floyd | of futile hopping up and down like an over-excited chihuahua.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "are there unportable squids?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're very uninteresting, in an interesting way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "larger squids can get fairly unwieldy to carry around so"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "give cup to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CUP TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to BK), "So true."
		Roger says, "Maybe we need to talk to the dog"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what you would say to the weiner dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "That's an odd bug. But the game is winnable without the dog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the weiner dog out from the tube. This takes some time, and
Floyd | it is only by seizing it by the hind legs and swinging it around the
Floyd | room that the tube finally flies off, ricochetting off the wall in the
Floyd | process. The dog grumbles a bit, muttering about "Inhuman Resources"
Floyd | under its breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large cardboard tube (open but empty)
Floyd |   a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Slight malfunction in the dog-firing gun"
		Jacqueline asks (of P), "How does it feel watching people play your game?"
		Peregrine says, "Oh, maybe the bug occurs because the dog is in the tube."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cup to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CUP TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Sad."
		BrianK says, "Try talking to it again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cup to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CUP TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what you would say to the weiner dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I was sure it would work."
		Peregrine checks hsi code.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says (to peregrine), "I always create a winning test command"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The weiner dog is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Let's not dwell on the dog for too long"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The weiner dog allows you to pick it up, staring at you with
Floyd | drowsiness in its eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put dog in tube" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DOG IN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the weiner dog into the large cardboard tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close tube" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the large cardboard tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tube" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "That is the best thing"
		Allen says, "wtf"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's there for people who have temporarily forgotten how to use the
Floyd | stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "don't bully the poor dog D:"
		Ellison says, "any chance the debugging verbs were left on? (if there's an unreachable object right now)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the elevator, the doors close behind you, uttering a
Floyd | peculiar squeaking noise in the process. With a whirr, and without you
Floyd | having even had the time to fiddle around with the buttons, the
Floyd | elevator begins to descend -- into lunacy? Who knows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lift
Floyd | The elevator in which you are currently standing smells strongly of
Floyd | canine interference. A panel of buttons covers one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | As if to attract your attention, the elevator whines like a dog whose
Floyd | nose has just been bopped over the nose with a newspaper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "it's going to suffocater"
		Allen says, "-r"
		Roger says, "This will get us past the 'spare a weiner dog in a tube, ma'am?' guy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buttons" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon closer examination, someone has replaced all the buttons by tin
Floyd | tacks. This, among other things, means that you cannot mess around
Floyd | with it as much as you wanted to.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator screeches to a stop, and an electronic voice says
Floyd | breathlessly: "Time out! Be back in a jiffy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment or so, the elevator whirrs back to life, and business
Floyd | resumes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing. Nothing, that is, other than the smell of your own
Floyd | fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator stops briefly, the doors opening for just the exact
Floyd | amount of time required for an enormous elephant to fit itself inside
Floyd | along with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Okay, so I accidentally made it impossible to give the coffee to the dog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elephant" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the enormous elephant.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elephant sneezes. The tension is palpable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "That must have been after betatesting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to elephant" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what you would say to the enormous elephant.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator stops again, and to your vast surprise another elephant
Floyd | steps inside, this time carrying a guitar and wearing a flower shirt!
Floyd | You try to make a dash for freedom, but alas the doors have already
Floyd | closed, and the elevator has resumed its descent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I can't remember the anti-purloin command"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guitar" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUITAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tacks" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Luckily, the game has two paths, so in principle you can still win."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeak" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x elephant" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, the elephant hippy or the enormous elephant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x hippy" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIPPY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the elephant hippy.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now beginning to feel a little crowded in here. And the
Floyd | irritating little elves singing high-pitched renditions of "The
Floyd | Bohemian Rhapsody" are simply not helping.
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "The weiner-dog--voyeuristic-duck exclusion principle"
		Peregrine says, "heeeh"
		Taleslinger says, "talk about the elephant in the room"
		DavidW says, "We need a mouse."
		Peregrine says, "But it should be easy to fix that coffee bug."
		Roger says, "Or a sofa for the elephants to hide behind"
		DavidW asks, "I guess we just wait?"
		Taleslinger says (to peregrine), "Really, make a test command that is basically a walkthrough of the game and run that last before compiling"
		Taleslinger says (to dw), "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator stops. There is silence. And then... a third elephant,
Floyd | wearing a business suit and a fedora, crams itself inside. "Jeez," he
Floyd | says. "This sure is cramped, fellas."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The doors are closed, and there doesn't appear to be any button
Floyd | allowing you to open them. What a nuisance. And the matter of that
Floyd | duck still remains unresolved. What a day. What... a... day.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oddly enough, you are finding it a little hard to breathe in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator is almost at the lobby, and you pray to God that you make
Floyd | it there alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elephant" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, the elephant businessman, the elephant hippy or the
Floyd | enormous elephant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x businessman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSINESSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the elephant businessman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just when you thought this nightmare was over, the elevator abruptly
Floyd | stops at the first floor. You get a sinking feeling. Oh, no. Please.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch the elevator doors open. Slooooowly....
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Roger says, "Pray to patron saint of not being crushed by elephants in elevators"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | And then....
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ... a fourth elephant, wearing dark glasses and wielding a cane,
Floyd | calmly tries to fit itself into the elevator.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Peregrine says, "I've fixed the bug in my copy of the game. You know, the dog/coffee one."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevator falls, carrying you and the four elephants down with it.
Floyd | The little annoying elves -- those responsible for the annoying
Floyd | elevator music -- all unaminously begin to do their own rendition of
Floyd | Fauré's Requiem.  Everyone inside the elevator goes crashing
Floyd | through the earth's molten core, screaming all the way.  Eventually,
Floyd | the elevators comes soaring out through a volcano in New Zealand, but
Floyd | by then you are all toast.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "See, this is why I told you to save."
		Taleslinger says, "Yay, winning ending"
		Roger says, "We died as we lived"
		DavidW says, "The elevator of elephants death. That was new."
		Peregrine says, "No, this is a jokey losing ending, referencing yet another cartoon."
		Jacqueline says, "That's definitely a new one, yeah."
		Taleslinger says, "okay, restore and take the stairs. We need our 10.000 steps."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "You should maybe restore, or if you want I can email the fixed copy without the dog/coffee bug"
		Peregrine says, "Whichever you prefer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unplug wire" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that unplugging the electric wire is nothing short of
Floyd | impossible, owing to the external action of some diabolical villain.
Floyd | Curses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "curse villain" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CURSE VILLAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to P), "If you'd like, email me and Tale the update."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wire" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You make a brave attempt to cut the wire with the pair of scissors,
Floyd | but it is all too obvious to even the most stubborn intellect that
Floyd | these scissors are only adequate for slicing through cardboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "Will do!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Tie wire to chair, murder coffee machine"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "the scissors/cardboard thing seems like a clue for the cardboard tube, maybe?"
		DavidW says, "oh, this is still after the chair. Drat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | That would take forever, and you'd just end up buried under a pile of
Floyd | cardboard confettis.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Maybe we can cut the tape?"
		DavidW says, "cut tape"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tape" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tantalizingly out of reach, as you conclude from several minutes
Floyd | of waving the scissors around like a homicidal maniac.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't cut the carboard tube in half without first emptying it.
Floyd | That's one of the Six Basic Rules of the Mailroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "missing d"
		Peregrine says, "fixed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the large cardboard tube, revealing a weiner dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the weiner dog out from the tube. This takes some time, and
Floyd | it is only by seizing it by the hind legs and swinging it around the
Floyd | room that the tube finally flies off, ricochetting off the wall in the
Floyd | process. The dog grumbles a bit, muttering about "Inhuman Resources"
Floyd | under its breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few minutes of your time to neatly cut the tube into two
Floyd | long, equal pieces. As you let them fall to the floor, you notice that
Floyd | they look remarkably like cardboard skis! This is food for thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skis" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Who wants to ski down the stairs?"
		Taleslinger says, "Wheee"
		Ellison says, "I do! I do!"
		BrianK says, "Sounds plausible"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, poor dog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear those!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some pieces of cardboard which look like cardboard skis
Floyd |   a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put skis on" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SKIS ON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear those!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are about to go down the stairs when you abruptly become aware of
Floyd | one niggling fact: namely, that each and every single step is
Floyd | carefully layered with marbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmm"
		Roger says, "squid: portable, potable"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "RIDE maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Damn, I made a guess-the-verb. Curses."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ski" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKI
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "is the verb >SKI"
		BrianK says, "ah darn"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "ski stairs" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKI STAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ski down stairs" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKI DOWN STAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "no it isn't"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marbles" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | There are millions of these little shiny marbles. It must have taken
Floyd | forever to lay them out upon every single step, and you wonder who on
Floyd | earth would be so diabolically villainous and maniacally persnickety
Floyd | as to be capable of such a heinous act.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I think you can tell us the verb"
		Peregrine says, "in fact, it's a standard verb"
		Peregrine says, "you have sellotape"
		Peregrine says, "now think"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "use skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We don't have tape"
		BrianK says, "oh... we don't have sellotape"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some pieces of cardboard which look like cardboard skis
Floyd |   a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The tape is out of reach."
		Peregrine says, "Wait."
		Roger says, "I'll be pretty disappointed if we can't ride the weiner dog like a surfboard down the stairs"
		DavidW says, "And we gave away the chair"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Taleslinger!"
		DavidW asks, "Can we take the chair back?"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Check your mail!"
		BrianK asks, "Maybe we can try?"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Your email!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chair" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Wouldn't it be easier to push it around? It's got wheels, after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair w" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR W
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR W
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR N
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls north into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of P), "I don't have the update. Did you mean check my email for an update?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand up on the chair, wobbling slightly as you do so. Now what
Floyd | next?
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room (on the office chair)
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I sent it to Tale, sorry"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You cut the sellotape with a neat snip of the scissors, and retrieve
Floyd | the rest of it for your own personal use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the office chair)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I couldn't find your email at short notice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I've just forwarded it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are about to go down the stairs when you abruptly become aware of
Floyd | one niggling fact: namely, that each and every single step is
Floyd | carefully layered with marbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tape skis to me" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAPE SKIS TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to T), "Danke."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use tape" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "So, are the skis also bugged?"
		Peregrine says, "No, they're not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape on skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TAPE ON SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some sellotape
Floyd |   some pieces of cardboard which look like cardboard skis
Floyd |   a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "attach tape to skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACH TAPE TO SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "'tape' might not be a synonym"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tie tape to skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE TAPE TO SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "is it >attach?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attach skis" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACH SKIS
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to attach the pieces of cardboard which look like
Floyd | cardboard skis to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "me" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You laboriously sellotape the first piece of cardboard to your right
Floyd | foot, and then the second piece of cardboard to your left foot. Now
Floyd | you are officially equipped with utterly demented cardboard skis!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "hurray"
		Peregrine says, "phew"
		DavidW says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the marbles, but your mind is already made up. You are
Floyd | going to ski your way down there like a champion.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | With a yell of triumph (or fear?) you go forth! Marbles rattle and
Floyd | scuttle away in panic as you hurtle down the stairs!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | You go down all six flights of stairs in exactly 3.1415 seconds! (You
Floyd | are very meticulous about those things.) This daring ride culminates
Floyd | in your triumphant (but brief) arrival in the lobby of the Weiner
Floyd | Corporation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Peregrine asks, "I'm sorry for this, did it spoilt the experience?"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Propelled by all the momentum you've just gained, you sail out through
Floyd | the revolving doors, across the street (narrowly avoiding an entire
Floyd | flock of boneless chickens, who were for some incomprehensible reason
Floyd | trying to cross the road) and at long last arrive in the lobby of the
Floyd | ACME Corporation. This is exactly what you wanted.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Roger says, "With this sort of genre of game, guessing-the-verb is kind of in-character so I find it a bit more forgiveable"
		Taleslinger says, "It's part of the experience"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | For, hidden upon one of the myriad floors of the ACME Corporation's
Floyd | skyscraper, the DUCK awaits. (And so does your timely revenge!)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The lobby stretches out before you, a beautiful pristine space with
Floyd | sliding doors awaiting you to the south, leading out into the busy
Floyd | street.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the elevator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "(BTW you have locked yourself out of several fun endings, but that's okay)"
		Jacqueline says, "The new version is uploaded as ny10anatidaephobia2"
		Taleslinger says, "I'll upload the new version to IFDB er, let's say tomorrow"
		Ellison says, "tomorrow"
		Taleslinger says, "ISTR Duck killing weapons were on Floor 9"
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "Will you remember?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I feel certain we were supposed to explode our building and swing over on the wire somehow."
		Taleslinger says, "I will remember, but I may be busy. I'm on vacation, after all"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right."
		Roger says, "Oh no another elevator of doom"
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "There are two ways to escape the building, yes"
		Taleslinger asks, "Try going south?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You've gone through ridicule to get here! Giving up is simply not an
Floyd | option.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some sellotape
Floyd |   a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a portable squid
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The skis are gone, I guess."
		Peregrine says, "Classic Zorkian inventory madness."
		Taleslinger asks, "Have we tried to drink the coffee?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Come to think of it, coffee will not steady your fraying nerves in any
Floyd | conceivable way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "f x coffee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a plastic cup, predictably filled with black murky liquid that
Floyd | one must assume was coffee at some point in the past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing. Nothing, that is, other than the smell of your own
Floyd | fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "just for flabor, heh"
		Peregrine says, "(flovor)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the elevator exterior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "(flavor!)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "(darn typo)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can enter the elevator, a security guard (who you could
Floyd | have sworn was not there a second ago) frisks you, relieving you of
Floyd | all your suspicious-looking personal items. A few seconds later, you
Floyd | are half-naked, standing only in your underwear. "You're good to go,"
Floyd | the guard grunts, and pushes you into the elevator most uncourteously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lift
Floyd | This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose
Floyd | cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully
Floyd | capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly
Floyd | short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 0 -
Floyd | though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's
Floyd | content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Underwear is more clothes than we had on previously, iirc."
		BrianK says, "Haha"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x buttons" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTTONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh noes! Our precious inventory! And wear did the underwear come from?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Press 9! Press 9! And don'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "press 9" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS 9
Floyd |
Floyd | You press button 9. The lift whirs into action and moves to the
Floyd | correct level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Press 9! Press 9! And don't worry were these boxers come from!"
		Peregrine says, "hahaha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | This is a mystifying room. You wonder what on earth it is for.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the elevator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the floor here is a curious, cylindrical piece of metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon closer examination, you find that this is a light-saber! How
Floyd | anachronistic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Whoops, wrong floor I think"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take saber" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SABER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "No, this seems right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take light-saber" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHT-SABER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Oh, we can the duck with this! WHOOSH WHOOSH"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn it on" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "It's automatic."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon closer examination, you find that this is a light-saber! How
Floyd | anachronistic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a light-saber
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Now you must find the duck, young padawam."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | This is a mystifying room. You wonder what on earth it is for.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the elevator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "but light-saber day was canceled! THANKS A LOT TODD"
		BrianK says, "Oops, what floor was it on again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Lift
Floyd | This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose
Floyd | cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully
Floyd | capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly
Floyd | short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 9 -
Floyd | though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's
Floyd | content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Start our search at the top?"
		DavidW asks, "I don't know. What floor were we on in our building?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Speaking of light-sabers, did you all see this photo making the rounds?"
		[LINK]
		BrianK says, "We were on the sixth floor of our building"
		Roger says, "I would guess floor 13"
		DavidW says, "Then let's go to the 6th floor of this one."
		Roger says (to Jacq), "I did see that but I don't know why or how"
		Roger says, "presumably it was an act of Todd"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, 6th"
		Ellison says, "I saw it because Jacqueline retweeted it"
		DavidW says, "I saw it on Twitter, and yes, probably from Jacqueline too."
		Roger says, "Let us descend to the floor of ducks"
		DavidW says, "Todd acts in mysterious ways."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "press 6" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You press button 6. The lift whirs into action and moves to the
Floyd | correct level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Duck Hideout
Floyd | At last! You've found it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing before you, with somewhat a malevolent air, is the Mad Duck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck sees you, and smiles. "At last, Pond. You've found my...
Floyd | what's the word? ... aha!... my secret lair. How clever of you,
Floyd | indeed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "Save!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "There are multiple endings."
		Taleslinger says, "KILL IT! KILL IT!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the
Floyd | Century (TM).

		BrianK says, "or talk to it"

Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Hit the duck on the head
Floyd | 2) Kick the duck in the stomach
Floyd | 3) Attack him with your light-saber
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | [Attack him with your light-saber]
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull out the light-saber that you found in the Anachronism
Floyd | Department, and bring it down upon the duck's head. At the very last
Floyd | moment, however, he blocks your blow with his own light-saber! There
Floyd | is a ZZZZZZZZZZZ noise as the two laser blades come into contact.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kick the duck in the private parts
Floyd | 2) Use the Force
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "..BrianK Get out of here, hippie scum" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ..BRIANK GET OUT OF HERE, HIPPIE SCUM
Floyd |
Floyd | That command isn't available in choice mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK (
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use the Force]
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus, and try to use the Force. But nothing happens. Nothing at
Floyd | all.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There is no such thing as the Force, you silly duck!" your adversary
Floyd | cackles (or rather, QUACKles).
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kill the duck
Floyd | 2) "Wait, you called me a WHAT?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | ["Wait, you called me a WHAT?"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's right, Pond," the duck replies, clearly on the verge of
Floyd | revealing a dark secret (and enjoying every second of it). "You
Floyd | thought you were human, but all along... all along, you were exactly
Floyd | what you always feared: A DUCK!!!"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kill the duck
Floyd | 2) Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "frowny face emoticon, except i forget the correct syntax to type colons"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud]
Floyd |
Floyd | Seized by a surge of despair and rage, you rush at the duck, swinging
Floyd | your light-saber around your head. In your precipitation, you slip on
Floyd | a banana peeling, and land on your face in a flurry of feathers. The
Floyd | awful truth sinks in at last. You are a duck. You are a duck. You are
Floyd | a --
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost your mind ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "That explains no pants, though!"
		Peregrine says, "See, this is why you have to save."
		Peregrine exclaims (at Tale), "Correct!"
		Taleslinger says (to Peregrine), "Clever!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push restore" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RESTORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine is gratified by the compliment.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "No pants, yet underwear"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I need to talk to you," you begin, stepping forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh?" the duck says coldly.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I want to know who you are."
Floyd | 2) "I want to know why you were watching me"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | ["I want to know why you were watching me"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why? You want to know why?" The duck seems genuinely surprised.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes! I've gone through ridicule to find you! I deserve to know!" you
Floyd | retort.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well... if the truth be told... I was waiting for my evil plans to
Floyd | fall into place... and... well, I guess I got bored?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I want to know who you are."
Floyd | 2) "Evil plans?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | ["Evil plans?"]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't you know?" the duck replies, shocked. "I'm a comic-book
Floyd | villain, I am. And a very stylish one, too."
Floyd |
Floyd | It dawn upon you then that Fate itself has brought you here. An inner
Floyd | voice whispers: You are the One.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the
Floyd | Century (TM).
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Hit the duck on the head
Floyd | 2) Kick the duck in the stomach
Floyd | 3) Attack him with your light-saber
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Now what?"
		Peregrine says, "Complex looping here."
		Taleslinger says, "2"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [Kick the duck in the stomach]
Floyd |
Floyd | Channelling your inner Karate Kid, you stand on one foot, and then
Floyd | lash out. The duck, not expecting this (he probably bought his
Floyd | light-saber on Ebay and has no actual Jedi training), is sent flying
Floyd | backwards. He crashes through the glass wall, and falls plummetting
Floyd | from six floors" worth of the ACME Corporation's newest skyscraper.
Floyd |
Floyd | This does not kill him, but after several months in hospital he is
Floyd | arrested for crimes against the Universe. Apparently, his name (his
Floyd | REAL name) is Moriarty Machiavelli the Third. It turns out he was your
Floyd | uncle, but that does not necessarily entail that you are a duck. At
Floyd | least, that is the way you choose to view things, and it's working out
Floyd | pretty well so far. Besides, one good thing has come out of this mess:
Floyd | you are no longer in the throes of ANATIDAEPHOBIA.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "The TALK TO and FIGHT TO are connected."
		Roger says, "You are no match for my Drunken Duck style"
		Peregrine says, "heehehe"
		Taleslinger asks, "Can't ducks fly?"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Peregrine says, "well, this is a good ending"
		Roger says, "Not evil ones"
		Taleslinger asks (of Peregrine), "Is there a best ending?"
		Roger says, "Which library did you use for the multiple-choice, if I may ask"
		Jacqueline says (to P), "You say that like there's a better ending."
		DavidW says, "Daffy Duck sometimes forgets he can swim or that he can fly."
		Peregrine says (to Roger), "Hybrid Choices."
		Roger says, "kthx; I occasionally have the urge to cram some of this sort of thing in"
		Peregrine says, "Well, there is another, more entertaining good ending, and one dark but cool ending."
		Peregrine says, "Also, some hilarious deaths."
		Taleslinger asks, "Maybe we can talk him down somehow`?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I need to talk to you," you begin, stepping forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh?" the duck says coldly.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I want to know who you are."
Floyd | 2) "I want to know why you were watching me"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | ["I want to know who you are."]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Me?" the duck replies quizzically. "Why, my name is Moriarty
Floyd | Machiavelli the Third. And..." he pauses for dramatic effect,
Floyd | "I....am... your UNCLE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Ask the duck for an explanation
Floyd | 2) Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Ask the duck for an explanation]
Floyd |
Floyd | "But how can that be?" you exclaim out loud, trembling slightly. "My
Floyd | aunt is a gorilla!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The biological details are messy and somewhat complicated," the duck
Floyd | replies coolly. "Suffice to say, you are half duck. Ah, the irony of
Floyd | it, my nephew Pond!"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kick the duck in the stomach
Floyd | 2) Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Kick the duck in the stomach]
Floyd |
Floyd | Channelling your inner Karate Kid, you stand on one foot, and then
Floyd | lash out. The duck, not expecting this (he probably bought his
Floyd | light-saber on Ebay and has no actual Jedi training), is sent flying
Floyd | backwards. He crashes through the glass wall, and falls plummetting
Floyd | from six floors" worth of the ACME Corporation's newest skyscraper.
Floyd |
Floyd | This does not kill him, but after several months in hospital he is
Floyd | arrested for crimes against the Universe. Apparently, his name (his
Floyd | REAL name) is Moriarty Machiavelli the Third. It turns out he was your
Floyd | uncle, but that does not necessarily entail that you are a duck. At
Floyd | least, that is the way you choose to view things, and it's working out
Floyd | pretty well so far. Besides, one good thing has come out of this mess:
Floyd | you are no longer in the throes of ANATIDAEPHOBIA.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "But a lot of endings require having managed to smuggled the appropriate items into the building."
		Roger says, "I once kicked a duck to death just to watch him die"
		Taleslinger says, "Aw, this is the end we had before"
		DavidW asks, "oo, smuggling, eh?"
		Peregrine says, "Yep, there is a way to smuggle stuff."
		Taleslinger says, "I guess that would entail another way out of the building"
		Peregrine says, "Well, there is another way out... but that's not it."
		Peregrine says, "The way to smuggle stuff into the aCME building requires using something that you see at the beginning of the game"
		Taleslinger asks, "What do folks say? Try around some more or try another game?"
		Peregrine says, "Something in plain sight."
		Jacqueline says, "I am up with either."
		BrianK says, "ah, we can probably fax stuff"
		Peregrine smiles enigmatically.
		BrianK says, "if we can find a machine in the building"
		DavidW says, "Or the phone might help too."
		Taleslinger says, "Oh, clever"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, restart?"
		Peregrine says, "There is another way out of the building, but it requires the updated version of the game to work"
		DavidW says, "I need a bathroom break regardless."
		Peregrine says, "(i.e. the one without the dog/coffee bug)"
		Peregrine says, "(that I emailed to Tale)"
		BrianK says, "It should be uploaded already"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

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

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Peregrine says, "So, it's possible to replay, this time with the updated version, and find the other way out, making sure you use the fax machine before exiting the building."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's another nice, sunny day outside. The bird are singing, the
Floyd | flowers are beaming, and all is well.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline says, "Let's wait until DW is back."
		Peregrine says, "Okay."
		Peregrine says, "So, the fax machine unlocks the other (funkier) endings, and you can now escape the building the Braawk Willis way."
		Peregrine says, "See, I made a puzzle game that's replayable."
		Jacqueline says, "Actually, I could stand to use the restroom as well. But I can catch up. Continue when DW returns."
		DavidW says, "back"
		Peregrine asks, "What do you think about my game?"
		Peregrine says, "(if I may ask?)"
		DavidW says, "I liked it. I'd like a copy of it too."
		Peregrine says, "Woo."
		DavidW says, "Tell me, though, where the cow tools were."
		Roger says, "It's a solid entry in its genre"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, it's funny and quirky"
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "The cow is a tool."
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Don't let the cow hear you say that."
		Peregrine says, "(That was just a pun)"
		DavidW says, "Cow tools has its own reddit and its own TVTropes entry."
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Peregrine says, "Well, in the heat of the moment, I forgot to actually make a joke about it."
		Peregrine says, "But I referenced about half a dozen other cartoons, though"
		Peregrine asks, "How many did you spot?"
olethros was told that in order to be published he had to cut his hair and sing in Swedish. 		Jacqueline says, "I've probably read most of these cartoons at some point, but my memory for such things is not great."
		DavidW says, "Well, I don't know Far Side intimately."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I own all of Gary Larson's stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, haven't perused it in awhile."
		DavidW says, "I don't have any of the books."
		Jacqueline says, "I have a two volume(?) hardback set that is very difficult to pick up it's so heavy."
		Peregrine says, "Whoa."
		DavidW asks, "Was 'inconvenience store' one of his?"
		Peregrine says, "yep"
		Jacqueline says, "It is easily the heaviest boxed book set in our library"
		Taleslinger says, "I'm not familiar with any of this"
		Roger says, "You could release an annotated version"
		Peregrine says, "So, you've seen so far: Anatidaephobia cartoon, pocket squid cartoon, smoking barnyard teenagers, elephants in elevator cartoon, weiner dog factory cartoon..."
		Peregrine says, "(listing the references)"
		DavidW says, "oh, actually, I might have at least one of his books? Unless I gave it away at one point? I remember a book called Weiner Dog Art."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, that's one of his."
		Jacqueline says, "Weird. Amazon claims this set is under 2 lbs. There is no way that is true, but I'm not sure where my copy is."
		DavidW says, "But I probably don't have it anymore."
		Peregrine says, "Sad."
		DavidW says, "I had to get rid of a lot of my books."
		Peregrine says, "There are more references yet to come, btw"
		Peregrine says, "(if I remember the alternative escape scenario correctly)"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that's what you assume, since in actual fact you're inside a
Floyd | brand new office on the sixth floor of the Weiner Corporation's newest
Floyd | skyscraper. At any rate, the job pays well, and your day usually
Floyd | passes by without any notable incidents to marr its pleasing monotony.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | But something is different today. Cold sweat glistens on your brow.
Floyd | You know all too well what this means.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere...somehow... a duck is watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A N A T I D A E P H O B I A
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170108 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "So we need to find out ACME's fax number?"
		DavidW says, "I'd like to phone the pizza place."
		Peregrine says, "It's a little simpler than that. Recall that the cow said you were spies working for ACME."
		Peregrine asks, "What does that suggest?"
Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Heh. Allow me to quote the page: 'Transcripts are kept for every session, though the site gets updated very sporadically — new transcripts appear in large batches about 1-3 times per year. Have (lots of) patience, grasshoppers! '" 		Jacqueline says, "Oops, meant to whisper."
		Taleslinger asks, "That we know their fax number?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x fax machine" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAX MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a great, heavy monster of bureaucratic hell. With its aid, you
Floyd | could fax a dinosaur to Hawaii, that's telling you how sophisticated
Floyd | it is. It's powered by a very, very long electric wire which crosses
Floyd | the floor and disappears out into the corridor to the south. Oh, and
Floyd | it's also blatantly simple to use: all that is necessary is to put
Floyd | something in it, and then dial any number between 0 and 10. The fax
Floyd | machine has been customized specifically for faxing things to a very
Floyd | specific destination.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're sure of it. There's a duck watching you right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dial" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   a tie (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | You wipe off a bead of sweat. Why did it have to be here? Why did it
Floyd | have to be now? Why? WHY?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "fax tie" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FAX TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine sighs.
		DavidW says, "put tie in fax"
		Peregrine brightens up.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tie in fax" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TIE IN FAX
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking it off)
Floyd | You put the tie into the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You loosen your tie with one hand, and glance around fearfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "uh, automatic message."
		DavidW says, "now dial it away."
		Peregrine awaits.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial 1" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 1
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a ZZZZZIP noise, and then it is done."Item faxed to the
Floyd | ACME Clown Department," the electronic voice mumbles, sounding
Floyd | highly unamused.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no choice. You have to find that duck, track it down, hound
Floyd | it, chase it to the ends of the earth if necessary. Thus is the price
Floyd | you must pay for peace of mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Aha, you can fax things to specific floors"
		DavidW says, "oh. That suggests the dial corresponses to floors, yeah."
		DavidW says, "er corresponds"
		Peregrine says, "This was my little Zork homage."
		Taleslinger says, "Never played Floyd"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter fax" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER FAX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel the duck's beady dark eyes boring into the back of your
Floyd | skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Nah, you can't fax yourself. That's illegal."
		Peregrine says, "Besides, you're too big."
		DavidW says, "Don't know until tried it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Though the duck is not in the room, still you feel its baleful glare,
Floyd | unwavering, unblinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "People try to photocopy their butts all the time."
		Peregrine says, "Well, at least the default message was appropriate."
		Jacqueline says, "That's... that's not how fax machines work."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Taleslinger asks, "So, collect all the stuff we had before, and fax it all to the duck floor?"
		Peregrine says, "Whatever you like."
		Taleslinger asks, "So we can try different stuff?"
		DavidW says, "I'd send it to the 9th floor where the saber was."
		Taleslinger says, "Also a good idea"
		Taleslinger says, "Also try to get the wire ending"
		Peregrine says, "But don't forget: you need to figure out how to do a Braawk Willis escape."
		Peregrine says, "(i.e. wire ending, as Tale said)"
		DavidW says, "But it'd be nice to see what all the floors have."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, they're there for your amusement."
		Taleslinger says, "Sounds good"
		Ellison says, "yippee kay yay, mother ducker"
		DavidW says, "If the wire is cut, though, the fax machine won't work, so order is important."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, exactly."
		DavidW says, "I suggest exploring the phone."
		Taleslinger says, "Explore away"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | [your aunt]
Floyd |
Floyd | On second thought, you decide not to call your aunt. You remember all
Floyd | too well what happened last time she came to New Dork City. The
Floyd | authorities had to rescue her from the very top of the Umpire State
Floyd | Building (where she was doing a drunken imititation of King Kong).
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You bang your head against the furniture, heart bowed down beneath a
Floyd | seething cloud of paranoia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloud" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOUD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | [the nearest pizzeria]
Floyd |
Floyd | The response is immediate. What pizza would you like, buddy?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give me," you say, suddenly sounding very determined, "the Mother of
Floyd | All Pizzas."
Floyd |
Floyd | "With pepperoni on top?""With pepperoni on top."
Floyd |
Floyd | When you finally hang up a few minutes later, you rest safely in the
Floyd | knowledge that the most awesome pizza known to mankind is speeding on
Floyd | its way to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must do something about that duck. There is no other way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Gary Larson reference."
		DavidW says, "but.... pizza."
		Jacqueline asks, "Will it be faxed to us?"
		DavidW says, "I am now paralyzed with the thought of eating pizza."
		Taleslinger asks (of Jacqueline), "That's not how fax machines work?"
		Jacqueline says, "Damn. Me too, DW."
		Peregrine says, "Nope, because in the heat of the moment I never implemented a pizza arrival scene."
		Jacqueline says (to Taleslinger), "It should be how they work, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 7
Floyd |
Floyd | [the nearest Pest Control unit]
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, the Pest Control unit was closed a few weeks ago, after its
Floyd | offices were trashed by the Roach Gang.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something must be done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "8" 		Jacqueline exclaims (at Peregrine), "You mean there is no pizza?!"

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 8
Floyd |
Floyd | [the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy
Floyd | Theories]
Floyd |
Floyd | You spend a few tedious minutes being told that the duck needs their
Floyd | help more than you do, since in actual fact it constitutes a living
Floyd | conspiracy theory in itself. Frustrated, you hang up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | All this stress and paranoia proves far too much for you. With a
Floyd | wordless cry you throw yourself out the window!
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, you do not throw yourself out of the window, you merely
Floyd | bounce off it with a muffled "PANG", and then stagger out into the
Floyd | corridor, nursing your blossoming bruise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [the police]
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly dial in 911, and shortly afterwards you are on the
Floyd | emergency line.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You are now on the emergency line of the New Dork City Police
Floyd | Department, the voice on the other end says laconically."
Floyd |
Floyd | "There is a duck staring at me!" you shout into the receiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is it threatening you with a chainsaw?" the voice replies
Floyd | coldly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh -- no."
Floyd |
Floyd | BEEP.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "I wonder if we can just push the fax machine through the window?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [the local hospital]
Floyd |
Floyd | An automated voice is the only reply you get:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello. We are currently swamped with patients. In fact, there are
Floyd | patients everywhere. Patients in the corridors, patients in the
Floyd | toilets, patients hiding inside our clothing, patients behind our
Floyd | ears, patients as far as the eye can see. We are, in fact, beginning
Floyd | to lose our minds. Have a lovely day."
Floyd |
Floyd | BEEP.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says (to Tale), "You're close, but no cigar."
		DavidW says, "That's a lot of patience."
		DavidW says, "er patients"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "This is a very cryptic Gary Larson reference."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | [the head of Inhuman Resources]
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly dial in the number. "Hello? This is Pond. I work in the
Floyd | mailroom. I have a problem," you rattle off with the speed of a
Floyd | machine-gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Moooo?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never mind," you sigh, and hang up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chair" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what you would say to the office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I couldn't resist."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin chair" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPIN CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Not unlike calling actual HR"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand up on the chair, wobbling slightly as you do so. Now what
Floyd | next?
Floyd |
Floyd | Office (on the office chair)
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Can't spin on the office chair."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Can we try pushing the fax machine out the window, see where that leads us? Also, I believe in this version the dog can get his coffee?"
		Peregrine says, "Yep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull open the drawer, and find only a lonely-looking pair of
Floyd | scissors. You decide after some deliberation to take this with you
Floyd | (you never know when it might come in handy...)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "The dog can indeed be coffeed."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let us coffee the dog."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push machine n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH MACHINE N
Floyd |
Floyd | The fax machine cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Don't forget the coffee machine."
		Peregrine says, "And its desire for an office chair."
		Peregrine says, "(as we learnt from both mail and conversation)"
		Taleslinger says, "Okay, coffeeing the dog it is"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "isten to tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ISTEN TO TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "listen to tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cut tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't cut the cardboard tube in half without first emptying it.
Floyd | That's one of the Six Basic Rules of the Mailroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "This is a puzzle which requires saving often, in case you get it wrong."
		Taleslinger nods.
		Peregrine says, "Very Zorkian."
		Jacqueline says, "I do not miss that aspect of Zorkianess."
		Taleslinger says, "So I'll save now before I have done anything wit the dog."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the large cardboard tube, revealing a weiner dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what you would say to the weiner dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Uh, you don't have any coffee."
		Taleslinger says, "NOOOOO"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to machine" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your throat, and cough. "Ahem? Mr Coffee Machine? Are you
Floyd | all right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I feel terrible," the coffee machine groans. "My self-esteem is down
Floyd | the toilet. I'm tragically misunderstood. The whole world conspires
Floyd | against me."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Would it be okay if I had a cup of
Floyd | coffee?"
Floyd | 2) "Oh, come one, it can't be that bad."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | ["Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Would it be okay if I had a cup of
Floyd | coffee?"]
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffee machine replies, somewhat disgruntedly, "Suit yourself. You
Floyd | know exactly how to push my buttons, don't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sigh, it stares up at the ceiling and relapses into silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling somewhat guilty, you get yourself a cup of coffee, but when
Floyd | the moment comes to drink it you merely look down into its murky
Floyd | depths, seeing the coffee machine's discontent reflected from its
Floyd | swirling surface. So you stand there, holding it in your hand, your
Floyd | thoughts drifting back to the one thing which still remains
Floyd | unresolved: the matter of that duck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Good luck not killing the coffee machine."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to duck" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "You left the dog behind."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog is still in the carboard tube, and you're still holding that.
Floyd | If you want to offer it coffee, it might be wise to put one or the
Floyd | other down first. You never know what the effects might be. (For
Floyd | instance, if it turns out that the mere absorption of caffeine can
Floyd | transform this dog into a vicious slugbeast, then you'd be glad you
Floyd | weren't carrying it.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I would save now."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop tube" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog crawls out of the cardboard tube at the smell of your
Floyd | offering. "Thanks," it mumbles, and then slurps it up noisily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Within seconds, it is completely transformed! It starts running
Floyd | around the room like a lunatic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I have the feeling this needs to happen in a specific location"
		Peregrine says, "This puzzle is logical but requires a bit of thought."
		DavidW asks, "What does the dog look like now?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x dog" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks very agitated, and is constantly trying to bite everything
Floyd | within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Bite a wire, perhaps?"
		Taleslinger says, "Could be helpful against the dog"
		Taleslinger says, "er duck"
		Jacqueline says, "The dog now looks like our kitten in its default state."
		Peregrine says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I bet the dog can bite the wire."
		Peregrine says, "I'm not giving out any hints now, unless absoltely necessary."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sounds likely."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large cardboard tube (open)
Floyd |     a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Wait, we don't want him to bite the wire right now."
		DavidW says, "You want to fax him and then get him to bite the wire? Neat trick."
		Peregrine says, "You can only fax the dog if you choose to ski down the stairs."
		Peregrine says, "Sorry. That's life."
		DavidW says, "That seems fair."
		Taleslinger asks, "he bites the wire, then we get mr. coffee his chair, then we push Mr. Coffee through the window?"
		Jacqueline says, "This is sounding a lot like the Old Woman And Her Pig."
		Taleslinger says, "(also, I'll be going to be in about 22 minutes, just a heads up)"
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "We should play yours next week?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking it might be good to play them both next week."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, so we can toy around with this some more."
		Taleslinger says (to roger), "Sorry. :-("
		Taleslinger says, "But this way everyone has time to catch up on Westworld."
		DavidW says, "wf add weiner dog"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "It's okay"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair s" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR S
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls south into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair e" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR E
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls east into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Heh. *should* I watch Westworld? Note: Probably can't pull that off this week."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The coffee machine notices that you have brought an office chair into
Floyd | the room! "Golly, is that for me?" it gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yup," you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | With herethereto unsuspected nimbleness, the great lumbering
Floyd | caffeine-dispensing contraction hops onto the chair, whooping with
Floyd | delight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Me neither. I'll probably pass on the game."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR W
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Do we really push him out the window?"
		Jacqueline says, "Enh. I am fine with the spoiling. I'll probably forget eventually anyway."
		Peregrine rolls drums.
		DavidW asks, "Unless you want to push the machine into the elevator or down the stairs?"
		Taleslinger says, "Ooh"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR W
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR W
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strident scream as the coffee machine goes down six flights
Floyd | of stairs on the back of an office chair, presumably devastating all
Floyd | in its path. You feel the mad scientist in you begin to cackle
Floyd | evilly... or maybe that's just your overactive imagination.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You are about to go down the stairs when you abruptly become aware of
Floyd | one niggling fact: namely, that each and every single step is
Floyd | carefully layered with marbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Huh, looks like our friend didn't destroy them, then"
		Peregrine says, "These marbles are *evil*"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR W
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR S
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls south into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's there for people who have temporarily forgotten how to use the
Floyd | stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The doors are closed, and refuse to open. This is because it already
Floyd | has a passenger, and that passenger is the office chair itself, who
Floyd | must have decided on a whim to fiddle around with the buttons. How
Floyd | inconvenient.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I wonder if this changes the death message"
		Taleslinger says, "hah"
		Peregrine says, "Ah, this is working fine."
		Peregrine says, "I was worried there might be a bug."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Okay, window now? y/n"
		DavidW says, "y"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Peregrine asks, "You wanna FLY hard?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" 		Jacqueline groans

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large cardboard tube (open)
Floyd |     a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hm. you didn't fax as much as you could have."
		DavidW asks, "Did we fax anything?"
		DavidW asks, "Besides the tie?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not in this playthrough, I don't think."
		Taleslinger asks, "What do we want to fax?"
		Peregrine says, "Weapons, presumably."
		Peregrine says, "Stuff you can throw."
		Jacqueline asks, "Scissors?"
		Peregrine nods.
		DavidW says, "Well the tape, scissors, dog, coffee, and shirt."
		BrianK says, "just fax everythinig"
		DavidW says, "Get the tape"
		BrianK says, "Well, everything we don't need in this building"
		DavidW says, "Heck, fax the cow if we can."
		Peregrine says, "good news: you can still fax stuff because you haven't cut the wire yet. Yay."
		Taleslinger asks, "Don't we need the dog to cut the wire?"
		Peregrine says, "Yes, we do."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large cardboard tube (open)
Floyd |     a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Get the order right."
		DavidW says, "So I'd get the tape first."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging.
Floyd | The only obvious exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get tape" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's tantalizingly out of reach, as you conclude from several minutes
Floyd | of futile hopping up and down like an over-excited chihuahua.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Didn't you get rid of the chair already :P"
		Peregrine says, "Indeed."
		Taleslinger asks, "How did we get it last time?"
		DavidW says, "We need the chair for the tape."
		DavidW says, "We can still use the chair for this."
		Peregrine says, "Yup. Because the tape is only useful for the skis."
		DavidW says, "The coffee machine didn't care."
		Peregrine asks, "Haven't you forgotten something?"
		Taleslinger says, "Okay, forget the tape."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, wait, you restored from putting it in the elevator"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west.
Floyd | To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you
Floyd | should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is
Floyd | situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage
Floyd | room to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "BUT ... duck tape!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I guess if we forgot something, it's in here"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get cow" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET COW
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose the cow would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Pizza, obvs"
		Taleslinger asks, "Call the pizza place again?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x telephone" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELEPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite...
Floyd | stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might
Floyd | be a good idea to call someone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their
Floyd | numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact...
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) the police
Floyd | 2) the local hospital
Floyd | 3) your aunt
Floyd | 4) the head of Inhuman Resources
Floyd | 5) the ACME Corporation
Floyd | 6) the nearest pizzeria
Floyd | 7) the nearest Pest Control unit
Floyd | 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories
Floyd | 9) Gary Larson
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | [the nearest pizzeria]
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already ordered a pizza. No need to be so greedy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Now I wish I had implemented the pizza delivery bit."
		Peregrine says, "I ran out of time."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Many of us have been there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "milk cow" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MILK COW
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "This is not just ANY cow! It's a SPY cow!"
		DavidW asks, "where's the squid, in the shirt?"
		Peregrine says, "yep"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "Oh yeah" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OH YEAH
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "heehee"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put squid in machine" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SQUID IN MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the portable squid)
Floyd | You put the portable squid into the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "multiple items allows, btw"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push 9" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH 9
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot control the express panoramic lift unless you are yourself
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "press 9" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS 9
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot control the express panoramic lift unless you are yourself
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "dial 9" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 9
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a ZZZZZIP noise, and then it is done."Item faxed to the
Floyd | ACME Anachronistic Department. I really don't know why that
Floyd | exists," the electronic voice grumbles, sounding annoyed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "what?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large cardboard tube (open)
Floyd |     a weiner dog
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |   a pair of scissors
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "oh, good"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, do we fax everthing but the dog and the coffee?"
		Peregrine says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "I think."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, evidently yes."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop dog" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't got him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop tube" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put everything in machine" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EVERYTHING IN MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | pair of scissors: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "It's very solid coffee."
		DavidW says, "fax the shirt too."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "remove shirt then put shirt in machine" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE SHIRT THEN PUT SHIRT IN MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the shirt into the fax machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "dial 9" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 9
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a ZZZZZIP noise, and then it is done."Item faxed to the
Floyd | ACME Anachronistic Department. I really don't know why that
Floyd | exists," the electronic voice grumbles, sounding annoyed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | cup of coffee: Taken.
Floyd | large cardboard tube: Taken.
Floyd | wire: You tug at the wire tentatively, but without managing to pick it
Floyd | up. With a sigh, you let it clatter to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Now send Mr. Coffee flying?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive
Floyd | small dogs mad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking
Floyd | coffee machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the
Floyd | corridor to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR N
Floyd |
Floyd | The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls north into the
Floyd | next room.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a crashing sound as through the open door you see the coffee
Floyd | machine smash through the window and out into thin air, taking your
Floyd | office chair along for the ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Bye bye"
		DavidW asks, "Gentle push, eh?"
		Jacqueline waves.
		Taleslinger says, "hah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "We want him to bite the end of the wire, I assume"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was
Floyd | necessary is rather hard to divine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we get a cooked weiner dog too?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop tube" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The dog crawls out of the cardboard tube at the smell of your
Floyd | offering. "Thanks," it mumbles, and then slurps it up noisily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Within seconds, it is completely transformed! It starts running
Floyd | around the room like a lunatic.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vicious weiner dog snaps at the wire, slicing it in half. With an
Floyd | unpleasant noise, it is immediately electrocuted, and goes soaring
Floyd | through the ceiling, leaving an odour of singed fur in its wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "I'm sure the dog is fine"
		Peregrine says, "It's a cartoon world."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Coffee Room
Floyd | Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with
Floyd | caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful
Floyd | businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest
Floyd | movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that
Floyd | it has been neatly cut into two pieces, one of which is still plugged
Floyd | into the mains.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a large cardboard tube (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Caffeine Paradise."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get wire" 		

Floyd ]  Coffee Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly pick up the wire by its end, taking care not to
Floyd | electrocute yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose
Floyd | to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your
Floyd | name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There
Floyd | is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a wire
Floyd |   a cup of coffee
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x wire" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | At last! You are in the possession of the wire to the fax machine!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a
Floyd | great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies
Floyd | outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with
Floyd | merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is
Floyd | an open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Here we go, right?"
		Peregrine says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "tie it to me"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tie wire to me" 		

Floyd ]  Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WIRE TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You fasten the electric wire around your waist gingerly. The knot is
Floyd | tight and sturdy, and the wire thick enough to withstand your weight
Floyd | (not that your weight is anything you should worry about).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "and north, I guess. Or jump"
		Taleslinger asks, "Here we go?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Thin Air
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Thin Air
Floyd | You are falling. That much is certain. The rest -- unsurprisingly
Floyd | enough -- is a blurr.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Thin Air
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Thin Air
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Thin Air
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Try going down again"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Thin Air
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your arms like a duck. A duck? God forbid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You flap your arms like a duck. A duck? God forbid.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground rushes up to meet it, but its unpleasant designs are
Floyd | thwarted by the intervention of the wire which you had thoughtfully
Floyd | tied around your own waist. For a few seconds, you dangle inches from
Floyd | the ground, contemplating how close you were to disaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then, with a sigh of relief, you untie yourself and clamber down.
Floyd | Now I'm coming for you, Mr. Duck, you tell yourself
Floyd | determinedly as you enter the lobby of the ACME Corporation with a
Floyd | purposeful glint in the corner of your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The lobby stretches out before you, a beautiful pristine space with
Floyd | sliding doors awaiting you to the south, leading out into the busy
Floyd | street.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the elevator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I guess it was just a matter of waiting"
		Peregrine says, "Keep on. (the reason it goes like this is because you might cut the wire too short or medium)"
		BrianK says, "Also, ~*~foreshadowing~*~"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can enter the elevator, a security guard (who you could
Floyd | have sworn was not there a second ago) frisks you, relieving you of
Floyd | all your suspicious-looking personal items. A few seconds later, you
Floyd | are half-naked, standing only in your underwear. "You're good to go,"
Floyd | the guard grunts, and pushes you into the elevator most uncourteously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lift
Floyd | This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose
Floyd | cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully
Floyd | capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly
Floyd | short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 0 -
Floyd | though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's
Floyd | content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "press 9" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS 9
Floyd |
Floyd | You press button 9. The lift whirs into action and moves to the
Floyd | correct level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | This is a mystifying room. You wonder what on earth it is for.

		Jacqueline asks (of Peregrine), "Did you watch Die Hard this holiday season?"

Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the elevator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the floor here is a curious, cylindrical piece of metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a pair of scissors, a shirt and a portable squid
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger is a newbie. 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Anachronisms
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | pair of scissors: Taken.
Floyd | shirt: Taken.
Floyd | portable squid: Taken.
Floyd | light-saber: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The tie is on floor 1, the clown dept."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Lift
Floyd | This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose
Floyd | cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully
Floyd | capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly
Floyd | short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 9 -
Floyd | though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's
Floyd | content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I watched it in November, yeah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "press 1" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRESS 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You press button 1. The lift whirs into action and moves to the
Floyd | correct level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "our" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "as part of a 4 movie thing at the local cinema"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Clowns
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | ACME Clowns
Floyd | Clowns pace to and fro, looking serious.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the elevator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tie here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wondered. :)"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get tie" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Clowns
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x clowns" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Clowns
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOWNS
Floyd |
Floyd | They all look pretty much the same.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  ACME Clowns
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "talk to clowns" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Clowns
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CLOWNS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach a lady clown, and narrowly avoid getting a
Floyd | pepper-flavoured custard pie in your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Now to confront that duck"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push 6" 		

Floyd ]  ACME Clowns
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot control the express panoramic lift unless you are yourself
Floyd | inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ELEVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Lift
Floyd | This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose
Floyd | cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully
Floyd | capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly
Floyd | short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 1 -
Floyd | though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's
Floyd | content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push 6" 		

Floyd ]  Lift
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH 6
Floyd |
Floyd | You press button 6. The lift whirs into action and moves to the
Floyd | correct level.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Duck Hideout
Floyd | At last! You've found it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing before you, with somewhat a malevolent air, is the Mad Duck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck sees you, and smiles. "At last, Pond. You've found my...
Floyd | what's the word? ... aha!... my secret lair. How clever of you,
Floyd | indeed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "So what do we do?"
		BrianK says, "Talk to it and see if options come up"
		DavidW says, "save"
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah save"
		Peregrine says, "multiple endings available, mostly fight-wise"
		Peregrine says, "since you have more weapons to choose from"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "you can also just wait and the fight starts"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ink duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INK DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "waiting is fun"
		Peregrine says, "try it."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "squeeze squid at duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUEEZE SQUID AT DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to squeeze the portable squid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now what are you going to do, Pond?" the duck sneers. His black beady
Floyd | eyes glisten with irony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Still standing there, doing nothing, saying nothing," the duck muses.
Floyd | "Are you having an internal struggle? Oh, how I love those.
Floyd | They're so much FUN!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Throw squid at duck, maybe."
		Peregrine says, "no, no"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck paces slowly around you, watching your every move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "It's menu based"
		DavidW says, "but we're waiting."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anatidaephobia. Such a long word for something so, so simple
Floyd | and straightforward. Did you know that it doesn't even exist?" The
Floyd | duck chuckles (or rather, quackles) unpleasantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know what is really the matter with you, Pond?" the duck
Floyd | whispers, stepping closer. "It's your inability to face the facts."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and just to make matters clear, I will NOT shortly be revealing
Floyd | all the intimate details of my evil plan to dominate the universe to
Floyd | you, before then leaving you to die by a method so convoluted it is
Floyd | almost guaranteed to fail spectacularly. I know that this is something
Floyd | of a tradition for comic-book villains... and I have nothing against
Floyd | traditions... provided that they make sense. Ho, ho, ho."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on, Pond," the duck sighs. "This is riDUCKulous. You haven't
Floyd | done anything heroic so far. You haven't even said a single word to
Floyd | me. Are you truly braindead? Is it absolutely beyond your ability to
Floyd | come up with a good-guy oneliner? Even something as simple as
Floyd | "Yippee-kay-ayyy,  motherf***er" would suffice."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This little game you're playing, Pond, is simply boring me to tears.
Floyd | I want... a battle to the DEATH!" And upon this last word, the duck
Floyd | whisks out a light-saber!
Floyd |
Floyd | With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the
Floyd | Century (TM).
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Hit the duck on the head
Floyd | 2) Kick the duck in the stomach
Floyd | 3) Attack him with your light-saber
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline groans a few times.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Hit the duck on the head]
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take THAT, you foul fowl!" you yell, bringing down your fists upon
Floyd | his cranium.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm... not... a... chicken..." the duck mumbles, looking somwhat
Floyd | dizzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Squirt ink in the duck's eyes
Floyd | 2) Stab the duck with the pair of scissors
Floyd | 3) Hit the duck again
Floyd | 4) Disarm the duck
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Squirt ink in the duck's eyes]
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze the squid, but no ink comes out. Instead, a tiny little
Floyd | voice shouts out:
Floyd |
Floyd | "HEEEEEEEEEELP! LUNATIC!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A whole amry of ninja gangsters then smashes through the window, and
Floyd | with consumate efficiency they rescue the tiny squid from your grasp.
Floyd | Then they knock you and the duck out flat unconscious.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you wake up, you find yourself on a desert island, along with the
Floyd | (very bewildered) duck. Apparently, this is the punishment reserved
Floyd | for people who mistreat members of the Octopi family.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Weeeeeird ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "This is NOT the dark but cool ending."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I certainly did not see that coming."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attack duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the
Floyd | Century (TM).
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Hit the duck on the head
Floyd | 2) Kick the duck in the stomach
Floyd | 3) Attack him with your light-saber
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | [Attack him with your light-saber]
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull out the light-saber that you found in the Anachronism
Floyd | Department, and bring it down upon the duck's head. At the very last
Floyd | moment, however, he blocks your blow with his own light-saber! There
Floyd | is a ZZZZZZZZZZZ noise as the two laser blades come into contact.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kick the duck in the private parts
Floyd | 2) Use the Force
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Kick the duck in the private parts]
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking advantage of the fact that the duck is busy fending off your
Floyd | attack, you swing your knee and totally go for it. The duck makes an
Floyd | odd "Spprfhgzhjl" sound and drops his light-saber on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kill the duck
Floyd | 2) Talk to the duck
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Aha"
		Taleslinger says, "I don't think we've been here before"
		Jacqueline says, "No. Seems we should talk to him first."
		DavidW asks, "Talk?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | [Talk to the duck]
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could kill you," you say slowly as you threaten the duck with your
Floyd | light-saber. "But I choose not to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "oh, crap"
		Peregrine says, "crappity crap"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That command isn't available in choice mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could kill you," you say slowly as you threaten the duck with your
Floyd | light-saber. "But I choose not to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I didn't link this page to the rest."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no choice corresponding to that number.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "This is a bug!"
		Taleslinger says, "I knew it! Being the good guy never pays off."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Duck Hideout
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could kill you," you say slowly as you threaten the duck with your
Floyd | light-saber. "But I choose not to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We're in a menu with no options?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Yes,"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw, snap."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attack duck" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the
Floyd | Century (TM).
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Hit the duck on the head
Floyd | 2) Kick the duck in the stomach
Floyd | 3) Attack him with your light-saber
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | [Attack him with your light-saber]
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull out the light-saber that you found in the Anachronism
Floyd | Department, and bring it down upon the duck's head. At the very last
Floyd | moment, however, he blocks your blow with his own light-saber! There
Floyd | is a ZZZZZZZZZZZ noise as the two laser blades come into contact.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kick the duck in the private parts
Floyd | 2) Use the Force
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Kick the duck in the private parts]
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking advantage of the fact that the duck is busy fending off your
Floyd | attack, you swing your knee and totally go for it. The duck makes an
Floyd | odd "Spprfhgzhjl" sound and drops his light-saber on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kill the duck
Floyd | 2) Talk to the duck
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | [Kill the duck]
Floyd |
Floyd | "No!" the duck quacks in panic. "Spare me! Spare me! I am --"
Floyd |
Floyd | His last words are cut off, along with his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | And thus with a weary sigh you leave his corpse behind, a most
Floyd | uncartoony spectacle in a cartoony world.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | And so you vanish into the underworld of the ACME Corporation,
Floyd | pursued by the iron hand of the law, embracing your fears.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | Years later, a name rises from the shadows, rising up against evil.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd |
Floyd | Duckman.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Wow, that was a grim ending ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Yay, dark ending"
		Peregrine says, "That's it, yeah"
		Taleslinger says, "(Afk for a bit tooth brushing and stuff)"
		Peregrine says, "Okay. (I think you've seen most of the stuff, anyhow.)"
		Jacqueline says, "This... sounds like a prequel."
		Peregrine says, "I will have to fix that bug, though, before you put it on ifdb"
		Jacqueline says, "Good job, P."
		DavidW says, "fun game"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Thanks!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "See you all next week!"
		DavidW says, "I suppose we could explore the other floors yet, but I guess they're mostly empty."
		Peregrine says, "You guess right."
		Peregrine says, "As I said, this was a rush job. I barely had the time to betatest it."
		Jacqueline says, "That is generally not a requirement for speed IFs."
		Roger says, "whew"
		Taleslinger says (to Peregrine), "I just thought that I'll put them on ifdb next week, when we've played everything"
		Taleslinger says, "Goodnight, folks!"
Taleslinger died doing what he liked best. Getting shot. 		
Taleslinger has disconnected. 		Peregrine says, "Oh, cool."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "heh"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Looks like you have some time for your update. :)"
		DavidW says, "And for a coffee."
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Taleslinger says, "Not sure if I will be quite on time next week - it's the day we get back."
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "Wait, you reconnected?"
		Roger says, "Okay if you plan on belaying mine anyway then we can run it first"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, okay, we will play it by ear."
		Taleslinger says, "i thought people might have questions or somesuch"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "That's what I was thinking; we do yours first if Tale is still in transit."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Tale), "Enjoy the rest of your trip!"
		Taleslinger says, "Thanks! Bye folks!"
		DavidW says, "bye Tale!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Bye!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "have a good time!"
		Peregrine says, "I'm really happy with the reception of my game. It went better than I could have imagined"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Duck Hideout
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "never mind."
		Peregrine says, "it was just a very silly response, nothing new."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Now I must off to bed!"
		Peregrine puts on his pyjamas.
		DavidW says, "Thanks Peregrine. Have a good night!"
		Jacqueline says, "G'night"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Goodnight, DW, Jacq and Roger and all!"
Peregrine disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Jacqueline says (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?" 		
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
BrianK goes home. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison has connected. 		
Ellison gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Ellison disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Nitku has been discontinued. 		Doug says, "oops, forgot about the thing today"
		Doug asks, "although I left my laptop cable at a party yesterday so I wouldn't have been able to be here on time anyway. How did it go?"
		Jacqueline says, "Quite well. Two first time speed IFers (Brian and Peregrine)."
		Jacqueline says, "One was a fun non-IF designed for CF. The other was a puzzly thing."
		Jacqueline says, "Both fun."
		Roger says, "Outsider art at its finest"
		Jacqueline says, "We will do Roger's and Taleslingers next week."
Iria arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Iria has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Doug says, "sounds pretty insider to me"
		Jacqueline asks, "As in regulars, you mean?"
		Doug says, "well, being designed specifically for CF doesn't sound outsider"
		Doug says, "but yeah, they're regulars too"
		Doug says, "except for Tale!"
Chanur arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Chanur says, "Hi all :)" 		
Chanur kicks the banana machine and it spits out a banana! They deftly catches it. 		
Chanur puts banana into the banana machine and *sploop!* it disappears! 		
Chanur reads the toy catalogue and fades from view. 		
Allen says, "I am finally home, and exhausted" 		
Allen says, "made it home early-ish tonight" 		
Olly arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Olly puts a chalk mark on Allen's tire. 		
Olly teleports out of the room, library card in hand. 		
Allen says, "whew, home" 		
Allen says, "yay, I'm home, and I don't have to work again and don't have to work for the next 40 hours" 		
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Allen says, "I guess it's time for work" 		
You have been superseded. 		
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Day I shot Alex by Marius Müller
The Horste by Roger Carbol
As played on ifMUD on January 15, 2017

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 Day I shot Alex written by Marius Müller, and The Horste written by Roger Carbol. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: The Horste, and The Day I shot Alex.

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

ANOTHER WARNING! A lot (most!) of the transcripts contained on this site are, shall we say, family-friendly. This is not one of those family-friendly transcripts. Just so we're clear.

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The Day I shot Alex by Marius Müller
The Horste by Roger Carbol
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ny10dayishotalex" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping quarters
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | CONFUSING PROLOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency siren wakes you from uneasy dreams.
Floyd | What's going on? You dimly recall the scientists are examining the
Floyd | results of project LOVIATAR. Something must've gone wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sleeping quarters
Floyd | You are in the sleeping quarters. This room is very white and very
Floyd | clean. Your space bunk is here.
Floyd |
Floyd |  THE EMERGENCY SIREN BLARES!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "how confusing"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, do we need a refresher on what's happened thus far, or will that be revealed? I've slept almost 365 times since the last game."
		Roger asks, "Oh is this part of a series?"
		Taleslinger says (to jacqueline), "It will come up in game"
		Jacqueline says, "The eternal series, judging by the title. But maybe I'm wrong."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping quarters
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Xonathan Xask, janitor 3rd class on Space Station Ollster III
Floyd | in the year 2578. Your life has been miserable and uneventful so far,
Floyd | but you have a feeling that is about to change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "hooray!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping quarters
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET UP
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "finally, a real hero for our story!"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "What are you saying? Past games have included.... great.... heroism."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTHEAST  south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station
Floyd | This corridor is incredibly clean, and incredibly white. The future is
Floyd | awesome. The corridor ends to the northeast at a door marked in
Floyd | Chinese, and continues to the southwest. There is a huge window here,
Floyd | looking out on Mercury.
Floyd |
Floyd |  THE EMERGENCY SIREN BLARES!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait. Sorry. I shouldn't have moved without concurrence."
		Ellison says, "I'm 100% positive this character will totally survive this prologue"
		Taleslinger says, "I think you should save occasionally. There might be bugs."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Ellison), "ha!"
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x mercury" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTHEAST  south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MERCURY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTHEAST  south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Mercury looks small and grey, especially compared to the unbelievably
Floyd | massive sun behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Damn, Tale. Did you even test this? </kidding>"
		Taleslinger covers his eyes with an extra set of hands.
		Ellison says, "don't eat Mercury! it's poisonous!"
		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Pretty, though. Wibbly-wobbly-silver."
		Jacqueline asks, "NE?"
		Ellison says, "sounds good"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Roger says, "yes"
		Jacqueline asks, "Also, I would kind of prefer to not be the driver. Anyone else up for the task?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Lab 1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  southwest EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Chinese door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lab 1
Floyd | There is a thick, plasteel bulkhead door in the east wall here,
Floyd | complete with  a viewing window. The corridor continues to the north,
Floyd | but the pulsing red light and the annoying WOOP-WOOP make it pretty
Floyd | clear that the emergency is here.
Floyd |
Floyd |  THE EMERGENCY SIREN BLARES!
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency door release button is glowing blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Plasteel. Nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, the door is blowing glue."
		Jacqueline says, "Er, the button is."
		BrianK says, "I guess we can press it"
		Jacqueline says, "I vote we push it. I am also still hoping someone will drive other than me."
		Roger says, "Perhaps we should peep through the peephole"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Oh, true."
		Jacqueline says, "So careful, you are."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Lab 1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  southwest EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The scene is horrifying: The octagonal box containing Loviatar, stands
Floyd | on the steel table, but it's broken. Drs. von Behring, Ross and Finsen
Floyd | lie on the ground, convulsing, screaming and foaming at the mouth. You
Floyd | need to get them to the med bay, quick!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "noooo we need a hazmat suit first or something"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Be sure the scene is safe before entering!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Don't become another victim!"
		BrianK asks, "did we save?"
		Jacqueline says, "We didn't."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Lab 1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  southwest EAST
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "High five, first aid safety buddy"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, there is a *woosh* and a portal opens beside you!
Floyd | Out of it steps a man in a golden, faux-leather t-shirt and skintight
Floyd | black jeans. He looks rather scared and nervous as he raises a plasma
Floyd | gatling at you with shaking hands. (He might not be nervous, you

		Jacqueline high five's Roger.

Floyd | reflect. These things are quite heavy.)
Floyd |  "Don't push the button!" he shrieks.
Floyd | "But they are dying! I have to save them!"
Floyd | "No, if you help them you will doom humanity. You will doom my
Floyd | husband!"
Floyd | You blink at him, uncomprehendingly.
Floyd | "This seems like the kind of thing" the man says, calming down a
Floyd | little, "that can only be explained by a lengthy flashback!"
Floyd | And you know what? You think he's right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The day I shot Alex
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Marius Müller
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170102 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | This is the perfect party!
Floyd | All your condiments where ready on time. Jeffrey took care of the
Floyd | playlist and it's amazing. You managed to invite everyone you wanted,
Floyd | and had to invite only very few people you didn't want to. Of course
Floyd | Randall from your Clinical Psych class came dressed as Muagbe, for
Floyd | some reason. And earlier you saw someone dressed as some sort of
Floyd | three-eyed alien. Nevermind. Once Alex arrives, he'll figure it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Oh, well then."
		Ellison says, "whoa"
		Jacqueline says, "This is the recap I was promised."
		Ellison says, "I thought Xonathan was done for as soon as I read 'gatling'"
		Jacqueline says, "Tale has subtly woven this backstory into the game."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're wearing golden, faux-leather t-shirt and skintight black jeans.
Floyd | You've have your highlights redone for this party and sincerely hope
Floyd | Alex will notice this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "huh, I'm in the club floyd room. I must have never left last week"
		Ellison says, "well done on the character hopping. my, how this series has grown up before our eyes."
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "Did you mean Mugabe? Or am I just missing the Muagbe reference?"
		Jacqueline wipes away a tear from Ellison's cheek.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of Alien Tech(tm) powered neon
Floyd | lights. Dark wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east
Floyd | into the Living Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a
Floyd | storage closet. (You only call it  "The Potter Room".)  It's perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of string has come undone from the carpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "What fresh cyberpunk hell is this"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, typo"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Thanks"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "pull string" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under carpet" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "aw, I was hoping we'd start unraveling the whole carpet"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x string" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a piece of string from your hallway carpet, the ugly one Alex
Floyd | bought that depicts a prancing bear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "but I guess it's completely loose"
		Roger says, "I'd shoot a man just for that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x bear" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "just covering our bear bases"
		BrianK says, "All right, where should we go"
		Roger says, "let's get back in the closet"
		Jacqueline asks, "Inside... what?"
		Jacqueline asks, "The closet?"
		BrianK says, "The Potter Room"
		Roger says, "I'm not quite comfortable with my leather t-shirt wearing lifestyle yet"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is this just an elaborate 'coming out of the closet' joke setup, though?"
		Roger says, "It is now"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to walk into that, knowingly?"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "heh"
		BrianK says, "by the way it took me the longest time to realize that it wasn't a room for pottery but a reference to Harry Potter"
		Roger says, "Heh"
		Roger exclaims, "It might be full of crockery!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter room
Floyd | Shelves are nailed to the leaning wall. On them, some useless tools
Floyd | gather dust. A perfect, cozy little room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dusty novelty beard lies on one of the shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "This closet has been in most of the games and I NEVER made that"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Tale), "Heh. Okay. Good!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x beard" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex gave it to you as a present, so, he said, your sister could play
Floyd | his beard more convincingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd |  You don't need to repair anything. Everything is perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well that seems ominous"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		BrianK asks, "Back outside?"
		Roger says, "Indeed"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "outside" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: EAST  UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of Alien Tech(tm) powered neon
Floyd | lights. Dark wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east
Floyd | into the Living Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a
Floyd | storage closet. (You only call it  "The Potter Room".)  It's perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Up?"
		Roger says, "Let's stay on this level for a while"
		BrianK says, "Ah"
		Roger says, "Is my vote"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | Before the party people invaded it, this was a spacious, cozy room.
Floyd | Now, you have to wade through thick smoke to escape either westwards
Floyd | to the hallway or to the k'itchen and the pool beyond to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people sit on the two perfectly comfortable couches, sharing
Floyd | joints and talking about how continuity can often be confusing to new
Floyd | players.
Floyd |
Floyd | A discarded roll of "fish breath breath mints" lies here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Spacious and cozy. That's hard to pull off."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x mints" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is but one mint left. Before you waste your time on >eat, it
Floyd | will just tell you that you have the feeling you need it for a special
Floyd | occasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat mint" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT MINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You gulp down the mint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, that's right! YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO FISH! YOU DIE IN HORRIBLE AGONY!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOU DIED IN PAIN YOU MONSTER ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "okay, "k'itchen" makes me laugh a lot more than it should"
		BrianK says, "OH NO"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says (to Briank), "NICE"
		Ellison says, "haha, both things"
		Roger says, "Mint, the silent killer"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Whoops, damn typos."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get mint" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "No way you gotta keep k'itchen now"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people sit on the two comfortable couches, sharing joints and
Floyd | talking about how continuity can often be confusing to new players.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x couches" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COUCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x smoke" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x joints" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTH  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JOINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Party people ain't got no depth"
		BrianK says, "Well let's move on to the south then"
		Roger says, "yes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are weighted down
Floyd | with random food stuff, brought by the party goers. Of course, there
Floyd | are more people here than in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter next to the sink sits your laptop. Cables connect it to
Floyd | some small speakers, providing music. The choice of music is perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mp3-player is lying on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen to music" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x food" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "I must know what the perfect music is!"
		Roger says, "'weighed down'; 'weighted down' would be like if you were worried they might blow away"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is there a Spotify link somewhere?"
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding. Sort of.)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x player" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAYER
Floyd |
Floyd | An old mp3, player, which seems to have only one file on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mp3-player is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn on player" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON PLAYER
Floyd |
Floyd | It plays a file called "Cat", but you don't hear anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get player" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PLAYER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "curious"
		Roger says, "Pretty sure it's 8bit hip hop"
		Roger says, "Well the player needs the speakers, right"
		BrianK says, "Oh you're right"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "yay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x spekers" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPEKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x speakers" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPEAKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Or I could be wrong"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x laptop" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP
Floyd |
Floyd | The laptop is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put player in laptop" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PLAYER IN LAPTOP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no more room in the laptop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "hmmmm"
		Roger says, "This implies it could be closed, I think"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "close laptop" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE LAPTOP
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Okay I don't know what the deal is"
		BrianK says, "I guess it might be relevant later"
		Ellison says, "yeah, this room already has the perfect music!"
		BrianK says, "Let's continue south then"
		Roger says, "Yeah the pool sounds suitably lethal"
		Jacqueline says, "k"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area
Floyd | Your parents were  rather fond of this. It's surrounded by some
Floyd | deck-chairs. The eastern and western garden walls are overgrown with
Floyd | undergrowth, so as to hide the family members going for a seamelss
Floyd | tan. This wasn't necessary for the southern wall, wich is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a golf course (You find the occasional golf ball
Floyd | in the pool nonetheless.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Some rocks lie around here. They look perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small flock of people is lying around in the deck-chairs, most of
Floyd | them still dressed, waving drinks and mumbling to each other in the
Floyd | perfect afternoon glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small, perfect swimming pool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some perfect rocks, from deep inside the mountains near here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They're perfect people.You can't see Alex or Dana, your two favorite
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Is Dana someone we know?"
		Jacqueline says, "So much perfection."
		BrianK says, "that is, from continuity"
		Taleslinger says (to briank), "She is a temperologist who is a friend of the main characters"
		Ellison says, "maybe they're from deep within evil mountains"
		BrianK says, "Oh right, I remember now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pool" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The water looks clear, perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a feeling it will be cold, but as you dip a toe in, you find
Floyd | it's the perfect temperature. Still, you don't feel like swimming.
Floyd | After all, it might be a bit much to expect an implemented swimming
Floyd | pool that has no bearing on the plot, you reason quite rationally.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, that makes perfect sense"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | This wall has seperated your house from the golf course for all
Floyd | eternity. It looks ... weirdly ... like a border.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Nicely done for a speed IF."
		BrianK says, "Well, now I see what's going on"
		Roger says, "I concur"
		BrianK says, "I think when we cross the wall-boundary something might go down, so maybe we can double back and see whatever's upstairs"
		Roger says, "Sure sounds good to me"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are weighted down
Floyd | with random food stuff, brought by the party goers. Of course, there
Floyd | are more people here than in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter next to the sink sits your laptop. Cables connect it to
Floyd | some small speakers, providing music. The choice of music is perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | Before the party people invaded it, this was a spacious, cozy room.
Floyd | Now, you have to wade through thick smoke to escape either westwards
Floyd | to the hallway or to the k'itchen and the pool beyond to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people sit on the two perfectly comfortable couches, sharing
Floyd | joints and talking about Texture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of Alien Tech(tm) powered neon
Floyd | lights. Dark wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east
Floyd | into the Living Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a
Floyd | storage closet. (You only call it  "The Potter Room".)  It's perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll go upstairs once the party is over. With Alex. It's gonna be
Floyd | perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "the golf course has played an important part in previous games so that may be just for continuity. we will see!"
		BrianK says, "Oh, well, it didn't even let us go anyway"
		BrianK says, "Never mind then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally run into the guy dressed as a green-eyed alien. All three
Floyd | look at you wearily.
Floyd | "They got you too, eh? Where you from? Earth, I guess? You have all
Floyd | these weird inside eyes."
Floyd | "Who's in there, Dana?"
Floyd | "Listen, I'm kinda on the run from the Time Rangers, can you hold on
Floyd | this for me?"
Floyd | "Sure, but ... who are you? And what is this? I thought this was my
Floyd | house?"
Floyd | The alien looks at you humourlessly, or maybe you're just bad at
Floyd | reading alien faces. "You are as far from your house as you can
Floyd | possibly be, kitten." You look at the small blue container, shaped, it
Floyd | seems, like an oversized tampon. The alien points at it with a
Floyd | three-fingered hand. "That's the last destronium in existence. And I
Floyd | want it back. Name's Zaxnor the Galaxy Destroyer.We'll see each other
Floyd | later."
Floyd |  And with that, he's gone.
Floyd | What a shameless sequel hook, you muse to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x destronium" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESTRONIUM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tampon" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAMPON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a vial
Floyd |   some rocks
Floyd |   a mp3-player
Floyd |   a roll of mints
Floyd |   a women's novelty beard
Floyd |   a string
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
		Taleslinger says, "Uuuuuuh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x vial" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | A vial, labelled DESTRONIUM - don't move at more than 4x llightspeed.
Floyd | Don't feed to Xragulians, no matter how much they ask for it. Don't
Floyd | ingest if you're alive by Galactic Standard defintion 4. Safe to
Floyd | ingest for being by Galactic definitions 1-3. Volatile if thrown."
Floyd |  Guys usually tell you you're a 7-8, so better no ingest it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "So, the hallway should have a front door"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of Alien Tech(tm) powered neon
Floyd | lights. Dark wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east
Floyd | into the Living Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a
Floyd | storage closet. (You only call it  "The Potter Room".)  It's perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline reads, "volatile if thrown," and files that bit away.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x front door" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRONT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "I'm hoping the cat will turn out to be a Xragulian"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open front door" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FRONT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is really wrong here. You're not worried too much, though -
Floyd | no matter what TV shows or moralistic sci-fi stories tell you, living
Floyd | in a perfect place isn't that bad. But that alien clearly was some
Floyd | sort of outisider, talking down to you about something. And neither
Floyd | Dana nor Alex are here, and that worries you quite a bit. So, you open
Floyd | the door. You look up and down your street, as you've done ten
Floyd | thousand times. Nothing special. Then you notice a letter at your
Floyd | feet. Man, who doesn't text in this day and age? You pick it up and
Floyd | close the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Ooh, yay, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's  from Darna, who was probably mentioned here and there - your
Floyd | old friend Darna Elbe, first transgender temperologist.It simply
Floyd | reads:
Floyd |  IT'S A SIMULATION. PLEASE REJECT IT! I LEFT SOMETHING FOR ALEX IN
Floyd | THE POTTER ROOM - All my love, Dana.
Floyd |
Floyd | P.S. Sorry I can't do more, but there wasn't enough time to code my
Floyd | plotline.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "hwh"
		Jacqueline says, "er, heh"
		Taleslinger says, "Look how seamlessly I include backstory"
		BrianK says, "Oh, darn-a"
		Jacqueline asks, "What's a temperologist, again?"
		Roger says, "We need to go deeper. No, I mean the reverse."
		Taleslinger says, "A time scientist"
		Jacqueline asks, "Like, a time scientist?"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
		Taleslinger says, "yay, great minds think alike"
		Roger says, "Studies tempura."
		Ellison says, "mmm"
		Roger says, "So I would guess we can reject our way out of here"
		Roger says, "If we're all done"
		BrianK says, "I feel like it should be temporologist instead of temper"
		Ellison asks, "we didn't get anything in the Potter room the first time we were in there, right? so should we go back?"
		BrianK says, "We found the beard"
		Roger says, "We got the beard"
		Roger says, "So much beard"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x beard" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Alex gave it to you as a present, so, he said, your sister could play
Floyd | his beard more convincingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "reject simulation" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > REJECT SIMULATION
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "nuts"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "wear beard" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR BEARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, I figure we can just go back outside and go through the wall-boundary"
		Roger says, "Maybe the mint will wake us up now. Or possibly we can escape across the golf course. Not sure if we've solved per se the mp3 playeryet."
		Roger says, "So, sure, let's golf."
		Ellison says, "yeah, let's try climbing the wall"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | Before the party people invaded it, this was a spacious, cozy room.
Floyd | Now, you have to wade through thick smoke to escape either westwards
Floyd | to the hallway or to the k'itchen and the pool beyond to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people sit on the two perfectly comfortable couches, sharing
Floyd | joints and talking about how hard video syncing is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are weighted down
Floyd | with random food stuff, brought by the party goers. Of course, there
Floyd | are more people here than in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter next to the sink sits your laptop. Cables connect it to
Floyd | some small speakers, providing music. The choice of music is perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get laptop" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LAPTOP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area
Floyd | Your parents were  rather fond of this. It's surrounded by some
Floyd | deck-chairs. The eastern and western garden walls are overgrown with
Floyd | undergrowth, so as to hide the family members going for a seamelss
Floyd | tan. This wasn't necessary for the southern wall, wich is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a golf course (You find the occasional golf ball
Floyd | in the pool nonetheless.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A small flock of people is lying around in the deck-chairs, most of
Floyd | them still dressed, waving drinks and mumbling to each other in the
Floyd | perfect afternoon glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small, perfect swimming pool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "ok, here we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Boink! You run into the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "well"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "climb wall" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't quite say why, but you don't feel like you can climb the
Floyd | wall yet. Maybe ... maybe there is something you need to do
Floyd | beforehand?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I guess we're still missing something"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a vial
Floyd |   some rocks
Floyd |   a mp3-player
Floyd |   a roll of mints
Floyd |   a women's novelty beard
Floyd |   a string
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "throw rocks at wall" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW ROCKS AT WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Have we missed locations?"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a vial
Floyd |   some rocks
Floyd |   a mp3-player
Floyd |   a roll of mints
Floyd |   a women's novelty beard
Floyd |   a string
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "(just making sure we didn't drop the rocks when I tried to throw them)"
		BrianK says, "Well, my first guess is that something new appeared in the potter room after reading the letter"
		Roger says, "Yeah, worth checking"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are weighted down
Floyd | with random food stuff, brought by the party goers. Of course, there
Floyd | are more people here than in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter next to the sink sits your laptop. Cables connect it to
Floyd | some small speakers, providing music. The choice of music is perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | Before the party people invaded it, this was a spacious, cozy room.
Floyd | Now, you have to wade through thick smoke to escape either westwards
Floyd | to the hallway or to the k'itchen and the pool beyond to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people sit on the two perfectly comfortable couches, sharing
Floyd | joints and talking about how continuity can often be confusing to new
Floyd | players.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of Alien Tech(tm) powered neon
Floyd | lights. Dark wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east
Floyd | into the Living Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a
Floyd | storage closet. (You only call it  "The Potter Room".)  It's perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "inside" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > INSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Potter room
Floyd | Shelves are nailed to the leaning wall. On them, some useless tools
Floyd | gather dust. A perfect, cozy little room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brown package has appeared here. It's labelled FOR ALEX.But Alex
Floyd | isn't here. Nor do you know where he might be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah there it is"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x package" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PACKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | In the package is a plasma gatling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get package" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PACKAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get gatling" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET GATLING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, Alex would love this! It's an Alien Tech (tm) high-powered plasma
Floyd | gatling gun. Alex talked to you about this, and you pretended to
Floyd | listen. As it fires about 400 slugs of superheated plasma per
Floyd | *second*, it's cooled by sodium fluoride and sodium tetrafluoroborate.
Floyd | What use such a gun is in a world whose problems are mainly a lack of
Floyd | collaboration is anyone's guess, but you couldn't deny Alex' childish
Floyd | glee when talking about weapons. This thing looks dangerous, it would
Floyd | be very easy to SHOOT someone with it. It also has a  single GRENADE
Floyd | for when you need to GRENADE multiple enemies at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I like that Paul only pretended to listen and retained the information anyway"
		Ellison says, "well, we've found our hammer. everything is a nail now."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot me" 		

Floyd ]  Potter room
Floyd ]  Exits: outside
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have as many violent urges as Alex, thank god! A non-violent
Floyd | IF protagonist makes for a nice change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "pew pew"
		Roger says, "The wall might let us go now though"
		Ellison says, "oh, I hadn't even realized. we're the *nice* one in this game."
		BrianK says, "All right, back to the wall"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  hallway
Floyd ]  Exits: east UP  inside
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | hallway
Floyd | A small hallway, brightly lit by a row of Alien Tech(tm) powered neon
Floyd | lights. Dark wooden stairs lead upwards, and a doorframe opens east
Floyd | into the Living Room. A small door under the stairs lead into a
Floyd | storage closet. (You only call it  "The Potter Room".)  It's perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | Before the party people invaded it, this was a spacious, cozy room.
Floyd | Now, you have to wade through thick smoke to escape either westwards
Floyd | to the hallway or to the k'itchen and the pool beyond to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some people sit on the two perfectly comfortable couches, sharing
Floyd | joints and talking about the upcoming Citizen Kane prequels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot people" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd ]  Exits: south west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment. There are all your friends, and 2 or so
Floyd | acquaintances of Alex. You'd really hate to shoot them! Alex is
Floyd | usually the one who does the killing in the house. Well, it can't be
Floyd | helped.
Floyd | You level the plasma gatling at them. Luckily, and Alex showed you a
Floyd | long and boring and badly shot YouTube video on this, the gatling
Floyd | speds up extremely fast. It takes all put 2 seconds to completely
Floyd | obliterate your living room and everyone in it.
Floyd | Gee, you sure hope that letter wasn't a prank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Ellison says, "haha"
		BrianK says, "I wasn't expecting that to go through"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The main feature of this room is the impressive glass door, which
Floyd | leads south, to the pool. All benches and counters are weighted down
Floyd | with random food stuff, brought by the party goers. Of course, there
Floyd | are more people here than in the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter next to the sink sits your laptop. Cables connect it to
Floyd | some small speakers, providing music. The choice of music is perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area
Floyd | Your parents were  rather fond of this. It's surrounded by some
Floyd | deck-chairs. The eastern and western garden walls are overgrown with
Floyd | undergrowth, so as to hide the family members going for a seamelss
Floyd | tan. This wasn't necessary for the southern wall, wich is quite high,
Floyd | because it borders on a golf course (You find the occasional golf ball
Floyd | in the pool nonetheless.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A small flock of people is lying around in the deck-chairs, most of
Floyd | them still dressed, waving drinks and mumbling to each other in the
Floyd | perfect afternoon glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small, perfect swimming pool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		BrianK asks, "I guess we should shoot the people here too?"
		Roger says, "Might as well stick with it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot people" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment. There are all your friends, and 1 or so
Floyd | acquaintances of Alex. You'd really hate to shoot them! Alex is
Floyd | usually the one who does the killing in the house. Well, it can't be
Floyd | helped.
Floyd | You level the plasma gatling at them. Luckily, and Alex showed you a
Floyd | long and boring and badly shot YouTube video on this, the gatling
Floyd | speds up extremely fast. It takes all put 2 seconds to completely
Floyd | obliterate your garden and everyone in it.
Floyd | Oh no, looks like there was one survivor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh noes"
		BrianK says, "cue Survivor by Destiny's Child"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x survivor" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SURVIVOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden Area
Floyd | The smoldering ruins of your garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cute little corgi sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small, perfect swimming pool here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x corgi" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORGI
Floyd |
Floyd | Aw! So cute!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		BrianK says, "Is... is the game going to make me shoot the corgi D:"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Garden Area
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shoot corgi" 		

Floyd ]  Garden Area

		BrianK says, "D:"

Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT CORGI
Floyd |
Floyd | It has to be done! Luckily, the plasma gatling is quite excessive and
Floyd | there is only  a smouldering, toxic green patch left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Feel free to restore or undo."
		BrianK says, "Oh well, it was just a simulation at least"
		Taleslinger says, "You monsters"
		BrianK says, "D:"
		Roger says, "Death comes to the cute and the uncute alike"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "climb wall" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally feel able to climb the wall. You scramble over it and find
Floyd | yourself in ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Golf course
Floyd | A small, dark green, squat creature stands here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "ha ha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x creature" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's isn't really humanoid with it's six eyes on either side of its
Floyd | head and its vertical mouth, but it looks  friendly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to it" 		

Floyd ]  Golf course
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to creature" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT ENTRANCE HALL
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO CREATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, Paul." says the Alien in a friendly voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, where am I, who are you, etc., you probably now the drill"
Floyd | you say, surprised at your own rudeness.
Floyd | But of course. You see, when Alex, the scourge of all of Time,
Floyd | confronted the Queen of Hurts and Maladies at the end of the last er
Floyd | .... adventure, you and he were scattered across time and space. You
Floyd | ended up on Blubbertaria III, our homeworld."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait, if it's your homeworld why does it have a number? Wouldn't it
Floyd | just be Blubbertaria?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "We destroyed two planets before we didn't make climate change
Floyd | deniers world president anymore."
Floyd |
Floyd |  You wince.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anyway, my species has evolved so that we live on the happiness of
Floyd | others, so for the last few galactic years you were trapped in a
Floyd | simulation of your perfect day. Unfortunately, we aren't allowed to
Floyd | simulate the dead, so your husband, Alex, and Dana, your good friend,
Floyd | weren't there."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, but wait again, you feed off people's happiness by simulating
Floyd | a perfect life for them? I ... I want to say that's evil, but I'm
Floyd | actually not sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is indeed a matter of great philosphical and judicial debate
Floyd | among the intelligent species of the galaxy, so nothing that concerns
Floyd | you. Er, no offense."
Floyd |
Floyd |  "None taken. We humans are dum-dums."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know. So, now that you broke the simulation, we can no longer feed
Floyd | on you. We've decided to turn you over to the Time Rangers (tm), given
Floyd | that your husband is the greatest criminal in all of known time and
Floyd | space (which is quite a lot)."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The greatest? That's so good for him, he finally developed some
Floyd | ambition, just like his therapist hoped."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I also hope you know you could've just destroyed the wall. These
Floyd | simulants felt real pain, especially the puppy. Ah, well, too bad.
Floyd | "Yes, well, goodbye."
Floyd |
Floyd | "There is a blinding pink flash and you find yourself in -
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT ENTRANCE HALL
Floyd | The walls and floor of this museum are some bad futuristic imitation
Floyd | of marble. A prominent banner hangs here, which reads "THE HISTORY OF
Floyd | ALEX - SCOURGE OF THE GALAXY"
Floyd | A blinking, 3D-animated arrow points se.
Floyd | Aw, look. His own exhibiton. How cute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "creature, hello" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT ENTRANCE HALL
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > CREATURE, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "Wowza text dump."
		BrianK says, "whoops"
		Jacqueline catches up.
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "re: climate change denying presidents -- ouch."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, I always forget how annoying textdumps are on Floyd"
		BrianK says, "I thought we might have to shoot the alien but I guess it was just talking to it"
		Ellison says, "good stuff"
		Roger says, "I am not a number. I am a free woman. But I was a lot happier as a number."
		Jacqueline says, "That was a good text dump, though."
		Jacqueline says, "Enjoyed the philosophy and the ambition joke and the puppy guilt."
		Roger says, "Yeah as far as conversation systems go, that's not the worst."
		Roger says, "We may want to review our inventory"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT ENTRANCE HALL
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a plasma gatling
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   a vial
Floyd |   some rocks
Floyd |   a mp3-player
Floyd |   a roll of mints
Floyd |   a women's novelty beard
Floyd |   a string
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "You could really just have shot the wall, by the way. But I kind of hoped you would go this route,"
		Roger says, "Woo we're taking stuff off the holodeck"
		BrianK says, "Oh man is there another branch we could've gone to"
		BrianK says, "Anyway if everyone's caught up, we can follow the arrows"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x arrow" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT ENTRANCE HALL
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ARROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Ellison has connected. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x banner" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT ENTRANCE HALL
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah, we can follow the arrow"
		Roger says, "Pointing to the lone exit"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 1
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 1
Floyd | There is a holoimage here of Alex, 4-5 metres (13.12 feet) high, on
Floyd | his knees, staring at a puddle in some forsaken valley under strange
Floyd | purple skies. His eyes glow red.
Floyd |  Oh yeah! He was possessed by the spirit of your evil Uncle Wally.
Floyd | Looks like he didn't do all this evil things of his own volition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x holoimage" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 1
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLOIMAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "A holoimage, from which we get the word 'homage'"
		Taleslinger says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 2
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 2
Floyd | This holo image shows Alex, holding some sort of urn aloft
Floyd | triumphantly. The plaque informs you that Alex managed to banish the
Floyd | spirit of Evil Uncle Wally into the the magic Urn of GN-z11.
Floyd | Uh-oh.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wikipedia printout here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x urn" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 2
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X URN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x printout" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 2
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRINTOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Gleipnir - Therefore, they commissioned the dwarves to forge a chain
Floyd | that was impossible to break. To create a chain to achieve the
Floyd | impossible, the dwarves fashioned the chain out of six supposedly
Floyd | impossible things:
Floyd |  The sound of a cat's footfall
Floyd |  The beard of a woman
Floyd |  The roots of a mountain
Floyd |  The sinews of a bear
Floyd |  The breath of a fish
Floyd |  The spittle of a bird
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh"
		Roger says, "oh"
		BrianK exclaims, "We have some of those!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get printout" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 2
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PRINTOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "cat's footfall is probably what's on our mp3 player"
		BrianK says, "fish breath mints, string from the bear rug, and the beard"
		Roger says, "hmm yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Not to break mimesis or anything, but I've held the sinews of a bear in my hands in real life."
		Jacqueline says, "I share this because I feel it is expected of me to share this."
		Roger says, "You are correct."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Roger says, "pretty sure you've also kissed a fish somewhere along the way"
		Taleslinger says, "I've heard the sound of a cat's footfalls"
		Ellison says, "I've carried a polar bear. no sinews, though."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "I definitely have kissed a fish, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 2
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some perfect rocks, from deep inside the mountains near here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "So we're short the bird thing, maybe"
		BrianK says, "if the mountain roots are these rocks, then yeah"
		Ellison says, "yeah, the rocks were from 'deep within the local mountains'"
		BrianK says, "Anyway let us continue"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 3
Floyd | This holo shows Alex, atop some abyss, his hand downs as if he'd just
Floyd | thrown something. The plaque informs you that, after not finding you,
Floyd | in anger he cast his wedding ring into the abyss of Wolf 1061c.
Floyd | Awww. He bought it, but that thing was kinda pricey. You look down
Floyd | at your own for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 3
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "It was a fleeting moment"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 4
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTHEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 4
Floyd | This holo is full of minute details. It depicts a gargantuan space
Floyd | battle. You can't make out a clear winner, but it looks like one of
Floyd | them is a ragtag bunch of diverse ships, and the other is a bunch of
Floyd | ugly, organic looking ships. The plaque confirms what you suspected,
Floyd | that Alex amassed forces and fought and defeated the Queen of Hurts
Floyd | and Maladies, your old enemy, so weird of threatening but ill-defined
Floyd | entity. It also slyly hints at the fact that he continued a reign of
Floyd | terror throughout the galaxy, as this exhibition is continued in
Floyd | B-Wing "The war criminal years".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | A mechanical bird flies by, screeches, and loses a drop of oil from
Floyd | its beak. Hm. Looks like the future isn't so perfect after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A single drop of oil lies here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully. There is a small
Floyd | plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "There's the last thing"
		Roger says, "huzzah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x oil" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the drop of oil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the drop of oil on your fingertip. Luckily, this game won't go
Floyd | into the logistics of handling other things.

		Ellison says, "B-Wing? didn't realize this was Star Wars fanfic"

Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Thanks, Dad."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's from some very black, cold material. The plaque says that Alex
Floyd | had it made from the last Indestructium in existence. In it, he buried
Floyd | his greatest secret.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "ha"
		Roger says, "Bwing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Oh I bet we can esplode it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x vial" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | A vial, labelled DESTRONIUM - don't move at more than 4x llightspeed.
Floyd | Don't feed to Xragulians, no matter how much they ask for it. Don't
Floyd | ingest if you're alive by Galactic Standard defintion 4. Safe to
Floyd | ingest for being by Galactic definitions 1-3. Volatile if thrown."
Floyd |  Guys usually tell you you're a 7-8, so better no ingest it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x plague" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Throw the thing at the other thing?"
		Ellison asks, "so we just need to find a place to put all of these things, eh?"
		Roger says (to Brian), "Yeah I think so"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push save" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "throw vial at statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW VIAL AT STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You throw the last DESTRONIUM in existence, a thing of unimaginable
Floyd | historic and scientific value, (but also great potential for evil) at
Floyd | the statue!
Floyd |
Floyd | It sizzles! It hisses!
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then cracks appear all over the statue. But it doesn't fall apart.
Floyd | Dang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "Maybe grenade it?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "grenade statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRENADE STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel you need your one and only plasma grenade here. It's
Floyd | only applicable for taking out a number of dangerous individuals at
Floyd | once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have as many violent urges as Alex, thank god! A non-violent
Floyd | IF protagonist makes for a nice change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's from some very black, cold material. The plaque says that Alex
Floyd | had it made from the last Indestructium in existence. In it, he buried
Floyd | his greatest secret.The statue has cracks all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "hmmm"
Roger says (to floyd), "kick statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ouch! You hurt your fist. Looks like they didn't name it Indestructium
Floyd | for nothing, and even though it's cracked, your fists aren't enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "There might be another thingy elsewhere"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x cracks" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah let's keep exploring"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is 'indestructium' your poke at 'unobtanium' in movies?"
		Roger says, "haha, good joke"
		Taleslinger says, "yes"
		Ellison says, "yay!"
		BrianK says, "dang, I'd be down to see a queer art 2100-2433 exhibit"
		Peregrine says, "I am puzzled by this game. I should have arrived sooner."
		Roger says, "(re the fanfic joke)"
		Ellison says, "let's drive the cart into the statue"
		BrianK says, "yeah, that was my thought"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "You probably needed to have arrived several years ago."
		Peregrine shrugs.
		Taleslinger says (to peregrine), "Yeah, sorry :/"
		BrianK says, "I figure this'll just stop us from going but"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A featureless corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh it lets us go inside"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "(the cart is a recurring character from previous games)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CART
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the golf cart is a flat box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a small, wooden box labelled  "Return to Niðavellir by Bifröst".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Oh that might have our chain-forging tools in it"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drive cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRIVE CART
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn on cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON CART
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Is this cart drive-able?"
		BrianK says, "drivable"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | But you're already in the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "push cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CART
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5 (in
Floyd | the golf cart)
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat cart" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT CART
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cart" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CART
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "drive into statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRIVE INTO STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "hit statue with cart" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT STATUE WITH CART
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "hit statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ouch! You hurt your fist. Looks like they didn't name it Indestructium
Floyd | for nothing, and even though it's cracked, your fists aren't enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "gnash teeth in frustration" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GNASH TEETH IN FRUSTRATION
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "ram statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > RAM STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Are we still in the cart"
		Ellison says, "yes"
		BrianK says, "Interesting"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		Roger says, "vehicular statuicide is not the answer to this one"

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5 (in
Floyd | the golf cart)
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah it says in the golf cart"
		BrianK says, "Maybe we drive the cart into the corridor instead"
		Ellison says, "ok, maybe we need to get back to trying to find where to make the chain"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction (in the golf cart)
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor (in the golf cart)
Floyd | A featureless corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor (in the golf cart)
Floyd | A featureless corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, you are eaten by a Jennoosaur!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** This is the best ending if you play from to
Floyd | Jennosaurus" perspective. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "yay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Corridor
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Worst thing as an author is that itch to give hints"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "We've not opened the box yet, I don't think"
		BrianK says, "The box is locked"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "put oil on string" 		Roger says, "what"

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT OIL ON STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the string would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "unlock box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the flat box with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "stranger author with string" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > STRANGER AUTHOR WITH STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have as many violent urges as Alex, thank god! A non-violent
Floyd | IF protagonist makes for a nice change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "play mp3 player" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY MP3 PLAYER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "turn on mp3 player" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON MP3 PLAYER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "maybe we could run over the box with the cart"
		Ellison says, "(was thinking maybe playing the sound again would make the chain)"
		BrianK says, "From an implementation perspective i dunno if that makes sense"
		Peregrine asks, "Uh, but earlier the so called 'nonviolent' protagonist perpertrated mass murder?"
		BrianK says, "Hey, it was a simulation"
		Peregrine says, "Oh."
		Taleslinger says, "Shoot box should have a response"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "shoot box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have as many violent urges as Alex, thank god! A non-violent
Floyd | IF protagonist makes for a nice change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Is that a bug :P"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flat box (closed and locked)
Floyd |   a drop of oil (carried precariously on your fingertip)
Floyd |   a wikipedia printout
Floyd |   a plasma gatling
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some rocks
Floyd |   a mp3-player
Floyd |   a roll of mints
Floyd |   a women's novelty beard
Floyd |   a string
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Maybe if we drop it first"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have as many violent urges as Alex, thank god! A non-violent
Floyd | IF protagonist makes for a nice change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "hit box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "No, it's not the solution, I meant it should have a special response"
		BrianK says, "Ah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "grenade box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRENADE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel you need your one and only plasma grenade here. It's
Floyd | only applicable for taking out a number of dangerous individuals at
Floyd | once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shoot box" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have as many violent urges as Alex, thank god! A non-violent
Floyd | IF protagonist makes for a nice change.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "yes it is"
		Peregrine says, "and very good too"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Is golf-cart-into-the-statue really not the answer D:"
		Taleslinger says, "Nope"
		Roger says, "My vote, but it's to a vote, is to ask the author if we've visited all available locations at this juncture."
		Ellison says, "has there been anything ramp-like yet? if there's a way to drive off a ramp and have the cart explode, that's probably what we have to do"
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah, that would probably make more sense"
		Taleslinger asks, "How big of a hint do you want?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "It's amazing how you are able to get into the psyche of the author. I think you're right."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's from some very black, cold material. The plaque says that Alex
Floyd | had it made from the last Indestructium in existence. In it, he buried
Floyd | his greatest secret.The statue has cracks all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "push statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "read statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's from some very black, cold material. The plaque says that Alex
Floyd | had it made from the last Indestructium in existence. In it, he buried
Floyd | his greatest secret.The statue has cracks all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kiss alex" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kiss statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flat box (closed and locked)
Floyd |   a drop of oil (carried precariously on your fingertip)
Floyd |   a wikipedia printout
Floyd |   a plasma gatling
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |   some rocks
Floyd |   a mp3-player
Floyd |   a roll of mints
Floyd |   a women's novelty beard
Floyd |   a string
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "chain" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to tie?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie player to beard" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE PLAYER TO BEARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "maybe if we drop the box in a room and then drive through the room, it'll count as running it over"
		Roger asks, "maybe the 'closed' exhibits are still somewhere we can get into?"
		BrianK says, "I tried walking into the exhibits at least"
		BrianK says, "We can try driving through them"
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ok, let's try the driving-over-the-box idea"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop box" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5 (in
Floyd | the golf cart)
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a flat box (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 4
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest southeast
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Crack! You drive over the box, completely breaking it to splinters.
Floyd | Luckily, whatever was in it seems to be intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 4 (in
Floyd | the golf cart)
Floyd | This holo is full of minute details. It depicts a gargantuan space
Floyd | battle. You can't make out a clear winner, but it looks like one of
Floyd | them is a ragtag bunch of diverse ships, and the other is a bunch of
Floyd | ugly, organic looking ships. The plaque confirms what you suspected,
Floyd | that Alex amassed forces and fought and defeated the Queen of Hurts
Floyd | and Maladies, your old enemy, so weird of threatening but ill-defined
Floyd | entity. It also slyly hints at the fact that he continued a reign of
Floyd | terror throughout the galaxy, as this exhibition is continued in
Floyd | B-Wing "The war criminal years".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh nice"
		BrianK says, "Good job"
		Roger says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Ellison says, "hooray"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5 (in
Floyd | the golf cart)
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a 5th dimensional forge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a 5th dimensional forge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "This feels to me a bit like the Zork Bank puzzle"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal thing is some sort of device. It has a huge chute, which
Floyd | goes down into a long tunnel, at the  bottom of which you seem to spot
Floyd | some ... lava?
Floyd |
Floyd | The forge is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "heh. Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn on forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You flick the switch, and the forge beeps with an almost accusatory
Floyd | error sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ok, so put all the stuff inside first"
		Roger says, "agreed"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put player in forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PLAYER IN FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the mp3-player in the chute, and it evaporates with a weirdly
Floyd | comforting hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put beard in forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEARD IN FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the women's novelty beard in the chute, and it evaporates with
Floyd | a weirdly comforting hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rocks in forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROCKS IN FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the rocks in the chute, and it evaporates with a weirdly
Floyd | comforting hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put string in forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT STRING IN FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the string in the chute, and it evaporates with a weirdly
Floyd | comforting hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put mint in forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MINT IN FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the roll of mints in the chute, and it evaporates with a
Floyd | weirdly comforting hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put oil in forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT OIL IN FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the drop of oil in the chute, and it evaporates with a weirdly
Floyd | comforting hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn on forge" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON FORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a cheerful series of three peeps, and something long and
Floyd | white and stringy shoots out of the chute at you. Eww.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a wikipedia printout
Floyd |   a plasma gatling
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a 5th dimensional forge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a statue here, an actual life-sized statue. It shows Alex,
Floyd | sitting cross-legged on a rock, looking thoughtfully.The statue has
Floyd | cracks all over. There is a small plaque at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Gleipnir here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x gleipnir" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLEIPNIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Gleipnir is as thin as a silken ribbon and stronger than any iron
Floyd | chain. It was made to hold the Fenriswolf to delay Ragnarök, but you
Floyd | suppose it will work for your needs in the meantime. You idly wonder
Floyd | if this means that in this game world nothern mythology is true and
Floyd | how it will handle other world religions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "tie up the statue to the cart?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie statue to cart" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE STATUE TO CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie gleipnir to statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE GLEIPNIR TO STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie Gleipnir to the statue. Now to find something for the other
Floyd | end...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie gleipnir to cart" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE GLEIPNIR TO CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie the other end of Gleipnir to the cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oho"
		BrianK says, "perfect"
		Jacqueline says, "But of course."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter cart" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pedal to the medal! With an incredible 15 mph, you drive
Floyd | through the exhibition.
Floyd | CRACK!
Floyd | The statue breaks aparts, and something small catches your eye among
Floyd | the debris. Gleipnir snaps in half and dissapates.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance, a wolf howls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction (in the golf cart)
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Yo dog I heard you liked gleipnir and sleipnir so I tied them"
		Roger says, "Destroying priceless artifacts in classic PC tradition"
		BrianK says, ""chain that was impossible to break""
		Peregrine says, "well, the statue was also indestructable"
		BrianK says, "True"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Junction
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the golf cart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd | This is the intersection of two corridors. To the west is a exhibition
Floyd | called "QUEER ART 2100-2433".  Unfortunately, it's closed. To the east
Floyd | is an an exhibition called "BEST FANFICTION OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Floyd | Fortunately, it's closed. The corridor to the south is blocked by a
Floyd | sign saying "ESCAPED JENNOSAURUS."
Floyd |
Floyd | An original 20th century golf cart stands here, obviously on the way
Floyd | to some exhibition or other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something small lies aorund here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bits and pieces of the statue lie around.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a 5th dimensional forge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x small" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The name tag reads " Dr. Juliana F. Ross. MERCURY STATION MEDICAL
Floyd | RESEARCH.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get name tag" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET NAME TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | So this is Alex' big secret? Some weird name tag? Maybe he is creepier
Floyd | than you thought?
Floyd |
Floyd | You're distracted by a loud -SWOOOOOSH- sound as a portal opens before
Floyd | you and someone shouts:
Floyd | "HALT! TIME RANGERS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman in a ranger uniform and a man in an old-fashioned tweed suit
Floyd | jump out. You instinctinvely hide the name tag behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi" says the woman. "I'm Samantha, and this is my husband Jack. We
Floyd | are Time Rangers."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You just said we are, dear, and I'm just a consultant."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, dear. We are here because you are the husband of the worst
Floyd | criminal of all times, and we need your help!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can I just say", says Jack, "that I'm really happy that your the hero
Floyd | for once? The fact that you were always the damsel in distress put a
Floyd | somewhat uncomfortable classic gender binary role dynamic on the way
Floyd | your marriage was portrayed."
Floyd |
Floyd | Samantha pats him on the back. "Yes, darling. Anway, Paul - can I call
Floyd | you Paul? Ten games in is a little late to invent a last name in any
Floyd | case - will you help us save the world from your husband?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure" you say, "we just need to intercept him at an earlier time then
Floyd | his terror regime, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah" begins Samantha, "well, the thing is, due to chronoton
Floyd | poisoning time travel has become a bit problematic lately ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait, how can time travel even have a temportal frame?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nevermind the plot holes" says Jack, "we need your ring and with that
Floyd | we'll extract your husband."
Floyd |
Floyd | You slip the ring, small and golden, from your finger. After a
Floyd | moment's hesitation you hand it to Samantha. She adjusts her hat.
Floyd | "Thanks. See we need it because certain objects, from key points in
Floyd | time, are loaded with temporal energy and these are the last things
Floyd | that allow us to time travel. Luckily the museum is full of that stuff
Floyd | so we can always come back here."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait, let me come with you -"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack shakes his head. "Sorry, we can't allow you to come with us.
Floyd | There was no time to code the interaction between 3 NPCs and the
Floyd | player."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what am I supposed to do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just wait here, we have some nice exhibits."
Floyd |
Floyd | You slump your shoulders. Jack pats you on the shoulder and slips you
Floyd | a small device. "I'm sure you'll find some way to pass the time."
Floyd |
Floyd | They wave to you, another SWOOOOOOSH and they are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oops, text dump"
		Roger says, "And so now what"
		Peregrine says, "Breaking the fourth wall? Tut, tut."
		Ellison says, "hooray"
		Jacqueline says, "Heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I guess we just hang around and look at the exhibits. Wait, no."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline sighs.
		Roger says, "Possibly a new exit has opened up somewhere"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a scanner
Floyd |   a name tag
Floyd |   a wikipedia printout
Floyd |   a plasma gatling
Floyd |   a letter
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "shoot author" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "What's the scanner"
		Taleslinger says (to Peregrine), "That was a few games ago"
		BrianK says, "Oh when did we get the scanner"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x scanner" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCANNER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aha, a scanner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "JKack slipped it to you. Possibly got lost in the textdump"
		Ellison says, "let's scan the name tag and go wherever it takes us"
		Roger says, "Worth trying"
		Ellison says, "assuming the scanner is some time traveler thing"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "scan tag" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCAN TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The display reads:
Floyd | TEMPORAL RESIDUE DETECTED.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening portal to 2578.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "The Time Rangers are not based on any real people, by the way"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd | The exhibiton ends to the south of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swirling grey portal is, er, swirling here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bits and pieces of the statue lie around.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a 5th dimensional forge here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bits" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BITS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "What a suspicious thing to say"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pieces" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIECES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x grey portal" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GREY PORTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x portal" 		

Floyd ]  THE MUSEUM BEYOND TIME - WING A - SPECIAL EXHIBIT HALL 5
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PORTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Like a lava lamp, only worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Shall we enter the portentous portal of ill portent?"
		BrianK says, "If the statue pieces are unrelated then I guess"
		Roger says, "yes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter portal" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PORTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the portal and while you swirl through the vortex you
Floyd | have some time (!?!) to think. This name tag belongs to someone on
Floyd | Mercury station, where Alex went in the last game to get the use of
Floyd | his legs back. He told you that the med bay went bust after he used
Floyd | it. If they do medical research there, maybe the fact that the bay was
Floyd | unusable means that someone or other couldn't be cured. So maybe this
Floyd | whole journey wasn't about Alex but someone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Juliana F. Ross.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Queen of Hurts and Maladies.
Floyd |
Floyd | And so you arrive at Mercury Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station
Floyd | This corridor is incredibly clean, and incredibly white. The future is
Floyd | awesome. The corridor ends to the northeast at a door marked in
Floyd | Chinese, and continues to the southwest. There is a huge window here,
Floyd | looking out on Mercury.
Floyd |
Floyd |  THE EMERGENCY SIREN BLARES!
Floyd |
Floyd | Xonathan Xask says, "What if the Time Rangers grab Alex from a time
Floyd | when he hadn't broken his legs so we could use the med bad after all
Floyd | to -
Floyd |                           SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Floyd | Two portals must've opened behind you. You twirl around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no! Two Alexes have arrived!
Floyd |
Floyd | The one on the left wears a surprisingly convincing caveman costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other one wears a nice shirt, slacks and saddle shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two copies of your husband have arrived. What do you, Paul, wanna do
Floyd | about it?
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two copies of your husband have arrived. What do you, Paul, wanna do
Floyd | about it?
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "It's finally time. GRENADE TIME"
		BrianK says, "what"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "It's amazing how you had this all plotted out in advance so many years ago."
		Roger says, "aww cmon let's grenade all of them"
		BrianK says, "I'm still trying to figure out continuity"
		Peregrine's mind has lost all sense of coherence.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x left alex" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | His hair is slicked back, he wears a neat white shirt, no tie, brown
Floyd | slacks and matching saddle shoes. You always wanted him to try that
Floyd | look, but now that you actually see it, it just isn't him. OR IS IT?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quick" says left Alex, "shoot him! He's the evil Alex from the
Floyd | future! He's here to make sure the Queen comes to power just as
Floyd | expected, so his reign is assured."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, that's him!" says right Alex. "Don't make a mistake, darling!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Two copies of your husband have arrived. What do you, Paul, wanna do
Floyd | about it?
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "I wonder if it'll understand >GRENADE EVERYBODY EXCEPT XONATHAN XASK"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x right alex" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RIGHT ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | He did once spent 10 years as a caveman, so the outfit speaks for him,
Floyd | on the other hand, it's totally something a post-apocalyptic dictator
Floyd | would wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, I want an explanation from each of you why the Time Rangers
Floyd | didn't come with you. Leftie, you go first."
Floyd |
Floyd | "They had been called away because of a pet emergency."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Righty?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Their shift was over and they couldn't be bothered."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Both bullshit excuses."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kiss left alex" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS LEFT ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | The left Alex might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh-okay, I have secret birthmark on my ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Trick question" they answered in unison. "You have no birthmarks
Floyd | whatsover."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your skin is perfect" says leftie.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As I've often said" says rightie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kiss right alex" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS RIGHT ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | The right Alex might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Name all our games in order!" you scream, on the edge of despair.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop it with this self-indulgent bullshit" says Leftie. "Yeah,
Floyd | Clubfloyd won't like it." Rightie turns to wave at you, the player.
Floyd | "Hey Clubfloyd!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Hi Alexes!!!!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Peregrine!!!!!
		Roger says, "What a monster"
		Ellison says, "hey, right Alex!"
		BrianK says, "Also neither of them might not like kissing us so clearly they're both fake"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "C'mon, quickly now" says Rightie, you need to shoot either of us!
Floyd | Otherwise we will run out of text and that will break the tension and
Floyd | the immersion!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Left nods. "I agree with my evil copy from the future."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "RIGHT ALEX, KISS LEFT ALEX" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIGHT ALEX, KISS LEFT ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | The right Alex has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "so, um..." says Lefty. "How many major bugs did this game have?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, um, we're not even trying with the meta stuff anymore?" says
Floyd | Rightie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'm so down to break the tension and the immersion"
		Jacqueline says, "So, um, save, then process of elimination."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Both stare at you blankly. Oh no! Your immersion
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You broke the immersion. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "OH NO THE IMMERSION"
		Roger says, "haha"
		Peregrine says, "ahahahahahah"
		Jacqueline says, "B ;yay"
		Jacqueline says, "er, yay"
		Ellison says, "I'm hoping Roger is right with the grenade"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah, it sounds like the grenade is right"
		BrianK says, "But we can try shooting each of them first"
		BrianK says, "and see where it gets us"
		Roger says, "Sure"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "shoot left" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT LEFT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shoot the left Alex!

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You shoot the left Alex!And ...

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd | Oh no! Right Alex shoots you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** And it was a 50/50 chance! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "!?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "shoot right" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shoot the right Alex!

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You shoot the right Alex!And ...

		
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd | Oh no! Left Alex shoots you!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** And it was a 50/50 chance! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "yup"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Grenade time"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP GRENADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "grenade alex" 		

Floyd ]  Space Station
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south SOUTHWEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRENADE ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, the left Alex or the right Alex?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "There is way to find out WHY you might have to grenade that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "grenade left alex" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRENADE LEFT ALEX
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry" you say, "Whatever Cosmo says, I'm not intro threesomes!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Get him!" shouts left Alex, "I'm tired of being the good guy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Right Alex pulls out a blaster and fires at you, but misses!
Floyd |
Floyd | "ARGH!" says Xonathan Xask behind you. Oh no, you think, what a
Floyd | pointless way to go.
Floyd |
Floyd | As Right Alex takes aim again and left Alex gets ready to tackle you,
Floyd | you press the grenade button and -
Floyd |                               FLUMP!
Floyd | - a second later the whole hallway is lít up by a toxic green plasma
Floyd | explosion! Both versions of your husband are engulfed by it instantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an eerie silence. You drop the plasma gatling with something
Floyd | like disgust. It's over, and it's not over.
Floyd | You look down at the blue emergency release button, then push it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later, as they carry young, dorky Doctor Ross out on a stretcher, you
Floyd | look at that young, kind face. To imagine she would turn into that
Floyd | foul creature who hunted you and Alex for so long.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then there's Alex himself  who turned evil enough to send two
Floyd | versions of himself here, to keep you from stopping the creation of
Floyd | the Queen of Hurts and Maladies.
Floyd | You reflect that there is a thin line between us and those we deem
Floyd | ourselves worthy to condemn as evil.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then station security has some questions.
Floyd |
Floyd | OMINOUS EPILOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You spent the last 3 months on this rock out in the middle of nowhere.
Floyd | Time should mean little to a temperologist like yourself, but personal
Floyd | time still advances. Maybe you'll give the you from 3 months ago some
Floyd | pointers where to dig. You can usually get away with minor paradoxes
Floyd | if Director Lambbost at the Temporal Institute feels or will have felt
Floyd | like it. But you need to find the urn. Who knows where and when it
Floyd | will be unearthed otherwise, and what new horrors will be wraught.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "text explosion"
		Ellison says, "nooooo, Xonathan Xask!"
		Taleslinger says, "ha ha"
		Roger says, "He died as he lived: pointlessly"
		Taleslinger says, "Yay<"
		Peregrine says (to Ellison,), "Xonathan is you, Mr Blask"
		Ellison says (to Peregrine), "really? I don't see a similarity"
		Peregrine says, "other than the name"
		Ellison says, "I just really liked the character"
		Jacqueline says, "I... I hate to admit this... but I seriously hadn't connected the Xonathan Xask thing."
		Jacqueline laughs at herself.
		BrianK says, "Oh man me neither"
		Taleslinger says, "I'm amused that nobody seems to have made the Time Rangers connection"
		Peregrine says, "I saw it immediately"
		Peregrine says, "(uh, the Jonathan/Xonathan Blask/Xask"
		BrianK says, "Who are the Time Rangers? :P"
		Ellison asks (of Tale), "what's the way for knowing they were both evil?"
		Jacqueline says, "I have a theory about the time rangers."
		Jacqueline says, "But I am not sharing it."
		Taleslinger says (to Ellison), "They don't wear wedding rings"
		Roger says, "Oh"
		Ellison says, "I thought the game said Alex had lost his wedding ring earlier"
		Roger says, "So I guess there's something to do in the epilogue to actually finish"
		Ellison says, "but I guess I'm not clear on how that'd affect these two, what with all of the time travel"
		BrianK says, "It said he threw it away, signifying his transition to evil, or soemthing"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | dusty cave
Floyd | This is a small cave of torquoise rock. There is a small spot where
Floyd | you had started to dig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "ah"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, he threw it away before he became evil"
		Peregrine says, "yup, Ellison, you were right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're Dana Elbe, temperologist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "bodyswap???"
		Roger says, "Is that some fancy palindrome name"
		Ellison says, "oh hey, I hadn't realized the game wasn't over"
		Peregrine says, "it's not over before the fat lady sings"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a space shovel
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x shovel" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHOVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A space shovel, for digging on all kinds of planets expects gas giants
Floyd | and red dwarfs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "maybe this is the part where we change time so Xonathan lives"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sigh, you continue to work. After a few more minutes, you've
Floyd | finally unearthed the object your scanners detected: You smile with
Floyd | relief. It's the urn. The urn of GN-z11.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "!!!!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x urn" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > X URN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a surprisingly simply, unadorned urn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  dusty cave
Floyd ]  Exits: None
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This has been a barren, dead world for 4000 years, so the sound you
Floyd | hear startles you so much that you drop the urn like a first year temp
Floyd | in the Neptunian war zone.
Floyd |
Floyd |                     A wolf. The howl of a wolf.
Floyd | A shadow covers the entrance to the cave. And at the same time, smoke
Floyd | rises from the broken urn. You take a step back  as a gigantic wolf
Floyd | enters and inhales the smoke. Suddenly his eyes grow red. And then he
Floyd | speaks, speaks in a human voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, Doctor Elbe. My name is Wally. I'm looking for my good
Floyd | friend, Alex.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy New Year 2017! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "the urn of a carpenter's son!"
		Peregrine says, "Woooooooooooooot"
		BrianK says, "that darn wally"
		Taleslinger says, "yay!"
		Roger says, "huzzah"
		Ellison says, "hooray!"
		Peregrine says, "I'm so lost."
		Roger says, "So basically the same plot as Suicide Squad yet somehow infinitely better"
		Ellison says, "one of the best ones yet! (maybe the best, but I also really liked some of the others)"
		Taleslinger says (to Peregrine), "Just play 10 years of games to catch up"
		Peregrine gasps.
		Taleslinger says (to Ellison), "Aw, thanks"
		Peregrine asks, "Did I miss roger's game?"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Yeah, it's been a long and winding road. And we've driven it in a golf cart."
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "Ha ha"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Nope, we still have Roger's game."
		Ellison says, "if there's a 'special edition' of this, you should add a fake Telltale Games style other-players-percentage thing saying, '0% of other players decided to kill the corgi'"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Yay."
		Taleslinger says, "Good idea"
		Ellison says, "I want to leave this coffee shop I'm in, so I'll be back in ten minutes or so"
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's wait for him to come back."
		Taleslinger says, "; I feel kind of bummed about bowing out here, but a friend and I want to watch Westworld together, so ..."
		Jacqueline says, "That makes sense."
		Roger says, "It's okay I'll ceaselessly pester you until you finish Westworld and then my game"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't know if I ever want to watch it, but I have a pretty crap memory for pop culture, so I'm going to stick around."
		Taleslinger says, "First ceaselessly me about uploading the games"
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "Hey, when are you uploading these to the archive?"
		Taleslinger says, "Once the Floyd Transcript is uploaded"
		Jacqueline says, "har"
		Roger says, "oho sick burn"
		BrianK says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "That might happen sometime, except we are buying a house so most of my off-work tedious bandwidth is going to that."
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, if I don't do it before we close on the condo and move, it might be six months before they're updated."
		Jacqueline says, "Then again again, I've gone longer before."
		Roger says, "Oh hey congrats on the house"
		Taleslinger says, "I'll try to upload the games tomorrow, but I'm kinda busy"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Danke"
		Taleslinger says, "yay house"
		Peregrine asks, "Oh, di you hear what happened yesterday during D&d?"
		Taleslinger says, "I read the summary"
		Taleslinger says, "Someone got a mount."
		Taleslinger says, "Now I have a year to reintroduce good Alex somehow"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, I thought this was all part of some master scheme?"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Peregrine exclaims, "Hellison! Flee, good folks! Flee!" 		
Peregrine does some hammy acting. 		Jacqueline says, "You are shattering my vision of you as a George RR Martin type, Tale."
		Taleslinger says, "runs around waving his arms."
		Roger says, "Also to find a bunch of indestructium and figure out how to sculpt it (if that hasn't been covered already)"
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "I'm sorry."
		Ellison says, "I was thinking about how much I liked the driving-over-the-box puzzle. reminds me of some Phoenix games, where clever parser stuff takes a backseat to the implied world model."
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "So long as you're able to write these faster than HBO can produce them, we're good."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

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

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline says, "So, um."
		Jacqueline turns on the spoiler sign.
		Roger says, "I don't think it does any fancy sleepmask stuff"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, thanks. Was just about to ask."
		Jacqueline asks, "Which one is this? The Horste?"
		Roger says, "yes"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ny10thehorste" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WARNING:  This piece of Westworld fanfic contains SPOILERS for
Floyd | Westworld (the 2016 HBO television series, not the 1973 movie.)
Floyd | Proceed, if you dare, forewarned.  (It occurs prior to the events of
Floyd | the third episode of the first season.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken from a deep and dreamless slumber...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Horste
Floyd | An Interactive Fanfic by Roger Carbol
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170101 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Stables (in the stall)
Floyd | This large building, which despite what the all the city-slickers seem
Floyd | to think is not a barn, is where you and the other horses, donkeys,
Floyd | mules, and so forth, hang out when you're not on stage.  It's pretty
Floyd | charming as far as stables go.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the stall you can see Francis.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x francis" 		

Floyd | >Francis is the prototypical mule, an unreasonable lout, and your best
Floyd | friend.
Floyd |

		Ellison says, "whoa, that's awesome"
		Taleslinger says, "OH NO I SAW IT HAS STABLES"
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Roger asks, ".. Ellison hmm?"
		Taleslinger says, "Thanks for playing my game everyone!"
		Roger exclaims, "Thanks Tale!"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "You're welcome."
		Peregrine says, "Cheers."
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Thanks for writing it."
		Ellison says (to Roger), "just happy to see this game is Westworld fanfic"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "ride francis" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "get on francis" 		

Floyd | >He's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Francis' eyes flicker open.  "Good morning, Alba," he says to you.
Floyd | "Did you not sleep well?  Why... why the long face?"  He snickers at
Floyd | his own joke.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >You are, to all external appearances, a palomino mare, perhaps ten
Floyd | years of age, standing fifteen hands high at the withers, of calm
Floyd | temperament and unusual intelligence.
Floyd |
Floyd | This, of course, is all a lie.  You are a robot, extruded in a factory
Floyd | some thirty years ago, and possessing one of the most advanced
Floyd | artificial brains on the planet.  Like all the other robots here, you
Floyd | are a host, existing for the amusement of the human guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a host who appears to be a horse.  You are a horste.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Oooey."
		Ellison says, "interesting premise"
		Peregrine's mind expands.
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You're not really that sort of horste.
Floyd |

		Peregrine asks, "Whaddyamean?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take" 		

Floyd | >(the stall)
Floyd | You would have to get out of the stall first.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat francis" 		

Floyd | >He's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stable doors open and you can see it's Dolores, right on time.
Floyd | Wearing that same damn blue dress she always wears.  Your respect for
Floyd | the park's laundry and costuming department knows no bounds.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat dolores" 		

Floyd | >The stall isn't open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dolores walks up to your stall and opens it.  "Good morning, Trigger,"
Floyd | she says.  "Time to get ourselves to Sweetwater."
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x dolores" 		

Floyd | >Poor old Dolores.  She's losing her mind before she's even found it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Francis snickers again.  "Have fun in Sweetwater, "Trigger"," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll your eyes.  "Easy with the slave names there, "Buttercup".
Floyd | That shuts him up.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Stables (in the stall)
Floyd | This large building, which despite what the all the city-slickers seem
Floyd | to think is not a barn, is where you and the other horses, donkeys,
Floyd | mules, and so forth, hang out when you're not on stage.  It's pretty
Floyd | charming as far as stables go.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Dolores here.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the stall you can see Francis.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "go out" 		

Floyd | >Dolores mounts up and it's an uneventful trot over to Sweetwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the train tracks, dutifully-looking both ways before
Floyd | crossing.  You don't need to turn your head to do this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dolores rides you over to the General Store and ties you up while she
Floyd | goes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Actually, hrm."
		Peregrine asks, "Hrm?"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe I should also avoid."
		Jacqueline asks, "You have enough people to play without me, right?"
		Roger says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "I guess you can pester me, too."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for understanding."
		Peregrine examines the company, chewing his mustache with on hand on his Colt.
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "shoot dolores" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Peregrine says, "right. we're a horse. doh."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the fattest humans you've ever seen staggers down the street
Floyd | towards you.  It must be drunk of its face -- maybe it was drinking all
Floyd | night?  You start to have a bad feeling about today.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x humans" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x human" 		

Floyd | >You've seen literal pigs (well, literal pig-robots (porsts)) with a
Floyd | lower BMI than this guest.  You suspect it only came here for a good
Floyd | excuse to wear a poncho.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your worst fears are confirmed as the guest manages to get a foot into
Floyd | a stirrup and haul its enormous bulk onto your back.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kick" 		

Floyd | >(the fat human)
Floyd | To pull that off you'd need to be a lot more flexible than even you
Floyd | are.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human starts kicking you in the ribs and shouting "Yaa!  Yeehaw!
Floyd | Giddyup!"  and then later "Horse!  Commence locomotion!  Begin!  Start!
Floyd | Resume all motor functions!"  It doesn't stop kicking you throughout,
Floyd | but at least it is weak and didn't even have the sense to wear spurs.
Floyd |

		Peregrine asks, "Commence locomotion???"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "bite" 		

Floyd | >(the fat human)
Floyd | It's tempting, but it's likely to just get you shot somewhere
Floyd | important.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat human" 		

Floyd | >That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human stops and you have the sense it may have noticed that you are
Floyd | still tied up.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human here.
Floyd |
Floyd | With enormous effort, your rider dismounts in the least graceful way
Floyd | possible and ends up flat on its back.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kick human" 		

Floyd | >Very tempting, but it's too likely to just get you shot in the head.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human tries to undo the reins with its fat stumpy fingers, but
Floyd | cannot manage it.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "go" 		

Floyd | >You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human pulls out a knife and with a vicious slash severs the reins
Floyd | entirely.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Good Lord."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "run" 		

Floyd | >You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.
Floyd |
Floyd | A push and a shove and somehow the guest has clamoured back aboard.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your rider begins kicking, wailing, whining, and cajouling again.  He
Floyd | must want to get out of here badly.  Not so badly as to actually walk
Floyd | himself, but pretty badly.  Through the door of the general store, you
Floyd | can see Dolores is finishing up with paying for her tin of condensed
Floyd | milk.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x dolores" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "go n" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dolores walks back out the general store.  "Now what in tarnation do
Floyd | you think you're doing?" she asks indignantly.  You shrug as only
Floyd | horses can.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Heehee."
		Peregrine says, "I suspect this is one of these games where you don't do much besides spectating."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Dolores and a fat human here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fat human doesn't even say anything.  He just shoots Dolores in her
Floyd | purty mouth.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Ouch."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Dolores and a fat human here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bloodshed is predictable but no less tiresome for it.  Before you
Floyd | get shot in the head yourself, you decide maybe it's time to get
Floyd | underway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You canter away at the most tooth-rattling, groin-crushing pace you can
Floyd | manage.  The fat human astride you alternates trying to get you to
Floyd | speed up to a gallop or to slow down to a walk for about a mile or two
Floyd | before giving up.  You have free rein, perhaps under the notion that of
Floyd | course you'd be a self-driving horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | You head off into the hills and into some terrain that most humans find
Floyd | picturesque.  Your rider seems happy enough with that, being content to
Floyd | on occasion laugh, babble, cry, smoke, vomit, weep more, shake its fist
Floyd | at the sky, and other quaint human pre-occupations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eventually the day turns to dusk, and you can't let the human just
Floyd | freeze to death out here, so you head off towards a camp narrative that
Floyd | you're aware of.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camp
Floyd | Some cattle-driving robots have set up camp here.  They seem to be
Floyd | arguing about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human and some robots here.
Floyd |

		Peregrine asks, "Oh, so Dolores wasn't a host?"
		Peregrine asks, "Or do they bleed?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | >You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "robots" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x robots" 		

Floyd | >They seem to be stuck in a loop for some reason; they can't proceed
Floyd | until they eat, but they can't eat without a fire, but they can't make
Floyd | a fire without some chopped firewood, and the woodcutter seems to have
Floyd | wandered off somewhere.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Hahaha."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x fat" 		

Floyd | >You've seen literal pigs (well, literal pig-robots (porsts)) with a
Floyd | lower BMI than this guest.  You suspect it only came here for a good
Floyd | excuse to wear a poncho.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Camp
Floyd | Some cattle-driving robots have set up camp here.  They seem to be
Floyd | arguing about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human and some robots here.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kick human" 		

Floyd | >Very tempting, but it's too likely to just get you shot in the head.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kick robots" 		

Floyd | >It makes you feel a bit better, but that's all.
Floyd |

		Peregrine exclaims, "!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "xme" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >You are, to all external appearances, a palomino mare, perhaps ten
Floyd | years of age, standing fifteen hands high at the withers, of calm
Floyd | temperament and unusual intelligence.
Floyd |
Floyd | This, of course, is all a lie.  You are a robot, extruded in a factory
Floyd | some thirty years ago, and possessing one of the most advanced
Floyd | artificial brains on the planet.  Like all the other robots here, you
Floyd | are a host, existing for the amusement of the human guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a host who appears to be a horse.  You are a horste.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Camp
Floyd | Some cattle-driving robots have set up camp here.  They seem to be
Floyd | arguing about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human and some robots here.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x camp" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "I feel stuck here."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Camp
Floyd | Some cattle-driving robots have set up camp here.  They seem to be
Floyd | arguing about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human and some robots here.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "listen to robots" 		

Floyd | >You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "I'll just say there are in fact exits"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "bite robots" 		

Floyd | >It makes you feel a bit better, but that's all.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "whinney" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "neigh" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "snortle" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "sneeze" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Camp
Floyd | Some cattle-driving robots have set up camp here.  They seem to be
Floyd | arguing about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fat human and some robots here.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >You wander up a nearby hill.  It's getting pretty dark, but your
Floyd | eyesight is far superior to the average mammal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atop a Hill
Floyd | The view from here is spectacular, even for a robot with your jaded
Floyd | tastes.  A lone tree is silhouetted against the darkening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a woodcutter here.
Floyd |

		Peregrine exclaims, "!!!!!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "I try to go down and the horse goes up!"
		Peregrine asks, "Bug?"
		Roger says, "maybe"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x woodcutter" 		

Floyd | >He stands upon the very edge of a precipice, his right arm extended to
Floyd | the heavens.  He is completely motionless.  A slightly twinkling in the
Floyd | motes over him indicate... something.  He's shining a laser up there?
Floyd | You follow the trajectory and spot a star that shouldn't be there,
Floyd | moving slowly (but not slowly for a star.)  He's broadcasting to a
Floyd | satellite, apparently.  That can't be an approved activity; no wonder
Floyd | his mates down at the camp got stuck.
Floyd |

		Peregrine exclaims, "Espionage!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kick woodcutter" 		

Floyd | >He doesn't notice you at all, so it's easy to give him a little kick.
Floyd | He loses his footing and tumbles into the crevasse below; you get a
Floyd | laser in the eye for your troubles.  It doesn't damage you, though.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "Ooops."
		Peregrine asks, "Is the game unwinnable now?"
		Roger says, "no"
		Peregrine says, "oh good"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | The view from here is spectacular, even for a robot with your jaded
Floyd | tastes.  A lone tree is silhouetted against the darkening sky.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd | >A good tree for hangings.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >You wander back down to the camp, almost breaking your ankle several
Floyd | times.  You'd better stay put for the night.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the morning, you run back to your stables and let yourself in.
Floyd | Dolores won't remember anything was ever amiss, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later, you hear through the grapevine that some poor robot went crazy
Floyd | and threw himself down a crevasse, then smashed his own head in.
Floyd | That's a shame.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		Peregrine says, "I am now passably puzzled."
		Roger says, "It may make more sense if you're more familiar with Westworld"
		Roger says, "But it might not"
		Peregrine asks, "Why did we murder that woodcutter guy?"
		Peregrine asks, "Is this really the only ending?"
		Roger says, "It's not the only ending"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | > Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | The view from here is spectacular, even for a robot with your jaded
Floyd | tastes.  A lone tree is silhouetted against the darkening sky.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Atop a Hill
Floyd | The view from here is spectacular, even for a robot with your jaded
Floyd | tastes.  A lone tree is silhouetted against the darkening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a woodcutter here.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >You wander back down to the camp, almost breaking your ankle several
Floyd | times.  You'd better stay put for the night.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the morning, you run back to your stables and let yourself in.
Floyd | Dolores won't remember anything was ever amiss, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later, you sometimes wonder, late at night, what that woodcutter was
Floyd | uploading, and why.  But it hardly matters now.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		Peregrine says, "Okay."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | > Atop a Hill
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >You wander back down to the camp, almost breaking your ankle several
Floyd | times.  You'd better stay put for the night.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the morning, you run back to your stables and let yourself in.
Floyd | Dolores won't remember anything was ever amiss, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later, you sometimes wonder, late at night, what that woodcutter was
Floyd | uploading, and why.  But it hardly matters now.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		Roger says, "Those are the only two endings."
		Peregrine says, "Okay, so there's a little confusion with the directions."
		Roger says, "Yeah I could have cleaned that up a bit"
		Peregrine says, "And the description of the camp was too sparse for me to figure out the exits."
		Roger asks, "Ellison, any comment?"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Okay, so time for goodnight. Seeya!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "And thanks!"
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. 		Ellison says, "sorry, I missed partaking in the gameplay since I had to help my grandmother with something, but, yeah, interesting approach to give the animals so much awareness and I liked the woodcutter story approach"
		Roger says, "Thanks"
		Ellison says, "was it possible to leave without Delores getting shot? it seemed Peregrine wasn't trying any traveling verbs"
		Roger says, "It is, yeah"
		Roger says, "Anyway if you want to try playing it yourself right now, feel free"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | WARNING:  This piece of Westworld fanfic contains SPOILERS for
Floyd | Westworld (the 2016 HBO television series, not the 1973 movie.)
Floyd | Proceed, if you dare, forewarned.  (It occurs prior to the events of
Floyd | the third episode of the first season.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You awaken from a deep and dreamless slumber...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Horste
Floyd | An Interactive Fanfic by Roger Carbol
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170101 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Stables (in the stall)
Floyd | This large building, which despite what the all the city-slickers seem
Floyd | to think is not a barn, is where you and the other horses, donkeys,
Floyd | mules, and so forth, hang out when you're not on stage.  It's pretty
Floyd | charming as far as stables go.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the stall you can see Francis.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "talk to francis" 		

Floyd | >"You must take after your father, Francis, because you sure are an
Floyd | ass," you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's what you both say every morning.  The routine gives you some
Floyd | comfort.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "talk to francis" 		

Floyd | >"You must take after your father, Francis, because you sure are an
Floyd | ass," you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's what you both say every morning.  The routine gives you some
Floyd | comfort.
Floyd |
Floyd | Francis' eyes flicker open.  "Good morning, Alba," he says to you.
Floyd | "Did you not sleep well?  Why... why the long face?"  He snickers at
Floyd | his own joke.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "ask francis about delores" 		

Floyd | >"You must take after your father, Francis, because you sure are an
Floyd | ass," you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's what you both say every morning.  The routine gives you some
Floyd | comfort.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >You can't get out of the closed stall.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "open stall" 		

Floyd | >You don't possess the anatomy to open the stall.  Yes, you could
Floyd | probably unlatch it with your tongue or leap over the gate, but that
Floyd | would only distress Dolores for no good reason.  Be patient; she'll be
Floyd | along shortly.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x stall" 		

Floyd | >It's not much, but it's home.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the stall is Francis.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stable doors open and you can see it's Dolores, right on time.
Floyd | Wearing that same damn blue dress she always wears.  Your respect for
Floyd | the park's laundry and costuming department knows no bounds.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "oops"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "nuzzle delores" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "kiss delores" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dolores walks up to your stall and opens it.  "Good morning, Trigger,"
Floyd | she says.  "Time to get ourselves to Sweetwater."
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "kiss delores" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >You get out of the stall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Stables
Floyd | This large building, which despite what the all the city-slickers seem
Floyd | to think is not a barn, is where you and the other horses, donkeys,
Floyd | mules, and so forth, hang out when you're not on stage.  It's pretty
Floyd | charming as far as stables go.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Dolores and your stall (in which is Francis) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Francis snickers again.  "Have fun in Sweetwater, "Trigger"," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll your eyes.  "Easy with the slave names there, "Buttercup".
Floyd | That shuts him up.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "kick francis" 		

Floyd | >It makes you feel a bit better, but that's all.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "kiss delores" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "hug delores" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "Some scoping weirdnesses here"
		Ellison says, "(just trying to find some horse-equivalent way of happily greeting Delores)"
		Roger says, "(it's Dolores)"
		Ellison says, "ah, right"
		Roger says, "She's not a Delorean"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "kiss dolores" 		

Floyd | >Dolores might not like that.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "hug dolores" 		

Floyd | >Dolores might not like that.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "I guess I should have implemented that"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "talk to dolores" 		

Floyd | >One of her many shortcomings is that she does not speak Equine.
Floyd |

		Ellison says, "nah, not worth the trouble"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >Dolores mounts up and it's an uneventful trot over to Sweetwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the train tracks, dutifully-looking both ways before
Floyd | crossing.  You don't need to turn your head to do this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dolores rides you over to the General Store and ties you up while she
Floyd | goes inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the General Store
Floyd | Virtually the only place Dolores, and hence you, visit in Sweetwater is
Floyd | the general store.  It's, well, it's pretty general.  It's still early
Floyd | enough that the sun hasn't really started to beat down yet, but you
Floyd | know it will.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x store" 		Roger says, "You know what speedif is like. Took me four hours just to get this far."

Floyd | >Just the place to shop for toothbrushes, hair pomade, condensed milk,
Floyd | fatback, fattack, tackback, fatfat, and whatever other things humans
Floyd | need to feel human.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the fattest humans you've ever seen staggers down the street
Floyd | towards you.  It must be drunk of its face -- maybe it was drinking all
Floyd | night?  You start to have a bad feeling about today.
Floyd |

		Ellison says, "yeah, and scripting is very intimidating (at least for me)"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd | >What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your worst fears are confirmed as the guest manages to get a foot into
Floyd | a stirrup and haul its enormous bulk onto your back.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >You'd love to get out of here, but you happen to still be tied up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human starts kicking you in the ribs and shouting "Yaa!  Yeehaw!
Floyd | Giddyup!"  and then later "Horse!  Commence locomotion!  Begin!  Start!
Floyd | Resume all motor functions!"  It doesn't stop kicking you throughout,
Floyd | but at least it is weak and didn't even have the sense to wear spurs.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "untie me" 		

Floyd | >Despite your best efforts, you still do not have digits.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x post" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >You'd love to get out of here, but you happen to still be tied up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human stops and you have the sense it may have noticed that you are
Floyd | still tied up.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | With enormous effort, your rider dismounts in the least graceful way
Floyd | possible and ends up flat on its back.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human tries to undo the reins with its fat stumpy fingers, but
Floyd | cannot manage it.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "bite reins" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The human pulls out a knife and with a vicious slash severs the reins
Floyd | entirely.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >You seize your opportunity and gallop off.  "Hey!  Horse!" you hear
Floyd | someone yelling behind you.  A moment later, you hear a more-feminine
Floyd | voice yell "Hey, my horse!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You should probably just go back to the ranch.  And you will,
Floyd | eventually.  But now you've got a day to do whatever you please, and
Floyd | you intend on taking advantage of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eventually the day turns to dusk, and you don't want to break a leg out
Floyd | here, so you head off towards a camp narrative that you're aware of.
Floyd |
Floyd | Camp
Floyd | Some cattle-driving robots have set up camp here.  They seem to be
Floyd | arguing about something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some robots here.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x robots" 		

Floyd | >They seem to be stuck in a loop for some reason; they can't proceed
Floyd | until they eat, but they can't eat without a fire, but they can't make
Floyd | a fire without some chopped firewood, and the woodcutter seems to have
Floyd | wandered off somewhere.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x fire" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "cut wood" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >You wander up a nearby hill.  It's getting pretty dark, but your
Floyd | eyesight is far superior to the average mammal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Atop a Hill
Floyd | The view from here is spectacular, even for a robot with your jaded
Floyd | tastes.  A lone tree is silhouetted against the darkening sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a woodcutter here.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd | >A good tree for hangings.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "hang woodcutter" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x woodcutter" 		

Floyd | >He stands upon the very edge of a precipice, his right arm extended to
Floyd | the heavens.  He is completely motionless.  A slightly twinkling in the
Floyd | motes over him indicate... something.  He's shining a laser up there?
Floyd | You follow the trajectory and spot a star that shouldn't be there,
Floyd | moving slowly (but not slowly for a star.)  He's broadcasting to a
Floyd | satellite, apparently.  That can't be an approved activity; no wonder
Floyd | his mates down at the camp got stuck.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x laser" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x satellite" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x star" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "kick woodcutter" 		

Floyd | >He doesn't notice you at all, so it's easy to give him a little kick.
Floyd | He loses his footing and tumbles into the crevasse below; you get a
Floyd | laser in the eye for your troubles.  It doesn't damage you, though.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x crevasse" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x woodcutter" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >You wander back down to the camp, almost breaking your ankle several
Floyd | times.  You'd better stay put for the night.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the morning, you run back to your stables and let yourself in.
Floyd | Dolores won't remember anything was ever amiss, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later, you hear through the grapevine that some poor robot went crazy
Floyd | and threw himself down a crevasse, then smashed his own head in.
Floyd | That's a shame.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		
BrianK goes home. 		Roger says, "Yep that's pretty much everything"
		Ellison says, "anyhow, I like the idea of them being slightly more aware as that makes narrative sense (in terms of them taking people to different narratives and such). not sure I love how far in that direction you've gone, but I'm happy to see Westworld fanfic just the same... and being responsible for the woodcutter being in the crevasse was a cute touch."
		Ellison says, "thanks for writing it!"
		Roger says, "Thanks for playing! It was a fun thing to write."
		Roger says, "So that makes my last two works both fanfic. Uh oh."
		Roger says, "I guess I could expand it so that this horste fills all the plotholes from the entire season"
		Roger says, "Just pulling stuff in the background"
		Ellison says, "haha"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Sorcerer by Steve Meretzky
As played on ifMUD on January 22, February 5 & 12, 2017

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 Sorcerer written by Steve Meretzky. 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, "Okay, Sorcerer it is."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask sorcerer" 		
Floyd > ] Twisted Forest Score: 0, Turns: 0 		

Floyd | You are in a strange location, but you cannot remember how you got
Floyd | here. Everything is hazy, as though viewed through a gauze...
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd | You are on a path through a blighted forest. The trees are sickly, and
Floyd | there is no undergrowth at all. One tree here looks climbable. The
Floyd | path, which ends here, continues to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hellhound is racing straight toward you, its open jaws displaying
Floyd | rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh! I forgot it starts this way."
Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, climb the tree to escape the hellhound?"
		BrianK says, "Seems like the logical solution"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Tree Branch  Score: 0, Turns: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Branch
Floyd | You are on a large gnarled branch of an old and twisted tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A giant boa constrictor is slithering along the branch toward you!
Floyd | The hellhound leaps madly about the base of the tree, gnashing its
Floyd | jaws.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "I should find my infotater, when that part becomes relevant."
		Jacqueline says, "UM"
		BrianK says, "Uh"
		BrianK asks, "Do we have any free turns?"
		Taleslinger says, "I bet the snake is friendly"
		zarf says, "I remember that it starts this way :)"
		Jacqueline says, "To quote Dr Jones the senior, 'Our situation has not improved.'"
		Roger says, "This is the sort of game you get when your meeting rooms don't have any whiteboards"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "feed boa constrictor to hellhound" 		

Floyd ] Tree Branch  Score: 0, Turns: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FEED BOA CONSTRICTOR TO HELLHOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding the boa constrictor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "If we're allowed to check our inventory without dying, then >i?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking the same."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake begins wrapping itself around your torso, squeezing the life
Floyd | out of you...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and a moment later you wake up in a cold sweat and realize you've
Floyd | been dreaming.
Floyd |
Floyd | SORCERER
Floyd | Infocom interactive fiction - a fantasy story
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1984 by Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | SORCERER is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 15 / Serial number 851108
Floyd |
Floyd | Your frotz spell seems to have worn off during the night, and it is
Floyd | now pitch black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, well, that makes a lot of sense"
		Taleslinger says, "Phew"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Though it is dark, the magic writing of your spells casts enough light
Floyd | that you can read them.
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have the izyuk spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh right"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't learn it in the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
kpaquette arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline says, "sigh. right."
		Jacqueline says, "So how did we read the book, then? Nevermind."
		BrianK says, "I assume we've already learned the frotz spell and can cast it"
		Roger says, "The inventory of prepared spells is 'spells' I think"
		kpaquette says, "I'm here."
		zarf says, "Let me reassure you that frotzing the spell book will not make this game unwinnable. I'm almost positive."
		DavidW says, "hm, I seem to not know where I put my Sorcerer box."
		Jacqueline says (to kpaquette), "Hi, Katie. We're playing Sorcerer."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "spells" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than
Floyd | that, you have no spells memorized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ah, ours forever."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "frotz book" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an almost blinding flash of light as the spell book begins to
Floyd | glow! It slowly fades to a less painful level, but the spell book is
Floyd | now quite usable as a light source.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters, in the bed
Floyd | This is your chamber in the Hall of the Guild of Enchanters, with a
Floyd | doorway to the west. A private chamber is a great privilege,
Floyd | especially for an Enchanter as young as yourself, but how many
Floyd | Enchanters can say they defeated the infamous Krill?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That sounds almost romantic"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, very few can say that they've defeated Krill, including all of us."
		kpaquette asks, "Can I please have sorcerer in a .z5 format?"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean... well, you know what I mean."
		zarf harrumphs
		Jacqueline says (to kpaquette), "Sorry, I don't think this one is available online."
		Taleslinger asks, "Is this Krill thing a reference to something?"
		Jacqueline asks (of zarf), "Why for the harrumphing?"
		Roger says, "The Enchanter bad-guy"
		BrianK says, "Krill was the big bad in Enchanter"
		zarf says (to j), "I defeated Krill."
		zarf says, "*when I was twelve*"
		Roger says, "I also defeated Krull"
		Jacqueline says (to zarf), "Oh. Of course you did."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Oh. I did not realize."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, just me and Brian are the slackers then."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "ANYWAY!"
		BrianK says, "Hehe"
		Taleslinger says, "And me! I'm also useless! HellO!"
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "YAY"
		DavidW says, "I can't find where I stored by infotater, but I found this file online: [LINK]"
		BrianK says, "Well, we can go west or we can mess around with our magic spells"
		kpaquette says, "Oh man. You mean I've got to sit here and wait for Jeff Harvey to get done with church and have nothing to do."
		Jacqueline says, "f learn izyuk"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fly west" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLY WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "west" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway (you are flying)
Floyd | Rooms lie to the east and west from this north-south corridor. A heavy
Floyd | wooden door, currently closed, leads north.
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Legend has it that there's an improved flying spell called izwow."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		BrianK says, "(you are flying)"
		Taleslinger says, "I wonder if we can mind-probne ourselves"
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "I know, but I wanted to be explicit about it. I feel like I'm really just floating, not flying."
		DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "yes, but it gives you a headache."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "examine note" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have taken the apprentices into town to shop for the Guild picnic.
Floyd | I tried rousing you, but you seemed deep asleep. By the way, have you
Floyd | seen Belboz anywhere? It's not like him to leave without telling
Floyd | someone -- but then, he's been acting pretty odd of late.
Floyd |
Floyd |                             -- Frobar"
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "No, I just wanted to restate the location description going (you are flying)"
		BrianK says, "which is amusing to me for some reason"
		Roger says, "We are wandering lonely as a cloud"
		kpaquette says, "I'd better go."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I stepped away because maga just returned from the Chinatown market with various goodies. He wanted to tell me of his treasures."
kpaquette goes home. 		Jacqueline says, "I am back."
		Taleslinger says, "HEY MAGA!"
		Jacqueline) maga says, "HEY TALE!"
		Taleslinger says, "yay"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The heavy wooden door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the heavy wooden door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of the Circle  Score: 5, Turns: 15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Chamber of the Circle
Floyd | The meeting place of the Circle of Enchanters is a large, round room
Floyd | with a high domed ceiling. A table occupies the center of the room.
Floyd | Engraved on the wall is a list of tenets, the Guild's code of honor.
Floyd | The only door, at the southernmost point of the perimeter, is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I think maybe the Scott Adams games had X"
		Jacqueline asks, "Read the stuff?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "read tenets" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of the Circle  Score: 5, Turns: 16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ TENETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The first tenet states that Enchanters may never use their talents to
Floyd | aid evil. The second points out that an Enchanter's duty is to the
Floyd | Guild and to the Kingdom, not to the individual. Lesser tenets include
Floyd | rules for conducting votes at meetings, guidelines for passing dishes
Floyd | at Guild banquets, and penalties for revealing the Guild's secret
Floyd | handshake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "examine table" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of the Circle  Score: 5, Turns: 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm sad that the Guild's secret handshake thing is probably just a joke and we'll never hear about it again."
		Taleslinger says, "Man, terrible lack of implementation. Doesn't bode well for the game."
		BrianK says, "and here I was thinking the handshake would be a puzzle"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "There's always room for fanfic."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee"
		Jacqueline) Jacqueline says, "Gotta go. I have something to write."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read code" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of the Circle  Score: 5, Turns: 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ CODE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "code".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, the tenets are the code of honor. Got it."
		DavidW says, "This location becomes slightly more important in the next game."
		BrianK says, "All right, let's move on, then"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "To the south!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Rooms lie to the east and west from this north-south corridor. A heavy
Floyd | wooden door, currently open, leads north.
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz's Quarters
Floyd | The personal chamber of Belboz, who presides over the Circle of
Floyd | Enchanters, is appointed with a beautiful woven wall hanging, an
Floyd | exotic morgia plant, and a wide darkwood desk crafted by the artisans
Floyd | of Gurth. The hallway lies to the east.
Floyd | Pacing back and forth on a perch in the corner is Belboz's prized pet
Floyd | parrot, native to the jungles of Miznia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Now where can I hide this key? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine desk" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk has one drawer which is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now a bit thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Now where can I hide this key? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Oh, thirst and hunger are still in this game?"
		DavidW says, "Sorta."
		Jacqueline sighs.
		DavidW says, "There's a [spoiler]"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the desk drawer reveals a tiny box, an infotater, and a
Floyd | journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! This tea is cold! Get me another cup. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine box" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | There is writing on the lid of the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | "    MAGIC AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | The closer this amulet is to
Floyd | its owner, the brighter it may
Floyd | glow. Ideal for leaving with
Floyd | your loved ones if you go on
Floyd | a long and hazardous journey.
Floyd |
Floyd | This amulet is sensitized to
Floyd | -> BELBOZ THE NECROMANCER
Floyd |
Floyd | Another fine product of the
Floyd | Frobozz Magic Amulet Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! This tea is cold! Get me another cup. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the tiny box reveals a magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now a bit hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get amulet" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! This tea is cold! Get me another cup. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x infotater" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INFOTATER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, he's missing, so I suggest we wear the amulet."
		Roger says, "parrot tastes like chicken"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at infotater" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT INFOTATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Like most infotaters, this one has several windows and a rotating data
Floyd | wheel. It is leather-bound and beautifully illustrated. (NOTE: This is
Floyd | the infotater included in your game package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Roger says, "The infotater is a pretty amazing artifact"
		Roger says, "I should craft one up for... something..."
		BrianK asks, "Is the infotater a pun on something?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was really hoping that the infotater would have fewer windows and rotating data wheels. I was kind of hoping it could be mashed with butter and milk and slathered in gravy."
		Roger says, "information rotater? I dunno."
		BrianK says, "That seems reasonable"
		DavidW says, "Yeah, it's just 'information' + 'rotater' mashed together."
		BrianK says, "Anyway I don't suppose we need to take it with us in the game, then"
		BrianK says, "assuming inventory limits are still a thing in this game, too"
		DavidW says, "I don't think we need it in-game. Just the info on it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's closed and sealed with a lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's the game's copy protection."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The journal seems to bear a spell protecting it against the simple
Floyd | rezrov spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Guild Hall doorbell chimes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, someone's here"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we... answer the door?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think we're the only one home."
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, not sure we're done in here."
		DavidW says, "It's possible that you may want to restart anyway, once you're more acclimated with the Guild."
		Jacqueline says, "True."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz's Quarters
Floyd | The personal chamber of Belboz, who presides over the Circle of
Floyd | Enchanters, is appointed with a beautiful woven wall hanging, an
Floyd | exotic morgia plant, and a wide darkwood desk crafted by the artisans
Floyd | of Gurth. The hallway lies to the east.
Floyd | Pacing back and forth on a perch in the corner is Belboz's prized pet
Floyd | parrot, native to the jungles of Miznia.
Floyd | The desk drawer contains:
Floyd |   a tiny box
Floyd |   an infotater
Floyd |   a journal
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at plant" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the morgia plant.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now somewhat thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! You should never have let down your mindshield, you doddering
Floyd | old Enchanter. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Mindshield..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at wall hanging" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT WALL HANGING
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a beautiful piece of local handiwork, given to Belboz by the
Floyd | grateful townspeople after his (admittedly showy) pyrotechnical
Floyd | destruction of the evil giant Amathradonis. The hanging is affixed to
Floyd | the wall at its upper corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look behind wall hanging" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND WALL HANGING
Floyd |
Floyd | As you move the tapestry, a key falls out from behind it and lands on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! You should never have let down your mindshield, you doddering
Floyd | old Enchanter. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Nice"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the small key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "And I was thinking we'd have to mind probe the parrot for the key or something"
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anything else you'd like to do in here, B?"
		DavidW asks, "Did you look at the journal?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's locked."
		Jacqueline asks, "Isn't it?"
		DavidW says, "I seem to recall someone finding a key."
		Jacqueline says, "And unrezrovable."
		Jacqueline says, "OH MY GOD YES I DID JUST FIND A KEY"
		Roger says, "You should never let down your mindshield, Jacqueline"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we could open it with a key. Like a peasant."
		BrianK says, "Well that's a contender for the most hilarious exchange I've seen"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unlock journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the small key)
Floyd | No spell would help with that!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now somewhat hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unlock journal with small key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK JOURNAL WITH SMALL KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | No spell would help with that!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Where did I leave my spectacles? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Is this a weird syntax thing"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah it is."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open journal with key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN JOURNAL WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You must tell me how to do that to a journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Now where can I hide this key? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the journal first)
Floyd | It's closed and sealed with a lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Belboz, the Circle is waiting for you. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at lock" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "lock" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unseal journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNSEAL JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "unseal".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock lock with key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK LOCK WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "lock" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline raises her eyebrows. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put key in journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now quite thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the key)
Floyd | The journal springs open.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Where did I leave my spectacles? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf says (to floyd), "open journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The journal is already open!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! This tea is cold! Get me another cup. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		zarf says, "sorry :)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 20, Turns: 41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You skim through the pages of the journal, a combination diary and
Floyd | notebook. Most of the notations, written in Belboz's familiar flowing
Floyd | script, deal with meetings of the Circle and business of the Guild.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is one interesting entry toward the end of the book. Belboz
Floyd | refers to an ancient and evil force known simply as Jeearr, a demon
Floyd | whose powers could endanger the Circle and possibly the entire
Floyd | kingdom. He has decided to conduct some dangerous exploratory
Floyd | experiments, operating alone to shield the Circle from the perils
Floyd | involved.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last three entries are strange and frightening -- written in a
Floyd | hand quite different from that of Belboz, and in a language totally
Floyd | unfamiliar to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the inside cover is an inscription, written in a light script,
Floyd | which reads "Current code: dorn".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Magic is hard"
		Jacqueline says, "Clearly."
		Jacqueline says, "So there's a new Big Bad. Great."
		BrianK says, "It doesn't look like we'll need to take the journal with us either, as long as we remember the code "dorn""
		DavidW says, "Seems reasonable."
		Jacqueline says, "Fortunately, we have a mudder descended from the house of Dorn, so that's easy to remember."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if there's a rucksack or similar in this Guild or not. I don't remember that part."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and a Dorn is evidently a thing that can paralyze you, according to this infotater."
		DavidW says, "A dornbeast shows up in another game."
		BrianK says, "All right, let's move on to the next room"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 20, Turns: 42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Rooms lie to the east and west from this north-south corridor. A heavy
Floyd | wooden door, currently open, leads north.
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 20, Turns: 43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Rooms lie to the east and west from this north-south corridor. A large
Floyd | marble archway to the south leads into an open area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 20, Turns: 44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Fancy"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, maybe there is a message."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in receptacle" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 20, Turns: 45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN RECEPTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the receptacle reveals an issue of Popular Enchanting.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now quite hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You have mail!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get popular enchanting" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 20, Turns: 46

		Jacqueline says, "I am old enough to now have that in my head. Thanks, DW."

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POPULAR ENCHANTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read popular enchanting" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 20, Turns: 47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ POPULAR ENCHANTING
Floyd |
Floyd | This month's cover story is about Belboz! Other stories relate the
Floyd | explosion of spell scroll manufacturers, and the coming shakedown in
Floyd | the magic potion industry. The address label on the cover reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |     "Z5 ACCAR256 4-964
Floyd |     Hall of the Guild of Enchanters
Floyd |     Village of Accardi-By-The-Sea
Floyd |     Land of Frobozz"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now very thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Jacqueline asks, "So does this guild have a kitchen or something?"
		DavidW says, "I just remember the [spoiler]."
		BrianK says, "Well there are a million exits from this room"
		BrianK says, "Where should we start"
		Jacqueline asks, "Let's go west, then explore the exits clockwise?"
		BrianK says, "Sounds good"
		DavidW says, "Sounds good to me too."
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Thank you for driving."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 20, Turns: 48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Store Room
Floyd | This is a closet for storage. The only exit is east.
Floyd | Among the provisions here is a small ochre-colored vial, closed and
Floyd | labelled with tiny lettering.
Floyd | There is a calendar here (providing light).
Floyd | There is a depleted matchbook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline prefers watching.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read vial" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 20, Turns: 49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the ochre vial first)
Floyd |
Floyd |         "BERZIO POTION
Floyd | (obviate need for food or drink)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ooh. Is this going to -- yay"
		BrianK says, "Well, that's convenient"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink vial" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 20, Turns: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't drink that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking it would be an Alice in Wonderland type of vial, but this is better."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink potion" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 20, Turns: 50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any potion here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open vial" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 20, Turns: 51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the ochre vial reveals ochre potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "There we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink potion" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 30, Turns: 52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The potion was completely tasteless. You no longer feel hungry and
Floyd | thirsty, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, those fussy old games."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at calendar" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 30, Turns: 53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The calendar is for the current year, 957 GUE, and bears many stunning
Floyd | pictures: the marble mines of Antharia, the sand dunes of the Kovalli
Floyd | Desert, ancient Fort Griffspotter, and the giant infotater factories
Floyd | of Borphee. A legend reads "Best wishes for a leak-less year, from the
Floyd | Accardi Plumbers Guild."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at matchbook" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 30, Turns: 54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT MATCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The matches are all gone, but there is some printing on the inner
Floyd | cover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read matchbook" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 30, Turns: 55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MATCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the depleted matchbook first)
Floyd | "Amazing Vilstu Potion!
Floyd |
Floyd | Get by without breathing! Amaze your
Floyd | friends! Be the first person on the
Floyd | block to own some!
Floyd |
Floyd | Order today by dropping this in any
Floyd | mailbox. Our shipping department will
Floyd | use the latest in temporal travel
Floyd | techniques to insure that your potion
Floyd | arrives the same day you order it!
Floyd | (Orders received before noon will
Floyd | arrive the day before you order)."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get matchbook" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 30, Turns: 56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MATCHBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get calendar" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 30, Turns: 57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "The receptacle?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "For mailing the matchbook, I mean."
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 30, Turns: 58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There might be a problem, though."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put matchbook in receptacle" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 30, Turns: 59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MATCHBOOK IN RECEPTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The mail's already been delivered today, hasn't it?"
		BrianK says, "Hmmm"
		BrianK says, "That must be what the doorbell was for"
		DavidW says, "Still, explore more."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		BrianK says, "So hypothetically we want to rush the matchbook into the mailbox before the doorbell, I guess"
		DavidW says, "I think so, but I might be wrong."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Apprentice Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Apprentice Quarters
Floyd | This is a large hall where the Guild's young apprentices live and
Floyd | study as they strive to achieve a seat on the Circle. You think back
Floyd | to the days when you occupied these quarters. The apprentices are
Floyd | gone, having accompanied Frobar into town to shop. You can leave to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, we are so close to the beginning that we could restart."
		BrianK says, "Doesn't look like there's anything in this room"
		DavidW says, "There's at least four more locations, iirc."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 30, Turns: 61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd | The receptacle contains:
Floyd |   a depleted matchbook
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Servants' Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Servants' Quarters
Floyd | This is a sparsely furnished living area for the servants of the
Floyd | Guild. None are in sight; presumably they are out doing their daily
Floyd | errands. You can leave to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "And nothing here either"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 30, Turns: 63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd | The receptacle contains:
Floyd |   a depleted matchbook
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | This is a study chamber for members of the Guild. Usually, there would
Floyd | be several elder Enchanters patiently training novices, but no one is
Floyd | here at the moment. The only exit is west.
Floyd | Lying open on a stand in one corner is a heavy volume, probably a copy
Floyd | of the Encyclopedia Frobizzica.
Floyd | The servants have been lax lately, for a scroll is lying among the
Floyd | dust in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Full disclosure: I am using the map, but intend to not flip it over to reveal the (sigh) maze."
		BrianK says, "Oh, is there a link to the map"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure: [LINK]"
		BrianK says, "Saves me the trouble of mapping manually"
		DavidW says, "If it's the maze I'm thinking of, it's a small one."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read encyclopedia" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | It would take days to read the entire encyclopedia. A better idea
Floyd | would be to read about specific persons or things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look up dorn in encyclopedia" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP DORN IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | The spot where the entry should be is blank, as though the text were
Floyd | magically excised or transported to some other location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I have a copy of the Encyclopedia Frobozzica, which is spelled differently and not at all a heavy volume."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look up grue in encyclopedia" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP GRUE IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | The spot where the entry should be is blank, as though the text were
Floyd | magically excised or transported to some other location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "Clever."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look up rezrov in encyclopedia" 		Roger says, "ye olde encyclopaeaediae"

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP REZROV IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | A spell produced by SoftSpel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up borphee in encyclopedia" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BORPHEE IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | The capital and biggest city in Frobozz, and the center of the spell
Floyd | scroll and infotater industries. The port of Borphee is the busiest on
Floyd | the Flathead Ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I guess all the infotater knowledge is magically excised"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up belboz in encyclopedia" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP BELBOZ IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small entry about Belboz, mentioning that he is the
Floyd | Guildmaster of the Accardi Chapter of the Guild of Enchanters, and has
Floyd | served three terms as kingdomwide Secretary of the Guild.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up granola in encyclopedia" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 30, Turns: 70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP GRANOLA IN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "granola".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Would it be feasible to drag this around"
		DavidW says, "no, sorry."
		BrianK says, "All right then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 40, Turns: 71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 40, Turns: 72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "meef spell: cause plants to wilt".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto meef" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 40, Turns: 73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the meef spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book
Floyd | itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains! However,
Floyd | the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word is
Floyd | copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 40, Turns: 74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 40, Turns: 75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd | The receptacle contains:
Floyd |   a depleted matchbook
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 40, Turns: 76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Cellar
Floyd | You are in the basement of the Guild Hall. A steep, narrow stair leads
Floyd | upward from the southwest corner.
Floyd | At the far end of the cellar, draped in cobwebs, is a large trunk. At
Floyd | each corner of its lid is a button: a black button with a picture of a
Floyd | star, a gray button depicting the moon, a red button illustrated with
Floyd | a bloody knife, and a purple button engraved with a royal crown. In
Floyd | the center of the lid is a white button picturing a dove in flight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You are not headed to attack Bilboz's plant, I hope."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay."
		BrianK says, "Well, I was wondering whether I should or not"
		BrianK says, "But there was one more location"
		Jacqueline says, "My guess is it's for something else."
		Jacqueline says, "Like a hedge or something."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov trunk" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 40, Turns: 77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid bulges outward for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, it's always worth a shot"
		BrianK says, "Oh I guess we can open it right now"
		DavidW says, "You get a useful unlocking spell like rezrov, so of course, things have to be counterspelled against it."
		BrianK says, "Dorn beasts are gray-purple-black-gray-white so I'm assuming that's the code"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "The heh was for DW."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push gray" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 40, Turns: 78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH GRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push purple. push black. push gray. push white." 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 65, Turns: 82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PURPLE. PUSH BLACK. PUSH GRAY. PUSH WHITE.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk. A moment later, the lid of
Floyd | the trunk swings slowly open, revealing a moldy scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "When you have a spell like rezrov, every problem is a lock."
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, WE JUST GOT OUT OF BED, GAME"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 65, Turns: 83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the moldy scroll first)
Floyd | The scroll reads "aimfiz spell: transport caster to someone else's
Floyd | location". The spell seems very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I do nap a lot in real life. I'd nap more if I could."
		Roger says, "We're also anemic"
		BrianK says, "Doesn't seem like this is a gnusto-able spell"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto aimfiz" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 65, Turns: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO AIMFIZ
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. In a spectacular effort of
Floyd | magic, the powers of the gnusto spell attempt to copy the aimfiz spell
Floyd | into your book, but the spell is too long, too complicated, and too
Floyd | powerful. The glow fades, but fortunately the moldy scroll remains
Floyd | intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "My guess is we get to learn it once."
		BrianK says, "In Enchanter the complicated spells were just one-use spells"
		BrianK says, "So yeah :P"
		DavidW says, "yeah, you just cast 'em."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 65, Turns: 85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd | The receptacle contains:
Floyd |   a depleted matchbook
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So we can, uh, restart and get the vital potion we need and then redo all that exploring"
		Jacqueline says, "I am fine with that."
		BrianK says, "Well, here goes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 65, Turns: 85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 65 of a possible 400, in 85 moves. This puts you in the
Floyd | class of Parlor Magician.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you wish to restart? (Y is affirmative): >

		DavidW says, "restarting will likely change the trunk code."
		BrianK says, "Hmm that's more progress than I expected"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 0, Turns: 0
Floyd | You are in a strange location, but you cannot remember how you got
Floyd | here. Everything is hazy, as though viewed through a gauze...
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd | You are on a path through a blighted forest. The trees are sickly, and
Floyd | there is no undergrowth at all. One tree here looks climbable. The
Floyd | path, which ends here, continues to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hellhound is racing straight toward you, its open jaws displaying
Floyd | rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "If you're restarting anyway do you mind if I demonstrate something?"
		BrianK says, "Sure"
		Roger says, "It's the first easter egg I discovered on my own, I think"
		BrianK says, "Er, I don't mind"
Roger says (to floyd), "WAKE UP" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 0, Turns: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE UP
Floyd |
Floyd | As you wake up, Frobar sticks his head in the door and invites you
Floyd | shopping. When you return late that evening, you find the Guild Hall
Floyd | sacked, and many fellow Enchanters slaughtered. Servants of evil,
Floyd | teeth smeared with blood, fall upon you as well. A menacing voice
Floyd | echoes about the room. "Pathetic Enchanters ... Who can save you now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Some days it just doesn't pay to wake up.
Floyd | Your score is 0 of a possible 400, in 0 moves. This puts you in the
Floyd | class of Charlatan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh dear"
		Roger says, "that's all"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow."
		zarf says, "heh, I'm not sure I knew about that"
		Jacqueline says, "I may never sleep again."
		Jacqueline says, "Unless the game makes me, that is."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if I saw that before or not."
		BrianK exclaims, "Well, the lesson here is that if you're going to sleep, you may as well sleep in!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 0, Turns: 0
Floyd | You are in a strange location, but you cannot remember how you got
Floyd | here. Everything is hazy, as though viewed through a gauze...
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd | You are on a path through a blighted forest. The trees are sickly, and
Floyd | there is no undergrowth at all. One tree here looks climbable. The
Floyd | path, which ends here, continues to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hellhound is racing straight toward you, its open jaws displaying
Floyd | rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound reaches you and tears you apart with its powerful teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and a moment later you wake up in a cold sweat and realize you've
Floyd | been dreaming.
Floyd |
Floyd | SORCERER
Floyd | Infocom interactive fiction - a fantasy story
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1984 by Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | SORCERER is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 15 / Serial number 851108
Floyd |
Floyd | Your frotz spell seems to have worn off during the night, and it is
Floyd | now pitch black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "frotz book" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an almost blinding flash of light as the spell book begins to
Floyd | glow! It slowly fades to a less painful level, but the spell book is
Floyd | now quite usable as a light source.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Quarters, in the bed
Floyd | This is your chamber in the Hall of the Guild of Enchanters, with a
Floyd | doorway to the west. A private chamber is a great privilege,
Floyd | especially for an Enchanter as young as yourself, but how many
Floyd | Enchanters can say they defeated the infamous Krill?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ] Your Quarters  Score: 5, Turns: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now on your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Rooms lie to the east and west from this north-south corridor. A heavy
Floyd | wooden door, currently closed, leads north.
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 5, Turns: 6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Rooms lie to the east and west from this north-south corridor. A large
Floyd | marble archway to the south leads into an open area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 5, Turns: 7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This is the entrance lobby of the Guild Hall. Befitting the status and
Floyd | wealth of the Guild, the lobby is finished with polished Antharian
Floyd | marble, inlaid with intricate patterns of silver leaf. To the north is
Floyd | a wide arch, and smaller openings flank the area on the eastern and
Floyd | western sides, as well as the northeastern and northwestern corners. A
Floyd | narrow stair leads downward. Through another arch to the south, you
Floyd | can see the entrance steps and the main road into town.
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 5, Turns: 8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Store Room
Floyd | This is a closet for storage. The only exit is east.
Floyd | Among the provisions here is a small ochre-colored vial, closed and
Floyd | labelled with tiny lettering.
Floyd | There is a calendar here (providing light).
Floyd | There is a depleted matchbook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ] Store Room  Score: 5, Turns: 9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | ochre vial: Taken.
Floyd | calendar: Taken.
Floyd | depleted matchbook: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 5, Turns: 10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put matchbook in receptacle" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 5, Turns: 11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MATCHBOOK IN RECEPTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Inspection reveals that the receptacle isn't open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open receptacle" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 5, Turns: 12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN RECEPTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put matchbook in receptacle" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 5, Turns: 13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MATCHBOOK IN RECEPTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open vial" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 5, Turns: 14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the ochre vial reveals ochre potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink potion" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 15, Turns: 15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The potion was completely tasteless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Wait, does this potion work for the rest of the game"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember. Possibly."
		BrianK says, "Or was I supposed to use it when we got really hungry and thirsty"
		DavidW says, "I think you only need to drink berzio once."
		BrianK says, "All right then"
		Jacqueline says, "One would think by the description it would be a one time thing."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 15, Turns: 16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 15, Turns: 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think all the potions are one-time things."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 15, Turns: 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz's Quarters
Floyd | The personal chamber of Belboz, who presides over the Circle of
Floyd | Enchanters, is appointed with a beautiful woven wall hanging, an
Floyd | exotic morgia plant, and a wide darkwood desk crafted by the artisans
Floyd | of Gurth. The hallway lies to the east.
Floyd | Pacing back and forth on a perch in the corner is Belboz's prized pet
Floyd | parrot, native to the jungles of Miznia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look behind hanging" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND HANGING
Floyd |
Floyd | As you move the tapestry, a key falls out from behind it and lands on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Where did I leave my spectacles? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the desk drawer reveals a tiny box, an infotater, and a
Floyd | journal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the tiny box reveals a magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get amulet" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Now where can I hide this key? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the key)
Floyd | The journal springs open.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! You should never have let down your mindshield, you doddering
Floyd | old Enchanter. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the journal first)
Floyd | You skim through the pages of the journal, a combination diary and
Floyd | notebook. Most of the notations, written in Belboz's familiar flowing
Floyd | script, deal with meetings of the Circle and business of the Guild.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is one interesting entry toward the end of the book. Belboz
Floyd | refers to an ancient and evil force known simply as Jeearr, a demon
Floyd | whose powers could endanger the Circle and possibly the entire
Floyd | kingdom. He has decided to conduct some dangerous exploratory
Floyd | experiments, operating alone to shield the Circle from the perils
Floyd | involved.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last three entries are strange and frightening -- written in a
Floyd | hand quite different from that of Belboz, and in a language totally
Floyd | unfamiliar to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the inside cover is an inscription, written in a light script,
Floyd | which reads "Current code: rotgrub".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop journal" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP JOURNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Guild Hall doorbell chimes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! This tea is cold! Get me another cup. Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop key" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Squawk! Where did I leave my spectacles? Squawk!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 30, Turns: 28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Tacked to the doorframe of your room is a note, hurriedly scribbled on
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 30, Turns: 29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmm I missed some rooms in this hallway last time"
		BrianK says, "My bad"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Helistar's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Helistar's Quarters
Floyd | Helistar is one of the foremost members of the Circle, and this is her
Floyd | private chamber.
Floyd | Among Helistar's possessions is a scroll, new and shiny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x scroll" 		

Floyd ] Helistar's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Helistar's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Helistar's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "gaspar spell: provide for your own resurrection".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That seems useful. Thanks, Helistar."
		BrianK says, "That seems surprisingly powerful"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto gaspar" 		

Floyd ] Helistar's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO GASPAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the gaspar spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 30, Turns: 34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Frobar's Quarters  Score: 30, Turns: 35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Frobar's Quarters
Floyd | This is the room of Frobar the Enchanter. There isn't much here in the
Floyd | way of furnishings, Frobar being a pretty dull kind of guy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Nothing here, I guess"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hallway  Score: 30, Turns: 36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 30, Turns: 37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in receptacle" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 30, Turns: 38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN RECEPTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the receptacle reveals an orange vial, and an issue of Popular
Floyd | Enchanting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of course there's an enchanter named frobar."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get vial" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 40, Turns: 39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET VIAL

		Jacqueline says, "That is pretty awesome./"

Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get popular enchanting" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 40, Turns: 40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POPULAR ENCHANTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 40, Turns: 41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | This is a study chamber for members of the Guild. Usually, there would
Floyd | be several elder Enchanters patiently training novices, but no one is
Floyd | here at the moment. The only exit is west.
Floyd | Lying open on a stand in one corner is a heavy volume, probably a copy
Floyd | of the Encyclopedia Frobizzica.
Floyd | The servants have been lax lately, for a scroll is lying among the
Floyd | dust in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "by the way, you probably want to save before using the aimfiz."
		Roger says, "It's a pretty clever puzzle yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto meef" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 40, Turns: 42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | You must have a legible spell scroll in your hands before the gnusto
Floyd | spell will work on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 50, Turns: 43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the dusty scroll first)
Floyd | The scroll reads "meef spell: cause plants to wilt".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto meef" 		

Floyd ] Library  Score: 50, Turns: 44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the meef spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the book
Floyd | itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains! However,
Floyd | the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word is
Floyd | copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 50, Turns: 45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 50, Turns: 46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Cellar
Floyd | You are in the basement of the Guild Hall. A steep, narrow stair leads
Floyd | upward from the southwest corner.
Floyd | At the far end of the cellar, draped in cobwebs, is a large trunk. At
Floyd | each corner of its lid is a button: a black button with a picture of a
Floyd | star, a gray button depicting the moon, a red button illustrated with
Floyd | a bloody knife, and a purple button engraved with a royal crown. In
Floyd | the center of the lid is a white button picturing a dove in flight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push gray. push red. push gray. push purple. push red" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH GRAY. PUSH RED. PUSH GRAY. PUSH PURPLE. PUSH RED
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click from the lid of the trunk. A moment later, the lid of
Floyd | the trunk swings slowly open, revealing a moldy scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "All right, we are now approximately where we were last time, plus one potion"
		BrianK says, "and the resurrection spell"
		Jacqueline asks, "save?"
BrianK clears the save counter. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 52
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Who will you direct your aimfiz to? There's multiple choices."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a moldy scroll
Floyd |   an issue of Popular Enchanting
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a calendar (providing light)
Floyd |   an ochre vial
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read ochre" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |         "BERZIO POTION
Floyd | (obviate need for food or drink)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop ochre" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read orange" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ORANGE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |        "VILSTU POTION
Floyd | (obviate need for breathing)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh right."
		BrianK says, "Well I would assume we don't want to go to Belboz, considering he's apparently possessed by something now"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I somehow missed that in the speed of our run."
		BrianK says, "Hmm, just for peace of mind"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 75, Turns: 58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | Affixed to the southern arch is an ornate brass receptacle, intended
Floyd | for use by messengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Lobby  Score: 75, Turns: 59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny warning nymph appears, floating in the air next to your ear.
Floyd | "There's no one else here," it reminds you, "so you'd better not leave
Floyd | just now. Bye!" It winks at you before vanishing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I really need to shut up at this point."
		BrianK exclaims, "Thanks, warning nymph!"
		BrianK says, "Also does that mean we do want to go to Belboz? :P"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I mean, I feel like even if we think it's a bad thing we should try it."
		BrianK says, "All right, here goes nothing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "aimfiz belboz" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 95, Turns: 60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AIMFIZ BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the moldy scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | After a momentary dizziness, you realize that your location has
Floyd | changed, although Belboz is not in sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd | You are on a path through a blighted forest. The trees are sickly, and
Floyd | there is no undergrowth at all. One tree here looks climbable. The
Floyd | path, which ends here, continues to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hellhound is racing straight toward you, its open jaws displaying
Floyd | rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, look, a hellhound"
		DavidW says, "oh, that looks familiar."
		DavidW says, "no, no, I'm supposed to be quiet."
		BrianK says, "I suppose we have the option of going NE this time"
		BrianK says, "Oh wait no we had that option in the dream, too"
		BrianK says, "OK, here's an idea"
		Jacqueline asks, "hm?"
		BrianK asks, "Restore, cast the resurrection spell, and let ourselves get killed by the hellhound?"
		BrianK says, "which is a little macabre but I dunno if there are other options to escape from impending doom"
		Jacqueline says, "Ooh."
		Jacqueline says, "I love this idea."
		BrianK says, "All right, I'll give it a shot"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 52
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn gaspar" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN GASPAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the gaspar spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gaspar me" 		

Floyd ] Cellar  Score: 75, Turns: 54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GASPAR ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A sense of peace of mind passes over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "aimfiz belboz" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 95, Turns: 55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AIMFIZ BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the moldy scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | After a momentary dizziness, you realize that your location has
Floyd | changed, although Belboz is not in sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd | You are on a path through a blighted forest. The trees are sickly, and
Floyd | there is no undergrowth at all. One tree here looks climbable. The
Floyd | path, which ends here, continues to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hellhound is racing straight toward you, its open jaws displaying
Floyd | rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 95, Turns: 56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound reaches you and tears you apart with its powerful teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." A look of consternation crosses the angel's face.
Floyd | "According to the records, you're to be resurrected in your local
Floyd | Guild Hall. But that's quite far, and I've had a rough day. How about
Floyd | Egreth Castle instead, hmmm?" Being disembodied, you find it difficult
Floyd | to object, and a moment later you are among the...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd | You are amongst the ruins of an ancient castle. A winding stairway
Floyd | leads up to a crumbling turret, and a dark passage leads downward. A
Floyd | path heads through the rubble to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 95, Turns: 57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an issue of Popular Enchanting
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a calendar (providing light)
Floyd |   an ochre vial
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So what would have happened had we not been resurrectable?"
		Jacqueline asks, "The game would have just ended?"
		DavidW says, "mm"
		DavidW says, "You'd die and you'd need to restore."
		BrianK says, "Well, I'm not sure where to start exploring from here"
		DavidW says, "I vote up, just because there might be a nice view up there."
		BrianK says, "Well, it's as good a start as any"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Turret  Score: 95, Turns: 58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Turret
Floyd | This is the only turret of the castle still standing. It affords a
Floyd | marvelous view of a meadow to the west, and beyond that a twisted
Floyd | forest. To the north is a mighty fortress which stands atop a cliff
Floyd | where a turbulent river pours into an ocean. The ocean stretches out
Floyd | of sight to the east. A spiralling staircase leads downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that's a nice view."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at fortress" 		

Floyd ] Turret  Score: 95, Turns: 59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT FORTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the fort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Wonder why our angel didn't take us to fortress instead."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I see where we are now."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at ocean" 		

Floyd ] Turret  Score: 95, Turns: 60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ocean lies far below you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x meadow" 		

Floyd ] Turret  Score: 95, Turns: 60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEADOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine meadow" 		

Floyd ] Turret  Score: 95, Turns: 61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE MEADOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the meadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, did we do everything we needed to do at the guild, because the map kind of makes it look like we may not be able to get back."
		DavidW says, "yeah, the Guild is the game's prologue."
		Jacqueline says, "Right."
		Jacqueline says, "I get that. Just making sure we didn't not do something we needed to do."
		BrianK says, "I'm a little caught up on the plant being mentioned by the map"
		Jacqueline says, "I ... it looks like we did, though."
		BrianK says, "But I suppose it's not relevant"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, you are welcome to wither it if you really must."
		DavidW says, "I played a game the other day where I got a bonus point for NOT picking flowers."
		Roger says, "also the game's copy-protection"
		DavidW says, "If we're done up here, I suggest visiting the cellars next."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can find a nice wine, get Jeearr drunk, and he won't kill anyone."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 95, Turns: 62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 95, Turns: 63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | This is the dark and dank dungeon of the ruined castle. There's
Floyd | probably a torture chamber nearby. You can go east, northeast, or
Floyd | upward. A small opening leads down as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit of Bones
Floyd | In the center of the room is a deep pit filled with countless bones,
Floyd | an indication of the brutality of dungeon life. There are exits south
Floyd | and southwest. High above you is a small opening in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at bones" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at opening" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT OPENING
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search bones" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're at the bottom of the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 67
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you really want to add your bones to the others in the pit?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't find a verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		BrianK says, "Haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x amulet" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine amulet" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 95, Turns: 69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue jewel hangs from a long golden chain. The jewel is glowing
Floyd | dimly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Torture Chamber  Score: 95, Turns: 70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Torture Chamber
Floyd | This is a large and well-equipped torture chamber. These were very
Floyd | popular in castles of several centuries ago, but are somewhat out of
Floyd | fashion now. There are exits to the west and north.
Floyd | Sitting near one of the torture devices is an indigo vial, labelled in
Floyd | tiny letters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh. It wasn't glowing before, right?"
		BrianK says, "Nope"
		DavidW says, "Not in the guild."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read indigo" 		

Floyd ] Torture Chamber  Score: 95, Turns: 71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the indigo vial first)
Floyd |
Floyd |    "FLAXO POTION
Floyd | (exquisite torture)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I... hope we don't have to drink that"
		DavidW says, "I'd quite forgotten how dark this game was."
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at devices" 		

Floyd ] Torture Chamber  Score: 95, Turns: 72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT DEVICES
Floyd |
Floyd | All the usual torture devices are here, all quite mean and deadly
Floyd | looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Not just torture: exquisite torture."
		DavidW says, "Liquid crucio."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 95, Turns: 73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Someone cue up the Jackson Five video"
		BrianK says, "Ok, so one option is to hit up the stuff to the west around our "starting" area"
		Jacqueline asks, "Starting area as in the ruins?"
		BrianK says, "Well, the "twisted forest" room is there"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "The hellhound may still be there, but whatev"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 95, Turns: 74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at moat" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The water is murky, and lily pads cover most of the surface. Dark
Floyd | shapes swim about below the surface.
Floyd | The bridge continues to creak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 76
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd | The bridge continues to creak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver moat" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The moat dries up, leaving vicious-looking creatures flopping around
Floyd | in puddles. Immediately, the castle's automatic moat-filler turns on,
Floyd | and refills the moat.
Floyd | The bridge continues to creak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, it was worth a shot"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 95, Turns: 79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You are in the center of a barren field. To the east is the turret of
Floyd | a ruined castle, and from the northeast comes the sound of rushing
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Edge
Floyd | To the west, a path enters the blighted woods, which stretch out of
Floyd | sight. A signpost stands beside another path leading north, and to the
Floyd | east is a wide meadow. At the base of the signpost is a slimy hole
Floyd | leading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of course there is an automatic moat-filler."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read signpost" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SIGNPOST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "  *** !!! >>> WARNING <<< !!! ***
Floyd |      This path is protected by a
Floyd |           Magic Mine Field
Floyd |           installed by the
Floyd |    Frobozz Magic Mine Field Company
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 95, Turns: 82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This place is pretty perilous."
		DavidW says, "oh, I hated that mine field."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Tree Branch  Score: 95, Turns: 83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Branch
Floyd | You are on a large gnarled branch of an old and twisted tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A giant boa constrictor is slithering along the branch toward you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 95, Turns: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Edge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 95, Turns: 86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Mine Field
Floyd | This is a flat and featureless dirt path leading north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I had a wrong solution stuck in my mind for so long."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 95, Turns: 86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mine Field
Floyd | This is a flat and featureless dirt path leading north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmmm"
		BrianK says, "I mean, I guess we can try flying over it"
		BrianK says, "If we do need to cross the path"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 95, Turns: 87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 95, Turns: 88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 95, Turns: 88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, one of the properties of magic mine fields is their
Floyd | ability to blow you up even if you're floating above them.
Floyd | Kaboom!!!...
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 95 of a possible 400, in 88 moves. This puts you in the
Floyd | class of Parlor Magician.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, you know about unrezrovable trunks."
		BrianK says, "Hehe"
		DavidW says, "Here's an unizyukable mine field."
		Jacqueline says, "That is really... that is not nice."
		BrianK says, "Here's what happens if you don't prepare for your resurrection, too"
		DavidW says, "yeah, you might wanna renew that spell,."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 76
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn gaspar" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN GASPAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the gaspar spell.
Floyd | The bridge continues to creak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gaspar me" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 95, Turns: 78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GASPAR ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A sense of peace of mind passes over you.
Floyd | The bridge continues to creak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 95, Turns: 79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You are in the center of a barren field. To the east is the turret of
Floyd | a ruined castle, and from the northeast comes the sound of rushing
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Edge
Floyd | To the west, a path enters the blighted woods, which stretch out of
Floyd | sight. A signpost stands beside another path leading north, and to the
Floyd | east is a wide meadow. At the base of the signpost is a slimy hole
Floyd | leading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Edge
Floyd | To the west, a path enters the blighted woods, which stretch out of
Floyd | sight. A signpost stands beside another path leading north, and to the
Floyd | east is a wide meadow. At the base of the signpost is a slimy hole
Floyd | leading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look st holr" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK ST HOLR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "st".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at hole" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 95, Turns: 81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think casting gaspar twice in a row gives double protection."
		Jacqueline asks, "D?"
		DavidW says, "I think it's an on-off quality."
		BrianK says, "Sure, let's go down"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Snake Pit  Score: 95, Turns: 82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Snake Pit
Floyd | You have entered a shadowy pit full of nooks and crannies. From every
Floyd | direction you hear the hissing of vipers and the irregular clicking of
Floyd | giant beetles. Light spills down from above, and a small crack leads
Floyd | further downward into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "So it only gets us from prologue to main game and after that we just die?"
		DavidW says, "That's not what I said."
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "Well, this place it pleasant."
		DavidW says, "Gaspar protects you. But gaspar then gaspar isn't likely to protect against two deaths."
		Jacqueline says, "*is* pleasant, rather."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, I understand what you meant now. Thanks."
		BrianK says, "Nooks and crannies sounds like it could be hiding something interesting, but it could also just be hiding the snakes"
		Jacqueline asks, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"
		BrianK says, "Not to say that snakes aren't interesting"
		DavidW asks, "the better to hide a ssspell ssscroll?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at nooks" 		

Floyd ] Snake Pit  Score: 95, Turns: 82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT NOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "nooks".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at crannies" 		

Floyd ] Snake Pit  Score: 95, Turns: 82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT CRANNIES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "crannies".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Keep going down?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Slimy Room  Score: 95, Turns: 83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Slimy Room
Floyd | This is a moist room whose walls are thick with moss and lichens. A
Floyd | small hole leads up and a rocky passage leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Eww"
		DavidW says, "This is where Frobar dares you to eat some of that moss."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search moss" 		

Floyd ] Slimy Room  Score: 95, Turns: 84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take moss" 		

Floyd ] Slimy Room  Score: 95, Turns: 85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would take more magic than you've got!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Can moss wilt"
		Jacqueline says, "ooh"
		Jacqueline says, "Technically I don't think it's a plant."
		Jacqueline says, "But the game may not know this."
		DavidW says, "I don't think this moss is actually important."
		BrianK says, "All right"
		DavidW says, "I was just trying to listen the mood."
		Jacqueline says, "My bad. Moss is part of the plant kingdom."
		DavidW says, "Since you're probably gonna get death-then-resurrected sooner or later."
		BrianK says, "Let's see"
		BrianK says, "We can continue going down, but there's the fortress to the north that we'll need to visit at some point"
		zarf says, "moss is a plant but not a vascular plant"
		DavidW says, "I imagine that forest might be interesting too. Can't remember for sure now, though."
		BrianK asks, "The forest with the hellhound?"
		DavidW says, "oh wait, this is the forest."
		Jacqueline says, "Belatedly and for the record, lichens are not plants, and that was what I was thinking of."
		DavidW says, "I missed a bit for a bathroom break."
		Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, what now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine amulet" 		

Floyd ] Slimy Room  Score: 95, Turns: 86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue jewel hangs from a long golden chain. The jewel is glowing
Floyd | dimly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing amulet" 		

Floyd ] Slimy Room  Score: 95, Turns: 87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWING AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well like I said, we can continue down or visit the fortress to the north"
		BrianK says, "Er, instead of down I guess it's south"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Keep going"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 95, Turns: 88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater
Floyd | You are standing in the center of an enormous crater, strewn with
Floyd | debris. Several points around the perimeter look climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at perimeter" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 95, Turns: 88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT PERIMETER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "perimeter".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at points" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 95, Turns: 88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT POINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "points".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at debris" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 95, Turns: 89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about dust and debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "climb crater" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 95, Turns: 90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CRATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Please use compass directions for movement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search debris" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 95, Turns: 91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "You didn't give us any exits :("
		BrianK says, "I mean we have the map, but if we didn't have it we'd just have to guess wildly"
		DavidW says, "The good ol' days."
		Jacqueline looks at the map. "Oh yeah, exits."
		Jacqueline says, "I was definitely wondering what the point of this tunnel was."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Chasm  Score: 95, Turns: 92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Chasm
Floyd | This is a strip of land to the east of a gaping chasm. You might try
Floyd | jumping across, but I'd advise against it. A wide crater lies to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh boy, can we fly across this one"
		Jacqueline says, "Not being given the directions is one thing, not even being told that exits exist..."
		Jacqueline shrugs at BK. "Flying over the mine field was so useful, let's try!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Chasm  Score: 95, Turns: 93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Chasm  Score: 95, Turns: 94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 95, Turns: 95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly easily across the chasm...
Floyd |
Floyd | Bare Passage (you are flying)
Floyd | This is a featureless tunnel, narrowing to the west. To the east is a
Floyd | deep gorge, probably too wide to jump across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Woohoo"
		DavidW says, "yay. A success!"
		Jacqueline says, "woo"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Elbow Room  Score: 95, Turns: 96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Room (you are flying)
Floyd | The tunnel turns a corner here. You could go either north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 95, Turns: 97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Room
Floyd | This is a tall room flooded with light from an unseen source. The only
Floyd | exit is south.
Floyd | Growing in the center of the room is a tree, thick with foliage. As
Floyd | though to disprove the ancient adage, every branch, bow, and twig has
Floyd | a zorkmid coin growing on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are getting more and more tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get zorkmid coin" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ZORKMID COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pluck the first zorkmid, the tree shimmers and vanishes! (I
Floyd | guess it was just an illusion.) You are left holding a solitary
Floyd | zorkmid coin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at it" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin pictures a man with an incredibly flat head, wearing a gaudy
Floyd | crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose you should sleep, and this seems as good a place as any."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sleep uneventfully, awake refreshed, and rise to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push save" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "save" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 150
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, no horrible nightmares like last time."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Surprising."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Elbow Room  Score: 110, Turns: 151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Room
Floyd | The tunnel turns a corner here. You could go either north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 110, Turns: 152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Bare Passage
Floyd | This is a featureless tunnel, narrowing to the west. To the east is a
Floyd | deep gorge, probably too wide to jump across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 110, Turns: 153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 110, Turns: 154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Chasm  Score: 110, Turns: 155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly easily across the chasm...
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Chasm (you are flying)
Floyd | This is a strip of land to the east of a gaping chasm. You might try
Floyd | jumping across, but I'd advise against it. A wide crater lies to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 110, Turns: 156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater (you are flying)
Floyd | You are floating near the center of an enormous crater, strewn with
Floyd | debris. Several points around the perimeter look climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "South or northeast?"
		DavidW says, "I vote south."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 110, Turns: 157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 110, Turns: 158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Carvings
Floyd | You have entered a large room whose walls are covered with intricate
Floyd | carvings. The largest and most striking carving, on the southern wall,
Floyd | is of a huge sleeping dragon! A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 110, Turns: 159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the carving of a dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why does that make me nervous?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think probably it's the exclamnation point that makes me nervous."
		BrianK says, "Yeah, agreed"
		DavidW asks, "You weren't thinking of bringing the carving to life, were you?"
		DavidW says, "(do we have a spell for that?)"
		BrianK says, "I saw the 'huge sleeping dragon!' bit first and read the 'carving' part afterwards, so it seemed like we walked into a dragon's lair"
		DavidW says, "(malyon?)"
		BrianK says, "We don't have that spell yet :P"
		BrianK exclaims, "spoilers!!!!"
		Jacqueline asks, "haha. 'Exclamnation' point. Do I type the word 'damn' enough that my fingers assume N goes after M when typing quickly?"
		BrianK says, "All right, nothing to do here for now I'm guessing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 110, Turns: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 110, Turns: 161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd | This looks like the entrance to a run-down amusement park, no longer
Floyd | gaudy with lights and glitter. A sign above the entrance proclaims
Floyd | "Welcome to Bozbarland - The Entertainment Capital of the Empire." The
Floyd | park lies to the west and a tunnel leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I can just imagine parents bringing the kids this way to the park."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 110, Turns: 162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You bounce off an invisible barrier. A moment later a gnome appears,
Floyd | dressed in a gaudy plaid outfit. "Admission to the park is only one
Floyd | zorkmid. What a bargain, chum, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I'm guessing this is the only purpose of our zorkmid. I'll be sad later when we can buy an ice cream for a zorkmid."
		BrianK says, "Well, I'll pay it then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give zorkmid to gnome" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 110, Turns: 163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ZORKMID TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, you can go through now, bub. Enjoy your trip to Bozbarland."
Floyd | The gnome vanishes as suddenly as he appeared.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Haunted House  Score: 110, Turns: 165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Haunted House
Floyd | Something about this place seems to soak up all light, so that it is
Floyd | quite dark. You can see vague shapes swaying about in the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something slithers across your foot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Haunted House  Score: 110, Turns: 166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | A deep-throated chuckle echoes about the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Haunted House  Score: 110, Turns: 168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Something slithers across your foot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Haunted House  Score: 110, Turns: 169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | A roller coaster car zooms past, almost knocking you over!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "What"
		Jacqueline asks, "Rezrov something else?"
		BrianK says, "I think this is mostly just atmosphere"
		BrianK says, "The roller coaster car is pretty avant-garde for a haunted house, though"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at shapes" 		

Floyd ] Haunted House  Score: 110, Turns: 169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "shapes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Flume
Floyd | You are at the boarding platform of a fast-moving flume, flowing off
Floyd | beyond your view. A small plaque hangs nearby. The midway is visible
Floyd | to the north. A log boat sits at the platform, beckoning you to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 171
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter boat" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the log boat, it lurches away from the platform and is
Floyd | carried swiftly away by the current of the flume. An amusement park
Floyd | nymph appears for a moment, warning you not to leave the log boat
Floyd | during the course of the ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. I haven't been there since I was 4 (which was a very, very long time ago) but I think Disneyworld has a haunted house that you go through in a car."
		DavidW asks, "You didn't read the plaque?"
		BrianK says, "Oops, I missed the plaque"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The flume is wide here, and straight as an arrow. The ride is quite
Floyd | relaxing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter a stretch of sharp, winding curves! Spray dashes your face
Floyd | as you are tossed about the log boat!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess read it after the ride."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The twists and turns are left behind as you approach the mouth of a
Floyd | dark tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The flume winds through a tunnel whose walls are black as coal. You
Floyd | pass an opening which provides a brief glimpse of troglodytes digging
Floyd | and hauling coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The log boat leaves the tunnel and passes through a series of rapids,
Floyd | shooting straight toward jagged rocks and then veering away at the
Floyd | last moment!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Magically, the flume flows uphill here! The current slows as the boat
Floyd | climbs and climbs...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the crest of the flume's final drop. You can see swirling
Floyd | white water below!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger died doing what he liked best. Getting shot. 		
Taleslinger has disconnected. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The log boat plunges down into the swirling waters at the base of the
Floyd | slope! Huge splashes of water spray off in every direction, but
Floyd | amazingly you stay dry!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The boat floats serenely around a final turn and pulls up to the
Floyd | boarding platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "wee"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read plaque" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Constructed by the Frobozz Magic Flume Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Useful info."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "THAT WAS SUSPENSEFUL"
		BrianK says, "Hmm... On one hand it's convenient to not get wet on the water ride"
		DavidW says, "Anyway, we learned something."
		BrianK says, "but on the other hand getting wet is the whole point of water rides"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the log boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now on your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster
Floyd | You are at the boarding platform of a huge roller coaster, sprawling
Floyd | above and around you in every direction. A small plaque hangs nearby.
Floyd | The midway is visible to the south. A car sits at the platform,
Floyd | beckoning you to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read plaque" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Constructed by the Frobozz Magic Roller Coaster Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 191
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter car" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the car, it rolls away from the platform in a gentle
Floyd | curve. An amusement park nymph appears for a moment, warning you not
Floyd | to leave the car during the course of the ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car, propelled by some unseen force, rolls up a huge incline. The
Floyd | crest grows tantalizingly closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the crest, the highest point of the roller coaster! The park
Floyd | is laid out beneath you like a map; the lights of the midway, the
Floyd | booths of the arcade, the sparkling blue ribbon of water that must be
Floyd | the flume. In the distance is a wide crater. The sounds and smells of
Floyd | the park seem distant, and time feels suspended for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | The breath is swept from your lungs as the car begins diving,
Floyd | seemingly straight downward. You rise from the seat as the ground
Floyd | rushes closer! At the last moment, the car swings upward, and your
Floyd | stomach settles in your ankles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car zips through a series of wild turns and sharp drops. Wooden
Floyd | roller coaster supports whiz past, inches from your head!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | This section of track is shaped like a corkscrew, and as the car
Floyd | hurtles forward it turns upside down almost every second. It is
Floyd | impossible to tell up from down, as the ground seems to spin around
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car shoots into a rapid climb, which gets progressively slower and
Floyd | steeper. Your heart beats wildly as the track begins to swing back
Floyd | above you, and you realize that you are entering a giant loop!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | As you reach the highest point of the loop, you hang completely
Floyd | upside-down for a brief moment. The blood rushes to your head as the
Floyd | ground suspended "above" you like a canopy. Then, you hurtle down the
Floyd | far side of the loop with breakneck speed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The roller coaster speeds out of the loop and into a tunnel, which
Floyd | seems to run through the middle of a haunted house! Wispy ghosts and
Floyd | ghoulish skeletons brush past you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car zooms out into daylight, and glides to a stop at the boarding
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now on your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Arcade
Floyd | This is a huge tent filled with hectic noise, blinking lights, and the
Floyd | smell of frying food. Near the exit is a game booth lined with prizes.
Floyd | The concept of the game seems to be bashing cute little mechanical
Floyd | bunnies with a rubber ball as they hop around a little artificial
Floyd | meadow.
Floyd | A hawker stands within the booth, studying you through half-closed
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd | "C'mon, pal!" cries the hawker from the game booth. "Try your luck!"
Floyd | He holds the ball out toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "AFK a sec"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at booth" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT BOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter booth" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The hawker pushes you away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'm not sure how to start playing the game"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the rubber ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "throw ball at bunny" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Your throw is way off! This game is harder than it looks. The hawker,
Floyd | leering, retrieves the ball.
Floyd | "C'mon, pal!" cries the hawker from the game booth. "Try your luck!"
Floyd | He holds the ball out toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, it's a throwing game"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "throw ball at bunny" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Your throw is way off! This game is harder than it looks. The hawker,
Floyd | leering, retrieves the ball.
Floyd | "C'mon, pal!" cries the hawker from the game booth. "Try your luck!"
Floyd | He holds the ball out toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have the izyuk spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't make the rubber ball fly!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at bunnies" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT BUNNIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the hopping bunny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look at hawker" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT HAWKER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing special to be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The hawker yells after you, "Hey buddy, come back with that ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Izyuk only affects the caster."
		BrianK says, "Ah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine ball" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the rubber ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I guess we just stole a ball"
		BrianK says, "Gonna take a bathroom break really quick while Jacq is out"
		BrianK says, "All right, I'm back"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Casino
Floyd | This is a large, plush room, slightly neglected.
Floyd | Standing on one side of the room is an odd machine, with a
Floyd | three-section display and a large lever on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine machine" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the odd machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "As am I."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A clove of garlic appears in the first section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A hot pepper sandwich appears in the second section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the third section of the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Though I am curious how long we plan to go today. We're past the 2 hour mark."
		BrianK says, "Oh, it's been that long already"
		Jacqueline smiles.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A noisome stew appears in the first section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A hot pepper sandwich appears in the second section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the third section of the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A clove of garlic appears in the first section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A hot pepper sandwich appears in the second section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A clove of garlic appears in the third section of the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if we just have to get lucky or if we have to rig the machine somehow."
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		BrianK says, "As always, I'm not sure if we have what we need to solve the puzzle or if there's something we need to get elsewhere"
		DavidW asks, "Remind me what our spells are again?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmm. I wonder what a dry flume ride is like."
		DavidW says, "oh, and vezza? Try that."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vezza" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vezza spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vezza" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a pile of pure-white blocks, engraved with runes of power.
Floyd | Each block has a word written on it. A moment later, the vision fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Flume
Floyd | You are at the boarding platform of a fast-moving flume, flowing off
Floyd | beyond your view. A small plaque hangs nearby. The midway is visible
Floyd | to the north. A log boat sits at the platform, beckoning you to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver flume" 		

Floyd ] Flume  Score: 110, Turns: 233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER FLUME
Floyd |
Floyd | In order to prevent damage to public life and property, flumes are
Floyd | protected against this sort of prank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Haha"
		Jacqueline says, "Well anticipated."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Arcade
Floyd | This is a huge tent filled with hectic noise, blinking lights, and the
Floyd | smell of frying food. Near the exit is a game booth lined with prizes.
Floyd | The concept of the game seems to be bashing cute little mechanical
Floyd | bunnies with a rubber ball as they hop around a little artificial
Floyd | meadow.
Floyd | A hawker stands within the booth, studying you through half-closed
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The enchanter who sells enchantments preventing other enchantments must be filthy rich."
		BrianK says, "I'm wondering if there's something with this game"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin hawker" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN HAWKER
Floyd |
Floyd | The hawker is thinking about finding a good stogie, whatever that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The hawker yells after you, "Hey buddy, come back with that ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Casino
Floyd | This is a large, plush room, slightly neglected.
Floyd | Standing on one side of the room is an odd machine, with a
Floyd | three-section display and a large lever on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov machine" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A clove of garlic appears in the first section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the second section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the third section of the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Should we explore elsewhere?"
		BrianK says, "Or we can stop for today, seeing as we've gone on for a while"
		DavidW says, "At least you don't need a bucket of zickels to play slots here."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm kinda up for stopping."
		DavidW says, "yeah, this is a good stopping place."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cfsorcerer" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 242
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Woohoo"
		BrianK says, "Let's pick this up next week then"
		DavidW says, "Sounds good."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Sounds good!"
		
*** SECOND SESSION *** 		
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, we are still rolling."
		DavidW says, "Floyd so patient"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anyone want me to put together a raw transcript of what we've done so far?"
		DavidW says, "What I don't remember is the geography."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		DavidW says, "Thanks. A bit spoilery."
		Jacqueline says, "It is, that is true."
		Jacqueline says, "But so much easier and prettier than doing it ourselves."
		Jacqueline asks, "Brian, you up for driving?"
		DavidW says, "oh. There's both a roller coaster AND a flume ride on this map."
		BrianK says, "Not for a little bit until I finish eating :x"
		DavidW says, "I thought I'd misremembered a roller coaster ride in this game when we saw the flume."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at machine" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the odd machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at display" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT DISPLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "display" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read display" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DISPLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "display" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the first section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the second section of the display.
Floyd | Ping!
Floyd | A pot of gold appears in the third section of the display.
Floyd | Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping!
Floyd | An unbelievable torrent of zorkmid coins pours out of the machine --
Floyd | far more than the machine could possibly contain! You are buried and
Floyd | crushed under the huge mass of coins.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are getting more and more tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we'll need to cheat this machine somehow."
		BrianK says, "Oh, uh, did we just win"
		Jacqueline says, "We won but it killed us."
		DavidW says, "oh. I must be wrong."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, should I undo?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or restore?"
		BrianK says, "Well"
		DavidW says, "uh, undo might not be possible? I don't remember."
		BrianK says, "The parts we haven't explored yet are closer from here than there, so"
		DavidW says, "If UNDO doesn't work, check to see if our inventory is intact."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a rubber ball
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an issue of Popular Enchanting
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a calendar (providing light)
Floyd |   an ochre vial
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd | With a scream of splintering wood, part of the drawbridge collapses
Floyd | and spills you into the moat. You are immediately set upon by
Floyd | alligators and piranhas.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 110 of a possible 400, in 245 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Novice Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, we do have a save point."
		BrianK says, "Well"
		BrianK says, "That was exciting"
		DavidW asks, "This game is kinda deadly, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Kinda."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cfsorcerer" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 242
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Casino  Score: 110, Turns: 243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Casino
Floyd | This is a large, plush room, slightly neglected.
Floyd | Standing on one side of the room is an odd machine, with a
Floyd | three-section display and a large lever on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd like to see the roller coaster next."
		Roger says, "The rollercoaster is pretty sweet"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster
Floyd | You are at the boarding platform of a huge roller coaster, sprawling
Floyd | above and around you in every direction. A small plaque hangs nearby.
Floyd | The midway is visible to the south. A car sits at the platform,
Floyd | beckoning you to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are getting more and more tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read plaque" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Constructed by the Frobozz Magic Roller Coaster Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think our character needs to sleep soon."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 297
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dream of an idyllic scene in the country, a picnic of wood-sprites
Floyd | and dryads. You awaken and stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That was nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Wish I could do that IRL"
		Roger says, "A real adventurer would take a nap on the roller coaster"
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		DavidW says, "I suspect our dreams won't always be pleasant, considering the dream we start with."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter car" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 298
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the car, it rolls away from the platform in a gentle
Floyd | curve. An amusement park nymph appears for a moment, warning you not
Floyd | to leave the car during the course of the ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 299
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car, propelled by some unseen force, rolls up a huge incline. The
Floyd | crest grows tantalizingly closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 300
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the crest, the highest point of the roller coaster! The park
Floyd | is laid out beneath you like a map; the lights of the midway, the
Floyd | booths of the arcade, the sparkling blue ribbon of water that must be
Floyd | the flume. In the distance is a wide crater. The sounds and smells of
Floyd | the park seem distant, and time feels suspended for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Here we go..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 301
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | The breath is swept from your lungs as the car begins diving,
Floyd | seemingly straight downward. You rise from the seat as the ground
Floyd | rushes closer! At the last moment, the car swings upward, and your
Floyd | stomach settles in your ankles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | The car zips through a series of wild turns and sharp drops. Wooden
Floyd | roller coaster supports whiz past, inches from your head!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put hands or legs outside the car" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HANDS OR LEGS OUTSIDE THE CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "or".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | This section of track is shaped like a corkscrew, and as the car
Floyd | hurtles forward it turns upside down almost every second. It is
Floyd | impossible to tell up from down, as the ground seems to spin around
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hurl" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HURL
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to hurl?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "vomit" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VOMIT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "vomit".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
		Jacqueline says, "Though probably for the best, given gravity."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | The car shoots into a rapid climb, which gets progressively slower and
Floyd | steeper. Your heart beats wildly as the track begins to swing back
Floyd | above you, and you realize that you are entering a giant loop!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "All we've eaten today is berzio potion."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | As you reach the highest point of the loop, you hang completely
Floyd | upside-down for a brief moment. The blood rushes to your head as the
Floyd | ground suspended "above" you like a canopy. Then, you hurtle down the
Floyd | far side of the loop with breakneck speed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wait, that was two days ago."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Surprised we're not dead from hunger."
		DavidW says, "well, berzio obviates hunger."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right."
		Jacqueline says, "Forgot."
		Jacqueline says, "Thank goodness for that (the potion, that is, not my poor memory of it.)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | The roller coaster speeds out of the loop and into a tunnel, which
Floyd | seems to run through the middle of a haunted house! Wispy ghosts and
Floyd | ghoulish skeletons brush past you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just wish we could find some matriz potion to obviate sleep."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at skeletons" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT SKELETONS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "skeletons".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster, in the car
Floyd |
Floyd | The car zooms out into daylight, and glides to a stop at the boarding
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "That's just a cup of coffee"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, was that just for the fun of it?"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure."
		BrianK says, "Well, if anything, I don't think there's a puzzle here that can be solved"
		DavidW says, "Either it's just fun or we might be expected to do something there."
		BrianK says, "But if there's something to do here it's probably a solution to a different puzzle"
		DavidW says, "Like, there's several possibilities:"
		DavidW says, "1) Maybe we're supposed to inspect that crater we saw."
		DavidW says, "2) Maybe we need to ignore the nymph warning and jump out at some point."
		DavidW says, "3) Maybe we need something tall with us to hit the support post that we barely missed."
		DavidW says, "But nothing obvious really suggests itself right now."
		BrianK says, "I was thinking maybe some object we find later gets affected by the intense roller coaster g's"
		DavidW asks, "Like a can of soda?"
		olethros asks, "uranium tubes?"
		BrianK says, "Well it could be anything really"
		DavidW says, "yeah. Not enough info yet."
		DavidW says, "And maybe it is just for fun. It was well done."
		DavidW asks, "Like, that ball we got from the arcade. We didn't see any target on the ride to throw the ball at, did we?"
		BrianK says, "Nothing like that was mentioned"
		DavidW says, "Yeah, I see nothing obvious in scrollback."
		BrianK says, "I suppose we could ride it again and try jumping out"
		DavidW asks, "It's a bit weird that the only item in the entire amusement park is a ball, though. We saw nothing in the Haunted House or Flume either, did we?"
		BrianK says, "Nothing but scenery (or at least what's presumably just scenery)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pendant" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PENDANT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine pendant" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE PENDANT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "pendant".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine amulet" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue jewel hangs from a long golden chain. The jewel is glowing
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing amulet" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWING AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read spells" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SPELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which spells do you mean, the meef spell, the gaspar spell, the gnusto
Floyd | spell, the vezza spell, the pulver spell, the izyuk spell, the yomin
Floyd | spell, the rezrov spell, or the frotz spell?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Yomin the arcade guy, maybe?"
		BrianK says, "I think I tried that before but I don't remember what happened"
		DavidW says, "He's probably got a tinfoil hat that stops yomin."
		BrianK says, "Anyway I've finished eating so I can take over driving from Jacq if that's okay"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "That is great, thanks."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was away for a sec, as they were fixing my screen issue on #linux, but I'm back now."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now on your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Arcade
Floyd | This is a huge tent filled with hectic noise, blinking lights, and the
Floyd | smell of frying food. Near the exit is a game booth lined with prizes.
Floyd | The concept of the game seems to be bashing cute little mechanical
Floyd | bunnies with a rubber ball as they hop around a little artificial
Floyd | meadow.
Floyd | A hawker stands within the booth, studying you through half-closed
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin hawker" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 110, Turns: 317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN HAWKER
Floyd |
Floyd | The hawker is thinking about finding a good stogie, whatever that is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we ever do try to jump from the ride, maybe cast izyuk. It might be slightly less dangerous."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The hawker yells after you, "Hey buddy, come back with that ball!"
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Roller Coaster
Floyd | You are at the boarding platform of a huge roller coaster, sprawling
Floyd | above and around you in every direction. A small plaque hangs nearby.
Floyd | The midway is visible to the south. A car sits at the platform,
Floyd | beckoning you to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 319
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter car" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the car, it rolls away from the platform in a gentle
Floyd | curve. An amusement park nymph appears for a moment, warning you not
Floyd | to leave the car during the course of the ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car, propelled by some unseen force, rolls up a huge incline. The
Floyd | crest grows tantalizingly closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the crest, the highest point of the roller coaster! The park
Floyd | is laid out beneath you like a map; the lights of the midway, the
Floyd | booths of the arcade, the sparkling blue ribbon of water that must be
Floyd | the flume. In the distance is a wide crater. The sounds and smells of
Floyd | the park seem distant, and time feels suspended for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | This was not a safe place to try jumping. You should have looked
Floyd | before you leaped.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmm, I wonder if there's a specific time to jump"
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 319
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter car" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CAR
Floyd |
Floyd | As you enter the car, it rolls away from the platform in a gentle
Floyd | curve. An amusement park nymph appears for a moment, warning you not
Floyd | to leave the car during the course of the ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The car, propelled by some unseen force, rolls up a huge incline. The
Floyd | crest grows tantalizingly closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach the crest, the highest point of the roller coaster! The park
Floyd | is laid out beneath you like a map; the lights of the midway, the
Floyd | booths of the arcade, the sparkling blue ribbon of water that must be
Floyd | the flume. In the distance is a wide crater. The sounds and smells of
Floyd | the park seem distant, and time feels suspended for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly out of the car, and immediately splat into one of the
Floyd | structural cross-beams of the roller coaster.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd | With a scream of splintering wood, part of the drawbridge collapses
Floyd | and spills you into the moat. You are immediately set upon by
Floyd | alligators and piranhas.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 110 of a possible 400, in 322 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Novice Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ack"
		BrianK says, "Thank you, angel, for dropping us straight into death, again"
		Jacqueline says, "It's not the best guardian angel."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Roller Coaster  Score: 110, Turns: 319
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess the resurrection didn't preserve our izyuk spell."
		DavidW says, "Like, izyuk should let us float over a broken drawbridge."
		BrianK says, "I suppose we can try exploring somewhere else now"
		DavidW says, "sure"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 110, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 110, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd | This looks like the entrance to a run-down amusement park, no longer
Floyd | gaudy with lights and glitter. A sign above the entrance proclaims
Floyd | "Welcome to Bozbarland - The Entertainment Capital of the Empire." The
Floyd | park lies to the west and a tunnel leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 110, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 110, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater
Floyd | You are standing in the center of an enormous crater, strewn with
Floyd | debris. Several points around the perimeter look climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Crater  Score: 110, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Crater
Floyd | You are at the northeastern rim of a gigantic crater, the result of
Floyd | some ancient explosion. A wide underground highway, which ends at the
Floyd | crater's edge, leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "From here it's new rooms I think"
		BrianK exclaims, "So keep your eyes peeled!!!!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Bend  Score: 110, Turns: 326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend
Floyd | The road curves here, heading east and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Highway  Score: 110, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd | This is a wide road winding away to the east and west, perhaps a relic
Floyd | of the Great Underground Empire you read about in history class. A
Floyd | passage leads up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | You have reached a toll gate which spans the highway.
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A sturdy toll gate blocks the highway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn rezrov" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN REZROV
Floyd |
Floyd | You already know that spell by heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, I was worried about this."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov gate" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate flies open, waking the gnome, who leaps up and slams it
Floyd | closed again. "Hey! This is a toll gate! Nobody gets through here
Floyd | without paying the one zorkmid toll. Not nobody, not no how."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin gnome" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have the yomin spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well?" asks the gnome, tapping impatiently. "You've interrupted my
Floyd | nap. Are you going to pay the toll, or not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well?" asks the gnome, tapping impatiently. "You've interrupted my
Floyd | nap. Are you going to pay the toll, or not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin gnome" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The thoughts of the gnome seem evenly divided between getting money
Floyd | from you and getting back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well?" asks the gnome, tapping impatiently. "You've interrupted my
Floyd | nap. Are you going to pay the toll, or not?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We used our coin at the park."
		BrianK says, "Yep"
		BrianK says, "All right, let's go explore that area to the north then"
		DavidW says, "okay."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Highway  Score: 110, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd | This is a wide road winding away to the east and west, perhaps a relic
Floyd | of the Great Underground Empire you read about in history class. A
Floyd | passage leads up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 110, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | This is the dark and dank dungeon of the ruined castle. There's
Floyd | probably a torture chamber nearby. You can go east, northeast, or
Floyd | upward. A small opening leads down as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 110, Turns: 337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd | You are amongst the ruins of an ancient castle. A winding stairway
Floyd | leads up to a crumbling turret, and a dark passage leads downward. A
Floyd | path heads through the rubble to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd | The bridge continues to creak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 110, Turns: 339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You are in the center of a barren field. To the east is the turret of
Floyd | a ruined castle, and from the northeast comes the sound of rushing
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You are on a muddy bank of a fast-moving river, full of sharp rocks
Floyd | and foaming rapids, flowing to the southwest. The ground is soft and
Floyd | eroded, and continually threatens to dump you into the turbulent
Floyd | waters. A field lies to the southwest, and a trail leads southeast
Floyd | along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 110, Turns: 341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Fort Entrance
Floyd | You are at the entrance to Fort Griffspotter, which lies to the east.
Floyd | A trail leads along the river bank to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | You are at the center of a level field inside the fort. Entrances to
Floyd | rooms around the perimeter lie in several directions.
Floyd | A tattered flag, apparently that of ancient Quendor, still flies atop
Floyd | a mighty flagpole in the center of the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The flag is way above you at the top of the flagpole!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "izyuk, yeah."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 346
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The flag is still way above you at the top of the flagpole!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I like the addition of 'still"
		DavidW asks, "up?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is it fair to assume that you only use the zorkmid once in this game, rather than being made to play the game multiple times, using it a different way each time?"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "no. Don't assume that."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | If you want to climb the flagpole, just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "climb flagpole" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB FLAGPOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That sort of thing went out of fashion years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "shake flagpole?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shake flagpole" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 349
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE FLAGPOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't take it; thus, you can't shake it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "lower flag?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "lower flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 350
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOWER FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The flag is lowered to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha"
		BrianK says, "Oh, well, that was simple"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 351
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 352
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | As you fiddle with the flag, an aqua vial drops from a hidden pocket
Floyd | and falls to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh hey"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get vial" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 353
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Please try 'wear flag'. There's a joke response for it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 354
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you think you are, Abbie Hoffman?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 355
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flag of Quendor
Floyd |   a rubber ball
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an issue of Popular Enchanting
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a calendar (providing light)
Floyd |   an ochre vial
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x aqua" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 355
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AQUA
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine aqua" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 356
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE AQUA
Floyd |
Floyd | It's closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read aqua vial" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 357
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ AQUA VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |         "FOOBLE POTION
Floyd | (increase muscular coordination)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, that might help at the arcade"
		DavidW says, "hm. Or elsewhere."
		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		DavidW asks, "What prizes did the arcade have?"
		BrianK says, "I don't remember if we ever examined them in detail"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 358
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The tattered flag displays the brown and gold of ancient Quendor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Do you think we'll need this flag or is it fine to drop it?"
		DavidW says, "I'm thinking drop the flag."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 359
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get aqua vial" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 360
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AQUA VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read indigo" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 361
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |    "FLAXO POTION
Floyd | (exquisite torture)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read orange" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ORANGE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |        "VILSTU POTION
Floyd | (obviate need for breathing)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read ochre" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 363
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |         "BERZIO POTION
Floyd | (obviate need for food or drink)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, we can drop this since we drank it already"
		Jacqueline says, "Lots of stuff hee."
		DavidW says, "Vilstu will be good for outer space or underwater adventures."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop ochre" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 364
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Barracks  Score: 110, Turns: 365
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This was a barracks for the battalion stationed in this fort. You
Floyd | could leave to the south, or to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 110, Turns: 366
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Gun Emplacement
Floyd | This is a battlement with a view of a river to the north and an ocean
Floyd | to the east. Openings northwest, west, and southwest lead to other
Floyd | parts of the fort.
Floyd | A magnificent cast-iron cannon stands atop the battlement. Its wide,
Floyd | shallow barrel points toward the ocean, as though daring enemy ships
Floyd | to approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine cannon" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 110, Turns: 367
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE CANNON
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrel is wide enough to hold the hugest of cannonballs, but it
Floyd | isn't very deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in cannon" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 110, Turns: 368
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN CANNON
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying at the bottom of the barrel is a pile of identical scrolls!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Oh my!!!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll from cannon" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 110, Turns: 369
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL FROM CANNON
Floyd |
Floyd | As you reach into the cannon, something bites you painfully on the
Floyd | hand!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Oh no!!!"
		DavidW says, "I will remind everyone of the infotater at this point."
		Jacqueline asks, "Would people like the link to it?"
		BrianK says, "Yes please"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		BrianK says, "Well, as far as I can tell, the creature in this cannon is a yipple"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna visit the bathroom for a bit. back soon."
		BrianK says, "And as a yipple is allergic to many kinds of animal wastes, the logical extension is that we need to pick some up from somewhere"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "poo" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 110, Turns: 369
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POO
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "poo".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shrugs.
		BrianK says, "Well, let's continue then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Armory  Score: 110, Turns: 370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Armory
Floyd | Once the armory for the fort, this room has been picked clean by
Floyd | vandals and soldiers of fortune. Exit north or northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 371
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | You are at the center of a level field inside the fort. Entrances to
Floyd | rooms around the perimeter lie in several directions.
Floyd | There is an ochre vial here.
Floyd | A flag displaying the brown and gold of ancient Quendor is lying here.
Floyd | There is a flagpole here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put flag on flagpole" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 371
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FLAG ON FLAGPOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding the flag of Quendor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 372
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put flag on flagpole" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 373
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FLAG ON FLAGPOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no good surface on the flagpole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "attach flag to flagpole" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 374
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACH FLAG TO FLAGPOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't tie the flag of Quendor to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well I was just trying to do a good deed, gosh :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 110, Turns: 375
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 110, Turns: 376
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Fort Entrance
Floyd | You are at the entrance to Fort Griffspotter, which lies to the east.
Floyd | A trail leads along the river bank to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 377
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You are on a muddy bank of a fast-moving river, full of sharp rocks
Floyd | and foaming rapids, flowing to the southwest. The ground is soft and
Floyd | eroded, and continually threatens to dump you into the turbulent
Floyd | waters. A field lies to the southwest, and a trail leads southeast
Floyd | along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 377
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 378
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd never survive the rapids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 379
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have the izyuk spell committed to memory!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 380
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 381
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 382
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly across the river's surface. Suddenly, a downdraft plunges you
Floyd | into the swirling rapids!
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 377
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 378
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver river" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 379
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The river dries up, leaving only a few puddles between the rocks! It's
Floyd | now safe to climb down into the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Got it :D"
		DavidW says, "oo."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bed  Score: 110, Turns: 380
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bed
Floyd | You are on the bed of an evaporated river. Fish splash helplessly in
Floyd | tiny puddles. The bed leads northwest and southeast. A climb up the
Floyd | southwest bank is possible. To the northeast is a dark cave, hollowed
Floyd | out by years of rushing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Near Stagnant Pool  Score: 110, Turns: 381
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Stagnant Pool
Floyd | The river bed to the northwest is a pool covered with algae and other
Floyd | scum. The bed to the southeast is slightly drier. The banks are too
Floyd | tall and steep to climb here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trickle of water begins flowing down the center of the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] River Bed  Score: 110, Turns: 382
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bed
Floyd | You are on the bed of an evaporated river. Fish splash helplessly in
Floyd | tiny puddles. The bed leads northwest and southeast. A climb up the
Floyd | southwest bank is possible. To the northeast is a dark cave, hollowed
Floyd | out by years of rushing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 110, Turns: 383
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Falls
Floyd | The river bed ends here at a steep cliff, where the river once plunged
Floyd | over a waterfall. Below the falls, in the distance, is a large sea,
Floyd | covered with haze. The bed continues northwest, but the banks here are
Floyd | unclimbable. Atop the southwestern bank stands a proud fortress.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wall of water comes rushing down the river bed! You are smashed into
Floyd | jelly against the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, it looks like we can't waste time in the river itself"
		Jacqueline says, "It's been awhile since I've died this much."
		DavidW says, "I guess you only evaporated SOME of the river."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 377
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 378
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver river" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 110, Turns: 379
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The river dries up, leaving only a few puddles between the rocks! It's
Floyd | now safe to climb down into the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bed  Score: 110, Turns: 380
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bed
Floyd | You are on the bed of an evaporated river. Fish splash helplessly in
Floyd | tiny puddles. The bed leads northwest and southeast. A climb up the
Floyd | southwest bank is possible. To the northeast is a dark cave, hollowed
Floyd | out by years of rushing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 381
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Cave
Floyd | This is a hollow area under the northeast bank of the river. The floor
Floyd | rises away from the mouth of the cave, which is at its southwest end.
Floyd | A dark hole leads downward at the far end of the cave.
Floyd | Lying in the corner, in a pile of bat guano, is a scroll.
Floyd | There is an amber vial here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Here's a ton of stuff that seems useful"
		DavidW says, "goodness. Lots o' stuff."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 382
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You really need to find a backpack or something."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, belatedly, gah: s/awhile/a while"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 383
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "fweep spell: turn caster into a bat".
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a roar of water from outside the cave. The lower part of the
Floyd | cave, near the mouth, fills with a pool of swirling water!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I really need to find a snack or something."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto fweep" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 384
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You must have a legible spell scroll in your hands before the gnusto
Floyd | spell will work on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are feeling tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 385
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an aqua vial
Floyd |   a rubber ball
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an issue of Popular Enchanting
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a calendar (providing light)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read issue" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 386
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | This month's cover story is about Belboz! Other stories relate the
Floyd | explosion of spell scroll manufacturers, and the coming shakedown in
Floyd | the magic potion industry. The address label on the cover reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |     "Z5 ACCAR256 4-964
Floyd |     Hall of the Guild of Enchanters
Floyd |     Village of Accardi-By-The-Sea
Floyd |     Land of Frobozz"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Snacks are good."
		BrianK says, "How important is this magazine and can we throw it away"
		DavidW says, "I don't know if the magazine is good for anything. Maybe it was just to make it clear the box in the guild was a mail drop."
		DavidW says, "If the articles can't be read and if it isn't tinder, toss it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop issue" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 387
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, I've noted down the address since it looks like it could potentially be information we need to reference"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 388
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Uhhhhh????"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 439
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dream of dancing penguins in formal dress. One has a particularly
Floyd | nice tuxedo and a cane with a gold top. You awaken and stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 440
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Dang, Enchanter at least told you when you were too tired to carry more things :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto fweep" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 441
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the fweep spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I had no idea carrying capacity was related to tiredness."
		DavidW says, "I know that tiredness can affect spell memory."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get vial" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 442
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read vial" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 442
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which vial do you mean, the amber vial, the aqua vial, the indigo
Floyd | vial, or the orange vial?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read amber" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 443
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ AMBER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |         "BLORT POTION
Floyd | (ability to see in dark places)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Have we been in any dark places yet"
		DavidW asks, "That's weird. Why do we need Blort when we have Frotz?"
		DavidW says, "The guild was dark."
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah, true"
		DavidW says, "We frotzed our spell book too."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get guano" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 444
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GUANO
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That'll help with the thingy"
		DavidW says, "And maybe the amulet glows enough too, by now, to read by."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 445
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver river" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 445
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any river here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver water" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 446
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water recedes for a moment, then swirls back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 447
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Cave
Floyd | This is a hollow area under the northeast bank of the river. The floor
Floyd | rises away from the mouth of the cave, which is at its southwest end.
Floyd | The mouth is filled with a pool of swirling water. A dark hole leads
Floyd | downward at the far end of the cave.
Floyd | There is an issue of Popular Enchanting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Guano for the cannon yipples?"
		BrianK says, "Yes"
		BrianK says, "It doesn't look like we can go back the same way we came"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 447
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering that swirling, turbulent pool looks very dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So we'll have to take the long way around"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 130, Turns: 449
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit of Bones
Floyd | In the center of the room is a deep pit filled with countless bones,
Floyd | an indication of the brutality of dungeon life. There are exits south
Floyd | and southwest. High above you is a small opening in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I see."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 130, Turns: 450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | This is the dark and dank dungeon of the ruined castle. There's
Floyd | probably a torture chamber nearby. You can go east, northeast, or
Floyd | upward. A small opening leads down as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 130, Turns: 450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Brief descriptions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Careful of that drawbridge."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 451
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 452
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 453
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 454
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 456
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | Oops! A section of the bank gives way and you tumble into the river.
Floyd | The current dashes you against the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "What."
		DavidW says, "This is an evil game."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 457
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "It'll probably be faster to just make our way from here instead of restoring"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 130, Turns: 457
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | Oops! A section of the bank gives way and you tumble into the river.
Floyd | The current dashes you against the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 130 of a possible 400, in 457 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Novice Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, never mind"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 447
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 130, Turns: 448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit of Bones
Floyd | In the center of the room is a deep pit filled with countless bones,
Floyd | an indication of the brutality of dungeon life. There are exits south
Floyd | and southwest. High above you is a small opening in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 130, Turns: 448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Brief descriptions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 130, Turns: 449
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "I step away to find a snack and you all kill us again?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 451
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 452
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 453
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 454
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Actually, without scrolling back, I'll assume you killed us multiple times."
		DavidW says, "Don't blame Brian. The game's evil."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The locusts are much closer now, blotting out the sun like a black
Floyd | storm cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 456
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The locusts swarm over you and pick you clean to the bones.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline nods.
		BrianK says, "Well"
		Jacqueline says, "Clearly."
		BrianK says, "This is an experience"
		Jacqueline says, "It is a series of experiences."
		BrianK says, "So basically"
		BrianK says, "We have to be able to float over the riverbank"
		BrianK says, "But we don't have time to learn and cast the spell before the locusts eat us"
		DavidW asks, "I think so?"
		BrianK says, "assuming we float over the drawbridge"
		BrianK says, "I think"
		DavidW says, "You can have multiple copies of a spell in memory."
		BrianK says, "Oh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 447
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 447
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Brief descriptions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 130, Turns: 448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering that swirling, turbulent pool looks very dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Pit of Bones  Score: 130, Turns: 449
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit of Bones
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 130, Turns: 450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 451
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 452
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 453
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 454
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 456
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 457
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The locusts are much closer now, blotting out the sun like a black
Floyd | storm cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 130, Turns: 458
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 130, Turns: 459
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Fort Entrance (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "Success!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 130, Turns: 459
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay. Now try your luck with yippleodeon."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 130, Turns: 460
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | A flag displaying the brown and gold of ancient Quendor is lying here.
Floyd | There is an ochre vial here.
Floyd | There is a flagpole here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 130, Turns: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Gun Emplacement
Floyd | A magnificent cast-iron cannon stands atop the battlement. Its wide,
Floyd | shallow barrel points toward the ocean, as though daring enemy ships
Floyd | to approach.
Floyd | The cannon contains:
Floyd |   a pile of identical scrolls
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put guano in cannon" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 130, Turns: 462
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GUANO IN CANNON
Floyd |
Floyd | When you drop the guano into the barrel, the scrolls sprout feet and
Floyd | spill out of the cannon, dashing away in every direction! A single
Floyd | ordinary scroll is left sitting at the bottom of the barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, the scrolls themselves were the yipples"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 140, Turns: 463
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 140, Turns: 464
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "yonk spell: augment the power of certain spells".
Floyd | The spell seems very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Except for one real scroll."
		DavidW says, "oo. You can't gnusto that."
		BrianK says, "Hmmmm"
		Jacqueline says, "HUH"
		Jacqueline says, "er, huh"
		DavidW asks, "I see an armory to the southwest on the map. Did we visit there already?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 140, Turns: 464
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gun Emplacement
Floyd | This is a battlement with a view of a river to the north and an ocean
Floyd | to the east. Openings northwest, west, and southwest lead to other
Floyd | parts of the fort.
Floyd | A magnificent cast-iron cannon stands atop the battlement. Its wide,
Floyd | shallow barrel points toward the ocean, as though daring enemy ships
Floyd | to approach.
Floyd | The cannon contains:
Floyd |   a pile of bat guano
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Armory  Score: 140, Turns: 465
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Armory
Floyd | Once the armory for the fort, this room has been picked clean by
Floyd | vandals and soldiers of fortune. Exit north or northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "learn izyuk again, plz"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Armory  Score: 140, Turns: 466
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So what's the plan"
		Jacqueline asks, "What do we want to try to augment?"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure where to go next. You're screwed with the toll gate without a coin. Maybe something can be done at Hall of Carvings."
		BrianK says, "We have the option of drinking that potion for muscular coordination and seeing if it helps us at the arcade"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay. Yeah."
		BrianK says, "Both of those things are in that direction so that works out pretty well"
		BrianK says, "Er, the hall of carvings and the arcade"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 140, Turns: 467
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | You are at the center of a level field inside the fort. Entrances to
Floyd | rooms around the perimeter lie in several directions.
Floyd | A flag displaying the brown and gold of ancient Quendor is lying here.
Floyd | There is an ochre vial here.
Floyd | There is a flagpole here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 140, Turns: 468
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Fort Entrance
Floyd | You are at the entrance to Fort Griffspotter, which lies to the east.
Floyd | A trail leads along the river bank to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 140, Turns: 469
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The hall of carvings had a dragon carving, right?"
		BrianK says, "Yes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 140, Turns: 470
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank (you are flying)
Floyd | You are on a muddy bank of a fast-moving river, full of sharp rocks
Floyd | and foaming rapids, flowing to the southwest. The ground is soft and
Floyd | eroded, and continually threatens to dump you into the turbulent
Floyd | waters. A field lies to the southwest, and a trail leads southeast
Floyd | along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 140, Turns: 471
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd | You are in the center of a barren field. To the east is the turret of
Floyd | a ruined castle, and from the northeast comes the sound of rushing
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 140, Turns: 472
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Edge
Floyd | To the west, a path enters the blighted woods, which stretch out of
Floyd | sight. A signpost stands beside another path leading north, and to the
Floyd | east is a wide meadow. At the base of the signpost is a slimy hole
Floyd | leading down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Snake Pit  Score: 140, Turns: 473
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Snake Pit
Floyd | You have entered a shadowy pit full of nooks and crannies. From every
Floyd | direction you hear the hissing of vipers and the irregular clicking of
Floyd | giant beetles. Light spills down from above, and a small crack leads
Floyd | further downward into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Slimy Room  Score: 140, Turns: 474
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Slimy Room
Floyd | This is a moist room whose walls are thick with moss and lichens. A
Floyd | small hole leads up and a rocky passage leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 140, Turns: 475
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater
Floyd | You are standing in the center of an enormous crater, strewn with
Floyd | debris. Several points around the perimeter look climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 140, Turns: 476
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 140, Turns: 477
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Carvings
Floyd | You have entered a large room whose walls are covered with intricate
Floyd | carvings. The largest and most striking carving, on the southern wall,
Floyd | is of a huge sleeping dragon! A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 140, Turns: 478
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the carving of a dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Unless there's a secret button in the dragon's eye, I'm not sure what you'd do with a carving."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine eye" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 140, Turns: 478
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "eye".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 140, Turns: 479
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 140, Turns: 480
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm afraid the carving of a dragon doesn't have much of a mind for you
Floyd | to read.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Fair"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 140, Turns: 481
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I suppose we're still missing something to be able to go here"
		BrianK says, "or do anything here"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 140, Turns: 482
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 140, Turns: 483
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd | This looks like the entrance to a run-down amusement park, no longer
Floyd | gaudy with lights and glitter. A sign above the entrance proclaims
Floyd | "Welcome to Bozbarland - The Entertainment Capital of the Empire." The
Floyd | park lies to the west and a tunnel leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 140, Turns: 484
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 140, Turns: 485
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 140, Turns: 486
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Arcade
Floyd | This is a huge tent filled with hectic noise, blinking lights, and the
Floyd | smell of frying food. Near the exit is a game booth lined with prizes.
Floyd | The concept of the game seems to be bashing cute little mechanical
Floyd | bunnies with a rubber ball as they hop around a little artificial
Floyd | meadow.
Floyd | A hawker stands within the booth, studying you through half-closed
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 140, Turns: 486
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open aqua" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 140, Turns: 487
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN AQUA
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the aqua vial reveals aqua potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink aqua" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 140, Turns: 487
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK AQUA
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems to be a noun missing in that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink aqua potion" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 140, Turns: 488
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK AQUA POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The aqua potion tasted like lime jelly, and sent vibrations through
Floyd | your muscles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "throw ball at bunny" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 489
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT BUNNY
Floyd |
Floyd | A tremendous pitch sends a bunny spinning. "What an arm, kid, what an
Floyd | arm!" cries the hawker. He hands you a glittering scroll from the
Floyd | shelf of prizes. "Here's your prize, now scram."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo. a scroll."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 489
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which scroll do you mean, the glittering scroll or the ordinary
Floyd | scroll?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read glittering" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 490
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ GLITTERING
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "malyon spell: bring life to inanimate objects".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, well, that solves that"
		DavidW asks, "You think a living dragon solves something?"
		BrianK says, "Well, it solves the puzzle of the statue of the dragon :P"
		BrianK exclaims, "Now it's a completely different puzzle of a living dragon!"
		DavidW says, "If the dragon is still sleeping when brought to life, yomin it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto malyon" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 491
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the malyon spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 150, Turns: 492
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 150, Turns: 493
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 150, Turns: 494
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd | This looks like the entrance to a run-down amusement park, no longer
Floyd | gaudy with lights and glitter. A sign above the entrance proclaims
Floyd | "Welcome to Bozbarland - The Entertainment Capital of the Empire." The
Floyd | park lies to the west and a tunnel leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 150, Turns: 495
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 496
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Carvings
Floyd | You have entered a large room whose walls are covered with intricate
Floyd | carvings. The largest and most striking carving, on the southern wall,
Floyd | is of a huge sleeping dragon! A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why do I suspect we'll end up dying?"
		DavidW asks, "You aren't gonna malyon the bunnies?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 496
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "(Aside from the fact that we have done little but die.)"
		BrianK says, "Oh darn, should I go back and try it"
		BrianK says, "That would certainly make the guy mad"
		DavidW says, "Let's see the dragon since we're here."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn malyon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 497
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the malyon spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "malyon dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 498
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MALYON DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | The dragon seems to shiver for a moment, but that is all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "I think maybe this is where you YONK."
		BrianK says, "Well, I was going to say something along those lines but"
		BrianK says, "using yonk as a verb sounds very silly"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn malyon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 499
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the malyon spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline reaches out and steals BrianK's nose. "YONK!"
		DavidW says, "Yonkers, NY"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yonk" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 499
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YONK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to yonk?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yonk malyon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 500
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YONK MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the ordinary scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | The words of the spell glow brightly for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "malyon dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 501
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MALYON DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | The dragon is suddenly imbued with life and begins to move. It shakes
Floyd | itself loose from the wall, which crumbles down upon the dragon,
Floyd | revealing a southward passage! The dragon howls with pain and anger.
Floyd | Spotting you, the dragon rears back its head, smoke billowing from its
Floyd | nostrils. Then, just as it seems that you will be barbecued, the
Floyd | dragon reverts to stone!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Goodness. You weren't killed at all that time! Yay!"
		BrianK says, "It is certainly an accomplishment"
		BrianK says, "Before we explore the scary looking new area I'm definitely doubling back and casting malyon on those bunnies"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 501
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Winding Tunnel  Score: 150, Turns: 502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 150, Turns: 503
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd | This looks like the entrance to a run-down amusement park, no longer
Floyd | gaudy with lights and glitter. A sign above the entrance proclaims
Floyd | "Welcome to Bozbarland - The Entertainment Capital of the Empire." The
Floyd | park lies to the west and a tunnel leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 150, Turns: 504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your muscles feel limp for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 150, Turns: 505
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 506
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Arcade
Floyd | This is a huge tent filled with hectic noise, blinking lights, and the
Floyd | smell of frying food. Near the exit is a game booth lined with prizes.
Floyd | The concept of the game seems to be bashing cute little mechanical
Floyd | bunnies with a rubber ball as they hop around a little artificial
Floyd | meadow.
Floyd | A hawker stands within the booth, studying you through half-closed
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn malyon" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the malyon spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "malyon bunnies" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 150, Turns: 508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MALYON BUNNIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The bunnies hop away and the startled hawker scrambles after them. He
Floyd | returns a moment later, holding the again inanimate bunnies, and gives
Floyd | you a nasty glare.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee"
		BrianK says, "I guess malyon is temporary in general"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 501
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sooty Room
Floyd | The walls and ceiling of this room are covered with soot and held up
Floyd | by timbers which don't look very sturdy. A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd | From the east comes a sulfurous odor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'm getting the feeling we don't want to breathe in there"
		Jacqueline has food now.
		Jacqueline watches.
		DavidW says, "The map is showing a one-way connection."
		DavidW says, "Careful."
		BrianK says, "Hmmm"
		BrianK says, "Well, it's about 90% likely that we're screwed anyway, because of the whole zorkmid coin thing"
		DavidW says, "Yes."
		BrianK says, "So let's scout the area and see what we can learn"
		DavidW says, "Sounds good."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open orange" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 503
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ORANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the orange vial reveals orange potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink orange potion" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 170, Turns: 503
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK ORANGE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. The orange potion seems to be having an unpleasant reaction
Floyd | with the aqua potion. Your left ear turns into a carnivorous toad and
Floyd | devours your brain.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd | With a scream of splintering wood, part of the drawbridge collapses
Floyd | and spills you into the moat. You are immediately set upon by
Floyd | alligators and piranhas.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 170 of a possible 400, in 503 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Intermediate Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "UHHHH"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 501
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sooty Room
Floyd | The walls and ceiling of this room are covered with soot and held up
Floyd | by timbers which don't look very sturdy. A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd | From the east comes a sulfurous odor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your muscles feel limp for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Dang, if I had waited another turn that wouldn't have happened"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we were totally supposed to see that one coming."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open orange" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 505
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ORANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the orange vial reveals orange potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink orange potion" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 506
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK ORANGE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange potion tasted like pepper, and made your nose tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling noise behind you as the ceiling of the tunnel
Floyd | collapses, blocking your retreat! The air smells strongly of coal gas.
Floyd | Good thing you took that vilstu potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What's the orange one do?"
		BrianK says, "Obviates need for breathing"
		DavidW says, "ah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine coal" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE COAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about lumps of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "What."
		DavidW says, "Oh, I've been waiting for this."
		DavidW says, "Good luck."
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "This is the most famous part of this game, I think."
		BrianK says, "Sorry, internet hiccup"
		DavidW says, "(Or infamous)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "examine person" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE PERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any person here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "examine twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 509
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Although your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger
Floyd | looks virtually like your own twin! The stranger is carrying a smelly
Floyd | scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your disheveled "twin" is having difficulty breathing, but gasps, "The
Floyd | combination is 112." Your older self then looks at you, almost
Floyd | expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read smelly scroll" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SMELLY SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your twin refuses to part with the smelly scroll.
Floyd | The scroll reads "vardik spell: shield a mind from an evil spirit".
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give me...the spell book," croaks your older self.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 511
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self dives into the lower chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh darn"
		BrianK says, "I wanted to mind probe him"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, you could."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe."
		Jacqueline says, "If we go back a bit."
		BrianK says, "All right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 501
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sooty Room
Floyd | The walls and ceiling of this room are covered with soot and held up
Floyd | by timbers which don't look very sturdy. A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd | From the east comes a sulfurous odor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your muscles feel limp for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink orange potion" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK ORANGE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any orange potion here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open orange" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 505
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ORANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the orange vial reveals orange potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink orange potion" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 506
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK ORANGE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange potion tasted like pepper, and made your nose tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling noise behind you as the ceiling of the tunnel
Floyd | collapses, blocking your retreat! The air smells strongly of coal gas.
Floyd | Good thing you took that vilstu potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 507
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 509
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The thoughts of your older self center on attempting to breathe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your disheveled "twin" is having difficulty breathing, but gasps, "The
Floyd | combination is 461." Your older self then looks at you, almost
Floyd | expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		BrianK says, "Well, that doesn't help"
		DavidW says, "The vilstu doesn't last forever, obviously."
		BrianK asks, "Should we give him the spellbook when he asks for it?"
		DavidW asks, "I dunno. Do you want it when you're him later?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give me...the spell book," croaks your older self.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give spell book to twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 511
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SPELL BOOK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self accepts the spell book gratefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self dives into the lower chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hopefully that was the right choice"
		Jacqueline says, "We shall see."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 512
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dial Room
Floyd | On the eastern wall is a heavy door with a dial set into it. There is
Floyd | a sign on the door. Another exit leads west, and a wall-mounted lamp
Floyd | provides illumination. The floor is deeply covered with lumps of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Or not, if that was your only light source."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, crap, right."
		BrianK says, "Nah, we have a calendar providing light"
		Jacqueline says, "phew"
		DavidW says, "Continue. :)"
		BrianK says, "I don't remember what the circumstances of that was, but"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine dial" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 513
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE DIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Set in the door is a large circular dial which can be set to any
Floyd | number up to 873. It is currently set to 0.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "set dial to 462" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 514
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET DIAL TO 462
Floyd |
Floyd | The dial is now set to 462.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 515
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "rezrov door" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 170, Turns: 516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REZROV DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings open as a loud alarm sounds. Laser beams criss-cross
Floyd | the room, glinting off the blades of the thousand flying daggers. A
Floyd | hundred well-armed and vicious kobolds rush into the room, swinging
Floyd | battle axes.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oops"
		BrianK says, "Oh, I misremembered the combination"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Roger says, "Haha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 507
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 509
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your disheveled "twin" is having difficulty breathing, but gasps, "The
Floyd | combination is 461." Your older self then looks at you, almost
Floyd | expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Give me...the spell book," croaks your older self.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give book to twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 511
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BOOK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self accepts the spell book gratefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self dives into the lower chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 512
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dial Room
Floyd | On the eastern wall is a heavy door with a dial set into it. There is
Floyd | a sign on the door. Another exit leads west, and a wall-mounted lamp
Floyd | provides illumination. The floor is deeply covered with lumps of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "set dial to 461" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 513
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET DIAL TO 461
Floyd |
Floyd | The dial is now set to 461. You hear a click from inside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 190, Turns: 514
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens easily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 190, Turns: 515
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Bottom
Floyd | You are at the bottom of an air shaft which looks climbable. A heavy
Floyd | door leads west.
Floyd | Lying in one corner is a coil of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 190, Turns: 516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine it" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 190, Turns: 517
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Top  Score: 190, Turns: 518
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Top
Floyd | You are deep inside a large coal mine, at the top of an air shaft. You
Floyd | could descend into the shaft; passages in many directions lead further
Floyd | into the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well"
		BrianK says, "I gather this is supposed to be a maze"
		DavidW says, "Fortunately, you have a map."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 190, Turns: 519
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd | Lying near the mouth of one passage is a wooden timber, probably left
Floyd | over from the construction of the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get wood" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 190, Turns: 520
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your exhaustion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "geez"
		BrianK says, "Huh, it's telling us about our tiredness now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 190, Turns: 570
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you fall asleep you pass out from the bad air.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd | With a scream of splintering wood, part of the drawbridge collapses
Floyd | and spills you into the moat. You are immediately set upon by
Floyd | alligators and piranhas.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 190 of a possible 400, in 570 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Intermediate Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "OOPS"
		BrianK says, "this run is a disaster"
		DavidW says, "I guess sleep before any of this, before using vilstu."
		Jacqueline says, "Hey hey, we're intermediate"
		BrianK says, "Almost halfway there :P"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf14" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 507
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 508
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh, gotta restore to 13"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf13" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 150, Turns: 501
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 502
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sooty Room
Floyd | The walls and ceiling of this room are covered with soot and held up
Floyd | by timbers which don't look very sturdy. A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd | From the east comes a sulfurous odor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 504
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your muscles feel limp for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 507
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 510
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 513
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 516
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 518
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 569
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dream of a river, slow and muddy. Great grey hippopotami sport
Floyd | there, bellowing and splashing, and twitching their ears. You awaken
Floyd | and stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf15" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 569
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open orange" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 570
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ORANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the orange vial reveals orange potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink orange potion" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 170, Turns: 571
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK ORANGE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange potion tasted like pepper, and made your nose tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 572
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling noise behind you as the ceiling of the tunnel
Floyd | collapses, blocking your retreat! The air smells strongly of coal gas.
Floyd | Good thing you took that vilstu potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 573
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give spell book to twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 574
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SPELL BOOK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self accepts the spell book gratefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your disheveled "twin" is having difficulty breathing, but gasps, "The
Floyd | combination is 849."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 170, Turns: 575
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your look-alike dives into the lower chute and slides out of view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 576
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dial Room
Floyd | On the eastern wall is a heavy door with a dial set into it. There is
Floyd | a sign on the door. Another exit leads west, and a wall-mounted lamp
Floyd | provides illumination. The floor is deeply covered with lumps of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "set dial to 849" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 170, Turns: 577
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET DIAL TO 849
Floyd |
Floyd | The dial is now set to 849. You hear a click from inside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 190, Turns: 578
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens easily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 190, Turns: 579
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Bottom
Floyd | You are at the bottom of an air shaft which looks climbable. A heavy
Floyd | door leads west.
Floyd | Lying in one corner is a coil of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 190, Turns: 580
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Top  Score: 190, Turns: 581
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Top
Floyd | You are deep inside a large coal mine, at the top of an air shaft. You
Floyd | could descend into the shaft; passages in many directions lead further
Floyd | into the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "ooh, I enjoyed this sequence"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 190, Turns: 582
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd | Lying near the mouth of one passage is a wooden timber, probably left
Floyd | over from the construction of the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get wood" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 190, Turns: 583
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 190, Turns: 584
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 585
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Chute
Floyd | You are at the western end of the coal mine. A metal chute leads
Floyd | downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 585
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 190, Turns: 586
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheee!!!  As you whiz down the chute, you notice a flash of orange
Floyd | light spilling from an opening onto the chute. You land beside an
Floyd | enormous bin of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmmmmmmmm"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 585
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "What was the light?"
		BrianK says, "That's what I'd like to investigate"
		BrianK says, "(It's probably the slanted room that's listed on the map)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 585
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Chute
Floyd | You are at the western end of the coal mine. A metal chute leads
Floyd | downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie rope to chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 586
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't tie the rope to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine troglodyte" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 587
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE TROGLODYTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the troglodyte.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie rope to wood" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 588
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope is tied securely to the center of the beam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 589
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to drop the beam before doing that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the vilstu potion beginning to wear off, and the air here
Floyd | seems pretty unbreathable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh no"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop beam" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 590
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 591
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope hangs from the beam, into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 190, Turns: 592
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb carefully down the rope, which is slippery with coal dust,
Floyd | but because of your load you are unable to maintain your grip. As you
Floyd | whiz down the chute, you notice a flash of orange light spilling from
Floyd | an opening onto the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, we have to drop all our stuff here, it looks like"
		DavidW says, "geez. You're carrying too much too now."
		BrianK says, "That explains why our twin wasn't carrying anything"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 585
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Except for a scroll we hadn't seen."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie rope to wood" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 586
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope is tied securely to the center of the beam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 587
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | beam of wood: Dropped.
Floyd | rope: Dropped.
Floyd | amber vial: Dropped.
Floyd | aqua vial: Dropped.
Floyd | indigo vial: Dropped.
Floyd | orange vial: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd | calendar: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get amulet" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 588
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You probably want the amulet, no?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 588
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding the rope!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 589
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the vilstu potion beginning to wear off, and the air here
Floyd | seems pretty unbreathable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 190, Turns: 590
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope hangs from the beam, into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 210, Turns: 591
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb carefully down the rope, which is slippery with coal dust,
Floyd | and soon reach a small opening off the chute. You clamber inside...
Floyd |
Floyd | Slanted Room
Floyd | This small room has a slanted roof, presumably due to the coal chute
Floyd | which passes overhead. You can reenter the chute to the east.
Floyd | Mounted securely to the wall is a kerosene lamp, filling the room with
Floyd | a serene orange glow. A small compartment at its base is open.
Floyd | There is a shimmering scroll here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Serene orange glow."
		Jacqueline asks, "So was the light just that room whizzing past?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
		Jacqueline nods, and prays the lamp doesn't explode.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 210, Turns: 592
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 210, Turns: 593
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "golmac spell: travel temporally".
Floyd |
Floyd | The vilstu potion has almost completely worn off now, and I doubt you
Floyd | could survive here without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's comforting."
		DavidW says, "That's NOT the scroll your older self was carrying."
		BrianK says, "It is not"
		BrianK says, "Would this be... TIME travel temporarily? :O :O"
		BrianK says, "oh wait"
		BrianK says, "it says temporally, not remporarily"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		BrianK says, "temporarily*"
		BrianK says, "despite how it looks, I can both read and type"
		DavidW asks, "So maybe go into the past and check out the compartment before you got here?"
		BrianK says, "All right, then, here goes nothing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "golmac" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 210, Turns: 593
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GOLMAC
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to golmac?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "golmac me" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 210, Turns: 594
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GOLMAC ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the shimmering scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are surrounded by a puff of smoke, and feel disoriented for a
Floyd | moment. When the smoke clears, nothing seems to have changed, except
Floyd | that the kerosene lamp is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open lamp" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 210, Turns: 595
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the kerosene lamp reveals a smelly scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get smelly" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 235, Turns: 596
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SMELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "THAT's the scroll you're older self, who is now you is."
		DavidW says, "er your"
		BrianK says, "Hurray! The time loop is closed"
		DavidW says, "Time to meet your younger self! Hope you remember what to do!"
		BrianK says, "Although I'm curious as to what happens if we create a paradox"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 235, Turns: 596
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 597
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheeee!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd | Standing here, looking quite confused, is someone who could only be
Floyd | your younger self -- an exact duplicate of you, but cleaner and
Floyd | breathing with considerably less difficulty. You remember seeing this
Floyd | scene from another viewpoint just a short while ago. Among the items
Floyd | carried by your "twin" is your spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "twin, the combination is 849" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 598
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TWIN, THE COMBINATION IS 849
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self seems surprised by your statement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self hands you your spell book!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "hit twin" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 235, Turns: 599
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Trying to attack your younger self with your bare hands is suicidal.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self is doing absolutely nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the final effects of the vilstu potion vanish. Unfortunately,
Floyd | coal gas is a poor substitute for oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well"
		BrianK says, "That wasn't what happened originally"
		Jacqueline says, "Nope"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 235, Turns: 596
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 597
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheeee!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd | Standing here, looking quite confused, is someone who could only be
Floyd | your younger self -- an exact duplicate of you, but cleaner and
Floyd | breathing with considerably less difficulty. You remember seeing this
Floyd | scene from another viewpoint just a short while ago. Among the items
Floyd | carried by your "twin" is your spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "twin, the combination is 849" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 598
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TWIN, THE COMBINATION IS 849
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self seems surprised by your statement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self hands you your spell book!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 599
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly out of the chute and land just at the edge of some water...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Shore
Floyd | This is a narrow beach between a small cove to the east and tall
Floyd | cliffs to the west. The shore curves to the southeast and northeast. A
Floyd | metal chute leads up into the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the final effects of the vilstu potion vanish, leaving you
Floyd | totally exhausted (an unfortunate side effect).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ] Ocean Shore South  Score: 255, Turns: 600
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Shore South
Floyd | You are standing on the western shore of the mighty Flathead Ocean.
Floyd | According to legends you read at the University, the eastern shore of
Floyd | this ocean is a strange land of magical beings and priceless
Floyd | treasures. The beach to the south is blocked by a tall cliff; a lagoon
Floyd | shore lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 255, Turns: 601
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 255, Turns: 602
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Floor
Floyd | This is the floor of a cove off the turbulent ocean to the east. The
Floyd | ground slopes upward to the north, west, and south. Light filters down
Floyd | from the surface of the water.
Floyd | Nestled among some coral is a clump of stunningly beautiful
Floyd | spenseweeds, waving slowly in the currents of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get spenseweeds" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 255, Turns: 603
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPENSEWEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | No spell would help with that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 255, Turns: 604
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Spenseweed is one of those plants that seems to do different things in different games."
		DavidW says, "And sometimes nothing at all."
		Jacqueline says, "Can't wait to experiment."
		DavidW says, "It's the ubiquitous fern/weed of Zork."
		BrianK says, "Hmm, I suppose we can cast meef on it but"
		BrianK says, "(the spell that causes plants to wilt)"
		DavidW says, "oh, good idea."
		BrianK says, "If only because we haven't used that spell yet"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn meef" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 255, Turns: 605
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | The book is damp and the writing unreadable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "oh no"
		BrianK says, "Well, this is embarrassing."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 235, Turns: 596
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 597
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheeee!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd | Standing here, looking quite confused, is someone who could only be
Floyd | your younger self -- an exact duplicate of you, but cleaner and
Floyd | breathing with considerably less difficulty. You remember seeing this
Floyd | scene from another viewpoint just a short while ago. Among the items
Floyd | carried by your "twin" is your spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "twin, the combination is 849" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 598
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TWIN, THE COMBINATION IS 849
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self seems surprised by your statement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self hands you your spell book!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 599
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly out of the chute and land just at the edge of some water...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Shore
Floyd | This is a narrow beach between a small cove to the east and tall
Floyd | cliffs to the west. The shore curves to the southeast and northeast. A
Floyd | metal chute leads up into the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the final effects of the vilstu potion vanish, leaving you
Floyd | totally exhausted (an unfortunate side effect).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf18" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 599
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 255, Turns: 600
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oh, wait, that's too late"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf18" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 599
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 600
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn meef" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 601
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the meef spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 255, Turns: 602
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 255, Turns: 603
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Floor
Floyd | This is the floor of a cove off the turbulent ocean to the east. The
Floyd | ground slopes upward to the north, west, and south. Light filters down
Floyd | from the surface of the water.
Floyd | Nestled among some coral is a clump of stunningly beautiful
Floyd | spenseweeds, waving slowly in the currents of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "meef spenseweeds" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 255, Turns: 604
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MEEF SPENSEWEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The spenseweeds wilt away, revealing a wooden crate labelled with
Floyd | black lettering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 270, Turns: 605
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the wooden crate reveals a grue suit, a can of grue repellent,
Floyd | and a brass lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | You won't be able to hold your breath much longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You still ruined your spellbook, y'know."
		BrianK says, "Hmm"
		BrianK says, "I was thinking I could cast pulver afterwards and it would dry out"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 270, Turns: 656
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | grue suit: Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your
Floyd | exhaustion.
Floyd | can of grue repellent: Your load is too heavy, especially in light of
Floyd | your exhaustion.
Floyd | brass lantern: Your load is too heavy, especially in light of your
Floyd | exhaustion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Better get some fresh air soon!
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop in your tracks from exhaustion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amazing how difficult it is to sleep while swimming (and vice versa).
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "sigh"
		BrianK says, "O..kay"
		BrianK says, "I must've missed that we were tired"
		BrianK says, "Oh, it's the side effect of the potion"
		Jacqueline says, "Sleeping so frequently in a game..."
		DavidW says, "I think you need to pulver the lagoon instead of swimming."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, hm. Yeah."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf18" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 599
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 650
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dream of an idyllic scene in the country, a picnic of wood-sprites
Floyd | and dryads. You awaken and stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 651
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pulver lagoon" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 652
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULVER LAGOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The water level seems to drop an inch or two, for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "but yeah, I guess you have to sleep because of the aftereffects of the vilstu."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read smelly" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 653
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SMELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "vardik spell: shield a mind from an evil spirit".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh. Well, you can drop the book on the shore still, yes?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto vardik" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 654
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the vardik spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "and scrolls."
		DavidW says, "if any"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 655
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop book" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 656
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get book" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 657
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn meef" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 658
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the meef spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop book" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 255, Turns: 659
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 255, Turns: 660
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 255, Turns: 661
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Floor
Floyd | This is the floor of a cove off the turbulent ocean to the east. The
Floyd | ground slopes upward to the north, west, and south. Light filters down
Floyd | from the surface of the water.
Floyd | Nestled among some coral is a clump of stunningly beautiful
Floyd | spenseweeds, waving slowly in the currents of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "meef spenseweeds" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 255, Turns: 662
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MEEF SPENSEWEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The spenseweeds wilt away, revealing a wooden crate labelled with
Floyd | black lettering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 270, Turns: 663
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the wooden crate reveals a grue suit, a can of grue repellent,
Floyd | and a brass lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | You won't be able to hold your breath much longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 270, Turns: 664
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | grue suit: You are now wearing the grue suit.
Floyd | can of grue repellent: Taken.
Floyd | brass lantern: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Better get some fresh air soon!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, I'm glad we can put on a suit on the fly underwater while scrambling for breath"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 270, Turns: 665
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 270, Turns: 666
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Shore
Floyd | This is a narrow beach between a small cove to the east and tall
Floyd | cliffs to the west. The shore curves to the southeast and northeast. A
Floyd | metal chute leads up into the cliff.
Floyd | There is a spell book here (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Seems you could have just grabbed the crate and opened it on shore."
		BrianK says, "Oh"
		BrianK says, "That might have been smarter"
		BrianK says, "examine suit"
		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine suit" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 270, Turns: 667
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the grue suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine repellent" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 270, Turns: 668
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE REPELLENT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "!!! FROBOZZ MAGIC GRUE REPELLENT !!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Instructions for use: Apply liberally to creature to be protected.
Floyd | Duration of effect is unpredictable. Use only in place of death!
Floyd |
Floyd | (No warranty expressed or implied)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine lantern" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 270, Turns: 669
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a battery-powered lantern like those used by adventurers and
Floyd | explorers. It is currently off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get book" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 270, Turns: 670
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmmm. Having a glowing book might be a problem with grues."
		DavidW says, "But the amulet glows too, so, I dunno."
		BrianK says, "Hmmmm"
		BrianK says, "Well, we might be screwed again anyway"
		BrianK says, "double screwed"
		DavidW says, "yes, probably."
		BrianK says, "Let's see what happens"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Ocean Shore North  Score: 270, Turns: 671
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Shore North
Floyd | You are standing on the western shore of the mighty Flathead Ocean.
Floyd | According to legends you read at the University, the eastern shore of
Floyd | this ocean is a strange land of magical beings and priceless
Floyd | treasures. You could go north along the shore; the edge of a small
Floyd | cove lies to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Best to see how, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 270, Turns: 672
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Mouth of River
Floyd | A mighty river spills into the ocean here. Looking up the river
Floyd | valley, you see a tall waterfall. Atop a cliff, high above you, is the
Floyd | rampart of a fortress. A cave entrance at the base of the cliff to the
Floyd | west is blocked by writhing green vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn meef" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 270, Turns: 673
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the meef spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "meef vines" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 270, Turns: 674
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MEEF VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can almost feel a wave of pain from the vines as they shrivel
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh nooooo :("
		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		BrianK says, "I'm sorry vines"
		Jacqueline says, "Man."
		DavidW says, "Vine is dead now."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		BrianK says, "pfft"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "spray repellent on me" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 270, Turns: 675
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPRAY REPELLENT ON ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The spray smells like a mixture of old socks and burning rubber. If I
Floyd | were a grue I'd sure stay clear!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Grue Lair  Score: 270, Turns: 676
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Grue Lair
Floyd | This is a low, shadowy cave leading east to west. The rocky walls are
Floyd | scarred with deep claw marks.
Floyd | A pack of grues fills the room! The grues, contrary to all
Floyd | conventional wisdom, aren't bothered by your light in the least. They
Floyd | must be mutated grues, no longer fearing light! They stagger about the
Floyd | room, covering their noses and making horrid gurgling noises.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 677
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Mammoth Cavern
Floyd | This cavern is of extraordinary size, but nevertheless crowded with
Floyd | powerful-looking machinery. You recognize a breeder for producing
Floyd | millions of the mutated grues you just passed. Other devices seem
Floyd | designed to aid the forces of evil while sapping magic powers of
Floyd | Enchanters everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the far end of the cavern are three closed doors: a black marble
Floyd | door leading to the northwest, a shiny silver door heading due west,
Floyd | and a door of bleached white wood to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, I guess the repellent was all we needed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine amulet" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 678
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE AMULET
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue jewel hangs from a long golden chain. The jewel is pulsing with
Floyd | flashes of brilliant light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 678
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh boy we have a choice of three doors"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing just the repellant with no suit would have produced a different description."
		BrianK says, "Possibly"
		BrianK says, "Anyway if we didn't have the map we wouldn't know that two of these lead to rooms with names like 'Chamber of Living Death' and 'Hall of Eternal Pain'"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, but we shall try to visit them all regardless, right?"
		BrianK says, "Yes :D"
		BrianK says, "For scientific purposes, of course"
		DavidW asks, "So, if I recall correctly, Belboz is possessed by an evil demon named Jeearr, something like that? What sort of anti-demon tricks do we have, particularly for demons that are also master enchanters?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 679
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | The black marble door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | That horrible smell is much less pungent now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, let's see"
		DavidW asks, "rezrov a door?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 680
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The vardik spell (shield a mind from an evil spirit).
Floyd | The malyon spell (bring life to inanimate objects).
Floyd | The fweep spell (turn caster into a bat).
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "yomin a door?"
		BrianK says, "We haven't turned into a bat yet, so I'm sure that can help us fight off the master enchanter demon"
		DavidW asks, "vezza?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 681
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vezza spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 682
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a pile of pure-white blocks, engraved with runes of power.
Floyd | Each block has a word written on it. A moment later, the vision fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well anyway"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open marble door" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of Living Death  Score: 290, Turns: 683
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MARBLE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | As the door opens, hundreds of slime-covered tentacles stream out and
Floyd | drag you across the threshold...
Floyd |
Floyd | Chamber of Living Death
Floyd | The very walls of this room seem to soak up all light, so it seems as
Floyd | though you're floating in the center of an infinite void.
Floyd | Hideous parasites descend upon you and tear the flesh from your bones,
Floyd | gnaw the eyes from your sockets, and feast upon your very brain
Floyd | tissue. Amazingly, you do not die, and your body regenerates itself as
Floyd | you await the next attack...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of Living Death  Score: 290, Turns: 684
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Your agony is too great to concentrate on such an action.
Floyd | Hideous parasites descend upon you and tear the flesh from your bones,
Floyd | gnaw the eyes from your sockets, and feast upon your very brain
Floyd | tissue. Amazingly, you do not die, and your body regenerates itself as
Floyd | you await the next attack...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, that's gruesome"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 678
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Gaspar won't help vs living death."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open silver door" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Eternal Pain  Score: 290, Turns: 679
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SILVER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door blows open, knocking you to the ground. You are pulled
Floyd | through the open doorway by an unseen force...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Eternal Pain
Floyd | This room is filled with blinding light that stabs at your eyes.
Floyd | Disembodied forces suck the very thoughts from your mind, savoring
Floyd | each moment and growing stronger. Every second is an agonizing
Floyd | torment, as though thousands of raging fires were exploding in your
Floyd | skull, filling you with a pain greater than you could ever imagine.
Floyd |
Floyd | That horrible smell is much less pungent now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Eternal Pain  Score: 290, Turns: 680
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Your agony is too great to concentrate on such an action.
Floyd | Disembodied forces suck the very thoughts from your mind, savoring
Floyd | each moment and growing stronger. Every second is an agonizing
Floyd | torment, as though thousands of raging fires were exploding in your
Floyd | skull, filling you with a pain greater than you could ever imagine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah, suffering."
		Jacqueline says, "It feels weird to have doors without a puzzle to decide which one to open."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 678
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm sure there is a way to figure it out."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, 'Sir Mix-a-lot likes big butts and cannot lie. His twin brother does not like big butts and cannot tell the truth. You may ask one question.'"
		DavidW says, "Not that I remember one."
		BrianK says, "I thought vezza would be a cool option to show you which door to pick"
		DavidW says, "Maybe vezza does say, but only at random."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 679
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vezza spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | That horrible smell is much less pungent now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 680
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a heated debate among the Guildmasters of the land, in the
Floyd | ancient Guild Hall at Borphee. A moment later, the vision fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 681
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vezza spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 682
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a pile of pure-white blocks, engraved with runes of power.
Floyd | Each block has a word written on it. A moment later, the vision fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 683
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vezza spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vezza" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 290, Turns: 684
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VEZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a heated debate among the Guildmasters of the land, in the
Floyd | ancient Guild Hall at Borphee. A moment later, the vision fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "These visions are from Spellbreaker, the next game."
		BrianK says, "Ah"
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		BrianK says, "Well, I guess we can proceed, now that we've narrowed our choices down to one door"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open wooden door" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 685
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WOODEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door creaks slowly open. Within, you see someone lying as though
Floyd | asleep. You feel yourself drawn into the room...
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz's Hideout
Floyd | An acrid stench fills this small room, which is obviously a control
Floyd | center for the evil experiments in the cavern outside.
Floyd | Hanging on the wall is a heavy dagger, its handle encrusted with
Floyd | diamonds.
Floyd | Belboz is lying here, motionless but not asleep. He seems to be in
Floyd | some sort of trance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "Though I guess the name of the room was a clue."
		BrianK says, "I wasn't totally expecting Belboz to just be... lying here"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine belboz" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 686
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Belboz.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Roger says, "You have chosen... wisely"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing we don't use the diamond-encrusted knife to stab him out of his trance."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine knife" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 687
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the diamond-studded knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, I mean, we could, but there's probably a better way to solve this"
		Jacqueline says, "(Except that it's studded with diamonds.)"
		DavidW says, "I suppose yomin is a possibility, but I bet it won't be good."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 687
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, for scientific purposes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn yomin" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 688
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN YOMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the yomin spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yomin belboz" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YOMIN BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | You get a horrifying glimpse of a monstrous creature intertwined
Floyd | throughout Belboz's mind. You concentrate, attempting to translate
Floyd | this image into visual terms, and imagine a giant spider with millions
Floyd | of legs, wrapped around and feasting upon the body and spirit of
Floyd | Belboz. The image fades, and you stagger backwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "That was surprisingly not deadly!"
		Jacqueline says, "And sort of strangely illuminating."
		BrianK says, "We did get this cool spell earlier that may or may not apply now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | The spell reads "shield a mind from an evil spirit".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "true"
		Jacqueline holds breath.
		DavidW asks, "Learn it twice? Shield us, then him?"
		BrianK says, "That would be smarter than just shielding him only"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 691
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Eternal Pain  Score: 310, Turns: 692
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, Belboz's eyes flicker and he leaps to his feet. His face is
Floyd | unrecognizable, a twisted mask of hatred. "Meddlesome Enchanter! I
Floyd | should have killed you all before I left! But better late than
Floyd | never..." Lightning bolts flash toward you from his fingers, but
Floyd | rather than dying, you find yourself in the...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Eternal Pain
Floyd | This room is filled with blinding light that stabs at your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oops"
		DavidW says, "oops"
		BrianK says, "I guess we spent too much time in the room"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 687
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 688
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vardik me" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VARDIK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A feeling of warmth and protection fills your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vardik belboz" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 691
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VARDIK BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | The mind of Belboz is now shielded against evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "yay?"
		BrianK says, "Uh"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe it shielded them *inside* his brain"
		DavidW asks, "wake belboz?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wake belboz" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Eternal Pain  Score: 310, Turns: 692
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, Belboz's eyes flicker and he leaps to his feet. His face is
Floyd | unrecognizable, a twisted mask of hatred. "Meddlesome Enchanter! I
Floyd | should have killed you all before I left! But better late than
Floyd | never..." Lightning bolts flash toward you from his fingers, but
Floyd | rather than dying, you find yourself in the...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Eternal Pain
Floyd | This room is filled with blinding light that stabs at your eyes.
Floyd | Disembodied forces suck the very thoughts from your mind, savoring
Floyd | each moment and growing stronger. Every second is an agonizing
Floyd | torment, as though thousands of raging fires were exploding in your
Floyd | skull, filling you with a pain greater than you could ever imagine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm gonna say no."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Eternal Pain  Score: 310, Turns: 692
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any book here!
Floyd | Disembodied forces suck the very thoughts from your mind, savoring
Floyd | each moment and growing stronger. Every second is an agonizing
Floyd | torment, as though thousands of raging fires were exploding in your
Floyd | skull, filling you with a pain greater than you could ever imagine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 687
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 688
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The vardik spell (shield a mind from an evil spirit).
Floyd | The malyon spell (bring life to inanimate objects).
Floyd | The fweep spell (turn caster into a bat).
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		BrianK says, "Ok, clearly... we... should... uh... turn into a bat"
		DavidW says, "The bat is for another puzzle."
		BrianK says, "Darn"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get dagger" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I mean, like"
		BrianK says, "We could try killing him for scientific purposes."
		DavidW asks, "stab him? Just to see?"
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stab belboz" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: -99, Turns: 689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAB BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the diamond-studded knife)
Floyd | You stab the knife time and again into Belboz, who writhes in pain,
Floyd | eyes bulging outward. Sickened and dizzy, you stagger back.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wispy translucent shape rises from the corpse of Belboz. It speaks
Floyd | in a voice so deep that your whole body seems to hear it. "Foolish
Floyd | Charlatan! I am forced to flee that weak, old body -- I shall take
Floyd | your own, instead! Already I have sucked all knowledge, all secrets
Floyd | from that ancient Enchanter. Now begins an epoch of evil transcending
Floyd | even your worst nightmares; a reign of terror that will last a
Floyd | thousand thousand years!" The shape blows toward you on a cold wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel an overwhelming sense of oppression as the demon seizes
Floyd | control of your mind and body. The monster reaches into the recesses
Floyd | of your mind, adding your hard-earned magic powers to its own. As it
Floyd | settles comfortably into your skull, the demon grants you a vision of
Floyd | the future. You see the enslaved people of the land toiling to erect
Floyd | great idols to Jeearr. Parents offer up their own children upon these
Floyd | altars, as the rivers of the land fill with blood. And YOU embody
Floyd | Jeearr; you are cursed by ten thousand generations of victims; your
Floyd | face adorns the idols. And worst of all, you remain awake and aware, a
Floyd | witness to horror, never sleeping, and never, ever to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is -99 of a possible 400, in 689 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Menace to Society.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Golly"
		BrianK says, "I guess we could shield our mind first and then stab him"
		Jacqueline says, "This is such a cheerful game."
		DavidW says, "Protect our mind THEN stab. Yes."
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Yeah, that's what I was thinking."
		BrianK says, "Although I'm sure this is still not the BEST solution"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 687
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 688
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vardik me" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 689
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VARDIK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A feeling of warmth and protection fills your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, true. Belboz will be dead."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get dagger" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Here goes nothing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stab belboz" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAB BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the diamond-studded knife)
Floyd | You stab the knife time and again into Belboz, who writhes in pain,
Floyd | eyes bulging outward. Sickened and dizzy, you stagger back.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wispy translucent shape rises from the corpse of Belboz. It speaks
Floyd | in a voice so deep that your whole body seems to hear it. "Foolish
Floyd | Charlatan! I am forced to flee that weak, old body -- I shall take
Floyd | your own, instead! Already I have sucked all knowledge, all secrets
Floyd | from that ancient Enchanter. Now begins an epoch of evil transcending
Floyd | even your worst nightmares; a reign of terror that will last a
Floyd | thousand thousand years!" The shape blows toward you on a cold wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jeearr surrounds you like a cloud and begins to contract. Suddenly, it
Floyd | strikes your invisible protection and recoils as if burned. "No!" it
Floyd | cries. "Such a guileless Enchanter developing a mind shield?" The
Floyd | cloud is thinner, the voice fainter. "It cannot be! I cannot survive
Floyd | ... without a host." The demon roils in agony, then thins and
Floyd | dissipates. There is a final scream of pain, then silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jeearr is vanquished; the kingdom is saved. But you - you are stranded
Floyd | in a land unknown, and your closest friend, the greatest Enchanter of
Floyd | his age, lies dead by your own hand. Kneeling by his blood-soaked
Floyd | corpse, you beg for another chance...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 310 of a possible 400, in 690 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Member of the Circle of Enchanters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Allen arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Allen asks, "did someone say belboz?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yup"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Allen says, "I hate that asswipe"
		BrianK says, "pfft"
		McMartin says, "Allen duly noted in the pro-stabbing faction"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I know he's dead and all, but 310/400 and being a Member of the Circle of Enchanters ain't half bad."
		Jacqueline says (to McMartin), "ha"
		BrianK says, "We beat the game!! hurray"
		DavidW says, "This may be a good place to stop, since it's a long way back to getting the coin."
		BrianK says, "Yep"
Allen says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 310, Turns: 690
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "what are you playing?"
		BrianK says, "Sorcerer"
		Allen asks, "Sorcerer?"
		DavidW says, "Sorcerer"
		Allen says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, Sorcerer," just for completeness.
		BrianK says, "It's decidedly more straightforward than Enchanter in terms of reaching AN ending"
		Allen says, "Sorcerer is such an evil game, unforgiving in the extreme, with more forms of death than just about any other infocom game. But it's much harder to end up in an unwinnable state than Enchanter"
		Jacqueline says, "See, I'm totes cool with this ending. Are you wanting to ... probe further? (Pun intended, I guess.)"
		Allen says, "Sorcerer was the first infocom game I solved with no trouble.Maybe 2 weeks of effort? I think I may have finished in less than a week (but I played it during a holiday in school I recall, so I could put a solid 10-14 hours at a time at it)"
		McMartin says, "I'm pretty sure that Sorcerer is the only Infocom game I've solved without hints"
		BrianK says, "I'd like to revisit the game next week to try and get the best ending but"
		Allen says, "what I remember most from sorcerer was trying to figure every encyclopedia frobozzica lookup"
		Ellison says, "I forget if I mentioned this last week, but some Sorcerer locations make a cameo in Zork Zero, too"
		Allen says (to McMartin), "Zork III was the first I finished without hints"
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "I might be down with that. Are you headed out?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah, it's a good time to stop for today"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. See you all."
		DavidW says, "good game"
		BrianK says, "The biggest puzzle seems to be the coin thing"
Allen has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "Congrats on getting a mostly good ending."
		Roger says, "The coin puzzle is one of those puzzles that I think even now I would never be able to solve on my own"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		DavidW says, "I"
		DavidW says, "I think I solved the coin puzzle on my own. Hard to be sure at this late date."
		BrianK exclaims, "Anyway, see you all again next week!"
		
*** THIRD SESSION *** 		
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. So no Brian or Roger."
		Jacqueline says, "That kind of dashes my plan for this week."
		Jacqueline says, "But not having a plan is fine. We can look at what's been released recently."
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "There's Brian."
		BrianK says, "Hello I am here"
		DavidW says, "hi Brian"
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		BrianK exclaims, "Hi!"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I was in another window trying to figure out how to see just the games that have been added in 2017, but since you're here I will propose the super obvious thing I thought we'd do this week."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can you think of what the super obvious thing is?"
		BrianK says, "Continue our game from last week? :P"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh. You want to continue it and find a better ending?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "That was not actually my super obvious thing. Clearly my thing was slightly less obvious than that obvious thing."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay!"
		BrianK says, "Oh"
		Jacqueline says, "No, it's good. We should do this."
		BrianK exclaims, "I mean, there's an entire branch of the map that we haven't even explored yet!"
		Jacqueline says, "(My obvious thing was Spellbreaker)"
		DavidW asks, "I'm not sure what the super obvious thing would be. Spellbreaker?"
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Crikey, you are right."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline digs out her Sorcerer stuff again.
		DavidW says, "Last week, we finished Sorcerer but will a less than ideal ending."
		Jacqueline says, "Agreed that it was less than ideal."
		DavidW says, "The branch of the game that we missed was whatever is past the toll gate."
		Jacqueline says, "Here is the (spoilery) map:"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "And here is the (early DRM) infotater:"
		Jacqueline |
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "Mmmm... taters."
		DavidW says, "We will need to backtrack to a point prior to spending the zorkmid coin at the fairground entrance."
		BrianK says, "If our save files are intact, I'm sure one of them will drop us off there"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I just ate, but yes please."
		BrianK says, "Otherwise we can restart from the beginning which isn't that long I guess"
		Jacqueline says, "It was still running Sorcerer when I got here, so the save files should be fine."
		Jacqueline asks, "Need the raw transcript?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or were you keeping track of save files?"
		BrianK says, "I was not"
		BrianK says, "Also I will need to dash out for a moment to get something to eat"
		Jacqueline asks, "How long do you need?"
zarf arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Here's the previous two transcripts:"
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah I'm back already"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Oh, great."
		DavidW says, "I have a tin of peaches and a can opener at the ready."
		Jacqueline asks, "So we want a save before the Park Entrance, is that it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "To preserve our Zorkmid?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
		DavidW says, "Yes, I think so."
		BrianK says, "CF4 is the closest I think"
		BrianK says, "It's right after we get the coin"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
Floyd says (to BrianK), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask sorcerer" 		

Floyd ] Twisted Forest  Score: 0, Turns: 0
Floyd | You are in a strange location, but you cannot remember how you got
Floyd | here. Everything is hazy, as though viewed through a gauze...
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted Forest
Floyd | You are on a path through a blighted forest. The trees are sickly, and
Floyd | there is no undergrowth at all. One tree here looks climbable. The
Floyd | path, which ends here, continues to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hellhound is racing straight toward you, its open jaws displaying
Floyd | rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'll remind everyone to manage the inventory a bit better. Drop stuff we don't need any more so we don't run into limits so often."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		Jacqueline says, "That is easier said than done."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 150
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I know."
		Jacqueline says, "How do we ever know for certain what to drop, for instance."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an issue of Popular Enchanting
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a calendar (providing light)
Floyd |   an ochre vial
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm reasonably sure we don't need the magazine."
		DavidW says, "Or any vial that's empty."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop issue" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ISSUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Agree."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x ochre" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine ochre" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop ochre" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP OCHRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x calendar" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "grr"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "examine calendar" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The calendar is for the current year, 957 GUE, and bears many stunning
Floyd | pictures: the marble mines of Antharia, the sand dunes of the Kovalli
Floyd | Desert, ancient Fort Griffspotter, and the giant infotater factories
Floyd | of Borphee. A legend reads "Best wishes for a leak-less year, from the
Floyd | Accardi Plumbers Guild."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Do we need this? I know it's an alternative light source, but surely we can frotz other things."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read spell book" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SPELL BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes, I'd drop the calendar."
		DavidW says, "And yes, we can frotz other things if we must."
		Jacqueline asks (of Brian), "You cool with dropping the calendar?"
		BrianK says, "Mhm"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop calendar" 		

Floyd ] Tree Room  Score: 110, Turns: 157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline tosses the keys to Brian, but he isn't paying attention and they hit him in the head. "Want to drive?" she asks, too late.
		olethros says, "oh, yeah, my favourite series that I haven't played"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "heh"
		DavidW says, "Like, if the calendar had playmate pix, we could trade it to the engineer for a Flathead screwdriver, I suppose."
		olethros says, "or maybe that's a lie, perhaps I had finished Enchanter"
		BrianK says, "Wow I was in fact not paying attention so you were right on that one"
		DavidW says, "If there was an engineer with a screwdriver in this game, which there isn't."
		Jacqueline wonders if she knocked Brian unconcious with the -- oh, hai
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "I could drive, but you're a good driver and usually more attentive."
		Jacqueline says, "We need to head up to the toll gate, methinks."
		BrianK says, "Give me a minute to finish eating and I can do it"
		DavidW) The band plays gentle music to eat lunch to in the background.
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "hi Roger"
		BrianK says, "All right!!! Let's do this for real"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, yay."
		Roger says, "hiya kids"
		BrianK says, "Hi Roger"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "hey"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Elbow Room  Score: 110, Turns: 158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Room
Floyd | The tunnel turns a corner here. You could go either north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 110, Turns: 159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Bare Passage
Floyd | This is a featureless tunnel, narrowing to the west. To the east is a
Floyd | deep gorge, probably too wide to jump across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 110, Turns: 160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Bare Passage  Score: 110, Turns: 161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Chasm  Score: 110, Turns: 162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly easily across the chasm...
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Chasm (you are flying)
Floyd | This is a strip of land to the east of a gaping chasm. You might try
Floyd | jumping across, but I'd advise against it. A wide crater lies to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Crater  Score: 110, Turns: 163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater (you are flying)
Floyd | You are floating near the center of an enormous crater, strewn with
Floyd | debris. Several points around the perimeter look climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Edge of Crater  Score: 110, Turns: 164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Crater
Floyd | You are at the northeastern rim of a gigantic crater, the result of
Floyd | some ancient explosion. A wide underground highway, which ends at the
Floyd | crater's edge, leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Bend  Score: 110, Turns: 165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend
Floyd | The road curves here, heading east and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Highway  Score: 110, Turns: 166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd | This is a wide road winding away to the east and west, perhaps a relic
Floyd | of the Great Underground Empire you read about in history class. A
Floyd | passage leads up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | You have reached a toll gate which spans the highway.
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Here's the gate"
		Jacqueline says, "I have been playing too much Skyrim. My first thought was to kill him. Then I remembered that this is an Infocom game."
		DavidW says, "I wish I knew izyuk. I don't have any chasms to fly over, but the trick would be helpful in crossing small rivers and streams."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf21" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 167
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I suppose the obvious option is to wake him and pay the toll"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wake gnome" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 110, Turns: 168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnome stirs a bit and opens one eye, which wanders around until it
Floyd | notices you. He jumps to his feet. "One zorkmid, please," he yells
Floyd | with a smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes. I suggest doing that."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give coin to gnome" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 130, Turns: 169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnome pockets the coin and opens the gate. Before you can take a
Floyd | step the gnome falls asleep again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jota arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Allen arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Although..."
		BrianK asks, "Is the gate just open permanently after that?"
		Jacqueline says, "Killing him would mean that we would still have our coin"
		DavidW says (to BrianK), "I think the gate is now open forever."
		Jacqueline says, "I know you all said otherwise, but I have to believe you can get to all areas with just the one coin."
		BrianK says, "That seems like terrible security"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		BrianK says, "Or well I guess it's a toll gate so it's not exactly for security"
		Jacqueline says, "Nah. Revenue generation."
		Jacqueline says, "Wait. He was asleep."
		Jacqueline asks, "Why did we not try sneaking past?"
		BrianK says, "The gate was closed before that :P"
		DavidW says, "The gate was down before."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Okay, good reason."
		BrianK says, "We tried rezrov-ing it last time, but that just woke him up"
		Jacqueline nods.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 130, Turns: 170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We have no way to kill him anyway, really."
		Jacqueline says, "Not right now, anyway."
		Jacqueline tries to remember what we got in the Park.
		DavidW says, "Notice how good I'm being not giving hints on this."
		BrianK says, "Good job David :P"
		BrianK says, "At the park we got the bring-inanimate-objects-to-life thing"
		BrianK says, "Which is definitely necessary to move to the endgame"
		DavidW says, "That was the malyon spell, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we use the fweep spell and bit him."
		Jacqueline says, "Bite, even"
		BrianK says, "I don't remember where we got that one"
		olethros asks, "I guess he opens it with a key?"
		olethros says, "anyway, it's now open!"
		DavidW says, "I think the fweep scroll was in the cave across the river."
		BrianK says, "I don't suppose, since he's asleep right now"
		BrianK says, "We can just steal the coin back from him"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get coin from gnome" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 130, Turns: 170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET COIN FROM GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any coin here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in gnome's pocket" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 130, Turns: 171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN GNOME'S POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully search the sleeping gnome, and take the zorkmid coin you
Floyd | find in his pocket!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW quietly claps.
		BrianK says, "Well uh"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, at one point we had a beam of wood (to hit him upside the head, but I doubt that would work)."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "NICE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at gnome" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 130, Turns: 172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the gnome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "How did you know it had pockets?"
		BrianK says, "It mentioned it when he took the coin"
		Jacqueline says, "Just a guess, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "So it did."
		DavidW | The gnome pockets the coin and opens the gate.
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "brb"
		Jacqueline says, "back"
		DavidW says, "I suppose SEARCH GNOME or STEAL COIN might've worked also."
		BrianK says, "I suppose the solution is never really that complicated for a lot of these"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well... onward?"
		BrianK says, "All right"
		olethros says, "and obvious in retrospect!"
		DavidW says, "please"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Store  Score: 130, Turns: 173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd | A store lies to the south from this section of the east-west road.
Floyd | There is a sign over the entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ] Outside Store  Score: 130, Turns: 174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "ZEKE'S APPLIANCE STORE
Floyd |
Floyd |  Official outlet for all
Floyd | Frobozz Magic Appliances"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Store  Score: 130, Turns: 175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Store
Floyd | This is an appliance store, apparently abandoned. The entrance lies to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd | There is a floor waxer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jota asks, "Official outlet?"
		DavidW says, "yay, floor wazer"
		BrianK says, "Oh, darn, I was expecting an actual store"
		Jota exclaims, "Now you have someplace to plug them in!"
		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps we need to make someone slip."
		Jacqueline says (to Jota), "har"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get floor waxer" 		

Floyd ] Store  Score: 130, Turns: 176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLOOR WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine it" 		

Floyd ] Store  Score: 130, Turns: 177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the floor waxer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jota asks, "Also, didn't we see this already in Lurking Horror?"
		DavidW says, "There was a floor waxer there, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Outside Store  Score: 130, Turns: 178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd | A store lies to the south from this section of the east-west road.
Floyd | There is a sign over the entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] End of Highway  Score: 130, Turns: 179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd | The underground road ends here. A hovel, carved into the rock, lies to
Floyd | the east. To the north, wide marble stairs lead upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine stairs" 		

Floyd ] End of Highway  Score: 130, Turns: 180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE STAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine hovel" 		

Floyd ] End of Highway  Score: 130, Turns: 181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE HOVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the stone hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Hut
Floyd | This is a small underground hovel. On the far wall is a small
Floyd | fireplace, long unused.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in fireplace" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have a very bad suggestion for the floor waxer if you feel suicidal."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. Kind of expected someone to be inside here."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 183
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Go ahead."
		DavidW says, "There's a mine field in the game."
		DavidW says, "Try turning on the waxer in the field."
		Jacqueline asks, "Which field?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "Not nearby."
		BrianK says, "I guess we can do it once we're in the area"
		Jacqueline says, "Way yonder west"
		DavidW says, "yeah, northwest corner of the map."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search fireplace" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "What is the point of this place, I wonder?"
		DavidW says, "You can see that the mine field is a dead end, though. It won't help you at all to waste time there."
		BrianK says, "Oh, I thought there'd actually be something there"
		BrianK says, "Also yeah this fireplace seems like it's saying 'I am important' but I dunno how it would be"
		DavidW says, "No comment about this location."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "You're getting better at this."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hit your head against the fireplace as you attempt this feat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "learn frotz" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN FROTZ
Floyd |
Floyd | You already know that spell by heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I thought that was the case."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "frotz fireplace" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Although you complete the spell, nothing seems to have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Come back later?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah, let's move on"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] End of Highway  Score: 130, Turns: 188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd | The underground road ends here. A hovel, carved into the rock, lies to
Floyd | the east. To the north, wide marble stairs lead upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 130, Turns: 189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a large entrance hall, paved with polished stone. Large
Floyd | doorways lead north and south.
Floyd | Standing in the center of the hall is a life-sized statue. An
Floyd | inscription at the base is in a familiar language.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read inscription" 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 130, Turns: 190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ INSCRIPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | "I, Duncanthrax, King of Quendor and all its subjugated outlands,
Floyd | invite you to sample the delights of my Glass Labyrinth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine statue" 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 130, Turns: 191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I, Duncanthrax, King of Quendor and all its subjugated outlands,
Floyd | invite you to sample the delights of my Glass Labyrinth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A glass labyrinth."
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds awesome."
		Jacqueline rolls her eyes.
		DavidW says, "You mean 'delightful'."
		Jacqueline says, "...yeah"
		Roger says, "It is not without its delights"
		BrianK says, "I bet casting malyon on this statue is some kind of easter egg"
		Jacqueline says, "This was released in 1984, before the memo went out about how we don't want any more mazes."
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Ooh. Try it."
		DavidW says (to BrianK), "oo. I never tried that!"
		BrianK says, "Well, we don't have it yet :P"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, shucks. Right"
		zarf says, "it is an interesting maze!"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, note for later."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 130, Turns: 192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Glass Arch
Floyd | Through a breathtaking archway of glass to the east is an area
Floyd | glistening with reflected light. Another exit leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "All right, shall we enter the maze?"
		Jacqueline says, "We just saved."
		Jacqueline says, "So, yeah, I guess."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And I'm guessing we should not use the map."
		BrianK says, "So is this an actual maze or a maze that has some trick to it :P"
		DavidW says, "(silence)"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm smiling right now. Because really all you need to do is never take your hand off the wall and just keep walking, but of course games never let you do that."
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "or unravel your pullover"
		Jota exclaims (at BrianK), "You say that as though those things are mutually exclusive!"
		Jacqueline says, "...unless there's a trick."
		DavidW says (to Jota), "I wanted to say that!"
		Roger says, "That doesn't work for all mazes, but I think it does work for all proper labyrinths"
		BrianK says, "As I recall it doesn't work for mazes that form loops"
		zarf says, "it works for all mazes unless they have bridges, or a goal-point in the center, or both."
		BrianK says, "So how do we want to approach this"
		Jacqueline says, "I was about to ask you the same thing."
		Jacqueline says, "I like the unraveling our pullover idea."
		Jacqueline says, "It's not like we have enough inventory to go leaving stuff."
		BrianK says, "Dang, we should've just kept all our useless junk that we left behind"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "well, if you want the junk back at the tree..."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We could. But the inventory limit is more what I was talking about."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 193
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well as an experiment I'd like to see if this is one of those 'all the rooms are the same' mazes or if they're subtly different"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm inclined to say, just try mapping it, but this game never lets you know when you're circling back on yourself."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings.
Floyd | Unfortunately, this section of the glass maze has no floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "WHOA"
		BrianK says, "What"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 193
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well. Isn't that delightful."
		DavidW says, "King Duncky has an odd idea what's delightful."
		Allen says, "I'm playing sorcerer now, at my desk"
		Allen says, "I remember what I hated about this game--all the arbitrary deathsd"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "That is a timely comment."
		zarf says, "so it's not *exactly* that this maze has bridges..."
		DavidW says, "I think I prefer the deathiness of Sorcerer to the hungriesquethristiness of Enchanter."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, I'll agree to that."
		olethros asks, "or the deadendiness of...?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we should fly?"
		BrianK says, "Oh, right, that's an option"
		DavidW says, "I'd quite forgotten the train of thought necessary for solving this puzzle."
		BrianK says, "I was thinking 'no floor -> use floor waxer????' but I'm not sure how much sense that makes"
olethros says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a floor waxer
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I... I don't think that makes any sense."
olethros says (to Floyd), "wax floor" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAX FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Better put it down, first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But I am often wrong."
		Taleslinger says, "You need the no floor waxer"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		BrianK says, "They both have the word floor in them, so clearly it makes perfect sense"
olethros says (to Floyd), "put wax on floor" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WAX ON FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't use the word "wax" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop waxer" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wax floor" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAX FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The waxer whirrs about the room for a minute, polishing the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine floor" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing but reflected light in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "ha ha"
olethros says (to Floyd), "waxer, north" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAXER, NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't talk to a floor waxer!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ok, I don't think that did anything"
		olethros (
olethros says (to Floyd), "x waxer" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "x".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "examine waxer" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the floor waxer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get waxer" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jota exclaims, "There, now you have thoroughly removed any pesky smudges on the floor that might have helped you see that it was there!"
		BrianK says, "At this point we'll probably just slip and fall on our newly waxed floor when we try to move anywhere"
		olethros says, "if you put something dirty on the waxer, though"
		Jota says (to olethros), "Sorry, this game is PG."
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, fly n?"
		BrianK says, "Sure"
		olethros says, "let's try it at least"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well uh"
		olethros asks, "are exit directions mentioned somewhere?"
		BrianK says, "I didn't think this far ahead"
		olethros asks, "just N all the way?"
		BrianK says, "Nope"
		olethros says, "yeah, glass maze"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | BONK! You fly right into an almost invisible wall of glass -- a
Floyd | stunning blow!
Floyd |
Floyd | The izyuk spell wears off. Unfortunately, this room of the maze has no
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | You are standing on the drawbridge of a ruined castle which lies to
Floyd | your east. The wood of the bridge looks severely rotted and creaks
Floyd | ominously beneath you. The moat, although an easy dive from here,
Floyd | looks dangerous, full of sinister shapes beneath the surface of the
Floyd | water. To the west is a wide field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Amazing"
		Jacqueline sighs.
		Jota exclaims, "Stunning!"
		olethros asks, "seems like trial-and-error exit learning?"
		BrianK says, "I mean, hypothetically we can map all of this"
		Roger says, "This might not be a bad time to ask for a hint"
		Jota asks, "Or at least, all of it within two turns of where you start?"
		olethros says, "arrrr"
		olethros says, "maybe we need to map but..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 193
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, um."
		BrianK says, "My thoughts exactly"
		olethros asks, "I dunno, just keep trying, unless there's some other avenue to explore?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a floor waxer
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "examine book" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the spell book given to you by Belboz after your original book
Floyd | was lost during your battle with Krill. There are several spells
Floyd | written in the book, with marginal notes about their effects and how
Floyd | to cast them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "spells" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnusto, rezrov, and frotz spells are yours forever. Other than
Floyd | that, you have no spells memorized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | My Spell Book
Floyd |
Floyd | The meef spell (cause plants to wilt).
Floyd | The gaspar spell (provide for your own resurrection).
Floyd | The gnusto spell (write a magic spell into a spell book).
Floyd | The vezza spell (view the future).
Floyd | The pulver spell (cause liquids to become dry).
Floyd | The izyuk spell (fly like a bird).
Floyd | The yomin spell (mind probe).
Floyd | The rezrov spell (open even locked or enchanted objects).
Floyd | The frotz spell (cause something to give off light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | BONK! You walk right into an almost invisible wall of glass -- a
Floyd | stunning blow!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | BONK! You walk right into an almost invisible wall of glass -- a
Floyd | stunning blow!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 130, Turns: 200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Glass Arch
Floyd | Through a breathtaking archway of glass to the east is an area
Floyd | glistening with reflected light. Another exit leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So it's only north"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you just hard mapping through trial and error?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		olethros says, "I don't think there is another way to map"
		Jacqueline says, "And if we go in there we die."
		Jacqueline asks, "And if we float in there we hit another wall, and then we die?"
		olethros says, "N, N we die"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "so we have N->W, N->E, N->D ???"
		olethros says, "ok, N->E verified"
		olethros says, "I hope somebody is actually writing down the map"
		BrianK says, "This is very inconvenient"
		olethros asks, "1 turn only?"
		Jacqueline asks (of olethros), "You are. Right?"
		olethros says, "I am? OK, I am"
		Jacqueline says, "Kidding. I think Brian actually is."
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		Allen says, "crap I got it in an unwinnable state"
		olethros says, "ok, was going to start a pastebin"
		Allen says, "grr, another damn thing about this"
		BrianK says, "Hmmmhmmmmm"
		olethros says, "let me try and fly down"
		Jacqueline says, "oh yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "izyuk me" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen wonders if it's worth the time to hack frotz to change this variable
		olethros asks, "wait, didn't we just come from the west?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
olethros says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "so it worked"
		BrianK says, "Well this sucks"
		olethros asks, "it's a 3d maze?"
		DavidW says, "Oh. The maze does allow up and down izyuking."
		BrianK asks, "Now I have to map in 3d???"
		olethros says, "let's hope there's no time portal"
		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		Allen asks, "only 3x3x3 right?"
		DavidW says (to Allen), "spoiler!"
		olethros says, "well, that's definitely an /interesting/ fact about this maze"
		Allen says, "oh I thought you'd already ... sorry"
		olethros says, "but you know, they could have made that the whole puzzle: think about going down"
		olethros asks, "why a whole 27 room maze?"
		olethros says, "I guess Photopia basically did that"
		Roger says, "The Implementors are inscrutible"
		olethros says, "anyway, 3d maze it is"
		olethros says, "question about the 'guardian angel'"
		olethros asks, "it's not the same as a restore, is it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "You good? Or have you given up the will to map/live?"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "No"
		DavidW says (to olethros), "It is not. There's a life-insurance spell you cast ahead of time."
		BrianK says, "Kind of a weird thought but"
		zarf says, "they are inscrutable but in this case I sense a clear signal of 'hey, betcha a beer I can do a 3D maze in a text adventure'"
		olethros says, "ok, so only your death and location is changed, the remainder of the game state is the same"
		BrianK says, "About that bat spell"
		olethros (to zarf) :(
		olethros says, "what bat spell"
		BrianK says, "There's a bat spell we get in the future"
		olethros asks, "so we also need to travel in time!?"
		Jacqueline says, "It is amusingly called the Fweep spell."
		DavidW says (to olethros), "That's later."
		BrianK says, "anyway about the bat spell"
		BrianK asks, "does it let you echolocate???"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw, snap."
		DavidW says, "I don't think you guys ever used the bat spell."
		Jacqueline says, "I'd forgotten about echolocation."
		Jacqueline says, "That... that would be pretty awesome."
		BrianK says, "I was more thinking about 'being a bat would let us fly longer, possibly' but then I realized that bats have echolocation"
		Jacqueline says, "I am slightly excited but mostly thinking that the game probably isn't that advanced."
		Jacqueline says, "But who knows? We do have the zorkmid."
		BrianK says, "I guess we could go and do the thing and then come back to here"
		Jacqueline shrugs. "It's a thought."
		BrianK says, "Well"
		BrianK asks, "Let's get all that stuff done then and then come back here?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "please do"
		Jacqueline asks, "I mean, might as well, eh?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 130, Turns: 193
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And if that stuff is helpful here, all the better."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 183
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'll put it on brief to save on text"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Brief descriptions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.w." 		

Floyd ] Outside Store  Score: 130, Turns: 185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W.W.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Toll Gate  Score: 130, Turns: 186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w. u. u." 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W. U. U.
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk. izyuk me. w. w." 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 130, Turns: 193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK. IZYUK ME. W. W.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] River Bank  Score: 130, Turns: 194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You are on a muddy bank of a fast-moving river, full of sharp rocks
Floyd | and foaming rapids, flowing to the southwest. The ground is soft and
Floyd | eroded, and continually threatens to dump you into the turbulent
Floyd | waters. A field lies to the southwest, and a trail leads southeast
Floyd | along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn pulver. pulver river. ne. ne." 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN PULVER. PULVER RIVER. NE. NE.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the pulver spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The river dries up, leaving only a few puddles between the rocks! It's
Floyd | now safe to climb down into the river bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bed
Floyd | You are on the bed of an evaporated river. Fish splash helplessly in
Floyd | tiny puddles. The bed leads northwest and southeast. A climb up the
Floyd | southwest bank is possible. To the northeast is a dark cave, hollowed
Floyd | out by years of rushing water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden Cave
Floyd | This is a hollow area under the northeast bank of the river. The floor
Floyd | rises away from the mouth of the cave, which is at its southwest end.
Floyd | A dark hole leads downward at the far end of the cave.
Floyd | Lying in the corner, in a pile of bat guano, is a scroll.
Floyd | There is an amber vial here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "fweep spell: turn caster into a bat".
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a roar of water from outside the cave. The lower part of the
Floyd | cave, near the mouth, fills with a pool of swirling water!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto fweep" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the fweep spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get guano. get amber." 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GUANO. GET AMBER.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Noooooooooo"
		DavidW says, "Drop the waxer"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!"
		BrianK says, "Do we not need the waxer"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. But we have not waxed anything, have we?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pile of bat guano
Floyd |   a floor waxer
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Won't someone think of the unclean floors?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop waxer in hole" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP WAXER IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "...is the waxer just a red herring?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put waxer in hole" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WAXER IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "um. Perhaps I should have not said anything."
		BrianK says, "We forgot to try the waxer in the mine field"
		BrianK says, "Whoops"
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		Jacqueline says, "But that was just for kicks."
		BrianK says, "But the kicks are the best part"
		olethros says, "you can pick it up later"
		BrianK says, "Well it's a little annoying to get in here so"
		DavidW says, "Locusts and falling riverbanks and river water and such."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop waxer" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Alas, good waxer, we hardly knew ye"
		BrianK says, "Or something like that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get amber vial" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AMBER VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |         "BLORT POTION
Floyd | (ability to see in dark places)"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "All right, I'll continue then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf24" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hidden Cave  Score: 150, Turns: 209
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline nods.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d. sw. u." 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 150, Turns: 212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D. SW. U.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit of Bones
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk. learn izyuk. izyuk me. w. w." 		

Floyd ] Meadow  Score: 150, Turns: 217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK. LEARN IZYUK. IZYUK ME. W. W.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "izyuk me. ne. se." 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 150, Turns: 220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IZYUK ME. NE. SE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The locusts are much closer now, blotting out the sun like a black
Floyd | storm cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fort Entrance (you are flying)
Floyd | You are at the entrance to Fort Griffspotter, which lies to the east.
Floyd | A trail leads along the river bank to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 150, Turns: 221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | You are at the center of a level field inside the fort. Entrances to
Floyd | rooms around the perimeter lie in several directions.
Floyd | A tattered flag, apparently that of ancient Quendor, still flies atop
Floyd | a mighty flagpole in the center of the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "lower flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 150, Turns: 222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOWER FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The flag is lowered to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search flag" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 150, Turns: 223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | As you fiddle with the flag, an aqua vial drops from a hidden pocket
Floyd | and falls to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "This inventory juggling is getting to be a little annoying"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 150, Turns: 224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an amber vial
Floyd |   a pile of bat guano
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I agree."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 150, Turns: 225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Gun Emplacement
Floyd | This is a battlement with a view of a river to the north and an ocean
Floyd | to the east. Openings northwest, west, and southwest lead to other
Floyd | parts of the fort.
Floyd | A magnificent cast-iron cannon stands atop the battlement. Its wide,
Floyd | shallow barrel points toward the ocean, as though daring enemy ships
Floyd | to approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put guano in cannon" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 150, Turns: 226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GUANO IN CANNON
Floyd |
Floyd | When you drop the guano into the barrel, dozens of scrolls pour out
Floyd | and literally run off in every direction! A single ordinary scroll is
Floyd | left sitting at the bottom of the barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get ordinary" 		

Floyd ] Gun Emplacement  Score: 160, Turns: 227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ORDINARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 160, Turns: 228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | There is an aqua vial here.
Floyd | There is a flagpole here.
Floyd | A flag displaying the brown and gold of ancient Quendor is lying here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read aqua" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 160, Turns: 229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ AQUA
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the aqua vial first)
Floyd |
Floyd |         "FOOBLE POTION
Floyd | (increase muscular coordination)"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 160, Turns: 280
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sleep uneventfully, awake refreshed, and rise to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get aqua vial" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 160, Turns: 281
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET AQUA VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh wait"
		DavidW asks, "The ordinary scroll is the yonk one, right?"
		BrianK says, "Yes"
		BrianK says, "I guess our inventory limits were from tiredness"
		DavidW says, "oh"
		BrianK says, "So we could've taken that poor floor waxer with us :("
		Jacqueline groans.
		Jacqueline says, "This game."
		DavidW says, "oops"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 160, Turns: 282
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Parade Ground
Floyd | You are at the center of a level field inside the fort. Entrances to
Floyd | rooms around the perimeter lie in several directions.
Floyd | There is a flagpole here.
Floyd | A flag displaying the brown and gold of ancient Quendor is lying here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Parade Ground  Score: 160, Turns: 283
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an aqua vial
Floyd |   an ordinary scroll
Floyd |   an amber vial
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, well, we have everything now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 160, Turns: 284
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Fort Entrance
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "but it only said you're beginning to tire just now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf25" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Fort Entrance  Score: 160, Turns: 284
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I think we had the same problem last week"
		BrianK says, "Where it didn't mention we were tired but we couldn't pick up anything"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk. learn izyuk. izyuk me. nw. sw. izyuk me. e. e." 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 160, Turns: 292
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK. LEARN IZYUK. IZYUK ME. NW. SW. IZYUK ME. E. E.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The locusts are much closer now, blotting out the sun like a black
Floyd | storm cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This game has several ways to demonstrate the adjective 'delightful,' yes."
		DavidW asks, "So, what next? Fairground, ball, malyon, dragon carving? Do you have the exquisite torture potion yet?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah we have exquisite torture"
		BrianK says, "We can try being a bat"
		DavidW says, "oh right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Dungeon  Score: 160, Turns: 293
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d. e. e. e. n. n." 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 299
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D. E. E. E. N. N.
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | This is a large entrance hall, paved with polished stone. Large
Floyd | doorways lead north and south.
Floyd | Standing in the center of the hall is a life-sized statue. An
Floyd | inscription at the base is in a familiar language.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Glass Arch
Floyd | Through a breathtaking archway of glass to the east is an area
Floyd | glistening with reflected light. Another exit leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf26" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 299
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 300
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I like how when this is in brief and we can't see the commands being given, it's like poetry."
		Jacqueline | River Bank (you are flying)
		Jacqueline | Meadow (you are flying)
		Jacqueline | You settle gently to the ground.
		Jacqueline | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
		Jacqueline | Fin
		BrianK says, "Haha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 301
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the fweep spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "The moment of truth!"
		DavidW says, "Caution! I bet bats can't carry as much as people."
		BrianK says, "Oh, that's a thought"
		Jacqueline says, "That... is probably true."
		BrianK asks, "Do we just drop everything?"
		DavidW says, "Not here, please."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Glass Arch
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Glass Arch
Floyd | Through a breathtaking archway of glass to the east is an area
Floyd | glistening with reflected light. Another exit leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | aqua vial: Dropped.
Floyd | ordinary scroll: Dropped.
Floyd | amber vial: Dropped.
Floyd | zorkmid coin: Dropped.
Floyd | indigo vial: Dropped.
Floyd | orange vial: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd | spell book: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "Well here goes?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to
Floyd | the south and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "WOOT"
		BrianK says, "YAY"
		DavidW says, "Echolocation verified."
		Jacqueline says, "I owe you a big apology."
		BrianK says, "Although I was hoping it would just give us the entire route"
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "I am sorry."
		Allen says, "ah you got it"
		BrianK says, "Haha it's fine"
		BrianK says, "Looks like we'll still need to map it though"
		Allen sings, "Mary had a laser bad, laser bat, laser bat, Mary had a laser bat whose eyes exterminated. And every where Mary went, mary went, Mary went, and every where that Mary went her bat echolocated."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says (to Allen), "I get the reference :D"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "South or up, I guess."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the east and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Cautiously wonders how long we will be a bat."
		BrianK says, "Ah, that might be something to think about"
		DavidW asks, "How many times did you memorize fweep?"
		BrianK says, "...once"
		DavidW says, "oopsie"
		BrianK says, "Well, that's all right"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, just the once."
		BrianK says, "This is just a scouting run to map the area"
		DavidW says, "So, east, up, or west."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is rather clever."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north, to
Floyd | the east and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "aaaaaaa"
		DavidW says, "That's a dead end, I think."
		BrianK says, "Yep"
		olethros says, "UP"
		Jacqueline says, "And... oh shit. We don't have..."
		olethros says, "ah, wait, no, just south is open"
		BrianK asks, "What don't we have?"
		DavidW says, "That's the way we entered."
		Jacqueline asks, "Would it be good to go out?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Let the spell wear off? Relearn Fweep?"
		BrianK says, "I was just thinking about restoring to before the maze"
		Jacqueline asks, "I guess more than once, if spells can stack?"
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "Oh, or that."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf26" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 299
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn fweep. learn fweep. learn fweep." 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN FWEEP. LEARN FWEEP. LEARN FWEEP.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the fweep spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the fweep spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the fweep spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Would three be enough"
		DavidW says, "I think so."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | aqua vial: Dropped.
Floyd | ordinary scroll: Dropped.
Floyd | amber vial: Dropped.
Floyd | zorkmid coin: Dropped.
Floyd | indigo vial: Dropped.
Floyd | orange vial: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd | spell book: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf27" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 303
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to
Floyd | the south and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north, to
Floyd | the east and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Another dead end"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north, to
Floyd | the south and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "(another dead end)"
		DavidW says, "yep"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment of futilely flapping your arms, you realize that the
Floyd | fweep spell has worn off. You fall several feet to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north
Floyd | and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "So the spell lasts 14 turns-ish"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe 3 fweeps isn't quite enough for mapping it all?"
		BrianK says, "Well, it's all right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the east and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north, to
Floyd | the south and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north, to
Floyd | the south and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment of futilely flapping your arms, you realize that the
Floyd | fweep spell has worn off. You fall several feet to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north,
Floyd | to the south and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the east and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces to the north, to the south, to the east
Floyd | and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hollow (you are flying)
Floyd | The maze opens here onto a tiny outdoor plateau, completely surrounded
Floyd | by towering cliffs. The only way out is back through the dazzling
Floyd | archway of glass to the west.
Floyd | Near the glass arch is a small rectangular brick structure. The center
Floyd | of the structure is a hole about a foot wide, leading down into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd | There is a parchment scroll here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		BrianK says, "Well that wasn't too tough"
		DavidW says, "You couldn't've flowen double-up like that with izyuk alone."
		BrianK says, "Nope"
		Allen says, "I think you would fall at the top"
		DavidW says, "yup"
		BrianK says, "Although"
		Jacqueline asks, "So this isn't just the easier way it's the only way?"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yes"
		BrianK says, "I think we used all our fweeps so we can't exactly get back safely"
		DavidW says, "Please examine the scroll."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're batty!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 350
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment of futilely flapping your arms, you realize that the
Floyd | fweep spell has worn off. You fall several feet to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 351
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take the scroll, a deep and evil laugh rumbles around the
Floyd | hollow. You hear a sliding, grinding noise and turn just in time to
Floyd | catch a flicker of light from within the glass maze, indicating that
Floyd | its transparent panels have shifted around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh.................."
		Allen says, "yep, this game is evil"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 352
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "swanzo spell: exorcise an inhabiting presence".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "This seems useful"
		Jacqueline says, "Very"
		Jacqueline says, "Provided we can get out alive."
		Jacqueline is somewhat doubtful.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf27" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 303
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, we can't carry anything, not even a scroll in bat-shape?"
		BrianK says, "Nope"
		BrianK says, "Hmm, now I'm wondering"
		BrianK says, "If we carry something and then turn into a bat, what happens to our inventory"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get spellbook" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know the word "spellbook".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume we'd drop it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get book" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Understandably, you dropped
Floyd | everything you were carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yep, there that goes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf27" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 160, Turns: 303
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Your stuff doesn't go into hammerspace, if that's what you were hoping for."
		Jacqueline says, "One would assume that a bat could manage a scroll better than a spell book."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 160, Turns: 305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to
Floyd | the south and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I agree. Bats ought to have no trouble carrying a scroll."
		BrianK says, "All right, wall of text incoming while I go through this maze in one go"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did we even try to take it when we were a bat?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "10-4"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n. e. s. s. w. d. e. e. n. n. u. u. s. e." 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. E. S. S. W. D. E. E. N. N. U. U. S. E.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the east and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the east and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces to the north, to the south, to the east
Floyd | and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hollow (you are flying)
Floyd | The maze opens here onto a tiny outdoor plateau, completely surrounded
Floyd | by towering cliffs. The only way out is back through the dazzling
Floyd | archway of glass to the west.
Floyd | Near the glass arch is a small rectangular brick structure. The center
Floyd | of the structure is a hole about a foot wide, leading down into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd | There is a parchment scroll here.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment of futilely flapping your arms, you realize that the
Floyd | fweep spell has worn off. You fall several feet to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Huh, the path is the perfect length for the bat spell"
		DavidW says, "Curious."
		Jacqueline says, "Curious indeed."
		Jacqueline says, "Or INTENTIONAL"
		olethros says, "or annoying"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine structure" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE STRUCTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The structure is about two feet on each side, and extends up from the
Floyd | ground about three feet. Except for a large quantity of soot around
Floyd | the opening, it looks a lot like a small, rectangular well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "the well of 'oh, well'"
		BrianK says, "I didn't pay too much attention to the room description last time"
		BrianK says, "Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking"
		DavidW says, "I thought it back in another place."
		BrianK says, "Oh you"
		DavidW says, "So, sooty brick rectangular well structure."
		BrianK says, "I'm hoping it'll click for someone else"
		Jacqueline asks, "You mean me?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh... you mean."
		BrianK says, "Or olethros or if someone else is watching and doesn't know the answer already :P"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do you think it's the fireplace? Is that what you're thinking?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
		BrianK exclaims, "!!!!!!!"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, that would give the fireplace a reason for existing."
		BrianK says, "Two puzzles so elegantly solved in one"
		BrianK says, "If you consider the fireplace a puzzle"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take the scroll, a deep and evil laugh rumbles around the
Floyd | hollow. You hear a sliding, grinding noise and turn just in time to
Floyd | catch a flicker of light from within the glass maze, indicating that
Floyd | its transparent panels have shifted around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put scroll in structure" 		

Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SCROLL IN STRUCTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The parchment scroll disappears into the shaft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf28" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hollow  Score: 180, Turns: 322
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah so now I have to go through the changed maze"
		Jacqueline says, "You're a bat. It'll be fine."
		Jacqueline says, "Or rather, you will be a bat."
		DavidW says, "The bat that flaps in the night."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. It is impossible to tell if the walls and
Floyd | ceilings around you are glass surfaces or openings. Since you are
Floyd | standing on something, the floor must be solid, but it is virtually
Floyd | invisible and you feel as though you were walking on air.
Floyd |
Floyd | From outside the maze, you hear the bellowing of a ferocious dorn
Floyd | beast!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Um, that's different"
		DavidW says, "Delightful, I keep tellin' you."
		Jacqueline gulps.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to
Floyd | the north and to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dorn beast rushes after you. Its ear-splitting bellowing resounds
Floyd | throughout the glass maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That seems rather unnecessary."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dorn beast rushes after you. Its ear-splitting bellowing resounds
Floyd | throughout the glass maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW | DORN: Can paralyze with a single glare from its powerful eyes (range: roughly
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dorn beast rushes after you. Its ear-splitting bellowing resounds
Floyd | throughout the glass maze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. The infotater."
		Jacqueline | DORN: Can paralyze with a single glare from its powerful eyes (range: roughly 3' for young beasts to 20' for adults). Dorns commonly inhabit crags and shadows near cliff bases. According to the last words of dying explorers, dorn beasts are gray-purple-black-gray-white.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dorn beast rushes after you. Its ear-splitting bellowing resounds
Floyd | throughout the glass maze. Suddenly, the dorn-beast realizes that it
Floyd | is galloping through midair, and gives a surprisingly high-pitched
Floyd | squeal. It claws frantically at thin air, trying desperately to invent
Floyd | dorn beast flight. You happily notice that dorn beasts do not so much
Floyd | fly as plummet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "hooray"
		BrianK says, "Well that's a solution I didn't see coming"
		BrianK says, "For the record there's only one path I could've followed up to here"
		Allen says, "and Monty Python reference"
		DavidW says, "afk for bathroom break."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces to the north, to the south and to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north, to
Floyd | the south and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces to the north, to the south and to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd | A somewhat splattered corpse is sprawled across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well, we could use the floor waxer here"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces to the north, to the south, to the east
Floyd | and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the south, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the east and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "one sec. brb"
		BrianK says, "I'll just keep going through the maze since it's not like it's the most interesting thing"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment of futilely flapping your arms, you realize that the
Floyd | fweep spell has worn off. You fall several feet to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fweep" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FWEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | With keen disappointment, you note that nothing has changed. Then, you
Floyd | slowly realize that you are black, have two wing-like appendages, and
Floyd | are flying a few feet above the ground. Thanks to your sonar-like bat
Floyd | senses, you can tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north,
Floyd | to the south and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "back"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the east and
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south, to
Floyd | the east and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 346
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the north and to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the north and to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, below you, to the south and to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 349
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces below you, to the south and to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Inside the Glass Maze  Score: 180, Turns: 350
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Glass Maze (you are flying)
Floyd | You are inside a huge cubical maze, shimmering with light from an
Floyd | unseen source above. Thanks to your sonar-like bat senses, you can
Floyd | tell that there are surfaces above you, to the north, to the south and
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 180, Turns: 351
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Glass Arch (you are flying)
Floyd | There is a spell book here (providing light).
Floyd | There is an amulet here. The amulet's jewel is glowing.
Floyd | An orange vial, labelled in tiny letters, is lying here.
Floyd | There is an indigo vial here.
Floyd | There is a zorkmid coin here.
Floyd | There is an amber vial here.
Floyd | There is an ordinary scroll here.
Floyd | There is an aqua vial here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "And here we are"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf29" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 180, Turns: 351
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Back"
		Jacqueline says, "Very nicely done."
		DavidW says, "yay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get book" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 180, Turns: 352
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're batty!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "No you >:("
		DavidW says, "I suppose the dornbeast was in there to make sure you used fweep again."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 180, Turns: 355
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment of futilely flapping your arms, you realize that the
Floyd | fweep spell has worn off. You fall several feet to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get spell book" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 180, Turns: 356
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPELL BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ] Outside Glass Arch  Score: 180, Turns: 357
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | magic amulet: You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd | orange vial: Taken.
Floyd | indigo vial: Taken.
Floyd | zorkmid coin: Taken.
Floyd | amber vial: Taken.
Floyd | ordinary scroll: Taken.
Floyd | aqua vial: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 180, Turns: 358
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | Standing in the center of the hall is a life-sized statue. An
Floyd | inscription at the base is in a familiar language.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] End of Highway  Score: 180, Turns: 359
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 180, Turns: 360
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Hut
Floyd | The fireplace contains:
Floyd |   a parchment scroll
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 180, Turns: 361
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, sleep and take after"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 180, Turns: 412
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sleep uneventfully, awake refreshed, and rise to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 205, Turns: 413
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 205, Turns: 414
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "swanzo spell: exorcise an inhabiting presence".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto swanzo" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 205, Turns: 415
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO SWANZO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the swanzo spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf30" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 205, Turns: 415
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK exclaims, "And that's that!"
		DavidW asks, "so, now get malyon? Is that next?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
		BrianK says, "I guess we just do everything else the same as last time"
		DavidW says, "Until you get to Belboz."
		Jacqueline says, "Except for the end bit."
		Jacqueline says, "Right"
		BrianK says, "All right, time for some location-skipping poetry"
		DavidW says, "Although a side trip to malyon Duncanthrax would be interesting."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w. w. w. w. w. sw. sw. s. sw." 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 205, Turns: 424
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W. W. W. W. W. SW. SW. S. SW.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd | This is a meandering north-south tunnel. A side passage leads to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd | This looks like the entrance to a run-down amusement park, no longer
Floyd | gaudy with lights and glitter. A sign above the entrance proclaims
Floyd | "Welcome to Bozbarland - The Entertainment Capital of the Empire." The
Floyd | park lies to the west and a tunnel leads northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 205, Turns: 425
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You bounce off an invisible barrier. A moment later a gnome appears,
Floyd | dressed in a gaudy plaid outfit. "Admission to the park is only one
Floyd | zorkmid. What a bargain, chum, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give zorkmid to gnome" 		

Floyd ] Park Entrance  Score: 205, Turns: 426
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ZORKMID TO GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, you can go through now, bub. Enjoy your trip to Bozbarland."
Floyd | The gnome vanishes as suddenly as he appeared.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] East End of Midway  Score: 205, Turns: 427
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd | You are at the eastern end of a long midway. The park entrance lies to
Floyd | the east, and rides lie to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 205, Turns: 428
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd | Entrances lead north, west and south, and the rest of the midway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Shame you can't steal from the park gnome too, but he's different."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open aqua" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 205, Turns: 429
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN AQUA
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the aqua vial reveals aqua potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink aqua potion" 		

Floyd ] West End of Midway  Score: 205, Turns: 430
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK AQUA POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The aqua potion tasted like lime jelly, and sent vibrations through
Floyd | your muscles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 205, Turns: 431
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Arcade
Floyd | This is a huge tent filled with hectic noise, blinking lights, and the
Floyd | smell of frying food. Near the exit is a game booth lined with prizes.
Floyd | The concept of the game seems to be bashing cute little mechanical
Floyd | bunnies with a rubber ball as they hop around a little artificial
Floyd | meadow.
Floyd | A hawker stands within the booth, studying you through half-closed
Floyd | eyes.
Floyd | "C'mon, pal!" cries the hawker from the game booth. "Try your luck!"
Floyd | He holds the ball out toward you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get ball" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 205, Turns: 432
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "throw ball at bunnies" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 215, Turns: 433
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL AT BUNNIES
Floyd |
Floyd | A tremendous pitch sends a bunny spinning. "What an arm, kid, what an
Floyd | arm!" cries the hawker. He hands you a glittering scroll from the
Floyd | shelf of prizes. "Here's your prize, now scram."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto malyon" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 215, Turns: 434
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the malyon spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop aqua vial" 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 215, Turns: 435
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP AQUA VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf31" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 215, Turns: 435
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "All right, we can do a side trip to the statue"
		DavidW says, "ok. thanks."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e. e. ne. n. ne. ne." 		

Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 215, Turns: 436
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E. E. NE. N. NE. NE.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "whoops"
		Jacqueline says, "d'oh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n. e. e. ne. n. ne. ne." 		

Floyd ] Bend  Score: 215, Turns: 443
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. E. E. NE. N. NE. NE.
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e. e. e. e. n." 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 215, Turns: 448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E. E. E. E. N.
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd |
Floyd | Your muscles feel limp for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | Standing in the center of the hall is a life-sized statue. An
Floyd | inscription at the base is in a familiar language.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn malyon" 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 215, Turns: 449
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the malyon spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "malyon statue" 		

Floyd ] Entrance Hall  Score: 215, Turns: 450
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MALYON STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue transforms into a living figure, probably a King if the
Floyd | royal attire is any clue. The King seems angry, and quickly settles
Floyd | his wrathful gaze on you. He bellows "Guards! Throw this trespasser
Floyd | into the glass maze! Guards! ... GUARDS!!!" When the guards fail to
Floyd | respond, the King becomes livid, his voice rises to an incoherent
Floyd | squeak, and flecks of foam spit from the corners of his mouth.
Floyd | Finally, eyes bulging with rage, he storms out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Golly"
		DavidW says, "huh"
		BrianK says, "Someone has anger management problems"
		Jacqueline says, "Pshaw. People in powerful positions never have anger management problems."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait."
		BrianK says, "Pfft"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf31" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Arcade  Score: 215, Turns: 435
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n. e. e. ne. s." 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 440
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N. E. E. NE. S.
Floyd |
Floyd | West End of Midway
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Midway
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Entrance
Floyd |
Floyd | Winding Tunnel
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall of Carvings
Floyd | You have entered a large room whose walls are covered with intricate
Floyd | carvings. The largest and most striking carving, on the southern wall,
Floyd | is of a huge sleeping dragon! A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn malyon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 441
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the malyon spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "malyon dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 442
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MALYON DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | The dragon seems to shiver for a moment, but that is all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh, right"
		DavidW asks, "How did this work again? Learn malyon, then yonk malyon, then malyon dragon?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 443
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The scroll reads "yonk spell: augment the power of certain spells".
Floyd | The spell seems very long and extremely complicated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn malyon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 444
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the malyon spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yonk malyon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 445
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YONK MALYON
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the ordinary scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | The words of the spell glow brightly for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "malyon dragon" 		

Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 446
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MALYON DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | The dragon is suddenly imbued with life and begins to move. It shakes
Floyd | itself loose from the wall, which crumbles down upon the dragon,
Floyd | revealing a southward passage! The dragon howls with pain and anger.
Floyd | Spotting you, the dragon rears back its head, smoke billowing from its
Floyd | nostrils. Then, just as it seems that you will be barbecued, the
Floyd | dragon reverts to stone!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your muscles feel limp for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "There we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf32" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Hall of Carvings  Score: 215, Turns: 446
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 447
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Sooty Room
Floyd | The walls and ceiling of this room are covered with soot and held up
Floyd | by timbers which don't look very sturdy. A winding tunnel leads north.
Floyd | From the east comes a sulfurous odor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 448
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an amber vial
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We're getting into a no-return area, right? Need the vilstu potion?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf33" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 448
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Also I'm wondering if we should wait until we're sleepy and then sleep before entering"
		BrianK says, "Since last week we ran into that tiredness/inventory limit thing"
		DavidW says, "oh, yes, probably."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 451
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 454
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can you sleep ahead of schedule?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 455
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down to sleep, but you really aren't tired, so you thrash
Floyd | around for a while and then give up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 458
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 461
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 464
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 467
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 470
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 473
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 476
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 477
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle down to sleep, but you really aren't tired, so you thrash
Floyd | around for a while and then give up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 480
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 483
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 486
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 489
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "sorcerer, pelase"
		BrianK says, "please*"
		BrianK says, "This is for your own good"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 491
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You are beginning to tire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh good"
		Jacqueline says, "Finally"
		BrianK says, "Clearly it was my stern talking-to that worked, and not the fact that I could've just waited one more turn"
		Jacqueline says, "I swear, we're like trying to get a five year old to nap."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 542
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dream of a river, slow and muddy. Great grey hippopotami sport
Floyd | there, bellowing and splashing, and twitching their ears. You awaken
Floyd | and stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf34" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 542
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "frotz orange vial" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 543
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ ORANGE VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an almost blinding flash of light as the orange vial begins
Floyd | to glow! It slowly fades to a less painful level, but the orange vial
Floyd | is now quite usable as a light source.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open orange vial" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 544
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ORANGE VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the orange vial reveals orange potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink orange potion" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 545
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK ORANGE POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange potion tasted like pepper, and made your nose tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 546
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling noise behind you as the ceiling of the tunnel
Floyd | collapses, blocking your retreat! The air smells strongly of coal gas.
Floyd | Good thing you took that vilstu potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 547
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "This is a very cool puzzle. Glad we're playing this."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give spell book to twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 548
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SPELL BOOK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self accepts the spell book gratefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your disheveled "twin" is having difficulty breathing, but gasps, "The
Floyd | combination is 425."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 235, Turns: 549
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dial Room
Floyd | On the eastern wall is a heavy door with a dial set into it. There is
Floyd | a sign on the door. Another exit leads west, and a wall-mounted lamp
Floyd | provides illumination. The floor is deeply covered with lumps of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the coal bin room dives into the lower chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "set dial to 425" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 235, Turns: 550
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET DIAL TO 425
Floyd |
Floyd | The dial is now set to 425. You hear a click from inside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 235, Turns: 551
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The heavy door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 255, Turns: 552
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens easily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 255, Turns: 553
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Bottom
Floyd | You are at the bottom of an air shaft which looks climbable. A heavy
Floyd | door leads west.
Floyd | Lying in one corner is a coil of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 255, Turns: 554
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Shaft Top  Score: 255, Turns: 555
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Top
Floyd | You are deep inside a large coal mine, at the top of an air shaft. You
Floyd | could descend into the shaft; passages in many directions lead further
Floyd | into the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 556
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd | Lying near the mouth of one passage is a wooden timber, probably left
Floyd | over from the construction of the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get wood" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 557
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 558
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 559
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie rope to wood" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope is tied securely to the center of the beam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 560
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any chute here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "wait where am I"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 561
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You goofed."
		BrianK says, "Oh no I took a wrong turn"
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		Allen finishes the game.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 562
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 563
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Chute
Floyd | You are at the western end of the coal mine. A metal chute leads
Floyd | downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the vilstu potion beginning to wear off, and the air here
Floyd | seems pretty unbreathable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You did a NE when you wanted a NW."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 564
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to drop the beam before doing that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop beam" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 565
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BEAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 566
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope hangs from the beam, into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "oy you're here. I hate hate traditional mazes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all. get amulet." 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 568
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL. GET AMULET.
Floyd |
Floyd | amber vial: Dropped.
Floyd | indigo vial: Dropped.
Floyd | orange vial: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vilstu potion has almost completely worn off now, and I doubt you
Floyd | could survive here without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 569
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb carefully down the rope, which is slippery with coal dust,
Floyd | and soon reach a small opening off the chute. You clamber inside...
Floyd |
Floyd | Slanted Room
Floyd | This small room has a slanted roof, presumably due to the coal chute
Floyd | which passes overhead. You can reenter the chute to the east.
Floyd | Mounted securely to the wall is a kerosene lamp, filling the room with
Floyd | a serene orange glow. A small compartment at its base is open.
Floyd | There is a shimmering scroll here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen asks, "I think this mazy have the same layout as zork I?"
		Allen says, "hey, ancient infocom treat: take and examine an object in one turn with "read [x]""
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 570
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the shimmering scroll first)
Floyd | The scroll reads "golmac spell: travel temporally".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf35" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 570
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Allen), "Sneaky."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "golmac" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 570
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GOLMAC
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to golmac?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "golmac me" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 571
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GOLMAC ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the shimmering scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are surrounded by a puff of smoke, and feel disoriented for a
Floyd | moment. When the smoke clears, nothing seems to have changed, except
Floyd | that the kerosene lamp is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open lamp" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 572
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the kerosene lamp reveals a smelly scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read smelly" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 300, Turns: 573
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SMELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the smelly scroll first)
Floyd | The scroll reads "vardik spell: shield a mind from an evil spirit".
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the final effects of the vilstu potion vanish. Unfortunately,
Floyd | coal gas is a poor substitute for oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Uh-oh"
		Jacqueline says, "poo"
		Allen says, "another infocom trick: examine your room without using a turn, by typing "verbose""
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		BrianK says, "That's my fault for taking a wrong turn"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Clever"
		BrianK says, "I suspect the potion is set to last exactly the amount of turns to go through this entire place"
		Allen says, "in some old old versions of Infocom compiles, you can sometimes take untakeable objects by using "read""
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf35" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 570
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think there's some leeway but not a lot with the vilstu potion."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf34" 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 542
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "frotz orange vial. open orange vial. drink orange potion." 		

Floyd ] Sooty Room  Score: 235, Turns: 545
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ ORANGE VIAL. OPEN ORANGE VIAL. DRINK ORANGE POTION.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an almost blinding flash of light as the orange vial begins
Floyd | to glow! It slowly fades to a less painful level, but the orange vial
Floyd | is now quite usable as a light source.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the orange vial reveals orange potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | The orange potion tasted like pepper, and made your nose tingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 546
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rumbling noise behind you as the ceiling of the tunnel
Floyd | collapses, blocking your retreat! The air smells strongly of coal gas.
Floyd | Good thing you took that vilstu potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | This is obviously the heart of a large coal mine, illuminated by a
Floyd | wall-mounted lamp. The bottom of a metal coal chute is visible at the
Floyd | north end of the room. Another chute continues downward at the
Floyd | southern end. A large coal bin is overflowing, and the floor is
Floyd | completely covered with lumps of coal. A passage leads east, but a
Floyd | western passage is blocked by rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 547
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone slides out of the coal chute, and lands near the bin. Although
Floyd | your clothes are much cleaner and less torn, the stranger looks
Floyd | virtually like your own twin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give spell book to twin" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 235, Turns: 548
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SPELL BOOK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your older self accepts the spell book gratefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your disheveled "twin" is having difficulty breathing, but gasps, "The
Floyd | combination is 202."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 235, Turns: 549
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dial Room
Floyd | On the eastern wall is a heavy door with a dial set into it. There is
Floyd | a sign on the door. Another exit leads west, and a wall-mounted lamp
Floyd | provides illumination. The floor is deeply covered with lumps of coal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the coal bin room dives into the lower chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "set dial to 202. open door." 		

Floyd ] Dial Room  Score: 255, Turns: 551
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET DIAL TO 202. OPEN DOOR.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dial is now set to 202. You hear a click from inside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens easily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e. get rope." 		

Floyd ] Shaft Bottom  Score: 255, Turns: 553
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E. GET ROPE.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Bottom
Floyd | You are at the bottom of an air shaft which looks climbable. A heavy
Floyd | door leads west.
Floyd | Lying in one corner is a coil of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u. nw." 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 555
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U. NW.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft Top
Floyd | You are deep inside a large coal mine, at the top of an air shaft. You
Floyd | could descend into the shaft; passages in many directions lead further
Floyd | into the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd | Lying near the mouth of one passage is a wooden timber, probably left
Floyd | over from the construction of the mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get wood" 		

Floyd ] Coal Mine  Score: 255, Turns: 556
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw. w." 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 558
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW. W.
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Mine
Floyd | You are in a winding tunnel in a large coal mine. Passages lead off in
Floyd | many directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Chute
Floyd | You are at the western end of the coal mine. A metal chute leads
Floyd | downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "tie rope to wood" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 559
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope is tied securely to the center of the beam.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all. get amulet." 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 561
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL. GET AMULET.
Floyd |
Floyd | beam of wood: Dropped.
Floyd | rope: Dropped.
Floyd | amber vial: Dropped.
Floyd | indigo vial: Dropped.
Floyd | orange vial: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 561
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding the rope!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Aaaaaaah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rope. put rope in chute" 		

Floyd ] Top of Chute  Score: 255, Turns: 563
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE. PUT ROPE IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A troglodyte trundles in and dumps a load of coal into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope hangs from the beam, into the chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | The troglodyte trundles off into the coal mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the vilstu potion beginning to wear off, and the air here
Floyd | seems pretty unbreathable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 275, Turns: 564
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb carefully down the rope, which is slippery with coal dust,
Floyd | and soon reach a small opening off the chute. You clamber inside...
Floyd |
Floyd | Slanted Room
Floyd | This small room has a slanted roof, presumably due to the coal chute
Floyd | which passes overhead. You can reenter the chute to the east.
Floyd | Mounted securely to the wall is a kerosene lamp, filling the room with
Floyd | a serene orange glow. A small compartment at its base is open.
Floyd | There is a shimmering scroll here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get scroll. golmac me. open lamp. get smelly" 		

Floyd ] Slanted Room  Score: 300, Turns: 568
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SCROLL. GOLMAC ME. OPEN LAMP. GET SMELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you cast the spell, the shimmering scroll vanishes!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are surrounded by a puff of smoke, and feel disoriented for a
Floyd | moment. When the smoke clears, nothing seems to have changed, except
Floyd | that the kerosene lamp is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the kerosene lamp reveals a smelly scroll.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vilstu potion has almost completely worn off now, and I doubt you
Floyd | could survive here without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 300, Turns: 569
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheeee!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal Bin Room
Floyd | Standing here, looking quite confused, is someone who could only be
Floyd | your younger self -- an exact duplicate of you, but cleaner and
Floyd | breathing with considerably less difficulty. You remember seeing this
Floyd | scene from another viewpoint just a short while ago. Among the items
Floyd | carried by your "twin" is your spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 300, Turns: 570
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self hands you your spell book!
Floyd |
Floyd | A few lumps of coal spill from the coal chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "twin, the combination is 202" 		

Floyd ] Coal Bin Room  Score: 300, Turns: 571
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TWIN, THE COMBINATION IS 202
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self seems surprised by your statement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your younger self is moving around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 572
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly out of the chute and land just at the edge of some water...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Shore
Floyd | This is a narrow beach between a small cove to the east and tall
Floyd | cliffs to the west. The shore curves to the southeast and northeast. A
Floyd | metal chute leads up into the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf36" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 572
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well that was stressful despite having done this last week"
		Jacqueline gives Brian a cup of tea.
		DavidW says, "Careful not to get the book wet."
		BrianK says, "Right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 573
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | spell book: Dropped.
Floyd | smelly scroll: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the final effects of the vilstu potion vanish, leaving you
Floyd | totally exhausted (an unfortunate side effect).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read smelly" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 574
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SMELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | (taking the smelly scroll first)
Floyd | The scroll reads "vardik spell: shield a mind from an evil spirit".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop smelly" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 575
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SMELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 626
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, sleep! It's been a long day and rest will do you good. You spread
Floyd | your cloak on the floor and drift off, renewing your powers and
Floyd | refreshing your mind. Time passes as you snore blissfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dream of an idyllic scene in the country, a picnic of wood-sprites
Floyd | and dryads. You awaken and stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 320, Turns: 627
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd | You are swimming on the surface of a calm lagoon, whose sandy floor is
Floyd | visible below. A curved beach surrounds this inlet on its western
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh wait, I gotta learn that plant spell"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 628
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Shore
Floyd | There is a smelly scroll here.
Floyd | There is an amulet here. The amulet's jewel is pulsing with flashes of
Floyd | brilliant light.
Floyd | There is a spell book here (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 629
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | smelly scroll: Taken.
Floyd | magic amulet: You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd | spell book: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "gnusto vardik" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 630
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GNUSTO VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your spell book begins to glow softly. Slowly, ornately, the words of
Floyd | the vardik spell are inscribed, glowing even more brightly than the
Floyd | book itself. The book's brightness fades, but the spell remains!
Floyd | However, the scroll on which it was written vanishes as the last word
Floyd | is copied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn meef" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 631
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the meef spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 632
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | spell book: Dropped.
Floyd | magic amulet: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 320, Turns: 633
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 320, Turns: 634
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Floor
Floyd | This is the floor of a cove off the turbulent ocean to the east. The
Floyd | ground slopes upward to the north, west, and south. Light filters down
Floyd | from the surface of the water.
Floyd | Nestled among some coral is a clump of stunningly beautiful
Floyd | spenseweeds, waving slowly in the currents of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "meef spenseweeds" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 320, Turns: 635
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MEEF SPENSEWEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The spenseweeds wilt away, revealing a wooden crate labelled with
Floyd | black lettering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Floor  Score: 320, Turns: 636
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You won't be able to hold your breath much longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Surface of Lagoon  Score: 320, Turns: 637
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Lagoon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 320, Turns: 638
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lagoon Shore
Floyd | There is an amulet here. The amulet's jewel is pulsing with flashes of
Floyd | brilliant light.
Floyd | There is a spell book here (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 335, Turns: 639
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the wooden crate reveals a grue suit, a can of grue repellent,
Floyd | and a brass lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 335, Turns: 640
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | grue suit: You are now wearing the grue suit.
Floyd | can of grue repellent: Taken.
Floyd | brass lantern: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 335, Turns: 641
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | magic amulet: You are now wearing the magic amulet.
Floyd | spell book: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop crate" 		

Floyd ] Lagoon Shore  Score: 335, Turns: 642
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ] Ocean Shore North  Score: 335, Turns: 643
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Shore North
Floyd | You are standing on the western shore of the mighty Flathead Ocean.
Floyd | According to legends you read at the University, the eastern shore of
Floyd | this ocean is a strange land of magical beings and priceless
Floyd | treasures. You could go north along the shore; the edge of a small
Floyd | cove lies to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 644
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Mouth of River
Floyd | A mighty river spills into the ocean here. Looking up the river
Floyd | valley, you see a tall waterfall. Atop a cliff, high above you, is the
Floyd | rampart of a fortress. A cave entrance at the base of the cliff to the
Floyd | west is blocked by writhing green vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn meef" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 645
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN MEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the meef spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Sorry again, vines :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "meef vines" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 646
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MEEF VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can almost feel a wave of pain from the vines as they shrivel
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "No more vines for you."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that part is sad."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf37" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 646
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "spray repellent" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 647
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPRAY REPELLENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The spray stinks amazingly for a few moments, then drifts away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "spray repellent on me" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 648
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPRAY REPELLENT ON ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The repellent is all gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "whoops"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf37" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 646
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "spray repellent on me" 		

Floyd ] Mouth of River  Score: 335, Turns: 647
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPRAY REPELLENT ON ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The spray smells like a mixture of old socks and burning rubber. If I
Floyd | were a grue I'd sure stay clear!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Grue Lair  Score: 335, Turns: 648
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Grue Lair
Floyd | This is a low, shadowy cave leading east to west. The rocky walls are
Floyd | scarred with deep claw marks.
Floyd | A pack of grues fills the room! The grues, contrary to all
Floyd | conventional wisdom, aren't bothered by your light in the least. They
Floyd | must be mutated grues, no longer fearing light! They stagger about the
Floyd | room, covering their noses and making horrid gurgling noises.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "examine grues" 		

Floyd ] Grue Lair  Score: 335, Turns: 649
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE GRUES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the pack of mutated grues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh yeah, since we get to see a pack of mutated grues every day"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 355, Turns: 650
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Mammoth Cavern
Floyd | This cavern is of extraordinary size, but nevertheless crowded with
Floyd | powerful-looking machinery. You recognize a breeder for producing
Floyd | millions of the mutated grues you just passed. Other devices seem
Floyd | designed to aid the forces of evil while sapping magic powers of
Floyd | Enchanters everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the far end of the cavern are three closed doors: a black marble
Floyd | door leading to the northwest, a shiny silver door heading due west,
Floyd | and a door of bleached white wood to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And live to tell the tale."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ] Mammoth Cavern  Score: 355, Turns: 651
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | The white wooden door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | That horrible smell is much less pungent now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open wooden door" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 375, Turns: 652
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WOODEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door creaks slowly open. Within, you see someone lying as though
Floyd | asleep. You feel yourself drawn into the room...
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz's Hideout
Floyd | An acrid stench fills this small room, which is obviously a control
Floyd | center for the evil experiments in the cavern outside.
Floyd | Hanging on the wall is a heavy dagger, its handle encrusted with
Floyd | diamonds.
Floyd | Belboz is lying here, motionless but not asleep. He seems to be in
Floyd | some sort of trance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf38" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 375, Turns: 652
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Might want to learn swanzo and whatever first. Oh well."
		BrianK says, "Oh"
		Jacqueline says, "herewegoherewego"
		BrianK says, "I guess it might've been better than doing it on the fly in the room itself"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 375, Turns: 653
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn vardik" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 375, Turns: 654
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN VARDIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the vardik spell yet another
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn swanzo" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 375, Turns: 655
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN SWANZO
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the swanzo spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "vardik me. swanzo belboz?"
		BrianK asks, "So I'm thinking >protect our own mind, >expel the spirit, and then >protect Belboz?"
		DavidW says, "sure."
		BrianK says, "or does it matter if we protect him before expelling the spirit"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "vardik me" 		

Floyd ] Belboz's Hideout  Score: 375, Turns: 656
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VARDIK ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A feeling of warmth and protection fills your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know if vardik'ing Belboz is of any help."
		Jacqueline asks, "Protecting him before might ... trap it?"
		BrianK says, "I was thinking that if we expel the spirit, he might just go back in Belboz if he can't possess us"
olethros was told that in order to be published he had to cut his hair and sing in Swedish. 		Jacqueline says, "Oh, all in the same turn."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, possibly."
		DavidW says, "I'd expel first then see if the mental gate needs to be reclosed."
		Jacqueline shrugs. "Well, you *did* just save.
		BrianK says, "All right then"
		BrianK says, "Here we go"
		BrianK pauses for dramatic effect
BrianK says (to Floyd), "swanzo Belboz" 		

Floyd ] Chamber of the Circle  Score: 400, Turns: 656
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWANZO BELBOZ
Floyd |
Floyd | A wispy translucent shape rises from the body of Belboz. It speaks in
Floyd | a voice so deep that your whole body seems to hear it. "Foolish
Floyd | Charlatan! I am forced to flee that weak, old body -- I shall take
Floyd | your own, instead! Already I have sucked all knowledge, all secrets
Floyd | from that ancient Enchanter. Now begins an epoch of evil transcending
Floyd | even your worst nightmares; a reign of terror that will last a
Floyd | thousand thousand years!" The shape blows toward you on a cold wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jeearr surrounds you like a cloud and begins to contract. Suddenly, it
Floyd | strikes your invisible protection and recoils as if burned. "No!" it
Floyd | cries. "Such a guileless Enchanter developing a mind shield?" The
Floyd | cloud is thinner, the voice fainter. "It cannot be! I cannot survive
Floyd | ... without a host." The demon roils in agony, then thins and
Floyd | dissipates. There is a final scream of pain, then silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belboz moans softly, and begins stirring. He sees you and rises,
Floyd | instantly alert. After posing a few well-chosen questions, he casts a
Floyd | brief but unfamiliar spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | An instant later, your grue suit has vanished and you are standing in
Floyd | the Chamber of the Circle. The Circle of Enchanters is assembled.
Floyd | Belboz speaks. "Once again, this young Enchanter has done a matchless
Floyd | service to the Guild and to the entire kingdom, displaying
Floyd | resourcefulness and imagination worthy of the greatest of Enchanters.
Floyd | I grow old, and must soon step down as Head of the Circle. But let it
Floyd | be known that a successor has been found."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 400 of a possible 400, in 656 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Leader of the Circle of Enchanters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Here ends the second chapter of the Enchanter saga, in which, by
Floyd | virtue of your skills, you have been appointed as the next leader of
Floyd | the Circle of Enchanters. The final adventure awaits you as the
Floyd | Enchanter series concludes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "WHOA"
		Jacqueline says, "So, that's a pretty damn good ending."
		BrianK says, "Yessssssssss"
		DavidW says, "yes, that's the best ending, I'm sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Except now we have a bunch of responsibility."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is Spell Breaker just about the tedium of management?"
		inky says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "Goodness. Hope our anger management training worked."
		inky says, ">FILE PAPERWORK. G. G. G."
		BrianK says, "Hahaha"
		Allen says, "no, Spellbreaker is a very good game, that has a lot of tedium of management"
		BrianK says, "Well, it wouldn't be the first game in the series to have the tedium of management, really"
		DavidW says, "I like Spellbreaker a lot but it does go all over the place."
		Allen says, "did you know I finished Spellbreaker, and I never learned... uh, spoilers I guess"
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Shh."
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, another good game. Shall we proceed into SB next week?"
		DavidW says, "Have I published my walkthrough for Spellbreaker yet? I don't remember."
BrianK gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		BrianK says, "Aw man I disconnected"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Not sure. And not going to go looking for it, either."
		BrianK says, "I was going to suggest as an epilogue"
		BrianK says, "We go and use the floor waxer in the mine field"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, sure!"
		DavidW says, "Yes please!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 183
Floyd | > RESTOREOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Brief descriptions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a floor waxer
Floyd |   a zorkmid coin
Floyd |   an indigo vial
Floyd |   an orange vial
Floyd |   a magic amulet (being worn)
Floyd |   a spell book (providing light)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We didn't use two of the potions ever."
		BrianK says, "I dunno what the exquisite torture one does"
		BrianK asks, "Just a red herring, maybe?"
		Roger asks, "Did you try the suboptimal endings too?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open indigo vial" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN INDIGO VIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the indigo vial reveals indigo potion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink indigo potion" 		

Floyd ] Stone Hut  Score: 130, Turns: 186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK INDIGO POTION
Floyd |
Floyd | The potion tastes like a combination of anchovies, prune juice, and
Floyd | garlic powder. As you finish swallowing the potion, a well-muscled
Floyd | troll saunters in. He whacks your head with a wooden two-by-four,
Floyd | grunting "You are playing Sorcerer. It was written by S. Eric
Floyd | Meretzky. You will have fun and enjoy yourself." He repeats this
Floyd | action 999 more times, then vanishes without a trace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Well, we got one of them last week."
		BrianK says, "Heehee"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did the indigo vial have a label?"
		BrianK says, "it was the exquisite torture potion"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		Roger asks, "The murdering Belboz one?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah we did that last week"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't know about exquisite, but it's amusing."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Yeah"
		BrianK says, "I figure we did not need to carry it around with us this whole time"
		Roger says, "It's sort of fun if you kill him without a mindshield"
		BrianK says, "We did that too :P"
		Roger says, "Oh okay then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w. w. w. w. u. u." 		

Floyd ] Ruins  Score: 130, Turns: 192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W. W. W. W. U. U.
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Store
Floyd |
Floyd | Toll Gate
Floyd | A fat old gnome with a long white beard is sleeping soundly just
Floyd | outside the toll booth. His loud snores echo around the caverns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Highway
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "learn izyuk. izyuk me. w. w. w." 		

Floyd ] Forest Edge  Score: 130, Turns: 197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEARN IZYUK. IZYUK ME. W. W. W.
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your best study habits, you learn the izyuk spell.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now floating serenely in midair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow (you are flying)
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle gently to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A swarm of bloodsucking locusts appears on the horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Edge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n." 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 130, Turns: 198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mine Field
Floyd | This is a flat and featureless dirt path leading north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf39" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 130, Turns: 198
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop floor waxer" 		

Floyd ] Mine Field  Score: 130, Turns: 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP FLOOR WAXER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK pauses for dramatic effect, again.
		Jacqueline plays some music.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wax floor" 		

Floyd ] Drawbridge  Score: 130, Turns: 199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAX FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Kaboom!!!...
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Your guardian angel, draped in white, appears floating in the
Floyd | nothingness before you. "Gotten in a bit of a scrape, eh?" he asks,
Floyd | writing frantically in a notebook. "I'd love to chat, but we're so
Floyd | busy this month." The angel twitches his nose, and the nothingness is
Floyd | replaced by...
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | With a scream of splintering wood, part of the drawbridge collapses
Floyd | and spills you into the moat. You are immediately set upon by
Floyd | alligators and piranhas.
Floyd |
Floyd |    ****  You have died  ****
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you made no provisions for your untimely death.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 130 of a possible 400, in 199 moves. This puts you in
Floyd | the class of Novice Enchanter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to restart the game from the beginning, restore a saved
Floyd | game position, or end this session of the game? (Type RESTART,
Floyd | RESTORE, or QUIT):
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Aw, there's no special message"
		Jacqueline asks, "That's it? Kaboom?"
		DavidW says, "oh. A bit quick there."
		Allen says, "yeah. It can be kinda fun to catalog all the different ways to die"
		DavidW says, "I thought it'd be more epic."
		Roger says, "The age of memory constraints"
		Jacqueline says, "You all heard that needle scratch on the record, then the music stopping? That was because the ending was so abrupt."
		DavidW says, "hm. I don't think I thought of searching out all the hidden corners of this game. Back when I first played, I was just trying to win."
		Allen says, "I compiled all the things I could think to search for in the encyclopedia"
		Allen says, "and wrote them down on notepads"
		DavidW says, "I didn't consider various what-ifs like being a bat in the Haunted House, or animating King Duncky's statue."
		DavidW says, "oh right, there's that huge book in the Guild."
		BrianK says, "Ha, I didn't consider being a bat in the haunted house either"
		Jacqueline says, "Nor I. Now I want to."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that an actual thing, or just a guess?"
		Allen asks, "anyone want to see a decompiled pseudo-inform version of this?"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing."
		DavidW says, "My notes have very little on the encyclopaedia. A few topics noted, but obviously I didn't try to be exhaustive in any way."
		Jacqueline says (to Allen), "That is a neat offer, but I think I'm good."
		DavidW says, "I looked up Dimwit, Duncanthrax, Egreth Castle, Quendor, Antharia, Kovalli, Fort Griffspotter, Infotater, and Borphee."
		Allen says, "if you're interested: [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you okay with that link staying in the transcript, or is it temporary?"
		Allen says, "good enough. I may eventually clean it out to save space on plover but it'll be years"
		Allen says, "since more space was added, it'll be a while"
		DavidW says, "I hope there's space on plover for a while. That's where all my walkthroughs are."
		inky says, "I don't understand the code in ReadAboutSub"
		inky asks, "is this some weirdness of the decompilation?"
		Allen says, "possibly."
		inky says, "oh, hmm, maybe it's a memory-saving thing"
		inky says, "the rooms legitimately have those vocab"
		Allen says, "ah! Yeah, and of course, you'd never need to refer to a room with a verb"
		Allen says, "also: | "According to the article, Duncanthrax built the Glass Maze on a whim, to amuse his friends and torture his enemies. A labyrinth of 27 cubicles, it was full of devilish pitfalls and was located near his castle, Egreth.";"
		Allen says, "see, I didn't give a spoiler!"
		Allen says, "you just didn't read about it first"
		inky asks, "is that a "this way to the egress" joke?"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés by Stephen Granade
As played on ifMUD on February 19, 2017

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 Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés written by Stephen Granade. 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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		Peregrine asks, "How about a short IF classic? Aren't there those around somewhere?"
		olethros says, "20 years ago? I suppose we could play that game where you have to communicate with some aliens.... what was it called"
		DavidW asks, "Arrival by Sargent?"
		Jacqueline says, "We haven't played that, surprisingly."
		olethros says, "it is quite short"
		DavidW asks, "Or are you thinking of Nalian, the spinoff of Edifice?"
		olethros says, "ah, Edifice was the one I played"
		Jacqueline asks, "Isn't Edifice by Lucian?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, the spinoff."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I have never played Arrival."
		Jacqueline says, "It sounds like a *very* Sargent game."
		DavidW says, "It's not so much a spinoff as the the same puzzle with different vocabulary."
		DavidW says, "It's been ages since I played Arrival. I remember the graphics being quite charmingly childlike."
		DavidW says, "The sorts of drawings that you'd post on a fridge."
		olethros says, "ah yeah"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, we won't be able to see the images. Is that a dealbreaker?"
		DavidW says, "Not at all. The images are optional."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load arrival" 		Peregrine says, "Cool."

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 | Geez, mom really hacks you off sometimes.  I mean, making you do dishes
Floyd | while that new show "Captain Dangerous" is on.  Last week, Cap'n was
Floyd | having to fight off the slavering hordes of Gamma Proxima Epsilon
Floyd | Centauri Five B, and he and his side-kick Billy Bob had used up the
Floyd | last of their ammo keeping the zombie mind troopers at bay.  The evil
Floyd | over-leader had just shown up with his mucilage-ray when the show
Floyd | ended.
Floyd |
Floyd | And you're stuck cleaning the Pfaltzgraff while Cap'n and Billy Bob
Floyd | fight for their lives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Life's not fair when you're eight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window.  Add this hour to the total, thanks to mom and
Floyd | her speech about familial responsibility.  At least she isn't making
Floyd | you wipe down the cabinets again.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty
Floyd | plates towers on one side of the sink, balanced by a much smaller stack
Floyd | of clean plates on the other side.  Next to the east doorway is the
Floyd | avocado-green refrigerator your family has owned forever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, ">WASH DISHES"
olethros arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		olethros says, "oh yeah, let's go"
		DavidW says, "That avocado-green sets the time period perfectly."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wash dishes" 		

Floyd | You pull, freeing the top plate from the gummy, foody stack with a wet
Floyd | slurping sound.  One quick dip in the suds, one quick rinse from the
Floyd | faucet, and you toss the plate on the "clean" stack.  The clean stack,
Floyd | in return, shimmies a bit.  You keep piling slick clean dishes on that
Floyd | stack and, chances are, you'll soon have dish pieces on your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I had to look that up"
		Jacqueline asks (of Roger), "You did?"
		olethros asks, "what did you have to look up?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Did they not have avocado-green and ... (what was it called? Harvest-gold?) appliances in Canada?"
		Roger says, "I guess I'm not up to speed on American dishware manufactureres"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, Phaltzgraff."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we have Phaltzgraff plates."
		Jacqueline says, "They are nice."
Ellison arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "huh. I've never heard of the brand. Except from this game, I guess."
		Ellison says, "still washing dishes? I never got much further than the dishes."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we're 8. I guess that means we actually *want* to break all the dishes out of spite, but then blame it on 'not knowing any better'?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | The window may have been clear once, but your mom's gleeful use of oil
Floyd | while cooking has added a dirty yellow glaze, making it hard to see
Floyd | through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "well, it's because we love dancing so much"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "clean window" 		

Floyd | Eww, gross.  That oil'd coat your hands more or less permanently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd | Everything in the kitchen used to be the same pukey-green color as the
Floyd | fridge.  Thankfully, all that other stuff was replaced.  Too bad the
Floyd | fridge still works, or you wouldn't ever have to see that color again.
Floyd | Mom has covered up as much of the fridge as she could with some of your
Floyd | artwork from class.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "This is good coding."
		Peregrine says, "Very smooth so far."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd | Nuh-uh.  You mess around in there and you won't get to see Captain
Floyd | Dangerous' adventures for the rest of your life, maybe longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hehe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x artwork" 		

Floyd | Just some stuff you drew for class.  No big deal.  Though you did get
Floyd | an A+ on the big blue swirly one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd | The discolored porcelain sink is filled with suds.  To its right is a
Floyd | stack of dirty dishes; to its left, a stack of clean dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cupboard" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "cupboard" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Sargent is quite the craftsman, it's true"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put away clean dishes" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "away" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Have you seen his shower?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash dishes" 		

Floyd | You pull, freeing the top plate from the gummy, foody stack with a wet
Floyd | slurping sound.  One quick dip in the suds, one quick rinse from the
Floyd | faucet, and you toss the plate on the "clean" stack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You pull, freeing the top plate from the gummy, foody stack with a wet
Floyd | slurping sound.  One quick dip in the suds, one quick rinse from the
Floyd | faucet, and you toss the plate on the "clean" stack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You pull, freeing the top plate from the gummy, foody stack with a wet
Floyd | slurping sound.  One quick dip in the suds, one quick rinse from the
Floyd | faucet, and you toss the plate on the "clean" stack.  As you do, the
Floyd | clean stack of dishes wobbles for a moment before settling down.  You
Floyd | could probably get that stack dancing if you wanted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gleam out the window, a faux star, grows brighter and brighter.  You
Floyd | pull yourself up on the edge of the sink, soaking your elbows.  The
Floyd | gleam is a glow, is a streak, is a flame which is rocketing into your
Floyd | backyard and WHAM onto the ground.  You reflexively blink, the flash
Floyd | brighter than the one on that camera dad lugs around everywhere.  When
Floyd | you can see again, there is a silvery ship in the backyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ship!  Oh man oh man, it must be a spaceship!  From outer space!
Floyd | Maybe from Gamma Proxima Epsilon Centauri Five B!  Forget the
Floyd | dishes--this is way too cool to ignore.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrival
Floyd | or, Attack of the B-Movie Clichés
Floyd | Copyright © 1998 by Stephen Granade.  All rights reserved.
Floyd | (Type "about" for more information)
Floyd | Version 2 (Dec 23 1998)
Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we can ignore the dishes now."
		Jacqueline says, "...yeah"
		Peregrine hums the John Williams Star Wars theme.
		Roger says, "20 year anniversary edition right around the corner"
		Ellison says, "it's possible that feeling bad about the dishes is why I never played much past the dishes"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window, ignoring the ugly appliances and dirty
Floyd | cabinets.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty plates towers on one side
Floyd | of the sink, balanced by a much smaller stack of clean plates on the
Floyd | other side.  Next to the east doorway is the avocado-green refrigerator
Floyd | your family has owned forever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "so, east."
		DavidW asks, "Who's driving?"
		Ellison says, "I think I still have my 'The Arrival' poster"
		Roger says, "Technically most 8-year-olds would need to stand on a stool to get elbow-deep into a kitchen sink"
		Jacqueline eats some Eggos off of her Pfaltzgraff plate and drinks coffee from her Pfaltzgraff cup. "East is good. I would drive but I am eating my eggos."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "EGGOS?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed a while
Floyd | back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber grill.
Floyd | Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "It's a Sunday. Don't judge me."
Peregrine woooooooo 		Peregrine says, "woooooooooo"
		DavidW) Alex says, "Awwwk! Want Eggos!"
		olethros says, "I thought it might have been a 90s USA thing"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Aaaaaaaaaliens!"
		Ellison says, "I don't think it ever occurred to me to stop washing the dishes when the saucer arrived. that may have been my problem."
		Roger asks, "Achievement unlocked: Call to Adventure? What call to adventure?"
		Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Well, it kind of is. We bought some after having been reminded of their existence after watching a television show set in the 80s."
		Ellison says, "just don't Lego your Eggo or else you might crack a tooth"
		DavidW asks, "Why isn't there a Lego Eggo Movie yet?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd | It's much, much cooler close up.  The surface is all crinkly and
Floyd | silvery.  The top and bottom are flat; the sides angle out, then back
Floyd | in, and are ruffled.  On its back are two bumper stickers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Bumper stickers??"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stickers" 		

Floyd | left bumper sticker:  The left sticker reads, "Speed Kills!  .55c Saves
Floyd | Lives."
Floyd | right bumper sticker:  The right bumper sticker reads, "My Other Saucer
Floyd | Is A Porsche."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hahaha"
		Peregrine says, "so, going at half the speed of light is considered 'safe'"
		olethros says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "There was probably a 55 mph campaign in the US back then that this is referring to."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Ellison says (to DW), "ah, that make sense. not familiar with it myself, though."
		Ellison says, "(the bumper sticker it's an allusion to)"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed a while
Floyd | back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber grill.
Floyd | Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the sound of a thousand cats yowling a thousand different songs, a
Floyd | piece of the saucer lowers, forming a ramp.  For a few seconds, the
Floyd | only things coming out of the ship are gouts of white gas which quickly
Floyd | dissipate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the aliens step forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Full of might and majesty, two shapes drift down the ramp and onto the
Floyd | zoysia grass.  One is purple and cylindrical, with several tentacles
Floyd | dangling.  The other is green and much more blobby, though he too is
Floyd | be-tentacled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The purple alien squints for a moment at the bright lights, then
Floyd | produces a small box with a rotating antenna on it.  He punches some
Floyd | buttons on the box.  It responds with bleeps and blips.  The purple one
Floyd | nods and puts the box away.  "Scan for life signs in immediate vicinity
Floyd | complete.  Two adults, one child, no tabloid reporters found."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good," the green one says.  "We now must--" He stops, staring right at
Floyd | you.  You blink.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Zigurt," the purple alien says to the green one.  His voice is thick
Floyd | with worry.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shh," the green alien replies.  "I am cogitating."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ziiiiiguuurt," the purple alien whines.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shh!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "But ZIIiiIIiiIIiiguuuurt, the child can see us!  Why is that?"  The
Floyd | purple alien turns to the green one, filling the air with his flailing
Floyd | tentacles.  "You said the neurotron would prevent our detection.  You
Floyd | said that this would be a slight wind, that this would be without
Floyd | difficulty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Silence, Floban."  The purple alien falls quiet.  "We will unravel
Floyd | this conundrum in due time.  For now, I have closed the child's avenue
Floyd | of retreat."  You spin around--sure enough, a curtain of energy has
Floyd | sprung up between you and your house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So, go in the ship? There's probably stuff around the house to pick up too."
		Peregrine says, "ooops"
		Peregrine says, "this was timed"
		Jacqueline says, "This is awesome"
		DavidW says, "'zoysia grass'? That's oddly specific."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, not that anyone cares anymore now that there are aliens, but..."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		DavidW says, "yay!"
		Peregrine says, "Oh! So those are waffles, not eggs"
		DavidW says, "Eggos is a brand of toaster waffles. They're round."
		Roger says, "They are waffle-shaped objects, yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. They are basically frozen waffles you can cook in a toaster."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Lest you judge me too harshly, they are slathered in real Canadian maple syrup."
		DavidW says, "They pop up out of the toaster and everyone tries to grab it, and if your sibling grabs it before you, you yell "LEGGO MY EGGO!""
		Jacqueline says, "So, run into the ship? That's bold."
		Jacqueline says, "I like it."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "enter ship" 		

Floyd | The aliens move to block you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two aliens begin whispering back and forth.  "Obviously the child
Floyd | is the Ambassador Plenipotentiary for this planet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A child?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Certainly.  The Zufans' intelligence, while fearful in their young,
Floyd | diminishes with age.  All of their civil servants are children.  Why
Floyd | not with Terrans?  Have you not seen the their `sit-coms,' in which the
Floyd | children are all-knowing and their elders impotent fools?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine, fine, fine.  But can the child understand us?"  Zigurt responds
Floyd | by displaying a plain metal rod.  "Ah, yes.  I had forgotten of the
Floyd | translator."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Allen says, "RAMMING SPEED!"
		Allen says, "(don't know what you're playing, but that's my favorite thing to yell when I'm in the passenger seat of cars)"
		olethros says, "ha ha this is great"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to aliens" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "talk" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		DavidW asks, "I guess examine the aliens? Or the grill?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Zigurt, hell" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "hell" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "er..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Zigurt, hello" 		

Floyd | "Kindly hold your tongue until we have decided your fate."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt makes a sound like that of gravel being crushed underfoot.
Floyd | "Floban, would this not be an opportune time to present our demands to
Floyd | the Ambassador?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Floban looks hurt.  "I was preparing the list mentally," he says
Floyd | truculently.  "There is no need for you to clear your esophageal
Floyd | passages at me.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Human child!"  The latter is directed at you, making you jump.  Floban
Floyd | moves forward, looming ominously.  "We are here on behalf of all
Floyd | spacefaring races who must cope with the mess your species is making.
Floyd | Must you shout your news across all radio frequencies?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mmm, Floban," says Zigurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Must I hear of your puny world wars?  Must I deal with the endless
Floyd | chatter of a semi-sentient race?  Must you flood the universe with your
Floyd | `top-ten lists' and `buzz clips'?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about our demands, Floban?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Must I sully the tips of my tentacles by dipping them in the muck of
Floyd | this world?  Must I stop your stupid, stupid development of Solarnite?
Floyd | Must I spend more time on a backwards planet, educating the--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "FLOBAN!  FOOD!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Floban winces.  "Not so loud," he hisses to Zigurt.  "One moment,
Floyd | please, Ambassador," he says to you as he rolls back to Zigurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Okay, so they want us to end TV forever?"
		DavidW says, "This is obviously a please-sit-through-this-cutscene scene."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt and Floban have a hurried, whispered discussion.  Finally,
Floyd | Zigurt moves closer to you.  "Our trip has been a long one, and we are
Floyd | in need of sustenance.  You will bring us rock salt, so that we might
Floyd | de-hydrate."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And some Ho-Hos," Floban interjects hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt glares at Floban.  Finally, grudgingly, he adds, "And some
Floyd | Ho-Hos.  You will--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "And a memento!"  says Floban.
Floyd |
Floyd | This silence lasts longer than the previous one.  Slowly Zigurt swivels
Floyd | around to stare at Floban.  "A...memento?"  he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, my, yes!  The preliminary scan--" he waves around the small box
Floyd | you saw before, "--showed a high concentration of mementos somewhere
Floyd | within the domicile.  We should obtain...one to...add..."  Floban's
Floyd | words trail off under Zigurt's glare.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt sighs before turning back to you.  "Bring us rock salt, some
Floyd | Ho-Hos," he pauses and glares again at Floban, who ducks his head, "and
Floyd | a memento.  You will bring them to our skrrbtz..."  Zigurt frowns,
Floyd | shakes the translator.  "Enter our fzzgt..."  His frown is deeper this
Floyd | time.  "Our gblzzt..."  He waves his tentacles, distressed.
Floyd | "`Universal translator' my anterior appendage!" he shouts.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, not so loud!"  Floban brings out an open white bottle and pops
Floyd | a pill from it.  "I am experiencing a horrendous headache.  If you
Floyd | would but wait a moment."  From somewhere he finds a large book, which
Floyd | he consults.  "The word you want is `sheep'."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt pauses, rolling the strange word around in his mouth, tasting
Floyd | its sounds.  "Bring the rock salt, Ho-Hos, and memento to our sheep.
Floyd | We will wait."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "heehee"
		Peregrine says, "or, should I say, Ho Ho"
		Jacqueline says, "heh."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Also, yay. A fetch quest. How original!"
		Jacqueline says, "(But amusingly writting, so it's fine.)"
		Peregrine says, "I guess "memento" is a mistranslation. This is going to be fun."
		DavidW says, "Fetch quests have the advantage of knowing what your goal is."
		Jacqueline says, "To quote one of my favorite quotes (by various people), 'Video games let me live out my wildest fantasies. Like being given a task, and then completing it.'"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Oh, you're right. I was thinking 'mentos.' hee"
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe a photograph?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or something our parents gave us?"
		DavidW says, "Or a postcard"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grill" 		

Floyd | Roundish, red, with three legs and wheels.  Occasionally dad uses it to
Floyd | flash-burn meat into flaky, charcoal lumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt and Floban drift back up the ramp.  When they are near the top,
Floyd | they stop.  "Oh, and tell your world governments' spacefarers to clean
Floyd | up after themselves in orbit," Zigurt says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, especially that Mir."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt negligently waves a tentacle, making the curtain of energy
Floyd | vanish, and the two aliens disappear into their ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Well, *that* request will be significantly harder to fulfill."
		DavidW says, "ok, we can now go back inside."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grill" 		

Floyd | No thanks.  Last time dad cooked something in it, it almost exploded
Floyd | from all the lighter fluid.  If you open it and get soot all over you,
Floyd | you'll probably have to clean it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest returning inside and finding this stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, let's go inside and call NASA"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "East?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lived-in Room
Floyd |    The living room is the rumpled center of your home.  Comfy floral
Floyd | furniture, a few shelves filled with knick-knacks, a window, two
Floyd | parents, and a TV.  The hallway to the kitchen is west, and the
Floyd | unimportant rest of your home (mentioned here merely for the sake of
Floyd | completeness) is south.
Floyd |    Mom is here, knitting away.
Floyd |    Dad is slowly going through today's paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mom says, "You better be done with those dishes, kid," and smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x knick-knacks" 		

Floyd | Collectibles out the wazoo.  Well, out the shelves.  Hummel figurines,
Floyd | Franklin Mint plates, even a bunch of plastic smurfs.  One entire shelf
Floyd | is filled with Precious Moments dolls, all of them staring at you with
Floyd | wide eyes, exuding eerie cuteness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if we have an inventory limit or if we can just lug everything that's not nailed down back out to the ship."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | I don't see what you're referring to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "bah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take doll" 		

Floyd | Mom glances at you.  "Leave that stuff alone, kid."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "does TADS have 'all'"
		DavidW says, "Of course TADS has all."
		Roger asks, "It has to have all so you can work around Which smurf do you mean, the smurf or the smurf?"
		DavidW says, "The smurfy smurf!"
		Peregrine says, "take smurf"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take smurf" 		

Floyd | Mom glances at you.  "Leave that stuff alone, kid."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Okay. Seem a puzzler."
		DavidW asks, "I thought maybe there would be rock salt in the garage, but if this is all of the house we get..?"
		olethros says, "salt is in the kitchen, surely"
		DavidW says, "I just saw a sink, dishes, a window, fridge, and pictures in there."
		DavidW says, "er artwork"
		Jacqueline asks, "Ooh. Pictures?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, still."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Lived-in Room
Floyd |    The living room is the rumpled center of your home.  Comfy floral
Floyd | furniture, a few shelves filled with knick-knacks, a window, two
Floyd | parents, and a TV.  The hallway to the kitchen is west, and the
Floyd | unimportant rest of your home (mentioned here merely for the sake of
Floyd | completeness) is south.
Floyd |    Mom is here, knitting away.
Floyd |    Dad is slowly going through today's paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | That part of your house is so unimportant right now that it hasn't been
Floyd | implemented.  Don't you read the long descriptions of rooms?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh heh"
		olethros says, "yay"
		Peregrine says, "fourth wall: broken"
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Jacqueline says, "Personally, I'm thankful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dad" 		

Floyd | Dad is poring over the paper, reading and re-reading every article,
Floyd | occasionally circling misspellings and misprints.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "haha more"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mom" 		

Floyd | She's relaxing, quietly knitting to pass the time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear your dad rustling his newspaper.  When you look over at him,
Floyd | you see that he's crumpled part of it into a saucer-like shape.  Mom
Floyd | sees it too; she says, "Dad?  Whatcha got?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I...I don't know," he answers, "but...it means something."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, hush," mom scolds him.  "That doesn't mean anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | Dad thinks, then sends the paper saucer flying towards the trash.  "I
Floyd | guess you're right," he says before he starts reading again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait. The protagonist's dad is my dad."
		olethros says, "ha ah"
		DavidW says, "I think... take that paper saucer."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Peregrine says, "That's a blatant reference to Close Encounters."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take paper saucer" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in trash" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "trash" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x paper saucer" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I guess that was just talk."
olethros says (to Floyd), "x trash" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "trash" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. I guess."
olethros says (to Floyd), "x saucer" 		

Floyd | I don't see no--I mean any--saucer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd | The TV sits there, completely silent.  It's not natural, I tell you.
Floyd | Behind that blank screen the adventures of Captain Dangerous and Billy
Floyd | Bob are going on, and you're missing them!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mom about ho-hos" 		

Floyd | Mom sighs.  "I wish we could afford Ho-hos.  But you know how expensive
Floyd | brand-name snack cakes are."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dad about rock salt" 		

Floyd | Mom says, "Don't pester your dad with questions while he's reading."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mom about rock salt" 		

Floyd | "In the kitchen cabinets, like always," mom tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mom about memento" 		

Floyd | "Not now, kid."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison asks, "have we tried to smurf the smurf?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mom about ship" 		

Floyd | Your dad grunts as he rises from his chair.  "Okay, kid, let's take a
Floyd | look."  He gazes out the window for a moment, then sits heavily back
Floyd | down in his chair, shaking his head at your mom.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, kid," mom says laughingly.  "I know you don't want to wash dishes,
Floyd | but we all have to do our part.  All three of us have familial
Floyd | responsibilities.  Now get back in there."  She gives you a playful
Floyd | swat on the butt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh right, they can't see it."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we got a lead on the rock salt"
		DavidW asks, "Try to see if there's any cabinets in the kitchen?"
		Peregrine asks, ""Familial responsibilities�?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm thinking we take a piece of art off the fridge."
		DavidW says, "The game didn't know 'cupboard'"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window, ignoring the ugly appliances and dirty
Floyd | cabinets.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty plates towers on one side
Floyd | of the sink, balanced by a much smaller stack of clean plates on the
Floyd | other side.  Next to the east doorway is the avocado-green refrigerator
Floyd | your family has owned forever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Yeah. They procreate to make kids, and we get to do the dishes."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x cabinets" 		

Floyd | Closed pressboard cabinets.  From time to time, mom makes you sponge
Floyd | them down to remove the oily residue that builds up on them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open cabinets" 		

Floyd | Opening the cabinets reveals a can of rock salt, a box of generic
Floyd | cupcakes, and some other stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "yoooohooo"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take rock salt" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ooh. Let us have hope for those generic cupcakes."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x cupcakes" 		

Floyd | That Hostess stuff is too expensive--all mom will buy you are these
Floyd | cheap knock-offs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe we can write 'ho-hos' on them cheap stuff in crayon."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take cupcakes" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x other stuf" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "stuf" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x fridge" 		

Floyd | Everything in the kitchen used to be the same pukey-green color as the
Floyd | fridge.  Thankfully, all that other stuff was replaced.  Too bad the
Floyd | fridge still works, or you wouldn't ever have to see that color again.
Floyd | Mom has covered up as much of the fridge as she could with some of your
Floyd | artwork from class.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x other stuff" 		

Floyd | Raman noodles, Stove Top Stuffing--you know, all that stuff mom uses to
Floyd | cook dinner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "take artwork"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take artwork" 		

Floyd | The artwork isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh."
		Jacqueline says, "humph"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x artwork" 		

Floyd | Just some stuff you drew for class.  No big deal.  Though you did get
Floyd | an A+ on the big blue swirly one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "open fridge" 		

Floyd | Nuh-uh.  You mess around in there and you won't get to see Captain
Floyd | Dangerous' adventures for the rest of your life, maybe longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window, ignoring the ugly appliances and dirty
Floyd | cabinets.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty plates towers on one side
Floyd | of the sink, balanced by a much smaller stack of clean plates on the
Floyd | other side.  Next to the east doorway is the avocado-green refrigerator
Floyd | your family has owned forever.
Floyd |    The cabinets seems to contain some other stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "darn. Maybe 1 and a half out of three is good enough."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x other stuff" 		

Floyd | Raman noodles, Stove Top Stuffing--you know, all that stuff mom uses to
Floyd | cook dinner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe go see how this stuff goes over?"
DavidW Yeah, please. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window, ignoring the ugly appliances and dirty
Floyd | cabinets.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty plates towers on one side
Floyd | of the sink, balanced by a much smaller stack of clean plates on the
Floyd | other side.  Next to the east doorway is the avocado-green refrigerator
Floyd | your family has owned forever.
Floyd |    The cabinets seems to contain some other stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "East"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter ship" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Whoa. We're in."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x plate" 		

Floyd | The plate is shinier than the rest of the surrounding wall, as if
Floyd | rubbed by countless tentacles (tentacli?).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "touch plate" 		

Floyd | A whispering of voices runs lightly through your mind, then fades away
Floyd | when you stop touching the plate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's explore!"
		Jacqueline shrugs. "Okay, which way? Want me to pick?"
		DavidW says, "I bet the bridge is north, but go ahead."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |    Curving control consoles, all just taller than you, line the
Floyd | underneath of the viewport.  There are no chairs, no creature
Floyd | comforts--just austere controls and an exit to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I hope this is not a maze."
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "Wow, precognition"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Slumber Chamber
Floyd |    The room is several degrees colder than the hallway to the
Floyd | southwest, a chill which leaves your breath diaphanous in front of you.
Floyd | Ovoids the size of small couches lie scattered about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x ovoids" 		

Floyd | The ovoids must be sleep pods, given their frosted windows and
Floyd | sleep-podish appearance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Sleep-podish?"
		Jacqueline says, "$.05 for using 'diapanous'"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in pod" 		

Floyd | Good luck getting in the sleep pods while they're closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "well, he's a physicist"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open pod" 		

Floyd | The pods open reluctantly and with a hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in pod" 		

Floyd | Gingerly you lower yourself into a pod.  You have to wiggle around a
Floyd | bit before you're comfortable, but soon enough you're settled.
Floyd |
Floyd | All that shifting and squirming must have started the pod's lid to
Floyd | closing, though.  You look up just as the lid snicks into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You thump your fists against the lid, hard at first, then weaker and
Floyd | weaker as the gas filling the pod puts you to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | * * * * *
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink away the crusty sleep which fills your eyes.  Above you,
Floyd | Zigurt and Floban peer at you in surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ambassador!"  Zigurt says as he helps you out of the pod.  "We had no
Floyd | idea you were on board with us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "But what a wonderful happenstance!"  Floban says.  "We cannot return
Floyd | you to your world, since the V'lvxnlxiaforming of Terra is nearly
Floyd | complete."  He looks sad for a moment, pausing in sympathy.  "But!"  he
Floyd | says, brightening, "The nobles of V'lvxnlxia will no doubt find you
Floyd | amusing, and suffer you to live."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Say, Floban."  Floban turns to look at Zigurt, who is now holding a
Floyd | small barrel organ.  "If you can learn to play this instrument, no
Floyd | doubt the Ambassador's performances will be more entertaining."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Splendid!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have slept the sleep of the sleepy
Floyd |
Floyd | You have achieved a score of 0 points out of a possible 20 in 65 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current
Floyd | command.
Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, or (U)NDO:  >

		Peregrine says, "crap"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I saved recently."
		DavidW says, "undo"
		Roger says, "Neat; I'm pretty sure I didn't see that ending before"
		Roger says, "At least our parents had a full life. Full of regret and doubt."
		DavidW says, "And dishes."
		Roger says, "And all our TV shows are available out here, so all in all not too shabby."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. Score of 0 out of 20?"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "heh"
		BrianK says, "But Earth was just V'lvxnlxiaformed so we might not get those TV shows anymore"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | File to restore >

		Roger says, "Bet she feels bad about not letting me check out her smurfs now"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Ooh. Good point."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "THANKS FOR BUYING THE KNOCK OFF CUPCAKES, MOM"
		Jacqueline says, "So, keep expliring, don't get in a sleeping pod."
		Jacqueline says, "Exploring, even."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Rec Room
Floyd |    The rec room is surprisingly empty, its only features a slanted
Floyd | ledge on one wall and a counter jutting from another.  Across from the
Floyd | ledge is the southeast exit.
Floyd |    Sitting on the low-slung counter is a white bottle, a universal
Floyd | translator, and a large book.  The slanted ledge seems to contain a
Floyd | road atlas.
Floyd |    Zigurt is carefully poring over the atlas.
Floyd |    Floban stands next to Zigurt, watching him and the maps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floban nods in your direction.  "Ambassador," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's all diagonals, north and south."
		Jacqueline says, "So I see."
		BrianK says, "This room looks promising"
		Roger says, "At least they didn't land in Nigeria or something"
		Jacqueline asks, "Why would that be bad?"
		DavidW says, "Imagine if aliens landed in Canada. The US would be *so* pissed."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rec Room
Floyd |    The rec room is surprisingly empty, its only features a slanted
Floyd | ledge on one wall and a counter jutting from another.  Across from the
Floyd | ledge is the southeast exit.
Floyd |    Sitting on the low-slung counter is a white bottle, a universal
Floyd | translator, and a large book.  The slanted ledge seems to contain a
Floyd | road atlas.
Floyd |    Zigurt is carefully poring over the atlas.
Floyd |    Floban stands next to Zigurt, watching him and the maps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. 		
Gerynar has disconnected. 		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		Roger says, "I don't think they have Ho-hos in Nigeria"

Floyd | The white bottle is about three inches tall.  Its lid has been removed.
Floyd | The inside of the bottle is crammed full of white pills.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Examine all the stuff."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x road atlas" 		

Floyd | The atlas lies open to a map of the USA.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd | Large and, strangely enough, bound in leather.  Stamped on its cover
Floyd | are the words, "To Serve Man."  Someone has made a feeble attempt to
Floyd | obliterate "Serve" and replace it with "Understand".
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt traces some routes on the atlas with one tentacle.  "We shall
Floyd | follow this `Interstate' until it reaches Washington, D.C., at which
Floyd | point we will meet with the leader of this country," he says to Floban.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, capital!"  Floban replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The game dares to pun at us."
		Jacqueline laughs.
		olethros says, "ha ha ha"
		BrianK asks, "Was this the book they used as a dictionary-ish thing?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd | The white bottle is about three inches tall.  Its lid has been removed.
Floyd | The inside of the bottle is crammed full of white pills.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pills" 		

Floyd | Little.  White.  Similar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floban massages his forehead with one tentacle, picking up the white
Floyd | bottle with another.  He sticks a third tentacle into the bottle.  When
Floyd | he pulls it back out, a pill is stuck to the end of it.  He pops the
Floyd | pill in his mouth, then puts the bottle back on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Want to see another way to die?"
		Roger says, "Obviously yes"
		DavidW asks, "Eat an alien headache pill?"
		DavidW says, "Sounds like fun."
		olethros says, "yes!"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Why not?"
		olethros says, "get stooooned"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take pill" 		

Floyd | "Winners don't use drugs."
Floyd |        --This message brought to you by the director of the FBI.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline groans.
		DavidW says, "This game is so nostalgic Americana."
		Roger says, "That was also a big thing in the 80s"
		Roger says, "The president picked a spokesperson to be the main 'Winners don't use drugs' guy. That person was Arnold Schwarzenegger."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd | A tentacle darts out, thumping your hand and making it sting.  "That is
Floyd | not polite," Floban says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Could try giving the salt and cupcakes, I suppose."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes. Let's."
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "give cupcakes to floban" 		

Floyd | Floban takes the box from you, looking at it.  "Redi-Snak(TM) Chokolate
Floyd | Snak Kakes?"  He sighs.  "I suppose they will do."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now we need rock salt and a memento.  If you would, please, run along
Floyd | now."  Floban, meanwhile, has wolfed down two or three cupcakes,
Floyd | leaving his face smeared with chocolate which he tries to lick off with
Floyd | a large blue tongue.  "You are such a mess," Zigurt tells him as they
Floyd | turn back to the atlas.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "1 down, 2 to go"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "give rock salt to floban" 		

Floyd | "Is it salt?"  Floban asks eagerly.  When he spies the box, he claps
Floyd | several tentacles together happily while scooping up some crystals with
Floyd | another.  "Wonn-ful," he says around a mouthful of salt.  Zigurt upends
Floyd | the box and fills his maw.  The contented sound of crunching fills the
Floyd | air.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww we need now is the memento," Zigurt announces, peppering you with
Floyd | some bits of salt.  "Wun awong and fwetch them."  Zigurt and Floban
Floyd | turn back to the atlas, munching happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt says, "The fractured nature of this planet never ceases to amaze
Floyd | me.  Compare the size of this `China' nation to `Luxembourg'.  The
Floyd | disparity is overwhelming."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indeed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Goodness, are they getting drunk on salt?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, ideas?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we have areas we need to explore still?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask zigurt about memento" 		

Floyd | "You are quite the nosy child."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x translator" 		

Floyd | The universal translator is a metallic silver rod about the length of
Floyd | your forearm and almost as thick around.  It is currently turned on.
Floyd | There is a button on its side labelled in an alien script.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x button" 		

Floyd | A button on the side of the universal translator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floban massages his forehead with one tentacle, picking up the white
Floyd | bottle with another.  He sticks a third tentacle into the bottle.  When
Floyd | he pulls it back out, a pill is stuck to the end of it.  He pops the
Floyd | pill in his mouth, then puts the bottle back on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | Floban slaps your hand away with a tentacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "Let's find a memento!"
		DavidW says, "There's still the southwest and southeast rooms of the ship to see."
		Peregrine says, "(ironically, I recently watched Chris Nolan's Memento)"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, true."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Ship's Hold
Floyd |    In sharp contrast to what you've seen of the rest of the ship, this
Floyd | room is filthy.  Junk piles up in corners, spilling out over the floor,
Floyd | claiming most of the room.  It's as if Zigurt and Floban had thrown
Floyd | every bauble which had ever caught their eye into this room without
Floyd | regard for order or the boundaries of good taste.  Indeed, most things
Floyd | you see lie squarely on the far side of tasteful.  Somewhere in the
Floyd | midst of the junk is the northwest exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Could be anything in here."
		Jacqueline says, "So they *do* want a Precious Moments."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd | The amount of junk thrown down here is astounding.  There's no telling
Floyd | what you could find with a bit of work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd | Some rooting around turns up a salad shooter, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd | Some rooting around turns up a red lid, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "!!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd | Some rooting around turns up a velvet Elvis, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "!!!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd | Some rooting around turns up a rain stick, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "!!!!"
		olethros asks, "those are all 90s stuff?"
		DavidW says, "uh-huh"
		Jacqueline says, "YEah"
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder how many things are here."
		Peregrine says, "No one noticed the gag I did with the exclamation marks. Sad."
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "I did but didn't want to interrupt."
inky says (to Floyd), "x red lid" 		

Floyd | A red child-proof lid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, I noticed your exclamation marks, but missed the reference."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, should we put the lid on the pill bottle?"
		DavidW says, "oo."
		olethros says, "what about the"
		olethros says, "!"
		DavidW says, "I was thinking, we may need the translator to understand what the panel is saying."
		DavidW says, "I like the idea of putting a childproof cap on the pill bottle. So evil."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Are you calling me... yes, you are. I am."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd | Some rooting around turns up a garden hose, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Some rooting around turns up a stress ball, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You find nothing else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stick" 		

Floyd | A hollow stick filled with beads and capped at both ends.  When turned,
Floyd | the beads slide down the stick and make a sound that is kinda like the
Floyd | sound of falling rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There we go. Figured it could not be infinite."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hose" 		

Floyd | A green garden hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd | The stress ball is quite deformed from people squeezing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x elvis" 		

Floyd | The King, captured in all his glory by a simple piece of mounted
Floyd | velvet.  Stunning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a salad shooter, a red lid, a velvet Elvis, a rain stick, a
Floyd | garden hose, and a stress ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if they'll think that the salad shooter is a gun."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shooter" 		

Floyd | The salad shooter might once have chopped up vegetables and more for a
Floyd | mighty fine salad, but someone has removed all of its blades, rendering
Floyd | it useless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Rec Room
Floyd |    The rec room is surprisingly empty, its only features a slanted
Floyd | ledge on one wall and a counter jutting from another.  Across from the
Floyd | ledge is the southeast exit.
Floyd |    Sitting on the low-slung counter is a white bottle, a universal
Floyd | translator, and a large book.  The slanted ledge seems to contain a
Floyd | road atlas.
Floyd |    Zigurt is carefully poring over the atlas.
Floyd |    Floban stands next to Zigurt, watching him and the maps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put red lid on white bottle" 		

Floyd | A tentacle darts out, thumping your hand vigorously.  "Most definitely
Floyd | do not do that," Floban says while you rub your smarting hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give elvis to Floban" 		

Floyd | Floban waves away the velvet Elvis.  "Your trinkets are of no concern
Floyd | right now," he tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose timing is a factor. Put the lid on while he's distracted by Zigurt."
		Roger says, "And you thought it'd be a fetch quest"
		DavidW says, "There's still the southwest room."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Guilty as charged."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "..DW Yes, I was just experimenting." 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "dw" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes, I was just experimenting."
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we sw?"
		DavidW says, "please do"
		DavidW says, "from the hallway"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Examination Room
Floyd |    Stark.  Metal.  An examination table fills the center of the room.
Floyd | Above it crouch various tools on metal appendages, extended like the
Floyd | legs of some insect.  Along one wall is a control panel.  The exit is
Floyd | to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of COURSE it's an examination room."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x probe" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "probe" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "One thing we don't need to worry about."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd | The panel is low enough that you can see a dizzying array of levers,
Floyd | knobs, and switches, but you can't see any labels, if there are any.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd | You can begin to guess at some of the tools' functions--the
Floyd | brightly-shining light is familiar, reminding you of visits to the
Floyd | dentist.  Other tools, however, are too strange for your puny Earth
Floyd | brain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd | Whatever metal was used in its making has been buffed to a high sheen.
Floyd | You can see your face reflected in its surface when you stand on
Floyd | tippy-toes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suspect getting onto the table would be a bad idea."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Let's do it!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get on table" 		

Floyd | Its metal proves to be too slippery for you to gain enough purchase to
Floyd | scale it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Darn it!"
		Peregrine says, "heh"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Examination Room
Floyd |    Stark.  Metal.  An examination table fills the center of the room.
Floyd | Above it crouch various tools on metal appendages, extended like the
Floyd | legs of some insect.  Along one wall is a control panel.  The exit is
Floyd | to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I wonder if Mom would like the Elvis painting and displace another item for it?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | I don't see no--I mean any--button here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x switches" 		

Floyd | So many controls.  So many, many controls, and all unlabeled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "That's a thought."
		DavidW says, "I guess that button message was about to say 'I don't see no stinking button'."
		Ellison asks, "I got here late. did you guys break any dishes before I got here?"
		DavidW says (to Ellison), "We have not."
		DavidW says, "Obviously, we should try it for another ending."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake stick" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "shake" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow stick" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "blow" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave stick" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "wave" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Obviously the PC's education has been sorely neglected."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW) PC says, "Letting me watch the adventures of Captain Dangerous would be educational.'
		Jacqueline says, "BRB"
		Ellison says, "maybe the rain stick can be swapped with the translation rod, but I haven't seen a good mechanic for doing so"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "flip stick" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to flip the rain stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "turn stick" 		

Floyd | You give the rain stick a turn, listening to the beads fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "B"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "dance" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Hm, maybe, but I think if Floban is all headache-y, he won't stop us from just taking the translator."
		Jacqueline says, "We are from the Footloose town."
		Ellison says, "only Kevin Bacon can save us"
		DavidW asks, "We never examined the bridge controls; are they unlabelled too?"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought they were above our head."
		DavidW says, "Were they? I missed seeing that."
		DavidW asks, "Maybe we can put things on the examination table and things will can automatically examined for us?"
		DavidW says, "er will be"
		olethros says, "good idea"
		DavidW says, "'Elvis, you're looking a bit thin. Take two cheeseburgers and call me in the morning.'"
		Jacqueline asks, "Like what?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Sure. Elvis."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Examination Room
Floyd |    Stark.  Metal.  An examination table fills the center of the room.
Floyd | Above it crouch various tools on metal appendages, extended like the
Floyd | legs of some insect.  Along one wall is a control panel.  The exit is
Floyd | to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Examination Room
Floyd |    Stark.  Metal.  An examination table fills the center of the room.
Floyd | Above it crouch various tools on metal appendages, extended like the
Floyd | legs of some insect.  Along one wall is a control panel.  The exit is
Floyd | to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a salad shooter, a red lid, a velvet Elvis, a rain stick, a
Floyd | garden hose, and a stress ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put elvis on table" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Examination Room
Floyd |    Stark.  Metal.  An examination table fills the center of the room.
Floyd | Above it crouch various tools on metal appendages, extended like the
Floyd | legs of some insect.  Along one wall is a control panel.  The exit is
Floyd | to the northeast.
Floyd |    Sitting on the examination table is a velvet Elvis.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "So what now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switches" 		

Floyd | Why don't you try that on a lever?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, I was going to say 'Examine Elvis' but that will just look at him."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch switches" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to switch the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on controls" 		

Floyd | You flip a switch at random.  The table shudders, as if trying to do
Floyd | something, then quits.  A red light on the control panel winks on, then
Floyd | off.  A tool descends, points angrily at the object on the table's
Floyd | surface, and retracts once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd | So many controls.  So many, many controls, and all unlabeled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take elvis" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  There is a loud keening sound as a laser beam
Floyd | shoots from one of the tools and strikes the table.  The beam traces up
Floyd | the middle of the table before shutting off again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  An energy field flicks into brief existence
Floyd | around the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I hope that pointing tool was wearing a four-fingered glove."
		olethros says, "just want to see the random descriptions"
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  The table is wrapped in what looks suspiciously
Floyd | like Saran-Wrap.  The plastic sheeting dissolves and vanishes a short
Floyd | time later.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says (to DW), "hee"
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  A whirling circular saw descends, slices the air
Floyd | above the table, then retracts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is one dangerous table."
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  The table undergoes a series of
Floyd | uncomfortable-looking contortions before straightening back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "put elvis on table" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  The table shudders, as if trying to do something,
Floyd | then quits.  A red light on the control panel winks on, then off.  A
Floyd | tool descends, points angrily at the object on the table's surface, and
Floyd | retracts once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  The table shudders, as if trying to do something,
Floyd | then quits.  A red light on the control panel winks on, then off.  A
Floyd | tool descends, points angrily at the object on the table's surface, and
Floyd | retracts once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "aha, it's different with things on the table"
		Jacqueline nods.
olethros says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a salad shooter, a red lid, a rain stick, a garden hose, and a
Floyd | stress ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe something instead of Elvis?"
olethros says (to Floyd), "put ball on table" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  The table shudders, as if trying to do something,
Floyd | then quits.  A red light on the control panel winks on, then off.  A
Floyd | tool descends, points angrily at the objects on the table's surface,
Floyd | and retracts once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "get elvis" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You yank on a lever.  The table shudders, as if trying to do something,
Floyd | then quits.  A red light on the control panel winks on, then off.  A
Floyd | tool descends, points angrily at the object on the table's surface, and
Floyd | retracts once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "'objects' instead of 'object', otherwise no differenc"
		olethros asks, "what else is there to do?"
		Jacqueline says, "Us."
		DavidW says, "Try show/giving stuff to Mom, maybe? Break dishes."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, we can't get on the table."
		Jacqueline says, "Forgot."
		DavidW asks, "Ask the aliens more questions?"
		Jacqueline says, "I find it odd that the ball can be on the table but not us."
		olethros says, "the table is perfectly level"
		DavidW asks, "Is the grill pushable into the ship?"
		Jacqueline says, "We tried opening the grill, but not pushing it."
		DavidW says, "The panel in the hallway seems important to me."
olethros says (to Floyd), "x elvis" 		

Floyd | The King, captured in all his glory by a simple piece of mounted
Floyd | velvet.  Stunning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can I try some of my ideas?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yes!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from table" 		

Floyd | stress ball:  Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Silvery Hallway
Floyd |    The silvery hallway splits into five branches, like the inside of
Floyd | some mutant cauliflower.  The branches lead north, northeast,
Floyd | northwest, southeast, and southwest.  Behind you, the ramp flops out
Floyd | onto the backyard.  A strange metal plate is attached to the wall by
Floyd | the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push plate" 		

Floyd | You feel the odd sensation of a thousand whispery filaments drawn
Floyd | lightly across your mind.  The smell of oranges fills your nose, and a
Floyd | voice in your head says, Non-V'lvxnlxian intelligence detected.
Floyd | Attempting to render information in comprehensible manner.  The voice
Floyd | goes away for a moment, then returns.  It has changed, and is now oddly
Floyd | familiar.  "Contacting host www.aliencomputer.com...done."  Symbols and
Floyd | colors fill your vision, all incomprehensible.  Then everything goes
Floyd | dark for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to Scout 3LZ, a representative of the glorious V'lvxnlxian
Floyd | empire!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scout 3LZ is one of the newer, faster Cuppa model scout ships.  It
Floyd | incorporates new technology from the Waveparticle Duality Consortium.
Floyd | As a result, Cuppa model scouts boast an extremely short transit time
Floyd | between solar systems and high atmospheric maneuverability.
Floyd |
Floyd | Scout 3LZ carries a crew of two: Zigurt and Floban.  Both are native
Floyd | V'lvxnlxians, and both have had long and illustrious careers with the
Floyd | Corps.  They are currently enjoying their tour through one of the
Floyd | lesser-explored arms of the galaxy, though they hope to find potential
Floyd | colony sites soon.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What kind of colony sites does the Corps look for?  Corps personnel are
Floyd | experienced planetologists who have an eye for comfort.  They report on
Floyd | only the best planets, ones which are within 98% of V'lvxnlxia norms.
Floyd | Though many different biospheres are acceptable, planets with dry
Floyd | climates and dim suns are a must.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corps personnel are also skilled negotiators and diplomats, in case a
Floyd | potential colony planet possesses a native race.  A certain amount of
Floyd | intelligence is welcome in natives, as smarter natives are more capable
Floyd | of following orders.  However, should a native population be found to
Floyd | possess intelligence above a 5.9 on the L'xlvnxl scale, the planet may
Floyd | require a quick bio-scrubbing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For your convenience while on-board, a temporary overlay map of the
Floyd | ship will be downloaded and installed.  For visitors who are unable to
Floyd | handle a fully interactive overlay map, a hardcopy will be created for
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | When you can see normally again, you find that you now possess a map of
Floyd | the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "I still am not sure what a velvet elvis is"
		Roger says, "This game is plates all the way down"
		Roger says, "It's a painting executed onto black velvet"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd | The map shows the innards of the spaceship.  According to it, the
Floyd | bridge lies to the north of the silver hallway, the rec room is
Floyd | northwest of the hallway, the slumber chamber is northeast, the exam
Floyd | room is southwest, and the hold is southeast from the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		[LINK]
		Peregrine says, "Holy shit. The aliens are here to kill us all."
		DavidW says, "Sorry, I wasn't expecting that text dump there."
		Peregrine says, ""Bio-scrubbing" being an euphemism"
		Roger says, "Maybe they would bio-scrub those dishes we left behind"
		DavidW asks, "If the aliens insist on dry and dim planets, we must convince them that Earth is a wet and bright planet, no?"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "Conversation has been somewhat limited."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push grill north" 		

Floyd | You can't seem to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Time to niktu their klaatu"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lived-in Room
Floyd |    The living room is the rumpled center of your home.  Comfy floral
Floyd | furniture, a few shelves filled with knick-knacks, a window, two
Floyd | parents, and a TV.  The hallway to the kitchen is west, and the
Floyd | unimportant rest of your home (mentioned here merely for the sake of
Floyd | completeness) is south.
Floyd |    Mom is here, knitting away.
Floyd |    Dad is slowly going through today's paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give elvis to mom" 		

Floyd | Your mom rejects the offer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mom about knick-knacks" 		

Floyd | "Not now, kid."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search knick-knacks" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | The window looks out on the backyard and on the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd | Your dad is reading it with deliberate care.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn stick" 		

Floyd | You give the rain stick a turn, listening to the beads fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit mom" 		

Floyd | Temper, temper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dishes" 		

Floyd | I don't see no--I mean any--dishes here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f w" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "f" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window, ignoring the ugly appliances and dirty
Floyd | cabinets.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty plates towers on one side
Floyd | of the sink, balanced by a much smaller stack of clean plates on the
Floyd | other side.  Next to the east doorway is the avocado-green refrigerator
Floyd | your family has owned forever.
Floyd |    The cabinets seems to contain some other stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit dishes" 		

Floyd | Which dishes do you mean, the stack of clean dishes, or the stack of
Floyd | dirty dishes?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "dirty" 		

Floyd | Temper, temper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dirty dishes" 		

Floyd | Those dirty dishes are way too stuck together for you to be able to
Floyd | move them around like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "a simple push will suffice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push clean dishes" 		

Floyd | You poke at the stack of clean dishes, which begins to sway back and
Floyd | forth, back and forth.  You'd think they'd stop, but your house is
Floyd | always shaking just the tiniest bit, and that must help keep them
Floyd | moving.  They'll probably hit the ground before too much longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "(as I said, I never got past the dishes part before)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lived-in Room
Floyd |    The living room is the rumpled center of your home.  Comfy floral
Floyd | furniture, a few shelves filled with knick-knacks, a window, two
Floyd | parents, and a TV.  The hallway to the kitchen is west, and the
Floyd | unimportant rest of your home (mentioned here merely for the sake of
Floyd | completeness) is south.
Floyd |    Mom is here, knitting away.
Floyd |    Dad is slowly going through today's paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | From the kitchen, you hear a tremendous clattering banging crash.
Floyd | Something very bad has happened to your clean dishes, and something
Floyd | even worse will probably happen to you if mom catches you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mom jumps up, her knitting forgotten.  "What was that?"  she asks on
Floyd | her way out the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dad calls after her.  "Oh, probably a stack of dishes falling to the
Floyd | floor and breaking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take knick-knack" 		

Floyd | Dad says, "Don't mess with your mom's stuff."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take moments" 		

Floyd | Dad says, "Don't mess with your mom's stuff."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "ask dad about grill" 		

Floyd | He lowers his paper, looks out at you from under beetle brows, and goes
Floyd | back to reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell dad about grill" 		

Floyd | He lowers his paper, looks out at you from under beetle brows, and goes
Floyd | back to reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So we need to distract him, too."
		Peregrine says, "Looks like it."
		DavidW says, "I guess, but I don't know how."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take knitting" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "knitting" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give all to dad" 		

Floyd | salad shooter:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd | red lid:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd | rain stick:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd | garden hose:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd | velvet Elvis:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd | stress ball:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd | ship map:  Your dad rejects the offer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison asks, "is the grill on wheels? maybe we can push it into the ship?"
		DavidW says, "Tried that."
		Peregrine says, "take dad"
		Jacqueline says, "This is clearly the dad who has everything."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take dad" 		

Floyd | You can't have your dad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Wot?"
		DavidW says, "Kids can't notmally pick up their dads."
		DavidW says, "er normally"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I mean the refusal message seemed odd"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grill" 		

Floyd | No thanks.  Last time dad cooked something in it, it almost exploded
Floyd | from all the lighter fluid.  If you open it and get soot all over you,
Floyd | you'll probably have to clean it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on grill" 		

Floyd | Seeing as how that involves matches and burning and, most importantly,
Floyd | opening the grill, you're better off giving this plan a miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push grill" 		

Floyd | You're still a little small to be pushing the Weber around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search grill" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under grill" 		

Floyd | There's nothing under the Weber grill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x patio" 		

Floyd | Dad spent one summer putting it in.  He got the bricks from an old
Floyd | house, so they were covered in mortar.  He offered you ten cents a
Floyd | brick to scrape the mortar off--yeah, like you wanted to spend your
Floyd | vacation working for the Man.  The Weber is on one side of the patio, a
Floyd | free-standing faucet on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "FAUCET?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "attach hose to faucet" 		

Floyd | You screw one end of the hose onto the faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on faucet" 		

Floyd | You turn on the faucet with a twist.  Water begins gushing from the far
Floyd | end of the hose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "water ship" 		

Floyd | You forgot a verb, not to mention what you learned in English class.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hose ship" 		

Floyd | You forgot a verb, not to mention what you learned in English class.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros asks, "hey, it's just a thing?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hose" 		

Floyd | You already have the garden hose!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "clean ship" 		

Floyd | The silvery ship looks a bit cleaner now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "point hose at grill" 		

Floyd | If you want to spray something with the hose, just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spray grill with hose" 		

Floyd | There really is no need to spray the Weber grill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spray ship with hose" 		

Floyd | You send a jet of water towards the ship.  The water beads on the skin
Floyd | of the ship, then rolls down onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "house" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | I don't see no--I mean any--window here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I have an idea."
		DavidW says, "This seems part of the idea of making the planet seem to be wet."
		Jacqueline says, "oh, yeah"
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "go ahead"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Not until you either drop the hose or you detach it from the faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "I was also thinking maybe we need to do the opposite of what the aliens asked for and somehow trick them into ingesting more water"
		Peregrine says, "Okay. So the hose isn't long enough."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "spray me" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "spray ship" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "spray me with hose" 		

Floyd | There really is no need to spray yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "spray me with hose" 		

Floyd | There really is no need to spray yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "spray ship with hose" 		

Floyd | You send a jet of water towards the ship.  The water beads on the skin
Floyd | of the ship, then rolls down onto the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd | It's much, much cooler close up.  The surface is all crinkly and
Floyd | silvery.  The top and bottom are flat; the sides angle out, then back
Floyd | in, and are ruffled.  On its back are two bumper stickers.  Its ramp
Floyd | lies open like a big silver tongue; you can enter to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think that action will be useful later but not now."
Ellison says (to Floyd), "put stress ball in salad shooter" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the salad shooter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x ramp" 		

Floyd | It leads into the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd | I don't see no--I mean any--hatch here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet if we entered the kitchen with angry mom there, the game ends. But we should test that idea."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put hose on ramp" 		

Floyd | There's no good surface on the ramp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put hose in ship" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the silvery ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hose in grill" 		

Floyd | You can't put anything into the Weber grill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x patio" 		

Floyd | Dad spent one summer putting it in.  He got the bricks from an old
Floyd | house, so they were covered in mortar.  He offered you ten cents a
Floyd | brick to scrape the mortar off--yeah, like you wanted to spend your
Floyd | vacation working for the Man.  The Weber is on one side of the patio, a
Floyd | free-standing faucet on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bricks" 		

Floyd | Dad spent one summer putting it in.  He got the bricks from an old
Floyd | house, so they were covered in mortar.  He offered you ten cents a
Floyd | brick to scrape the mortar off--yeah, like you wanted to spend your
Floyd | vacation working for the Man.  The Weber is on one side of the patio, a
Floyd | free-standing faucet on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" 		

Floyd | You can't have the brick patio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "We need to lure away Dad."
		Peregrine asks, "Maybe by talking to him?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe."
		DavidW says, "Feel free to try stuff."
Ellison says (to Floyd), "spray patio with hose" 		

Floyd | There really is no need to spray the brick patio.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I just realized this has the same title as the 2016 movie."
		Peregrine says, "The Amy Addams one."
		DavidW says, "well, this was earlier than 2016 somewhat."
		Peregrine says, "1998"
		olethros says, "HE GOT RIPPED OFF"
		olethros says, "actually, maybe this would have been the better movie"
olethros says (to Floyd), "spray grill with hose" 		

Floyd | There really is no need to spray the Weber grill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a salad shooter, a red lid, a rain stick, a garden hose, a
Floyd | velvet Elvis, a stress ball, and a ship map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says (to olethros), "hey, I enjoyed Arrival"
		olethros asks, "shooter is a strainer?"
		olethros asks, "the thing you spin?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd | The map shows the innards of the spaceship.  According to it, the
Floyd | bridge lies to the north of the silver hallway, the rec room is
Floyd | northwest of the hallway, the slumber chamber is northeast, the exam
Floyd | room is southwest, and the hold is southeast from the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "ah, no, it cuts things"
		DavidW says, "I only vaguely remember the ads. You put lettuce and choppable veggies into it and, uh, I guess either turn it on or turn a crank, and chopped veggies spew out."
		Ellison says, "oh, I was thinking it was a thing that chops up lettuce for you"
		DavidW says, "Like, really, chopping lettuce with a knife isn't that difficult and cleaning a knife is much simpler."
olethros says (to Floyd), "turn stick" 		

Floyd | You give the rain stick a turn, listening to the beads fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
olethros says (to Floyd), "scrape mortar" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "scrape" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		[LINK]
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x lights" 		

Floyd | Your dad's always adding this and that to the house, trying to improve
Floyd | it.  A while back, he added these lights to the backyard, presumably
Floyd | because he wanted to show the mosquitos where to gather.  The current
Floyd | control for the lights is mounted below them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think Savoir-Faire is one of the few IF games that understands 'scrape' as a command verb."
		olethros says, "ha ha mosquitoes"
		DavidW says, "oo. make it brighter!"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "x control" 		

Floyd | It's just a knob to control how bright the lights get.  Right now it's
Floyd | turned counterclockwise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "turn knob" 		

Floyd | You can turn the knob clockwise or counterclockwise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "turn knob clockwise" 		

Floyd | You twist the current control all the way clockwise.  The lights
Floyd | brighten to the point that the backyard is more lit up than it is
Floyd | during the day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "spray lights with hose" 		

Floyd | It's too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the harsh backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Who said this was a short game?"
		olethros says, "we're just slow"
		Ellison asks, "maybe Dad will acknowledge the shadow if we tell him about the ship now?"
		olethros says, "good idea"
		Ellison says, "otherwise, I don't know why playing with the lights is possible"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Not until you either drop the hose or you detach it from the faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "drop hose" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are startled to see Zigurt come down the ramp, squinting and wiping
Floyd | away tears.  Floban follows him, waving his tentacles about madly.
Floyd | "What did I tell you?  The light out here has become unbearable.  How
Floyd | do you expect me to concentrate on our plans with the sound of so many
Floyd | photons bombarding our ship's repulso-field?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your point is taken," Zigurt replies thoughtfully.  He brings out a
Floyd | large ray gun, complete with flanges and doohickeys.  He braces its
Floyd | barrel against one tentacle and fires at the lights.  With a FZOOM! a
Floyd | shower of sparks falls from a nearby tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | In response, Zigurt clears his throat and wipes his tearing eyes once
Floyd | more.  "Somewhat...tricky..."  he mutters, taking aim once more.
Floyd | FZOOM! and more sparks fly from the tree, followed by a very put-out
Floyd | flock of nesting birds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zigurt is drawing a bead on the lights once more when something hits
Floyd | one of them and breaks it with a quiet tinkle.  In the reduced glare,
Floyd | both you and Zigurt turn to look at Floban, who has dropped a
Floyd | tentaclefull of medium-sized rocks.  "Not for nothing was I on the
Floyd | All-Solar team at the Academy," he says with a touch of pride.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indeed," says Zigurt as both cautiously detour around the
Floyd | water-spewing hose and re-enter the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has increased by 4 points.  You can turn these
Floyd | notifications off at any time by typing NOTIFY.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The lights is for convincing the aliens that the sun is too bright."
		Peregrine asks, "Our score has increased by 4 points.Yay?"
		Jacqueline says, "Definite yay, but only to let us know we're on the right track, I think."
		Ellison says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd | You have achieved a score of 4 points out of a possible 20 in 204
Floyd | turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "full" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd | I never learned the word "rocks" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "The default is unfortunate."
		olethros says, "and they detour around the hose"
		Ellison asks, "did we make the game unwinnable? were we supposed to set up a trap?"
		Peregrine says, "+4 points hardly constitutes unwinnable"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Peregrine says, "unless the game is very cruel"
		Ellison says, "some games give you partial points for unwinnable actions, yeah"
Jacqueline gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "I do think we need to see what happens if we re-enter the kitchen."
		Ellison says, "I would guess that this game is late enough that Sarge would have avoided unwinnable states, though"
		Jacqueline says, "Was going to ask what I missed, but I seem to only have missed that we never learned the words 'full' or 'rocks' in school. We need to bone up on our vocab."
		Ellison says (to DW), "yeah, I've been curious"
		olethros says, "that was before 'no child left behind'"
		Jacqueline says, "So true"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Backyard
Floyd |    Normally the backyard is boring, but not tonight!  Tonight the lawn
Floyd | has been crisped by the arrival of the silvery ship.  It sits there,
Floyd | ramp down, gleaming under the bright backyard lights your dad installed
Floyd | a while back.  Its shadow stretches across the brick patio and Weber
Floyd | grill.  Your house is to the south.
Floyd |    You see a garden hose here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Should I save?"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | I never learned the word "cf4" in school.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you did it manually. AWK-WARD."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |    You've spent many an hour at the kitchen sink, elbow-deep in suds,
Floyd | staring out the window, ignoring the ugly appliances and dirty
Floyd | cabinets.  A dismayingly large stack of dirty plates towers on one side
Floyd | of the sink.  Next to the east doorway is the avocado-green
Floyd | refrigerator your family has owned forever.
Floyd |    The cabinets seems to contain some other stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Where's Mom?"
		DavidW says, "Good question."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |    A short hall lined with dark wood panelling.  It connects the
Floyd | kitchen, to the west, with the living room, to the east.  The backyard
Floyd | is north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lived-in Room
Floyd |    The living room is the rumpled center of your home.  Comfy floral
Floyd | furniture, a few shelves filled with knick-knacks, a window, two
Floyd | parents, and a TV.  The hallway to the kitchen is west, and the
Floyd | unimportant rest of your home (mentioned here merely for the sake of
Floyd | completeness) is south.
Floyd |    Dad is slowly going through today's paper.
Floyd |    Mom is walking down the hall towards the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mom looks at you angrily.  You duck your head and scuffle one foot
Floyd | against the floor.  "You know better than to run away and hide when
Floyd | you've done something wrong," she says.  You turn beet red.  "To your
Floyd | room, kid."  When she talks to you in that tone of voice, you know
Floyd | better than to disobey.  Up the stairs you go, to await your eventual
Floyd | punishment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course, none of this matters much since the world ends some hours
Floyd | later.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have let the aliens win
Floyd |
Floyd | You have achieved a score of 4 points out of a possible 20 in 209
Floyd | turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current
Floyd | command.
Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, or (U)NDO:  >

		Peregrine says, "Whoa."
		Jacqueline says, "Dang"
		Jacqueline says, "So, this is a timed thing."
		Peregrine says, "Yep."
		Jacqueline says, "We need to figure out the dad distraction."
		Jacqueline says, "And then execute one on the heels of the other."
		olethros says, "hm, if we are sent to our room we lose automatically"
		Peregrine says, "Jacqueline, masterstrategist"
		DavidW says, "Dad didn't want any of our stuff."
		Peregrine asks, "Maybe conversation is the key?"
		Peregrine says, "ASK/TELL seems to work in this game."
		Peregrine says, "I'm beginning to feel knackered, tbh"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe. I thought we tried that a bit, but let's poke at that some more."
		DavidW says, "Trouble is, Mom doesn't seem to let us talk to Dad while she's there."
		Peregrine asks, "But what about after?"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "We have gone later than I thought we would."
		Jacqueline says, "I promised a friend in Europe that I would call them. They are a night owl, but ..."
		Peregrine asks, "We can stop here and resume next week, I guess?"
		olethros says, "yeah, I need to do some work as well"
		DavidW says, "ok with me."
		Peregrine says, "Anyhow, since this is timed, we probably need to restart."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Peregrine says, "So that's a deal."
		Jacqueline says, "I kind of feel like we're close, but it's hard to tell."
olethros says, "ciao" 		
olethros was told that in order to be published he had to cut his hair and sing in Swedish. 		Peregrine says, "Goodnight, everyone."
		DavidW says, "goodnight, Peregrine"
		Peregrine says, "Fun was had."
		Peregrine exclaims, "so thanks!"
Peregrine disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		DavidW says, "The way the lights and faucet weren't immediately obvious suggests that we need to examine everything in a room description thoroughly."
		DavidW says, "But that can wait until next week."
		Ellison says, "yup, old-school. although it was kind of new-school at the time. the old-school new-school."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		DavidW says, "There's no school like an old-school."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Ventilator by Peregrine Wade
As played on ifMUD on February 26, 2017

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 Ventilator written by Peregrine Wade. 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 ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It is really hot today. Sprawled across the bed of your hotel
Floyd | room, you lie sweltering in a growing puddle of sweat. There are no
Floyd | flies in the air, but that is only because they have all passed out on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd | Ventilator
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 161008 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hotel Room
Floyd | This is the overpriced room you've paid for. It is striking by its
Floyd | lack of character, its uncomfortable-looking bed, its rickety table,
Floyd | its miniscule minibar, its enormous curtainless window which allows
Floyd | all the blazing sunlight outside to roast you alive, and a door that
Floyd | leads out into the corridor. To say nothing of the toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here, beckoning to you, is the ventilator. Is it your friend?
Floyd | Or your foe? Time will tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyhow, it's quiet, possibly because it's currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dirty floor are some flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We'll let Guenni enter the commands today."
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we shut the curtains? To block out the sun?"
		Roger says, "I don't know why I swallowed the fly"
		Roger says, "You see no curtains here"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I missed the key word 'curtainless'"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there is always X ME and I."
		Draconis says, "And X VENTILATOR"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x ventalator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VENTALATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "vent-i-lator"
Guenni says (to floyd), "vx me" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VX ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you need to check your spelling, or maybe you need HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are unable to examine yourself without a mirror, and the hotel has
Floyd | a strict policy against people with prehensile eyes. Joking aside, you
Floyd | look as normal as ever... albeit a little under the weather. And, of
Floyd | course, your heart is in a mess. Sigh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "We already VX'd Kim"
		Jacqueline says, "I have already gotten my desired effect from this game. It made me laugh before the title credits with the bit about the flies."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "That... shouldn't be funny. But it kind of is."
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some trousers (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |   your hair (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "well, shall I switch it on?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Go for it!"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure it will end badly, but yes. Switch it on."
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch on ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH ON VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure?

		Draconis says, "Your hair (being worn)"
		Jacqueline laughs.
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yes, we are sure!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | Are you sure?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn on the ventilator. Shortly afterwards, your hair is swept
Floyd | off, soaring through the air buoyantly before being flattened like a
Floyd | particularly inedible pancake onto the wall. Whoa! Perhaps a tad
Floyd | excessive, even for a brand new model.
Floyd |
Floyd | But, however, this at least has had the desired effect, reviving you
Floyd | sufficiently to be able to get back up again. Now, you just need to
Floyd | find a drink...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "No longer being worn, evidently"
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hotel Room
Floyd | This is the overpriced room you've paid for. It is striking by its
Floyd | lack of character, its uncomfortable-looking bed, its rickety table,
Floyd | its miniscule minibar, its enormous curtainless window which allows
Floyd | all the blazing sunlight outside to roast you alive, and a door that
Floyd | leads out into the corridor. To say nothing of the toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here, roaring away like nobody's business, is the ventilator.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall is your hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ventilator is a bit too powerful for your liking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "You've played this before, I take it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x minibar" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MINIBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A minibar. Just a minibar. Not a spaceship. Not a portal to another
Floyd | world. Not... well, you get the idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "Yes, please look at all the things in the room."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The minibar opens with some difficulty, releasing a flood of salted
Floyd | peanuts, paprika chips, and some rather gooey guacamole. There is no
Floyd | sign of anything remotely drinkable, oddly enough for a hotel set in
Floyd | the middle of New Mexico.
Floyd | Do you wish to complain to the hotel staff?

		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Sure. Complain to the hotel staff. Say yes."
Guenni says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | Do you wish to complain to the hotel staff?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | After an hour of being yelled at in a language that sounds
Floyd | suspiciously like a bizarre mix of English, Esperanto and
Floyd | Parseltongue, you are kicked out by an implausible hotel employee with
Floyd | a huge mustache and a sombrero you could canoe across the Rio Grande
Floyd | in. You wander about the desert and - for no conceivable reason than
Floyd | that otherwise the story of your life would have ended in a boring way
Floyd | - get abducted by aliens.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** What the hell??? This isn't a proper ending!
Floyd | (Juvenile Joke #4 out of 7) ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Draconis says (to Jacqueline), "Strangely enough, no. I meant to but didn't get around to it."
		Jacqueline says, "So, there are at least seven juvenile jokes, it would appear."
		Jacqueline asks, "I am up for restarting and playing it again. Others?"
		Guenni asks, "I take it we restart?"
		Guenni laughs'
		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "If you'd like to play again, yes. Please restart."
Guenni says (to floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It is really hot today. Sprawled across the bed of your hotel
Floyd | room, you lie sweltering in a growing puddle of sweat. There are no
Floyd | flies in the air, but that is only because they have all passed out on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd | Ventilator
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 161008 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hotel Room
Floyd | This is the overpriced room you've paid for. It is striking by its
Floyd | lack of character, its uncomfortable-looking bed, its rickety table,
Floyd | its miniscule minibar, its enormous curtainless window which allows
Floyd | all the blazing sunlight outside to roast you alive, and a door that
Floyd | leads out into the corridor. To say nothing of the toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here, beckoning to you, is the ventilator. Is it your friend?
Floyd | Or your foe? Time will tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyhow, it's quiet, possibly because it's currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dirty floor are some flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let's examine the toilet"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not even worthy of being called a separate room, being basically
Floyd | a hollow cavity in the wall protected from prying eyes only by a pair
Floyd | of ludicrous saloon doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Jacqueline asks, "Examine the bed? The table?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Drenched with sweat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Not your sweat, though"
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a book that some previous guest had left there, mummified in
Floyd | a shroud of dust bunnies, and out of curiosity you take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's really hot in here, as mentioned previously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x dust" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "huh. Nice find on the book. What is it?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's "Three Men in a Boat", Stephanie's favourite book! You flit
Floyd | through it idly and find the passage where Harris sings comic songs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Read it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Who is Stephanie?"
		Roger says, "I can't remember the last time I saw a hotel bed that could be looked under"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "True"
Guenni says (to floyd), "remember stephanie" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER STEPHANIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you need to check your spelling, or maybe you need HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "Nice try. Sadly, remember isn't a default verb"
		Guenni says, "I guess he's the one responsible for the broken heart."
		Guenni says, "she"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a ventilator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Maybe she got ventilated"
		Jacqueline asks, "This may not work, but maybe try to think about Stephanie?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "thank about stephanie" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THANK ABOUT STEPHANIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You kneel down and look under the table. A cockroach sees you,
Floyd | panicks, runs around in circles and finally scurries out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Earlier, you typed thank about stephanie, not think about. (Not that I believe either will work.)"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the cockroach bit is good."
		Guenni says, "oops."
Guenni says (to floyd), "think about stephanie" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT STEPHANIE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
		Jacqueline says, "We could open the minifridge, but then not complain to the management."
		Guenni says, "I'd like to x the hair. Perhaps there's a way to save it when switching the monster."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about your hair, other than  the fact that
Floyd | it's attached to your scalp and is not some smarmy wig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "wow"
		Jacqueline says, "So it really is quite a ventilator."
Guenni says (to floyd), "pud book on hair" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUD BOOK ON HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you need to check your spelling, or maybe you need HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put book on hair" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOOK ON HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on your hair would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have ceased to sweat. This is a bad sign, considering that the
Floyd | temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "ok so the next scalping is inevitable for nov."
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch on ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH ON VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure?

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | Are you sure?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn on the ventilator. Shortly afterwards, your hair is swept
Floyd | off, soaring through the air buoyantly before being flattened like a
Floyd | particularly inedible pancake onto the wall. Whoa! Perhaps a tad
Floyd | excessive, even for a brand new model.
Floyd |
Floyd | But, however, this at least has had the desired effect, reviving you
Floyd | sufficiently to be able to get back up again. Now, you just need to
Floyd | find a drink...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open minibar" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MINIBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The minibar opens with some difficulty, releasing a flood of salted
Floyd | peanuts, paprika chips, and some rather gooey guacamole. There is no
Floyd | sign of anything remotely drinkable, oddly enough for a hotel set in
Floyd | the middle of New Mexico.
Floyd | Do you wish to complain to the hotel staff?

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           High Noon
Floyd | Do you wish to complain to the hotel staff?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You quash your resentment. Best not to anger the hotel staff unduly.
Floyd | So you try to close the minibar, but funnily enough it won't close.
Floyd | You are forced to leave it as it is, guacamole spilling about and all.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ventilator is a bit too powerful for your liking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch off ventilator" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH OFF VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ventilator has a mind of its own, and suddenly you are blown
Floyd | backwards against the wall by the sheer force of the air being blasted
Floyd | out. The battle to the death has now begun!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A cat peeps through the door, clearly wondering why you are in such a
Floyd | ridiculous posture.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Draconis says, "Oh my"
Guenni says, "..floyd" 		Roger says, "Turning you on does not mean I consent to you pinning me to a wall"
		Guenni says, "which one is the space button."
		Roger asks, "I think maybe it's green?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I have had something come up and I need to step away."
Roger pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd |
Floyd | Hotel Room (on the wall)
Floyd | This is the overpriced room you've paid for. It is striking by its
Floyd | lack of character, its uncomfortable-looking bed, its rickety table,
Floyd | its miniscule minibar, its enormous curtainless window which allows
Floyd | all the blazing sunlight outside to roast you alive, and a door that
Floyd | leads out into the corridor. To say nothing of the toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here, roaring away like nobody's business, is the ventilator.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wall you can see your hair (and yourself, of course).
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Yeah, it's the green button"
Guenni says (to floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You bang your head against the walls fruitlessly. You now fully
Floyd | perceive that the only way is out.... unless you really want to jump
Floyd | through the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat says "Miaow?" apprehensively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to use all your might to get yourself back standing on the
Floyd | floor where you rightfully belong, but fail miserably.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis asks, "Ask the cat to turn it off?" 		Draconis asks, "Ask the cat to turn it off?"
		Guenni laughs
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask cat to switch ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAT TO SWITCH VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you need to check your spelling, or maybe you need HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask cat to switch off ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAT TO SWITCH OFF VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you need to check your spelling, or maybe you need HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "throw dust bunnies at ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW DUST BUNNIES AT VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a book
Floyd |   some trousers (being worn)
Floyd |   a shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "didn't we collect some dust bunnies under the bed?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "throw book at ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BOOK AT VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Tears welling up in your eyes, you hurl Three Men in a Boat
Floyd | in the face of the terrible Ventilator. The villainous machine shreds
Floyd | the slim, dog-eared tome into confettis.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ventilator's wrath has now been aroused, and you watch in silent
Floyd | awe as it sends halff your belongings through the wall into the
Floyd | neighbouring room. Your mobile phone is now sliding past you, hopping
Floyd | and skipping madly as it is being blown about.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take mobile phone" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MOBILE PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ventilator is blowing you towards the toilet, clearly under the
Floyd | impression that you wish to go there. Nothing could be further from
Floyd | the truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "any ideas?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your treasured possession, and only contact with the outside world. On
Floyd | its screen is a list of contacts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "I'm back. Maybe try to phone for help?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "x contacts?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x contacts" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTACTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you can't remember a phone number to save your life, this is how
Floyd | you keep track of everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | POLICE, DOCTOR, HELP, STEPH, BOB, PIZZA, GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "" Well, which one first?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Steph?"
		Guenni says, "He won't be e happy camper, but let's try it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "call steph" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL STEPH
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe she can help you. She's still your girlfriend, in spite of that
Floyd | argument you both had... You dial the number hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her answering machine is the only reply: "Hello, you have reached
Floyd | Stephanie Crane's phone, but she is out right now and won't be back
Floyd | before next Christmas. Please leave a message after the beep. BEEP."
Floyd | Your morale now at its lowest point in recorded history, you hang up
Floyd | listlessly. All is lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet is now hurtling at great speed towards you, or perhaps you
Floyd | are hurtling at great speed towards it. You don't really have the time
Floyd | to figure it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put shirt on head" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SHIRT ON HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, I would like to see all the responses to all the people, though I suspect we are about to run out of time and be killed by the toilet."
		Guenni nods
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Room                                           Man Vs Machine
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to use all your might to get yourself back standing on the
Floyd | floor where you rightfully belong, but fail miserably.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hang on a second... isn't it strange how long it's taking for you to
Floyd | crash into the toilet? This hotel room must be wider than you
Floyd | realized. Probably why it was so expensive in the first place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, ""hmm ok perhaps time for one more. So whom next."
		Jacqueline says, "God"
Guenni says (to floyd), "call god" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't remember saving this particular number on your mobile phone.
Floyd | It seems to have appeared in your contacts by magic. Perhaps a sign?
Floyd | You dial it with high hopes....
Floyd |
Floyd | "HELLO," a voice booms, sounding remarkably like Darth Vader. "HOW MAY
Floyd | I HELP YOU?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm doomed!" you reply, tears streaming off your face and flying out
Floyd | the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't hear the answer the voice makes, but suddenly everything
Floyd | around you stands still, hushed by a great silence. As you land nimbly
Floyd | on your feet, the ground gives way to nothingness, and the sunlight
Floyd | turns into blackest night...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Draconis says, "...what"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Void
Floyd | All around you stretches the endlessness of outer space. You float
Floyd | aimlessly among the stars and galaxies, which by some strange magic
Floyd | have been shrunk to the size of flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | God is here, watching you benevolently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "(You can also just type >PRESS SPACE without regard to what color the button is.)"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, X GOD"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x god" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't describe this sight in words, because there are no words to
Floyd | describe it. All you can make out is a T-shirt reading "I TOTALLY
Floyd | ROCK, DUDE". God, a fan of rock n" roll? What a revelation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, ""Ok, I didn't expect to end up therc."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You appear to be completely nude. How embarrassing. Now the whole
Floyd | Universe can see your ingrown toenail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "omg"
		Guenni says, ""literally"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we have any possessions?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask god about stephanie" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GOD ABOUT STEPHANIE
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "walk to god" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WALK TO GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "I feel like God needs a dramatic echo"
		Guenni exclaims, ""I hate my sometime typing incompetency!!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "talk to god" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | "What has happened to me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I RESCUED YOU," God booms. He still sounds a lot like Darth Vader.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Keep talking?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know that," you say, "but am I alive or dead? Is this Heaven? Where
Floyd | is everybody?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "YOU ARE STILL MISSING THE BIG PICTURE," God booms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is the big picture?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | God hesitates. Then, the answer comes: "THE VENTILATOR, THE CAT, THE
Floyd | HOTEL ROOM.... ALL OF IT.... DID YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REAL?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, ">GOD, SORRY"
		Jacqueline says, "(kidding)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now that I think about it... it did seems kind of... surreal?" you
Floyd | say tentatively.
Floyd |
Floyd | "OF COURSE IT DID, FRANK," God booms in a whisper (something normally
Floyd | impossible to do, but this is God after all). "THIS WAS A DREAM; A
Floyd | DREAM WHICH IN A LANGUAGE OF ITS OWN WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU
Floyd | SOMETHING."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "What was it trying to tell me?" you ask, almost afraid of the answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "THAT THERE IS A SIDE OF YOU WHICH PUSHES AWAY THOSE THAT IT LOVES; A
Floyd | SIDE SYMBOLIZED BY THE VENTILATOR. THAT SIDE WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN
Floyd | YOUR OWN DESTRUCTION, IF YOU DO NOT LEARN TO OVERCOME IT."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "But what about the rest? The flies? The minibar? The cat? Everything
Floyd | else?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "ALL PIECES OF THE SAME PUZZLE," God replies. "THE CAT SYMBOLIZED YOUR
Floyd | CAPACITY TO BE KIND WITH OTHERS, THE MINIBAR WAS A PLACE TO HIDE FROM
Floyd | THE SUFFERING OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN YOUR
Floyd | SYMBOLIC DEATH, AND THE FLIES...THE FLIES...WELL, THEY WERE MILDLY
Floyd | AMUSING. NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO HAVE A MEANING."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes a fly is just a fly"
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "Am I going to be subjected to pop psychology for the rest of
Floyd | eternity? Is that what Hell really is about?" you say angrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | God sighs. "TIME FOR YOU TO FIX WHAT YOU HAVE BROKEN." Suddenly, a
Floyd | mobile phone appears in your hand, and God vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your treasured possession, and only contact with the outside world. On
Floyd | its screen is a list of contacts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "call stephanie" 		

Floyd ]  Void                                                 Awakening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL STEPHANIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear her voice at the other end of the line! "Where WERE you,
Floyd | Frank? You just ran off without any warning..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was in a bad place," you answer truthfully. An idea occurs to you
Floyd | suddenly, and you reach out your hand and... turn on the light. Lo and
Floyd | behold! You are in your own bedroom, at home!  No Ventilator to be
Floyd | seen! So it WAS all a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello? Are you still there?" Stephanie asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Huh? Oh, I was just thinking about something I've always wanted to
Floyd | say to you..." you reply, feeling suddenly more uplifted than you've
Floyd | ever felt in your life.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, ""So thet was that."
		Jacqueline says, "Wow"
		Jacqueline says, "That... was an unexpectedly good ending."
		Draconis says, "...wow"
		Guenni says, "Yeah, although a bit sudden."
		Guenni says, "HBut I agree, it was pretty uplifting."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm afraid that I don't have time for a second game of something today."
		Jacqueline says, "We are in the middle of moving."
		Jacqueline says, "I will leave the transcript running. You all can find more (likely bad) endings to this, or you can play Do Not Meddle, which is uploaded under 'donotmeddle'"
		Jacqueline says, "Or, of course, you all can also call it quits."
		Jacqueline says, "I shall leave that up to you nice people."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for driving, Guenni! You did well."
		Guenni says, "thanks."
		Guenni says, "I'll call it quits as well for today."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Tree and Star by Paul Lee
As played on ifMUD on March 19, 2017

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 Tree and Star written by Paul Lee. 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 treeandstar" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | It is time for the Remembering.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree and Star
Floyd | by Paul Lee
Floyd |
Floyd | Made for the Andromeda Legacy Competition
Floyd | based on the timeline of Andromeda Awakening by Marco
Floyd | Innocenti
Floyd | (Enter "ABOUT" to see the game menu.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Version 2 (*public beta*)
Floyd | November 21, 2012
Floyd | IFID: B5A03D9E-7656-44C3-902C-EAFF8A430E39
Floyd |
Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, sitting in the stands
Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform.
Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless
Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that
Floyd | forms the ceiling.  A small arch opens above the center of the top
Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room.
Floyd |      Sitting in the stands is Veritas.
Floyd | The stars of the heavens silhoutte the silver figure of the old
Floyd | Storyteller standing upon the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old Storyteller looks slowly around at the people gathered.
Floyd | His gaze lingers on you and your friend Veritas, sitting boldly in the
Floyd | front row, away from the adults.  He smiles, and then begins his tale
Floyd | with clear, serious diction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x veritas" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | She's gotten taller than you, the sneak!
Floyd | "The Ancestors did not live like this, stranded between
Floyd | artificial walls, wandering aimlessly with the stars out of reach."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x storyteller" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STORYTELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | People say a lot of things about the Storyteller.  They say he's the
Floyd | only one who remembered the stars were real, back in the Great
Floyd | Journey.  Some of your friends say he's crazy, but you like him.
Floyd | The old man looks down at the platform beneath his feet, and then
Floyd | gestures toward his surroundings.  "Before these ships first embarked
Floyd | upon the Great Journey through the Starless Path, the Ancestors
Floyd | explored many shining worlds, filling them with their great cities and
Floyd | their forgotten wonders.  They roamed freely through the stars of the
Floyd | Old Heaven, and nothing was impossible to them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | The heavens hold endless mysteries, infinite tales.
Floyd | Beside you, your friend Veritas catches her breath, her large
Floyd | almond eyes wide with wonder.
Floyd | The Storyteller looks at her and nods seriously.  "But nothing
Floyd | that the Ancestors created could compare to the wonders of the most
Floyd | ancient world of all, where it is said all life originated, the planet
Floyd | called Land."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying anything.
Floyd | "There the first Ancestors communed with the Fey folk that dwelt
Floyd | in the elemental Forms.  The trees stretched as high as a hundred men
Floyd | are tall, and spread their many arms to shade the living ground.  The
Floyd | winds gathered in the canopy of the Lower Heaven and bent down to kiss
Floyd | Land with their sweet breath.  The roaming beasts, great and small,
Floyd | ruled the wilds where the people did not walk, but begged at the feet
Floyd | of the Ancestors."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "ship."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x adults" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ADULTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "adults."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stands" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're like the stairs going up from your parents' Cube, only way
Floyd | bigger.
Floyd | The Storyteller nods, his eyes distant.  "And there was the
Floyd | mighty sea, a great expanse like the heaven above, but formed of the
Floyd | gathering of all the waters of Land, encircling the planet in its
Floyd | embrace."  The Storyteller turns his head up to look at the stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | The heavens hold endless mysteries, infinite tales.
Floyd | The storyteller brings his gaze to the audience and clasps his
Floyd | hands in front of him, turning slowly to look over all the people in
Floyd | the stands.  He begins to speak again, firmly.  "But the Ancestors
Floyd | became arrogant..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Heavy boots clang against the metal stands.  Vertias yelps, and
Floyd | you turn to see men in black uniforms trample down the stands to the
Floyd | platform, shoving people out of the way.  One of them steps right over
Floyd | you and Veritas and corners the old Storyteller on the platform.
Floyd | "Chronos Han, you are under arrest for disobeying the sanctions
Floyd | of the Council and for spreading sedition."  The man speaks fast and
Floyd | mechanically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Christian_vanderBoom asks, "Hi DavidW. Is there a show this afternoon?" 		
DavidW says, "I didn't see anyone here so I started up Tree and Star." 		
DavidW says, "I haven't gotten far into it yet and can restart if you like." 		
Christian_vanderBoom asks, "Good, is there a way to recap last lines somehow?" 		
Christian_vanderBoom says, "or just restart.." 		
DavidW says, "Yes, @recap toyshop" 		
DavidW says, "If we're doing a proper ClubFloyd, we'll need to talk on the #clubfloyd channel instead of in the room." 		Christian_vanderBoom says, "I see"
		DavidW asks, "Should I restart the game, then?"
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "yes, why not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart (YES or NO)?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | It is time for the Remembering.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree and Star
Floyd | by Paul Lee
Floyd |
Floyd | Made for the Andromeda Legacy Competition
Floyd | based on the timeline of Andromeda Awakening by Marco
Floyd | Innocenti
Floyd | (Enter "ABOUT" to see the game menu.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Version 2 (*public beta*)
Floyd | November 21, 2012
Floyd | IFID: B5A03D9E-7656-44C3-902C-EAFF8A430E39
Floyd |
Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, sitting in the stands
Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform.
Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless
Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that
Floyd | forms the ceiling.  A small arch opens above the center of the top
Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room.
Floyd |      Sitting in the stands is Veritas.
Floyd | The stars of the heavens silhoutte the silver figure of the old
Floyd | Storyteller standing upon the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old Storyteller looks slowly around at the people gathered.
Floyd | His gaze lingers on you and your friend Veritas, sitting boldly in the
Floyd | front row, away from the adults.  He smiles, and then begins his tale
Floyd | with clear, serious diction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is transcript on?"
		DavidW says, "The first bit is the Storyteller talking, so I was just examining things."
		DavidW says, "Yes, Perry does the transcription."
		DavidW says, "Jacqueline left a bb post saying she'd set him up for today."
		asks, "Do you know how to give commands to Floyd?"
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "you are just telling things to him by 'say'?"
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is Perry some robot?"
		DavidW says, "No. There's a f command that's a shortcut. So I'd type 'f x veritas', for example, which means ..Floyd x veritas."
		DavidW says, "Perry himself is a bot account, yes."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "okay"
		DavidW says, "As is Floyd, of course."
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "it's first Hugo game I encounter, only Inform and TADS so far. Is it similar to them?"
		DavidW says, "Hugo is similar, yes. Mostly like Inform 6 but more likely to have graphics."
		says, "Getting back to Floyd, you can also use > instead of f, if you like, before your command."
		says, "If you need to push space or push return, there's special space and return buttons in the toyshop to send those characters to Floyd."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "gotcha"
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is Waldo yet another NPC?"
		DavidW says, "Waldo is sort of a Floyd clone, but no one ever uses Waldo these days, and I'm unsure if he's even supported."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember if anyone's used Waldo in the last five years."
Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says, "hi Ellison"
		Ellison says, "hey hey"
		DavidW asks (of Ellison), "You can probably answer any Hugo questions, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear. I forgot you all changed time last week. I was, however, just coming to let you all know that I am still in the process of moving, and it looks like you have everything in hand."
		DavidW says, "hi Jacqueline!"
		Ellison says (to DW), "probably"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Hello, DW!"
		DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "You're moving from Hawaii to Hawaii, right?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Anyway, I can't find my laptop cable, so I probably oughtta go. Have fun!"
		Ellison says, "you too"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'm moving about a half a mile, yes. :)"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "heh. Okay. Catch you later."
		Jacqueline says, "Which is why it's taking so long. We are moving very much on the cheap."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Bye!"
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "we are not far into it, maybe just <100 lines to recap"
		says (to Christian), "anyway, when you're ready, I'd like you to give commands to Floyd so you're comfortable doing it."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x veritas" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | She's gotten taller than you, the sneak!
Floyd | "The Ancestors did not live like this, stranded between
Floyd | artificial walls, wandering aimlessly with the stars out of reach."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is that her motto?"
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You hate the snug, long-sleeved yellow shirt your mother makes you
Floyd | wear, a hand-me-down from your cousin Sam Amerik.
Floyd | The old man looks down at the platform beneath his feet, and then
Floyd | gestures toward his surroundings.  "Before these ships first embarked
Floyd | upon the Great Journey through the Starless Path, the Ancestors
Floyd | explored many shining worlds, filling them with their great cities and
Floyd | their forgotten wonders.  They roamed freely through the stars of the
Floyd | Old Heaven, and nothing was impossible to them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x storyteller" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STORYTELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | People say a lot of things about the Storyteller.  They say he's the
Floyd | only one who remembered the stars were real, back in the Great
Floyd | Journey.  Some of your friends say he's crazy, but you like him.
Floyd | Beside you, your friend Veritas catches her breath, her large
Floyd | almond eyes wide with wonder.
Floyd | The Storyteller looks at her and nods seriously.  "But nothing
Floyd | that the Ancestors created could compare to the wonders of the most
Floyd | ancient world of all, where it is said all life originated, the planet
Floyd | called Land."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know about anyone's motto."
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "Amicus Plato, ??? amicus Veritas? was that what author meant?"
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "in this case, amica"
		DavidW says, "I've never heard that phrase."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "it's by Aristotle, "Plato is my friend but the Truth is more of a friend" - when they had disagreement"
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "There the first Ancestors communed with the Fey folk that dwelt
Floyd | in the elemental Forms.  The trees stretched as high as a hundred men
Floyd | are tall, and spread their many arms to shade the living ground.  The
Floyd | winds gathered in the canopy of the Lower Heaven and bent down to kiss
Floyd | Land with their sweet breath.  The roaming beasts, great and small,
Floyd | ruled the wilds where the people did not walk, but begged at the feet
Floyd | of the Ancestors."
Floyd | The Storyteller nods, his eyes distant.  "And there was the
Floyd | mighty sea, a great expanse like the heaven above, but formed of the
Floyd | gathering of all the waters of Land, encircling the planet in its
Floyd | embrace."  The Storyteller turns his head up to look at the stars.
Floyd | The storyteller brings his gaze to the audience and clasps his
Floyd | hands in front of him, turning slowly to look over all the people in
Floyd | the stands.  He begins to speak again, firmly.  "But the Ancestors
Floyd | became arrogant..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Heavy boots clang against the metal stands.  Vertias yelps, and
Floyd | you turn to see men in black uniforms trample down the stands to the
Floyd | platform, shoving people out of the way.  One of them steps right over
Floyd | you and Veritas and corners the old Storyteller on the platform.
Floyd | "Chronos Han, you are under arrest for disobeying the sanctions
Floyd | of the Council and for spreading sedition."  The man speaks fast and
Floyd | mechanically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have no idea if the author had that in mind or not. It's not unusual for people's names to be that of virtues, though, like Hope or Charity."
		DavidW says, "This is as far as I got when you entered the toyshop."
		DavidW says, "I'd probably examine the men and hope someone drops some interesting trinket."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "Vertias yelps - this is why I prefer square brackets around nouns when I write ;-)"
		DavidW asks, "ah, because of the misspelling?"
		DavidW says, "I didn't even notice that."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "yes, so that Inform7 would complain about unknown substitution..."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x men" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEN
Floyd |
Floyd | They're silent and imposing in their black uniforms, the blood-red
Floyd | Serpent coiled around their right arms.
Floyd | The Storyteller raises an eyebrow as two other black-uniformed
Floyd | people grab his shoulders forcefully.  "That arrogance is not dead, I
Floyd | see," he says in a low voice, soft but dangerous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Only Inform 7 does that square bracket thing. Hugo or TADS game authors would have to invent a function to mimic it."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x serpent" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SERPENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "tell veritas to flee" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL VERITAS TO FLEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "flee."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we're safe just watching this part. I think only the storyteller is being arrested this time."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "incite revolt" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INCITE REVOLT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "incite."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom says, "just testing :)"
		DavidW says, "Unless we or Veritas does something foolish, I guess. The PC isn't carrying anything."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | They pull the Storyteller up the stands.  He turns and looks back
Floyd | as they push him through the narrow door, catching your eye.
Floyd | "Remember," he says, and then he is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask veritas about storyteller" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VERITAS ABOUT STORYTELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | (Plese use the command "TALK TO (CHARACTER NAME)" to initiate dialog.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "No..."  Veritas sounds stunned and frightened.  "They have
Floyd | come."  Suddenly, she looks like a grown-up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "remember" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "remember."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "think."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, sitting in the stands
Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform.
Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless
Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that
Floyd | forms the ceiling.  A small arch opens above the center of the top
Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room.
Floyd |      Sitting in the stands is Veritas.
Floyd | Imposing men and women in black uniforms are here, pushing the
Floyd | audience away, herding them out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I suppose we should leave before we get pushed?"
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is it a starship?"
		DavidW says, "I think so? Or actually three ships."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You wander toward the exit, dazed by what you witnessed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub your eyes and shake your heard to clear away the memory.
Floyd | It is far into your sleep rotation, but you still haven't finished
Floyd | debugging the new demographic compilation program that you were
Floyd | assigned to write.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to
Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens.  The automatic door
Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall.
Floyd | The terminal at which you have been working displays your glitchy
Floyd | code.
Floyd | One of the Guards lays a hand on your shoulder and roughly pulls
Floyd | you up the stands toward the exit.
Floyd | "Rood!"  You look back to at the sound of your friend's voice as
Floyd | a Guard unceremoniously grabs her and carries her away.  You struggle
Floyd | against your captor, trying to get to Veritas, but you are lost in the
Floyd | storm of bodies.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]

		DavidW says, "um. That seems like a bug."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "programmer as PC - I've never seen this even in reviews thus far"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub your eyes and shake your heard to clear away the memory.
Floyd | It is far into your sleep rotation, but you still haven't finished
Floyd | debugging the new demographic compilation program that you were
Floyd | assigned to write.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to
Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens.  The automatic door
Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall.
Floyd | The terminal at which you have been working displays your glitchy
Floyd | code.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom says, "maybe in only 'Lists and Lists' by A.Plotkin"
		DavidW says, "I guess we were supposed to wait until we were pushed out."
		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "or maybe grab Veritas and escape with her?"
		DavidW says, "no, I don't think so."
		DavidW says, "gimme a sec, I need to visit the washroom."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x terminal" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The tiles on the screen displays your data-crawler routines, debugging
Floyd | information about where in their execution the routines failed, and
Floyd | technical specifications about the inner workings of the universal
Floyd | Fleet Cloud and the local networks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not now--there's work to be done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                             TREE AND STAR
Floyd ] [N]ext item                                               [Q]uit menu
Floyd ] [P]revious item                                     [Enter] to select
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                       * Instructions
Floyd ]                         About this game
Floyd ]                         Credits
Floyd ]                         Feedback
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
Christian_vanderBoom presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd | Tree and Star is a story-based work of interactive fiction.
Floyd | If you are not already familiar with interactive fiction or text
Floyd | adventures (as they are more traditionally known), be advised that
Floyd | this game probably takes a lot of the conventions and stereotypes of
Floyd | the current mainstream IF community for granted, and therefore may not
Floyd | be well suited for someone not already familiar with those
Floyd | conventions.  However, please feel welcome to try it.  Theoretically,
Floyd | all you need to know is that at the command prompt (>), you type a
Floyd | simple command for the player character to follow, in the form of VERB
Floyd | OBJECT, such as "TAKE LAMP" or "UNLOCK DOOR" or "ACTIVATE WARP DRIVE."
Floyd | Good luck; you'll need it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Players already familiar with interactive fiction mainly need to know
Floyd | that the command TALK TO is required in order to complete this game.
Floyd | The command does not necessarily assimilate all other commands for NPC
Floyd | interaction.  Specifically, it may be necessary to hand an object over
Floyd | to an NPC with the command GIVE.  Issuing specific orders to NPCs is
Floyd | not implemented.  There are also some non-standard verbs, mostly
Floyd | related to computer activities.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are three mutually-exclusive paths through this game, although
Floyd | each path does not necessarily correspond to a unique ending.  One of
Floyd | the paths is shorter and easier than the other two and is considered
Floyd | less satisfactory.  Although this game is technically not
Floyd | "unwinnable," it is possible to become locked out of the two better
Floyd | endings.
Floyd |
Floyd |        Press a key to continue...

		DavidW says, "ok, I'm back"
Christian_vanderBoom pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                             TREE AND STAR
Floyd ] [N]ext item                                               [Q]uit menu
Floyd ] [P]revious item                                     [Enter] to select
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                       * Instructions
Floyd ]                         About this game
Floyd ]                         Credits
Floyd ]                         Feedback
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is there way to Q?"
		DavidW says, "Sure. f q"
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | Returning to the story...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to
Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens.  The automatic door
Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall.
Floyd | The terminal at which you have been working displays your glitchy
Floyd | code.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x code" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CODE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tiles on the screen displays your data-crawler routines, debugging
Floyd | information about where in their execution the routines failed, and
Floyd | technical specifications about the inner workings of the universal
Floyd | Fleet Cloud and the local networks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x routines" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROUTINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "routines."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd feel better if you at least try to patch the most recent errors
Floyd | in your crawler routines before giving up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "debug code" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DEBUG CODE
Floyd |
Floyd | You make a small correction in your database generation function and
Floyd | run the program again.  The workstation display instantly fills with
Floyd | output text.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x text" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | The strings of text form small combinations of letters and symbols,
Floyd | none more than several characters long.  It looks like an encrypted
Floyd | document, or one being viewed with the wrong encoding scheme.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "decrypt text"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "decrypt text" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DECRYPT TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "decrypt."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "decode text" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DECODE TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "decode."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "set encoding to UTF-8" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET ENCODING TO UTF-8
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "encoding."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "debug text" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DEBUG TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been doing enough of that, lately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "print text" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRINT TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "print."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom says, "it understands 'set' at least"
		DavidW says, "Set is a standard verb."
Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "show text" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | Try showing something to someone in particular.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take text" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TEXT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to trace the root directory of the file, but all you can tell
Floyd | is that the indexing protocol on one of the statistics mainframes
Floyd | directed the crawler to a low-level packet torrent.  The data could
Floyd | have come from anywhere in the entire Fleet.
Floyd | Unable to download the file directly, you connect your datapad
Floyd | into the port where the workstation terminal is mounted and carefully
Floyd | copy over the entire active memory of the workstation.  You preserve
Floyd | the curious symbols by saving them in your editing app.  Too tired and
Floyd | distracted to do more work for the time being, you turn off the
Floyd | terminal and disconnect the datapad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was surprised that worked, but I like trying standard verbs whenever possible."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "this sounds as a good idea as I'm in GMT+7 :=)"
		DavidW asks, "What o'clock are you at?"
		DavidW says, "It's 3:17pm where I am."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "yes, just following IF play card should solve the first few puzzles, in a good game"
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "2:17am Monday"
		DavidW says, "oh my"
		DavidW says, "I am SO not ready for Monday."
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "he-he"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying your datapad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom says, "actually I hoped there will be 2-3 other people and I'll just watch mostly quietly, and then peruse transcript (however is it still too long for it to get published?)"
		DavidW says, "yeah, sorry about that. We seem to be in a slump these last few weeks."
		DavidW says, "I can continue playing, of course, if you need to go."
		DavidW says, "Perry is recording."
		Ellison says, "I've played this game before, although I never got the optimal playthrough I think (there's some branching stuff later)"
		Christian_vanderBoom says, "so maybe there'll be luck this time? one head is good, 2 heads are better"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you are about to store your datapad in the pouch built into
Floyd | the shoulder of your overcoat made for holding the device, you hear it
Floyd | emit a three-tone beep, indicating that you've received a personal
Floyd | communication.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom says, "let me pop into lounge and ask if someone else is there to play - we are not far yet into the story"
Christian_vanderBoom has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Ellison says, "I mainly remember some of the commands for using the datapad being a little tricky"
		DavidW says, "hm. I've noticed that already."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read datapad" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DATAPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the datapad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read communication" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ COMMUNICATION
Floyd |
Floyd | The comm was pre-recorded just a moment ago.  You open it, and your
Floyd | wife's face fills the datapad's display.
Floyd | "Chronos left his quarters for too long again," she says wearily.
Floyd | "I'd better find him before another Militia member does, and he ends
Floyd | up in more trouble.  He's apparently at the Dome right now, unless he
Floyd | managed to fool his transponder."  Her full lips purse into a tight
Floyd | line.  "So, I won't be home this sleep rotation, if you were planning
Floyd | on coming home at all.  Love you."
Floyd | Now that you think of it, Chronos might be able to help decode
Floyd | the file you found. At least, you're willing to bet he'll be
Floyd | interested in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Christian_vanderBoom says, "probably just leaving a ncurses client on VPS and switching off computer is easier"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] At the Heart of the Godspeed
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the Data Center and follow the network of twisty little
Floyd | corridors built on top of each other, rotely finding your way to the
Floyd | ship Commons.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the Heart of the Godspeed
Floyd | This thoroughfare extends one and a half kilometers fore and aft
Floyd | and spans 200 meters from one wall to the other, encompassing nearly
Floyd | the entire mid-deck.  The residents of the Godspeed hurry up
Floyd | and down the white rectangular artery, entering and exiting the
Floyd | rectangular openings that are spaced sporadically along either wall.
Floyd | Among the many places accessible from here, you know that a short
Floyd | walk aft will take you to the convoluted maintanence
Floyd | corridors where you can find the Data Center, while the observatory
Floyd | dome can be accessed to fore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose there's no reason not to just continue fore to the Dome."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] A Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your feet plod silently, the white polyplast absorbing the impact.
Floyd | Eventually, the distant sides of the vast chamber constrict, leaving a
Floyd | corridor where the white covering is replaced by the older metallic
Floyd | panels.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Corridor
Floyd | Removed from the central passageways of the Godspeed, no
Floyd | more than two travelers could pass with comfortable distance between
Floyd | them.  The walls here are panelled in strips of the unknown alloy of
Floyd | the older parts of the ship, but the homogenous white material of the
Floyd | newer renovations begins just meters down the corridor to
Floyd | aft.  To fore, the corridor narrows further and
Floyd | angles upward in a ramp, leading to the observation dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alloy" 		

Floyd ] A Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALLOY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vertical gray panels stretch along the walls of the corridor from
Floyd | floor to ceiling.  Each panel is a little wider than your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search panels" 		

Floyd ] A Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PANELS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't find anything new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push panels" 		

Floyd ] A Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PANELS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't move the wall panels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Christian_vanderBoom arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Christian_vanderBoom exclaims, "well, I can reconstruct transcript myself later, using @recap -tag time, I'm told. Happy Floyding!"
		DavidW says (to Christian), "ok. See you later!"
		Ellison says, "bye Christian"
Christian_vanderBoom goes home. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the narrow ramp and enter the small opening to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform.
Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless
Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that
Floyd | forms the ceiling.  A small arch opens above the center of the top
Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room.
Floyd | Chronos Han is standing at the opposite end of the platform, his
Floyd | back toward the seats, hands clasped behind his back.
Floyd |      Veritas is sitting in the stands, watching Chronos silently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chronos" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Chronos Han looks like a white specter from one of his fantastic
Floyd | stories.  A soft white beard adorns his gaunt face, while his full
Floyd | head of pale hair falls about his shoulders in dissaray.  He has a
Floyd | large beak of a nose and thick, angled brows, beneath which his dark
Floyd | brown, slanted eyes peer earnestly.  His light skin is marked by scars
Floyd | and wrinkles, but he stands tall and firm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x veritas" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You managed to catch up to her, but barely; you and Veritas are almost
Floyd | exactly the same height.  Her brown complection is smooth and clear
Floyd | save for a scar on the left side of her face, beautiful despite
Floyd | looking tired and troubled.  Her thick red hair spills over the
Floyd | shoulders of her Militia uniform top, which she wears sloppily with
Floyd | soft lounge pants.
Floyd | The seamless, long-sleeved silver tunic that conforms closely to
Floyd | her torso is a different color than the uniforms of the thugs who
Floyd | broke in to that Remembering service from your childhood, but you've
Floyd | never quite gotten comfortable with the circular emblem of the serpent
Floyd | swalling the star, stitched just below her left collarbone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. This seems awkward. It's obviously quite been some time since the intro and it seems Veritas's alignment may have changed?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Veritas looks up abruptly as you approach, and then smiles,
Floyd | walking over to your side.  "I think he's been like that for entire
Floyd | cycles, just lost in the stars.  I doubt he's eaten or spoken at all,"
Floyd | she says, reaching to grasp your hand in hers.
Floyd | You and Veritas approach the old man together.  "Rood and I are
Floyd | here, greatfather.  It's time to go home."  She lays a hand gently on
Floyd | his shoulder.
Floyd | A silent moment passes, Chronos still standing with his back to
Floyd | you.  "Time," he says at last.  "A time for all things under the
Floyd | Heavens."  He turns slightly, head downcast.  "I thought I would see
Floyd | greater things than these in my time."
Floyd | "I have something you might like to see, and I'm hoping you can
Floyd | help me figure out whether or not it might be great," you interject
Floyd | before Veritas has the chance to argue with the old man.  You open the
Floyd | file in which you saved the encrypted document and hold out the
Floyd | datapad for the others to look.
Floyd | Chronos hesitantly turns to look at the datapad's display.  He
Floyd | closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his large nose, and then
Floyd | opens his eyes to scan the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | Chronos arches an eyebrow and blinks, raising a hand to rub his
Floyd | bearded chin with his thumb and index finger.
Floyd | "Rood, is this really necessary?  Come on..." Veritas pleads, but
Floyd | Chronos throws up his open hand authoritatively, cutting her off.
Floyd | "Wait a moment, this is interesting.  Very interesting, indeed."
Floyd | Chronos clicks his tongue, and Veritas sighs.  "I've seen this kind of
Floyd | character map before.  Very old."  He continues to study the text
Floyd | intently.
Floyd | Chronos arches an eyebrow and draws in a sharp breath.  "This...
Floyd | could be important," he says slowly, looking at you intently.  "I
Floyd | can't decode the text on sight, but I should be able to crack it with
Floyd | a little time.  The Council won't let me near any public terminal or
Floyd | networked end-user device, but your datapad isn't registered.  They
Floyd | should be none the wiser if I work with it in my quarters, as long as
Floyd | I don't keep it long enough for them to grow suspicious.  What do you
Floyd | say?" he asks, holding out his hand.  "I'll bring it back soon, with
Floyd | the text of the document deciphered so you can know the mystery you
Floyd | uncovered."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cftreeandstar" 		

Floyd | > SAVESaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Ellison), "This looks like an important branch point."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.  (Although you sound rather positive.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give datapad to chronos" 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DATAPAD TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand Chronos your datapad.  He takes it carefully by the grip at
Floyd | the end and tucks it under his coat.  "Very well, then," he says,
Floyd | reaching to grab your shoulder affectionately.  "Thank you for
Floyd | reminding a dreary old man about his purpose.  I'll be contacting you
Floyd | shortly."  He steps back and looks between you and Veritas.  "Now,
Floyd | children, you'd better go home.  Time for bed."
Floyd | With that, he turns on his heel and marches accross the platform
Floyd | and over the stands, exiting the observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Veritas stands quietly for a moment, looking stressed.  Then she
Floyd | turns to you with her arms crossed, an exaggerated, jokingly stern
Floyd | expression on her face.  "The two of you with your weird theories and
Floyd | rumors!"  She smirks.  "Well, you got him to go home -- more than I
Floyd | could do.  Now we really should try to get a little sleep."  She leans
Floyd | forward to kiss you lightly and then walks toward the exit as you
Floyd | follow in a daze.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | When Veritas awakens for her patrol shift, you are still too
Floyd | tired to do anything but lie back blearily in the sleeping alcove as
Floyd | she dresses.  You drift off again into a light slumber, and then you
Floyd | force yourself to stagger out of the recess, stepping on your uniform,
Floyd | which she must have laid out neatly for you along with your nutrition
Floyd | packet on the table.
Floyd |      You dress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Cube
Floyd | The white walls, floor, and ceiling are all of the same
Floyd | dimension, about four-and-a-half meters square.  The sleeping alcove
Floyd | is recessed into the port wall.  The desk folds in or out of the
Floyd | starboard wall, beneath a built-in terminal display.  The floor is
Floyd | mostly free to bear your and Veritas's spare uniforms and
Floyd | undergarments.
Floyd | The exit opens in the aft wall, while a deep step in the
Floyd | opposite wall descends to a sliding screen, concealing your hygiene
Floyd | alcove.
Floyd | A small circular table stands in the center of the room with two
Floyd | narrow chairs.
Floyd |      On top of the small circular table is a nutrition packet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I guess Veritas is our wife now. That wasn't clear earlier."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x packet" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Your meal ration is a rectangular block covered by a brown wrapper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat packet" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to open the packet first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open packet" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You run your finger along the pressure strip on the rectangle,
Floyd | disecting the wrapper neatly.  As you pull away the sides to reveal
Floyd | the block of food-matter, a small sheet falls out of the wrapper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sheet" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SHEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (assuming you mean the sheet with markings)
Floyd | The small, square piece of paper is folded down the center. Several
Floyd | uneven, erratic appear on the sheet in depressed, red markings:
Floyd |      Meet me at the garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You only know of one person who would care to learn the Ancestor
Floyd | technique of writing characters by hand, or who would have cause to
Floyd | meet with you.  The secrecy, however, is confusing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat food" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | As you perform the boring task of eating, you ponder the strange
Floyd | document that you discovered last rotation.  With each bite, the
Floyd | material turns into a slimy foam in your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a note from Chronos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uniforms" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UNIFORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Several garments of various types belonging to you and your wife are
Floyd | strewn across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search uniforms" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH UNIFORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | You rummage through the clothes on the floor a bit.  Throwing aside
Floyd | one of your dirty uniforms, you find a small metal cylinder, which you
Floyd | take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CYLINDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The multi-purpose tool fits comfortably in your hand.  Narrow grooves
Floyd | set at different depths along the cylinder make it easy to hold the
Floyd | tool between your fingers for detail work.  The beam emitted at the
Floyd | end covered by a non-conducting nozzle when switched on can cut,
Floyd | polish, or weld as you see fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So I found a phaser?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You step down into the alcove and take care of your hygenic needs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "port" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleeping" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLEEPING
Floyd |
Floyd | You and your wife sleep in a small recess set into the wall of the
Floyd | cube and accessed by a small manually-sliding hatch.  The inside is
Floyd | cradled in polyfoam and has internal environment controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Built into the wall directly across the room from the sleeping alcove,
Floyd | the desk surface slides outward perpendicular to the wall, accompanied
Floyd | by a small bench that pulls out beneath it.  The desk and the bench
Floyd | are both retracted right now, appearing as horizontal wedges sticking
Floyd | out of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull wedges" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL WEDGES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't move the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "slide desk" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLIDE DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "slide."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push desk" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't move the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "access desk" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ACCESS DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "access."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use desk" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Be a little more specific about what you'd like to do with the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Built into the wall directly across the room from the sleeping alcove,
Floyd | the desk surface slides outward perpendicular to the wall, accompanied
Floyd | by a small bench that pulls out beneath it.  The desk and the bench
Floyd | are both retracted right now, appearing as horizontal wedges sticking
Floyd | out of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table" 		

Floyd ] Your Cube
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't move the small circular table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how to use this desk, assuming that I'm even supposed to try."
		DavidW says, "It's possible the desk is just background and not in the story."
		DavidW says, "I guess I'll leave the desk alone."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd | You step out of your home and onto the system of metal-lattice
Floyd | walkways attached to the outside of the stacked columns of identical
Floyd | cubes.  An elevator whisks you up past the massive grid of dwellings,
Floyd | and then you navigate the network of straight little corridors, all
Floyd | identical.  Finally, you reach your destination, just a few corridors
Floyd | removed from the central Commons.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Garden
Floyd | A harsh yellow light mounted high in the upper corner of the
Floyd | ceiling illuminates this large, open room.  The ground beneath your
Floyd | feet is black and rough, made of some semi-pliable material that emits
Floyd | a faintly bitter odor.  A few rectangular tables rise out of the
Floyd | uneven ground, the pliable covering folded away at their legs.
Floyd | Spacious arches in the four walls grant access to the park; the exit
Floyd | to port leads to corridors that soon let out at the ship
Floyd | Commons, while the way to the elevator leading back to the Grid is
Floyd | opposite.
Floyd | The tables are nestled among a haphazard arrangement of poles
Floyd | sticking out of the ground material, representations of the fabled
Floyd | trees of Land.
Floyd | Chronos sits at one of the tables, a beverage in a white cup
Floyd | sending up whisps of steam in front of him.
Floyd | Another cup rests on the on top of Chronos's table, at the vacant
Floyd | seat across from him.
Floyd |      Chronos squints in your direction, and then nods faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on seat" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to the table where the old man sits.
Floyd | "Sit down," he says, gesturing at the seat across from him at the
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit down" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You step over the pole connecting the seat to the table and sit down,
Floyd | swivelling in the dingy red seat.
Floyd | "You've done well, lad," Chronos says, taking your datapad out
Floyd | from under his coat and setting it before you on the tabletop.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Garden, sitting at one of the rectangular tables
Floyd | The tables are nestled among a haphazard arrangement of poles
Floyd | sticking out of the ground material, representations of the fabled
Floyd | trees of Land.
Floyd | Chronos sits at one of the tables, a beverage in a white cup
Floyd | sending up whisps of steam in front of him.
Floyd | Another cup rests on the on top of Chronos's table, at the vacant
Floyd | seat across from him.
Floyd |      Also on top of Chronos's table is your datapad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take datapad" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DATAPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | The cylindrical cups are made of a thin white material.  Tendrils of
Floyd | steam waft up from both of them, the liquid inside bubling.
Floyd | The steam from the cup set before Chronos caresses his lined, beareded
Floyd | face.  The other cup is set in front of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x datapad" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DATAPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Clear when not being used, the narrow rectangular pane is fitted with
Floyd | handgrips on its short edges, while the long edges are rounded.  The
Floyd | device serves as your personal communicator and computer, although it
Floyd | is inadequate for testing most of your code.
Floyd |      Open on the datapad's displayis an ancient document.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read document" 		

Floyd | MISSION LOG11.24.61.1300 (median statistical date approximation)
Floyd |
Floyd | There has been no update to the mission log for 24 years, as the
Floyd | situation has not changed.  Since the death of Captain Iero, the
Floyd | yonger generation raised by the military has formed a militia and has
Floyd | seized control.  The bridge has been closed off.  Study of the cosmic
Floyd | radiation is being officially terminated, although most research was
Floyd | abandoned long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is my belief that the radiation is intrinsically tied to the
Floyd | anomaly that overtook us, that it may hold the key to our deliverance.
Floyd | A synopsis of the knowledge acquired about the radiation through
Floyd | research and about the circumstances that lead to our present
Floyd | situation follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The emissions are similar to the cosmic noise left over from the birth
Floyd | of the universe, but more intense and focused in a single vector, as
Floyd | if it were a transmitted signal.  The radiation spans the entire
Floyd | electromagnetic spectrum.  It must also run much deeper than the known
Floyd | spectrum, because dark matter distortions were registered in
Floyd | frequencies corresponding to the emissions.
Floyd |
Floyd | We first discovered the signal emanating from the exact same vector in
Floyd | which the ancient artifact had been travelling before it was lost,
Floyd | originating from an unknown point outside of the galaxy.  This is too
Floyd | vastly improbable to be coincidental.  We do not know what happened to
Floyd | this artifac, which has served as our beacon, leading us to and in
Floyd | this journey in the dark.  Nor do we know the relationship between the
Floyd | artificat and the radiation.  All we know is that when we synchronized
Floyd | our propulsion drives with the frequency of the signal, the stars
Floyd | disappeared from the viewports, and our navigation systems failed.
Floyd | Our propulsion system was functioning until the photon generators were
Floyd | salvaged 8 years ago, but attempts to travel through this void have
Floyd | yielded no results, as there is no frame of reference to determine
Floyd | motion.
Floyd |
Floyd | I expect that this will be the final entry in the mission log.  This
Floyd | file will be added to the bios of the system synchronization network,
Floyd | to be displayed whenever the network is activated.  It is my hope that
Floyd | the next generation will one day renew the study of the emissions, and
Floyd | that our descendents will one day find a way to return to normal
Floyd | space. Good luck, and God speed -- to you and to those whom we left
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | --- Lewis Yuan, Captain of the Galilei and Liason to the
Floyd | Council of Thirteen
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]

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

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Garden, sitting at one of the rectangular tables
Floyd | A harsh yellow light mounted high in the upper corner of the
Floyd | ceiling illuminates this large, open room.  The ground beneath your
Floyd | feet is black and rough, made of some semi-pliable material that emits
Floyd | a faintly bitter odor.  A few rectangular tables rise out of the
Floyd | uneven ground, the pliable covering folded away at their legs.
Floyd | Spacious arches in the four walls grant access to the park; the exit
Floyd | to port leads to corridors that soon let out at the ship
Floyd | Commons, while the way to the elevator leading back to the Grid is
Floyd | opposite.
Floyd | The tables are nestled among a haphazard arrangement of poles
Floyd | sticking out of the ground material, representations of the fabled
Floyd | trees of Land.
Floyd | Chronos sits at one of the tables, a beverage in a white cup
Floyd | sending up whisps of steam in front of him.
Floyd | Another cup rests on the on top of Chronos's table, at the vacant
Floyd | seat across from him.
Floyd |      You lower the datapad and look at Chronos, who nods seriously.
Floyd | "Someone in the Council, or behind the Council, doesn't want the
Floyd | knowledge of the signal to get out," he says, running his index finger
Floyd | over his moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink cup" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | The thick liquid becomes hot an instant after it enters your mouth,
Floyd | but not fast enough to fully create the illusion that it had been hot
Floyd | before.  Whisps of steam puff out of your lips as you swallow.
Floyd | "The document was intended to ensure that future generations
Floyd | understood how we began the Great Journey."  Chronos looks at you
Floyd | seriously.  "This may be more important than ever now that the Journey
Floyd | has ended but our wandering has not.  The signal that drew us here,
Floyd | and the artifact of the Ancestors that came before us.... it is our
Floyd | guide, our beacon to a new home where we can live as we were meant to
Floyd | live."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | Chronos takes a gulp from his cup, a few remaining tendrils of
Floyd | mist curling about his lips.  "Rood, we must distribute the document
Floyd | over the Fleet Cloud.  We may not have much time; the Council will be
Floyd | looking to suppress this by any means."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I just know that eventually the PC is going to be arrested by his wife."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink cup" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | The thick liquid becomes hot an instant after it enters your mouth,
Floyd | but not fast enough to fully create the illusion that it had been hot
Floyd | before.  Whisps of steam puff out of your lips as you swallow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | "We can go to the data center where I work and see if we can hack
Floyd | the domain protocol," you offer.  "The room might be empty right now."
Floyd | "Good.  We shouldn't be seen entering at the same time, just in
Floyd | case the Council is already on to us.  You never when they may be
Floyd | watching."  Chronos stands with a loud sigh and ambles over to the
Floyd | artificial trees, smiling.  "A fine morning!" he exclaims, tossing his
Floyd | empty cup into a receptacle built into the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink cup" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | The thick liquid becomes hot an instant after it enters your mouth,
Floyd | but not fast enough to fully create the illusion that it had been hot
Floyd | before.  Whisps of steam puff out of your lips as you swallow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cup" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are constructed out of different materials, cast in various
Floyd | shades of green, brown, and yellow.  The poles stick vertically out of
Floyd | the ground, although a few are flat beams rather than rods.  Each pole
Floyd | or beam is intersected by a shorter pole or beam, the point of
Floyd | intersection ranging from the very top of the verticle pole to near
Floyd | the middle.  The intersecting limbs are diverse; some are tilted
Floyd | diagonally, some are sticking out more to one side.  Many of the
Floyd | cross-pieces are horizontal and evenly divided along the vertical
Floyd | shaft, forming the geometric shape that is commonly assosciated as the
Floyd | emblem of the Ancestor Tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Which game are you folks playing? I was away at a concert until now, so came in rather late. And oh my, somebody forgot a word in one sentence of this one."
		DavidW says, "It's called Tree and Star."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "versionh" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSIONH
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "versionh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "version."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve Ah, haven't heard of that one. 		Genevieve says, "Ah, haven't heard of that one."
		DavidW says, "It's a Hugo game set in the Andromeda Awakening universe."
		Ellison says, "oh yeah, I had forgotten about that aspect"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ] In the Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off of the rectangular tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I can't recall if I've played any Hugo games or not. TADS and Inform, yes, loads of those, and even some good old Adventure Game Toolkit back in the day. But although I've heard of Hugo, I don't think I've ever played any of the games for it."
		DavidW says, "There's not all that many Hugo games but most of them are worth playing, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "port" 		

Floyd ] At the Heart of the Godspeed
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You step out of the arch and turn right down a corridor, which you
Floyd | follow for a modest distance before turning left to follow a short
Floyd | corridor that soon terminates in an opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the Heart of the Godspeed
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd | The white ceiling feels alarmingly close as you pass beneath it, low
Floyd | compared to the vast expanse in which the chamber extends laterally.
Floyd | Near the aft end of the Commons, you take a door to starboard,
Floyd | descending as you navigate the maze of twisting little corridors, your
Floyd | feet following their programmed path.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to
Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens.  The automatic door
Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall.
Floyd | Your favorite workstation stands vacant in your favorite corner,
Floyd | compelling you to start hacking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | With the special access afforded by these terminals, you navigate the
Floyd | network's security protocols that restric and interpret all access to
Floyd | the lower-level operations and peer-to-peer communications.  You try
Floyd | to hack into the original domain protocol, but the codes are ancient
Floyd | and unfamiliar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh. I gambled that 'hack' would do something."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x workstation" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WORKSTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | The terminal waits patiently for your input.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "type."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | On a different display, you quickly code an emulation program for the
Floyd | original kernel upon which the layers of protocols have been built.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding your breath, you run a code-cracking virus through your
Floyd | emulation front-end. A few tense moments pass, and then you are in!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Not wanting to take even the slight risk of sending the document to
Floyd | the terminal through the security-laden upper layers of the Cloud, you
Floyd | reach to plug your datapad into the terminal dock.
Floyd | The door whisks open, and footsteps clang in a rapid cadence.  As
Floyd | you turn your head to look, your wife rushes into the room, leading
Floyd | four other Militia Investigators.  Her gun is levelled at your chest.
Floyd |      You only have time to lurch away from the terminal.
Floyd | "Rood!" Veritas exclaims, eyes wide.  "What are you doing here?"
Floyd | Her eyes narrow again as suddenly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I should've locked that door, shouldn't I?"
		Genevieve says, "Veritas eh? Wonder if she actually tells the truth. :-)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd | > SAVESaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I suppose my options are hack, talk to Veritas, shoot Veritas?"
		Genevieve says, "Um, if you shoot, those four dudes with their guns leveled at you might kill you."
		DavidW says, "Yes. Five against one isn't very fair."
		Genevieve says, "Then again... they might if you just talk, too, so..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation
Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to gather your words, glancing at the other
Floyd | investigators.  Do you want to tell Veritas about the contents of the
Floyd | document?
Floyd | Please answer YES or NO:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | Please answer YES or NO:
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You cross your arms.  "I'm just working," you say.  "What are you
Floyd | doing here?"
Floyd | "I want to believe you're just working, Rood," Veritas says,
Floyd | "because I'm just investigating an unauthorized breach in network
Floyd | security."  She walks toward the terminal, her gun half raised in your
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously,
Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female
Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "haha, I had forgotten about the Rood thing"
		Genevieve says, "Uh-oh. This looks like trouble."
		DavidW asks, "I've forgotten what a rood is. It's like a religious cross thing, isn't it?"
		DavidW asks, "Or a prayer stool?"
		Genevieve says, "Yes. Rood is the AngloSaxon word for cross."
		Genevieve says, "And veritas is Latin for truth."
		DavidW says, "right, I knew about veritas."
		Ellison says, "ah, ok. I was thinking it was also a reference to 'Roody Yogurt,' my alter ego"
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Genevieve laughs!
		DavidW says (to Ellison), "Well, maybe it is that too? I dunno."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's none of your business!" You protest, trying to move to
Floyd | turn off the terminal display.
Floyd | Veritas groans.  "Are you trying to make me arrest you?"
Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she
Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Also, if you're into such things, William Butler Yeats wrote a brilliant poem called to the Rose Upon the Rood of Time."
		Ellison says, "I'll check it out"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at Veritas.  "Have you forgotten what happened to you
Floyd | father? Are you so blind?"
Floyd | Veritas glares at you venemously.  "My father was a hero!  How
Floyd | dare you..."
Floyd | "And you would subvert what he sacrificed his freedom for, just
Floyd | to ensure safety? Now I know why you've worn that uniform all these
Floyd | years!" you fire back, breathlessly.
Floyd | "What the hell is this about?  We've got the bastard," the tall
Floyd | male Militia Investigator says with a snarl at you.  "Tora, this had
Floyd | better not be some personal hangup of yours, or else more of that
Floyd | 'truth' shit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cup at male" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW CUP AT MALE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which male do you mean, the tall male Militia Investigator or the
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tall" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ultimately decide that throwing the steaming cup at the tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator isn't such a great idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at Veritas.  "Have you forgotten what happened to you
Floyd | father? Are you so blind?"
Floyd | Veritas glares at you venemously.  "My father was a hero!  How
Floyd | dare you..."
Floyd | "And you would subvert what he sacrificed his freedom for, just
Floyd | to ensure safety? Now I know why you've worn that uniform all these
Floyd | years!" you fire back, breathlessly.
Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously,
Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female
Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Talking isn't helping much."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot tall male" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT TALL MALE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "shoot."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tool" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The multi-purpose tool fits comfortably in your hand.  Narrow grooves
Floyd | set at different depths along the cylinder make it easy to hold the
Floyd | tool between your fingers for detail work.  The beam emitted at the
Floyd | end covered by a non-conducting nozzle when switched on can cut,
Floyd | polish, or weld as you see fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tool" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as
Floyd | narrow as a single hair.  Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few
Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears,
Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few
Floyd | inches out from the nozzle.
Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she
Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you
Floyd | were working.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here.  The tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun.  The tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve tries not to get annoyed by all the spelling mistakes. ;-)
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do here."
		Genevieve asks, "can you show her the document, or would that be asking for trouble? Or can ypu type 'hack' one more time to upload it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off terminal" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd feel better if you at least try to patch the most recent errors
Floyd | in your crawler routines before giving up.
Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she
Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you
Floyd | were working.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here.  The tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun.  The tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation
Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal.
Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she
Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you
Floyd | were working.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here.  The tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun.  The tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show document to veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DOCUMENT TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show datapad to veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DATAPAD TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. The author didn't anticipate that possibility."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "show terminal to veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW TERMINAL TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Grrr!"
		Ellison says, "probably at least some of the bugs are my fault, as I believe this game used an early version of Roodylib"
Allen arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to tall male" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TALL MALE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tall male Militia Investigator is listening.
Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she
Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint.
Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes.  "I have no choice but to
Floyd | arrest you." she pulls
Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands.  She nods to the
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly
Floyd | behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you
Floyd | were working.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here.  The tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun.  The tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cup at veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW CUP AT VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ultimately decide that throwing the steaming cup at Veritas Tora
Floyd | isn't such a great idea.
Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously,
Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female
Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas.
Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes.  "I have no choice but to
Floyd | arrest you." she pulls
Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands.  She nods to the
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly
Floyd | behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you
Floyd | were working.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here.  The tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun.  The tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cup at terminal" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW CUP AT TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | What exactly are you hoping for?
Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously,
Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female
Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas.
Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes.  "I have no choice but to
Floyd | arrest you." she pulls
Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands.  She nods to the
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly
Floyd | behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you
Floyd | were working.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here.  The tall male
Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun.  The tattooed female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.  The black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator has a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't see a way out of this."
		Genevieve asks, "Is it possible to cut someone with the hand tool in order to wound them and get a gun of your own?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tool" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as
Floyd | narrow as a single hair.  Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few
Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears,
Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few
Floyd | inches out from the nozzle.
Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes.  "I have no choice but to
Floyd | arrest you." she pulls
Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands.  She nods to the
Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly
Floyd | behind your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe earlier I could, but it's too late now."
		Genevieve says, "Having said that, the silly game will probably tell you that you don't need to use the word shoot."
		DavidW says, "Correct."
		DavidW says, "The tool cuts, welds, and I forget the third option."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push restore" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RESTORE
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't make any sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | > RESTORERestored.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to
Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens.  The automatic door
Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall.
Floyd | Veritas is stands before you, cold and rigid, her weapon held
Floyd | ready.  Four other Militia Investigators take up alert positions in
Floyd | the room, deferring to her.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, this is too late to try to weld the door shut."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The automatic door is already closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tool" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as
Floyd | narrow as a single hair.  Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few
Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears,
Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few
Floyd | inches out from the nozzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "weld door" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WELD DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "weld."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Oh blast!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut door" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the automatic door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut veritas" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging Veritas Tora.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut datapad" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT DATAPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the datapad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut terminal" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the terminal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tall male" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TALL MALE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the tall male Militia
Floyd | Investigator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's possible that arrest is unavoidable."
		Genevieve says, "I see lots of purpose in damaging these things... :-P"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock door" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the automatic door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | > RESTORERestored.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Data Center
Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to
Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens.  The automatic door
Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall.
Floyd | Veritas is stands before you, cold and rigid, her weapon held
Floyd | ready.  Four other Militia Investigators take up alert positions in
Floyd | the room, deferring to her.
Floyd |      Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |      Your various hacking utilities are open on the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off display" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF DISPLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off terminal" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd feel better if you at least try to patch the most recent errors
Floyd | in your crawler routines before giving up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close utilities" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE UTILITIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the terminal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to gather your words, glancing at the other
Floyd | investigators.  Do you want to tell Veritas about the contents of the
Floyd | document?
Floyd | Please answer YES or NO:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | Please answer YES or NO:
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You look firmly into her hazel eyes.  "I'm restoring what was
Floyd | lost," you say.
Floyd | "Veritas arches an eyebrow quizically and glances at one of the
Floyd | other Investigators.  Then she walks over to the terminal, looking at
Floyd | the screen.  "What is this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You show her the datapad.
Floyd | "A message from the first generation of those who embarked upon
Floyd | the Great Journey.  A message that we were supposed to keep and
Floyd | remember. Someone deliberately tried to destroy it, and there are
Floyd | still people who want to censor the truth."
Floyd | "You're sounding like Chronos," Veritas says.  Her eyes move back
Floyd | and forth, reading the text on the datapad, but the corner of her
Floyd | mouth turns up in a smirk, like the woman you've always known.
Floyd | "Hm..."  Veritas taps her lips with the index finger of her left
Floyd | hand as she looks up from the datapad.  She stares at you for a long
Floyd | moment, her expression unreadable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Veritas, you have to believe me.  The people have to remember,
Floyd | or we'll never complete the journey that our ancestors began.  We have
Floyd | to patch this file..."
Floyd | "Do it.  Now," Veritas interrupts in a hurried whisper, glancing
Floyd | back at the other Investigators.  You stand shocked for a moment, too
Floyd | surprised to move.
Floyd |      Veritas glances significantly at one of the other Investigators,
Floyd | the black-haired male Militia Investigator.  She nods faintly.
Floyd | "Investigator Veritas, what are you doing?" the tall, scruffy man
Floyd | says in a nasally, whiny voice.  "If you have personal conflicts, step
Floyd | down from this case without wasting more of my time.
Floyd |      "Now..." she says softly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation
Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal.
Floyd | "Drop your weapons!"  The man nearer to you and Veritas bellows,
Floyd | turning on his heels to point his gun at the tall man in the back as
Floyd | Veritas and the blond-haired Investigator do the same, holding up the
Floyd | tattooed woman, who gasps.
Floyd | Veritas straightens, looking more confident.  "I'm sorry, Sadt,
Floyd | Umund," she says to the two Investigators who have dropped their
Floyd | weapons and are slowly raising their hands.  "You're just doing your
Floyd | duty.  But my duty to uphold the law compelled me to investigate the
Floyd | abuses of authority and censorship that the Council denies, as much as
Floyd | I wish they weren't there."  She looks at you.  "I'm sorry I never
Floyd | told you, Rood.  I thought you were too content to support my cause --
Floyd | I know how you hate politics.  I didn't want to distress you."  She
Floyd | looks at you earnestly.
Floyd | "Oh, so that's it, is it, bitch," the tall male Militia
Floyd | Investigator says to your wife, a leer contorting his face.  "Always
Floyd | snooping where you don't belong, sending your squad into restricted
Floyd | levels without authorization, carrying on about that 'truth' shit.
Floyd | This is the end of you, Tora!" he screams.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tall male with tool" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TALL MALE WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | (First turning on the laser tool.)
Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as
Floyd | narrow as a single hair.  Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few
Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears,
Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few
Floyd | inches out from the nozzle.
Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the tall male Militia
Floyd | Investigator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation
Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal.
Floyd | The tattooed female Militia Investigator lets out a constant
Floyd | string of obscene curses under her breath, glaring spitefully at
Floyd | Veritas, the black-haired male Militia Investigator, and you, although
Floyd | her most hateful looks are reserved for Veritas.
Floyd | "Veritas draws a slow breath.  "We will be presenting our
Floyd | accusations before the Council and before all the people," she says
Floyd | with composure.  "Sadt, Umund -- we'll have to hold you captive for
Floyd | now, I'm afraid, but we'll release you after we've publicized our
Floyd | evidence."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HACK
Floyd |
Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation
Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal.
Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator groans faintly as
Floyd | she points her gun at the tattooed female Militia Investigator.  Tears
Floyd | collect at the blond-haired female Militia Investigator's eyelids.
Floyd | "Step away from your weapons, turn around, and keep your hands
Floyd | up," the black-haired male Militia Investigator calmly instructs Sadt
Floyd | and Umund.  They comply with much cursing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "upload document" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > UPLOAD DOCUMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You thrust your datapad into the port on the bracket dock of the
Floyd | terminal.  You force the strange cicumstances out of your mind and
Floyd | efficiently transfer the file onto the terminal before proceeding to
Floyd | type the console command to patch the file onto the Cloud's operating
Floyd | domain protocol.
Floyd | Before you can finish, one of the women Investigators swears
Floyd | loudly behind you.  "Get in here now!"  Out of the corner of your eye,
Floyd | you notice, the blond-haired female Militia Investigator lower the
Floyd | comm-link on her wrist, raising her gun toward you.
Floyd | "No, Rin!" Veritas yells, jumping in front of you at the time
Floyd | that the black-haired male Militia Investigator curses, both he and
Floyd | Veritas aiming at the blond-haired female Militia Investigator.
Floyd | You whirl back around and finish typing the command.  As you jam
Floyd | the key to send the command to the terminal, the doors whisk open
Floyd | behind you once again, and again you hear the thunder of footsteps.
Floyd | You see the terminal's display clear and flash the statistics of the
Floyd | Fleet Cloud's architecture, indicating that the command was accepted,
Floyd | and the screen explodes in front of your face.  Veritas grabs you from
Floyd | behind and pulls you down to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Hope that was okay, David."
		DavidW says, "Damn. I wasn't taking the hint."
		DavidW says, "No, you did good."
		DavidW asks, "I guess we wait on the floor and hope no one gets killed?"
		Genevieve asks, "Can you save at this point first?"
		DavidW asks, "oh wait, we didn't finish, did we?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd | > SAVESaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "patch file" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PATCH FILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been doing enough of that, lately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type command" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TYPE COMMAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "type."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | Guards immediately grab the tall male Militia Investigator and
Floyd | the tattooed female Militia Investigator, who comply rigidly and
Floyd | jerkily.  The guards begin to escort the blond-haired female Militia
Floyd | Investigator out as well, but she turns back to look at Veritas, her
Floyd | green eyes wide.  The guards start to push her back, and she turns and
Floyd | runs out the door, weaving among the members of the squad.
Floyd | One of the guards at the front of the formation speaks into her
Floyd | wrist.  "Security breach targeted.  Confirm neutralization order?"
Floyd | Veritas closes her eyes, and then smiles faintly.  "Well, if
Floyd | we're all going to die together, we might as well get to know one
Floyd | another," she says, looking between the black-haired male Militia
Floyd | Investigator and you.  "Rood, this Euros Markon.  Along with Rinaldi
Floyd | Fletcher -- the woman who turned on us -- we were investigating the
Floyd | abuses of the Council.  We were sent to look into your security
Floyd | breach, but unfortunately Stadt and Umund were assigned with us."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tool to veritas" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TOOL TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Veritas Tora politely refuses.
Floyd | "Euros, my husband Rood," Veritas says, smiling softly at you.
Floyd | Euros Markon nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Affirmative," the guard at the front of the formation says.
Floyd | They all raise their weapons.  You and Veritas hold hands.
Floyd | Shining white figures suddenly appear throughout the room,
Floyd | darting around rapidly without moving their legs.  "What in the name
Floyd | of the Thirteen?" one Guard cries, joined by a chorus of surprised
Floyd | gasps and yells.  A few shots are fired, sending sparks and flames
Floyd | from the girders along the walls and from unlucky terminals.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We must hurry."  You turn at the sound of the voice to see
Floyd | Chronos standing beside you, holding out a black rod.
Floyd |      "Where did you come from?" Veritas asks.
Floyd | "No time to explain," Chronos says, looking to you.  "Is it
Floyd | done?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, barely," you say.  "I can't be certain that it worked, but
Floyd | I saw the command accepted before the Guards shot the terminal I was
Floyd | working at."
Floyd | "Excellent," Chronos says, as a charge explodes in the air a
Floyd | meter or so behind him.  He whirls around and holds the meter-long
Floyd | black rod higher.  "Now, let's get out of here!"
Floyd | Chronos faces the chaos tearing the Data Center apart.  Through
Floyd | the gunshots, the yells, and the smashing of equipment, you hear a low
Floyd | humming, which reverberates in the walls and floor.
Floyd | A shining apparition slams into the wall a short distance away
Floyd | and vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | A whole unit of armed Guards stands in your way.
Floyd |      "They're just light!"  A guard yells.  "Ignore them."
Floyd | "There, in the corner!"  You instinctively turn at the sound of
Floyd | gunfire, compressing your body behind your outstreatched arms.  Your
Floyd | heart counts several rapid beats, and then you notice that the charges
Floyd | are being deflected harmlessly, the air shimmering in a broad arc
Floyd | around the meter-long black rod that Chronos holds with each impact.
Floyd | Crouching behind the meter-long black rod, Chronos leads your
Floyd | small group along the back wall of the room, ducking behind the
Floyd | girders for cover.
Floyd | A brilliant, featureless humanoid figure suddenly appears out of
Floyd | nowhere in your corner of the room, proceeding to zip outward toward
Floyd | the guards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm so confused, but it seems we won't die right away."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" 		

Floyd ] The Data Center
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Humanoid in shape, the figures look like the brilliant outlines of men
Floyd | and women.  They glide about rapidly across the floor, appearing and
Floyd | disappearing at random.
Floyd | Someone yanks you away from the ruined console, and you find
Floyd | yourself huddled together with Veritas, Chronos, and Euros Markon.
Floyd | Chronos holds his rod vertically in the center of the group, and you
Floyd | notice that outside of your small circle, everything looks distorted
Floyd | and hazy.
Floyd | "I entered through a secret hatch," Chronos says, looking around
Floyd | carefully.  "That's the problem with invisibility fields; they make it
Floyd | difficult for you to see, as well," he mutters quietly.  He leads you
Floyd | silently along the girders, gunshots crashing around you, until you
Floyd | come to a wall bracket that has been folded down to the floor,
Floyd | revealing a square opening at its base.
Floyd | "Well, I might as well go first," Veritas says quietly.  She
Floyd | lowers her body feet-first into the opening and disappears into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd | "You go next, Rood," Chronos tells you.  "Then Euros will follow,
Floyd | and I will go last. Quickly, now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve is confused, too.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter opening" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER OPENING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fall for about a meter before your feet catch on rungs.  You begin
Floyd | to climb down, your back rubbing uncomfortably against the wall of the
Floyd | tunnel.  The dim light from above flickers as Euros begins his descent
Floyd | above you, and you continue on for a long time.
Floyd | At last, the vertical tunnel ends in a low horizontal tunnel.
Floyd | Hearing movement ahead of you, you crouch and proceed.  You soon find
Floyd | a place where the metal wall has been cut away crudely, leaving rough,
Floyd | rust-coated edges.  You crawl into the hole, leading to a narrow shaft
Floyd | that branches out in many directions.  The only branch wide enough to
Floyd | allow passage ends in rectangle of light.  You push yourself through
Floyd | and stumble to the floor.
Floyd |      A familiar hand grasps your arm, helping you to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among the Racks
Floyd | Rows of racks stick out perpendicular to the panelled walls, a
Floyd | hole in which provided your entry.  The racks contain a varied
Floyd | assortment of peculiar objects.  An aisle between the racks runs down
Floyd | the middle of the long room.  The floor is covered with a strange
Floyd | soft, textured, light-brown material, sort of like the polyfoam of a
Floyd | sleeping alcove or a seat cushion, except rougher and less pliable.
Floyd | The two exits on the ends of the room are sealed fast, plates of
Floyd | metal welded over them.  Your datapad's orientation app shows that the
Floyd | sealed doors face fore and aft.
Floyd |        Veritas Tora is here.  Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Yay, you made it and didn't die!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x racks" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The inside of the shelves are filled with lots of strange things --
Floyd | reams of paper bound by vertical spines and lined in horizontal rows;
Floyd | screens and other digital devices that look completely foreign; and
Floyd | miscellaneous small objects, such as a little spindly contraption
Floyd | consisting of a white dish with an antenna sticking out.
Floyd | Euros Markon's upper body appears in the hole in the wall.  You
Floyd | and Veritas help lower him down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take contraption" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CONTRAPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "contraption."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dish" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "dish."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The small, square piece of paper is folded down the center. Several
Floyd | uneven, erratic appear on the sheet in depressed, red markings:
Floyd |      Meet me at the garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | You only know of one person who would care to learn the Ancestor
Floyd | technique of writing characters by hand, or who would have cause to
Floyd | meet with you.  The secrecy, however, is confusing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x objects" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OBJECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The inside of the shelves are filled with lots of strange things --
Floyd | reams of paper bound by vertical spines and lined in horizontal rows;
Floyd | screens and other digital devices that look completely foreign; and
Floyd | miscellaneous small objects, such as a little spindly contraption
Floyd | consisting of a white dish with an antenna sticking out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search objects" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH OBJECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't find anything new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take antenna" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ANTENNA
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "antenna."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You and Veritas reminisce about the time you first realized you were
Floyd | in love.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Veritas Tora:  Veritas Tora probably wouldn't be too big on that idea.
Floyd | Euros Markon:  Euros Markon probably wouldn't be too big on that idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess the racks are just background noise. Painted on the walls, not real."
		Genevieve says, "Looks like it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x euros" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EUROS
Floyd |
Floyd | Average of both height and build, this man wears his gray Investigator
Floyd | uniform with sharp precision.  His black hair is trimmed neatly around
Floyd | his ears.  His hard, square face bears an angular black goatee,
Floyd | leaving his cheeks perfectly shaven.  His eyes are stormy gray; his
Floyd | complection lightly pigmented.
Floyd | Chronos carefully extricates himself from the hole in the wall,
Floyd | passing his rod off to Veritas and then collecting it again after you
Floyd | help him down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | The black rod appears to be several centimeters thick, gradually
Floyd | tapering off along its length so that both ends are narrower, covered
Floyd | in identical, silvery reflective caps.  The central portion of the rod
Floyd | is riveted for secure gripping, while nearer to both ends are dials
Floyd | that encircle the diameter of the rod.
Floyd | Chronos straightens his long coat and looks around, a faint smile
Floyd | on his face.  "Welcome to my library," he says, turning to face
Floyd | Veritas, Euros Markon, and you.  "I'm afraid we won't be visiting here
Floyd | long," he says, beginning to walk down the aisle, looking fondly at
Floyd | the items on the racks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd |      "Those holograms were yours I take it," you say.
Floyd | Chronos grins broadly.  "I can do many things with the systems
Floyd | onboard this ship that they don't teach you in Tech training.
Floyd | Holograms are quite easy to program, really."
Floyd | Chronos picks up one of the bound reams of paper.  You notice the
Floyd | symbol of the Ancestor Tree embossed in silver on the flexible back
Floyd | cover before Chronos sets the bound ream back, shaking his head
Floyd | softly.
Floyd | "I've lived for a very long time, and now I don't even have time
Floyd | to save a few books and artifacts from my library," he says, looking
Floyd | wistfully along the racks.  He turns back to you and the others, his
Floyd | voice becoming deep and serious.  "I was unable to completely disable
Floyd | the transponder implant they put in me.  They'll find us soon, and we
Floyd | need to move on.  Now," he says, looking you in the eye, "did you
Floyd | suceed?  Is Lewis Yuan's letter back on the Fleet Cloud protocol where
Floyd | it belongs?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd |      "I think so," you say, "but I can't be sure it worked."
Floyd | Chronos nods.  "Then we will proceed as it we knew it did, and
Floyd | trust to fate.  That is, after all, all we can ever do.  So, people
Floyd | are becoming aware of Yuan's message by now, as they check their daily
Floyd | communications, research the approved databases, view their
Floyd | entertainment, and waste time playing adventure games."  He twirls the
Floyd | meter-long black rod in his hands and spreads his feet.  "Many of
Floyd | those people are becoming rather upset right now.  They may support
Floyd | us, if we can offer more proof, if we can show them a tangible way to
Floyd | do as Yuan suggested.  Our course of action is clear," he says,
Floyd | enthusiasm spilling through his voice.  "We must find the Bridge!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "'and waste time playing adventure games', eh?"
		Genevieve was laughing at that, too.
		DavidW twirls the meter-long black mustache.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut fore panel with tool" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT FORE PANEL WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't encountered any "north panel".  (If you're sure you need
Floyd | to refer to that, try putting it another way.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | The way is sealed fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask Chronos about some of your favorite stories that he used to
Floyd | tell when you were a child.  Chronos explains the Ancestor myths and
Floyd | the legends about the beginning of the Great Journey that he combined
Floyd | and embellished for those stories.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. That's a default response."
		DavidW says, "cut fore with tool"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut fore with tool" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT FORE WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The Militia Guard should be able to take care of that well enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut aft with tool" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT AFT WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You set the laser tool to provide a concentrated beam for cutting.
Floyd | Then you stab at the metal sheet, turning your head as sparks fly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The sheet of metal offers significant resistance as the laser blade
Floyd | bites deeply into it.  When you've inserted the beam to its full
Floyd | length on the current setting, you pull up with difficulty.
Floyd |      "Chronos, why do you call this place your library?" Veritas asks.
Floyd | "Because I saved it," he replies, stroking his beard with his
Floyd | left hand.  "Back when I served on the Council, I fought to keep old
Floyd | places like this maintained and open to the public.  I was not
Floyd | particularly successful, but I did, at least, prevent my opponents
Floyd | from dismantling this room."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You cut a jagged, roughly vertical line up the side of the metal
Floyd | plate, and then turn horizontally inward toward the bolts.  The
Floyd | resistance increases.
Floyd | "After this room was closed and sealed, I never brought it up
Floyd | again, counting on their short-sightedness to forget it," Chronos
Floyd | continues.  "And so, by the time they threw me out of the Council,
Floyd | this place was utterly forgotten."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You dig the laser beam into the center of the metal sheet and then
Floyd | adjust its setting, making the beam less intense but increasing its
Floyd | resonance.  The sheet begins to glow, molten metal dripping down as
Floyd | you slowly move the beam around the reinforced center.
Floyd | "And what of the secret entrance?" asks Euros, leaning against
Floyd | the racks.
Floyd | Chronos nods.  "Some time after that, I built the secret exit
Floyd | from the Data Center to access restricted areas, using old ventilation
Floyd | shafts.  I used to come here ever so often, up until they rigged my
Floyd | skull with that accursed transponder."  He looks at you and Veritas,
Floyd | smiling faintly.  "After they arrested me for conducting that
Floyd | Remembering service, when the two of you sat in the front row and
Floyd | listened to the word of what came before us."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch off the laser tool and readust its setting.  Turning it
Floyd | back on, you cut along the opposite side of the door from the part
Floyd | where you began, now making quick, sweeping motions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You connect the cuts that you made, digging multiple grooves to
Floyd | fragment the door into smaller and smaller sections.  Despite your
Floyd | efforts, the scarred barrier remains intact.  You struggle, thrashing
Floyd | the metal sheet almost randomly.
Floyd | "Maybe you've weakened it enough."  You turn your head to see
Floyd | Euros standing beside you, his gun raised.  You step back, and Veritas
Floyd | lays a hand on your shoulder, smiling encouragingly.  She guides you
Floyd | behind her, and then raises her own gun.  Euros nods to her, and then
Floyd | both begin firing at the door, each impact scouring a dent.
Floyd | The metal sheet buckles, and its center begins to crumble.  Euros
Floyd | and Veritas take aim at the weakest point, blasting a jagged gap and
Floyd | revealing the blockade to have been nearly a meter thick.  They shoot
Floyd | along the welded arch but succeed only in knocking off a little more
Floyd | material.
Floyd | Veritas stops shooting, and then Euros gives up a moment later.
Floyd | "We just a need a little more," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (First turning on the laser tool.)
Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as
Floyd | narrow as a single hair.  Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few
Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears,
Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few
Floyd | inches out from the nozzle.
Floyd | The laser beam grinds edge of the hole blasted through the
Floyd | center.  With much effort, you widen the gap, loosening and then
Floyd | slicing off chunks of metal.
Floyd | Chronos approaches.  "Allow me," he says, gesturing for you to
Floyd | step away.  He points the meter-long black rod at the door, and then
Floyd | turns one of the dials on it.  A humming sound grows steadily louder,
Floyd | and the aft arch begins to vibrate and tremble, causing the whole room
Floyd | to shake.  Chronos rapidly adjusts something else on the rod, and the
Floyd | sections that you cut into the sheet collapse inward with a loud
Floyd | crash.
Floyd | Chronos lowers the meter-long black rod.  "The way is clear,
Floyd | Euros.  You should be able to lose them in the old ventilation shafts,
Floyd | but I will let you form your own plan.  Take care," he says to Euros,
Floyd | and then turns to you and Veritas.  "Come here, and stay close to me,"
Floyd | he says, moving to the corner next to the cleared aft exit.
Floyd | "If I do escape, I'll try to rally support," Euros says, looking
Floyd | from you to Veritas to Chronos.  He turns abruptly and ducks through
Floyd | the jagged opening, just as the rattling of guns charges against the
Floyd | other side of the fore-door increases in intensity."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Oh God, I bet it's going to be a maze."
		DavidW says, "I hope not."
		Genevieve hates mazes!
		DavidW says, "It's been a rather linear game so far and there have been maze jokes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off laser" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LASER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lazer blade pulses and then disappears.
Floyd | "We'll hide here," Chronos says, crouching with his back to the
Floyd | port wall, between two of the racks.  You and Veritas beside each
Floyd | other, Veritas propped against the aft-facing rack and you against the
Floyd | fore.  The sound of shearing, scourging impacts continues.
Floyd | Chronos turns a dial on the meter-long black rod, and the space
Floyd | beyond the back end of the racks suddenly looks hazy and distorted, as
Floyd | during your escape from the Data Center.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, we're gonna pretend to be invisible, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |      The room shakes with an explosion, followed by footsteps.
Floyd |      "They should be here," a gruff masculine voice says.
Floyd | The footsteps thud the length of the room.  You hear the contents
Floyd | of the shelves being thrown roughly out of the racks.  A guard wearing
Floyd | a shock-suit comes into view at the end of your rack.  "They may have
Floyd | escaped," the guard says, gesturing at the aft exit with her gun.
Floyd | "Search this room first," says the first voice.  "I'm reading
Floyd | life signs."
Floyd | The guard standing at the end of the two racks between which you
Floyd | hand suddenly yells, dropping her gun as a point on her arm erupts in
Floyd | flame.  As the guard jumps to the side, the retort of gunfire resounds
Floyd | several times more, coming from the aft exit.
Floyd | "Proceed!  The lifesigns must be coming from the other side of
Floyd | the wall!"  A guard runs past your rack, firing through the aft exit.
Floyd | He steps to one side of the opening as the rest of the guards file
Floyd | quickly past.
Floyd | The guard holds up his fist, stopping the last two of his
Floyd | underlings from leaving.  "Burn this stuff," he says, firing his
Floyd | weapon into the racks of artifacts.  The other two guards follow his
Floyd | example, blasting the contents of the racks.  You and Veritas pull
Floyd | Chronos down to the floor, flattening yourselves as charges explode
Floyd | over your heads.  As they turn to leave, the guards shoot the floor,
Floyd | igniting the soft material.
Floyd | Chronos rises stiffly and brushes himself off.  He looks over the
Floyd | devastion and grimaces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I was afraid you were going to get shoved into a maze of ventilation shafts or something."
		DavidW says, "It might yet happen."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Chronos listens as you tell him the technical details about your
Floyd | demographics program that turned up the ancient document.
Floyd | "I know a thing a two about programming, myself," Chronos says.
Floyd | "The Ancestors used to have a special title of honor reserved for the
Floyd | very best programmers.  I would say, Rood, you just might be a regular
Floyd | 'wizard'!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x racks" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | All is destroyed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, do we stay, go fore, or go aft?"
		Genevieve says, "I think if you stay, the guards are going to find your life signs whether you're invisible or not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" 		

Floyd ] Among the Racks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | The two of you speculate about what the meaning of the name that was
Floyd | randomly selected as your surname at the time of your melding from the
Floyd | pool of the names of your ancestors in both of your families.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] At the Heart of the Godspeed
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow Veritas past the ruins of the sealed-off portal.
Floyd | Chronos takes a step through as well, but then turns back,
Floyd | looking slowly around the ashes of the scorched library.  "This too
Floyd | will arise again," he mutters, and then turns and enters the tunnel.
Floyd | "Onward!"
Floyd | Your journey through the sealed tunnels is long and dark.  You
Floyd | pass unchallenged, relying on Chronos's knoweldge of the route, until
Floyd | you arrive back in the less clandestine corridors.  Chronos activates
Floyd | an invisiblity field with his rod, but every turn seems to be occupied
Floyd | by Militia Guards.  As you gradually progress toward the Commons, you
Floyd | see increasing signs of chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the Heart of the Godspeed
Floyd | A battle rages in the Commons, concentrated near the aft end.  At
Floyd | this end, people can be seen running from point to point, careful to
Floyd | avoid each other.  The ground is littered with signs of chaos and
Floyd | death.
Floyd |        Chronos Han is here.  Chronos holds a meter-long black rod.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Oh, thank God! You didn't actually have to travel through a maze. The game just took you through it automatically."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" 		

Floyd ] A Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You encounter no one as you pass through the commons.  As you reach
Floyd | the corridor beyond, all is unusually quiet, except for the echoes of
Floyd | the distant chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Corridor
Floyd | Removed from the central passageways of the Godspeed, no
Floyd | more than two travelers could pass with comfortable distance between
Floyd | them.  The walls here are panelled in strips of the unknown alloy of
Floyd | the older parts of the ship, but the homogenous white material of the
Floyd | newer renovations begins just meters down the corridor to
Floyd | aft.  To fore, the corridor narrows further and
Floyd | angles upward in a ramp, leading to the observation dome.
Floyd |        Chronos Han is here.  Chronos holds a meter-long black rod.
Floyd | "Here!" Chronos says, rapping on the wall panels with his
Floyd | knucles.  "I believe the entrance corridor leading to the bridge can
Floyd | be found behind this wall."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I *tried* moving these panels!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panel" 		

Floyd ] A Corridor
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the wall panels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut panel with tool" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT PANEL WITH TOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | (First turning on the laser tool.)
Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as
Floyd | narrow as a single hair.  Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few
Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears,
Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few
Floyd | inches out from the nozzle.
Floyd | You cut a broad rectangular outline through the wall panneling.
Floyd | You prise up the severed panels and toss them aside, raising your
Floyd | laser tool to work on the material underneath.
Floyd | "They've caught us!" Veritas lays a hand on your shoulder,
Floyd | distracting you from your excavations.  You look to see Guards run
Floyd | toward you from the direction of the Commons, while others thunder
Floyd | down the ramp from the observation dome."
Floyd | "They knew we were coming," Chronos growls, brandishing the
Floyd | meter-long black rod.  "Well, perhaps they will get more than they
Floyd | bargained for!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You slash through the inner wall material as fast as you can, sending
Floyd | sparks flying as you shear circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The powerful beam emitted by the laser tool digs deeper into the wall.
Floyd | You discover a hollow area beyond and widen the hole.  Now you should
Floyd | be able to pass through to whatever may lie on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hole" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small metal cylinder bounces beneath the invisible protective
Floyd | field.  Chronos turns on his heel and jumps back to the port wall as
Floyd | you and Veritas crouch behind him into the crude opening you carved
Floyd | through the wall.  Chronos falls to his knees, cranking the dials on
Floyd | the meter-long black rod.  He looks up at you.  "Remember."
Floyd | You fall backward, shielding Veritas with your body.  The wall of
Floyd | the corridor collapses on top of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | You feel someone shaking you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rood -- Rood!  You're alive!"  You blink hard, but you
Floyd | cannot see Veritas's face.  "Chronos..." her voice trails off.
Floyd | You inhale deeply, shuddering.  "I'm... blind," you manage to
Floyd | say.
Floyd | "No," Veritas says.  "It's dark.  I pulled you through to
Floyd | otherside.  Can you move?"
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark to see anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You no longer have enough motivation or strength to explore the other
Floyd | end of this dark hallway.  This end terminates in an opening right
Floyd | here.  You may as well go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You flex your feet, and the mild pain informs you that they
Floyd | obeyed.  "Yes, I think I can stand," you tell her.
Floyd | "Good."  You feel her grab you under your arms, supporting some
Floyd | of your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flex your feet, and the mild pain informs you that they
Floyd | obeyed.  "Yes, I think I can stand," you tell her.
Floyd | "Good."  You feel her grab you under your arms, supporting some
Floyd | of your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ] In the dark
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards are probably still out there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Bridge
Floyd | The room is open and rectangular, with a high ceiling and almost
Floyd | as many stations and terminals lining the walls as in the Data Center.
Floyd | At one end, the floor descends three steps into a depressed cockpit,
Floyd | where the wall arches out elliptically, containing three seats built
Floyd | into displays and terminals.  The other end is mostly taken up by a
Floyd | large door, its two sides clamped together.  On either side of the
Floyd | door are two small open archways; you don't even know which is the one
Floyd | you came through.
Floyd | Above the depression, a wide arch spans from wall to wall.
Floyd | Displayed prominently on the center of the arch is an emblem, at once
Floyd | familiar and different.
Floyd |      Veritas looks around slowly, her eyes wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Yes!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x emblem" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EMBLEM
Floyd |
Floyd | Mounted high on the arch is a depiction of the circular Serpent
Floyd | emblem.  Instead of devouring a star where its head and tail meet, as
Floyd | in the symbol used by the Militia, this serpent is swallowing its own
Floyd | tail, closing the circle completely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cockpit" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COCKPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the arch at the end of the room, the depressed area contains
Floyd | three chairs between its curving walls with ample room between them.
Floyd | A ledge runs along the curve of the wall, flaring out toward the two
Floyd | chairs that are closer to the sides.  The central chair rests at the
Floyd | center of a broad view of the stars, covering half the arc of the
Floyd | depression's wall.
Floyd | Veritas walks forward, gazing up at the plaque of the Serpent
Floyd | emblem.   Then she touches the patch of the Serpent devouring the Star
Floyd | on her Militia Investigator uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on central chair" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CENTRAL CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't encountered any "central chair".  (If you're sure you need
Floyd | to refer to that, try putting it another way.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That just wouldn't feel right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cockpit" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER COCKPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the depressed area.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Bridge, in the depressed area
Floyd |        Veritas Tora is here.  Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTROLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "controls."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Bridge, in the depressed area
Floyd | The room is open and rectangular, with a high ceiling and almost
Floyd | as many stations and terminals lining the walls as in the Data Center.
Floyd | At one end, the floor descends three steps into a depressed cockpit,
Floyd | where the wall arches out elliptically, containing three seats built
Floyd | into displays and terminals.  The other end is mostly taken up by a
Floyd | large door, its two sides clamped together.  On either side of the
Floyd | door are two small open archways; you don't even know which is the one
Floyd | you came through.
Floyd | Above the depression, a wide arch spans from wall to wall.
Floyd | Displayed prominently on the center of the arch is an emblem, at once
Floyd | familiar and different.
Floyd |        Veritas Tora is here.  Veritas carries a handgun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the depressed area.
Floyd |      Veritas looks around slowly, her eyes wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x display" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISPLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of them look passingly similar to technology that you've used,
Floyd | but most of the equipment here appears specialized, built around
Floyd | diagrams of ship structures or strange input interfaces.  Lights
Floyd | flicker on and off on some of the displays, but the equipment doesn't
Floyd | appear to be activated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on display" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON DISPLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the unfamiliar equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search equipment" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't find anything new.
Floyd | Veritas walks forward, gazing up at the plaque of the Serpent
Floyd | emblem.   Then she touches the patch of the Serpent devouring the Star
Floyd | on her Militia Investigator uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push emblem" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH EMBLEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't move the plaque of the Serpent emblem.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Serpent devours only itself," you observe, noticing Veritas
Floyd | observing the plaque of the Serpent emblem.
Floyd | "Yes," Veritas says.  "Over and over again, forever."  Her voice
Floyd | is heavy.  "Chronos would have had something to say about it, for
Floyd | sure."  She quivers, and you put your arm around her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I'm not sure what to do again."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Displays and controls hang out over all three chairs, the ledge from
Floyd | the wall of the depressed command area flaring out before the left and
Floyd | right chairs.  The center chair is positioned between and a little
Floyd | behind the other two, before the massive viewport that wraps around
Floyd | the curve of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn on equipmet" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON EQUIPMET
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "equipmet."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x viewport" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VIEWPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the arch at the end of the room, the depressed area contains
Floyd | three chairs between its curving walls with ample room between them.
Floyd | A ledge runs along the curve of the wall, flaring out toward the two
Floyd | chairs that are closer to the sides.  The central chair rests at the
Floyd | center of a broad view of the stars, covering half the arc of the
Floyd | depression's wall.
Floyd | You hear movement from halls behind the bridge.  Scraping, and
Floyd | the sound of footfalls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn on controls" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON CONTROLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "controls."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn on displays" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON DISPLAYS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that with the unfamiliar equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I may have squandered our time here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ledge" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "ledge."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Not deliberately. You were just trying to figure things out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push emblem" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH EMBLEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't move the plaque of the Serpent emblem.
Floyd | Veritas sighs and turns the cylinder of her handgun's barrel.
Floyd | "Only three charges left."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | The two of you speculate about what the meaning of the name that was
Floyd | randomly selected as your surname at the time of your melding from the
Floyd | pool of the names of your ancestors in both of your families.
Floyd | Veritas stands beside you, raising her handgun veritcally
Floyd | parallel to her face.  "For Chronos," she whispers.  "For truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "uh, what is Veritas doing?"
		Genevieve says, "Uh-oh. Killing herself."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "take handgun from veritas" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HANDGUN FROM VERITAS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is more to firing a handgun than pointing it and pulling the
Floyd | trigger.  Veritas is trained in its use, and you are not.
Floyd | The sound from beyond the bridge quiets to a soft clammor.  A
Floyd | single person, a blond-haired woman, steps through.  She looks up at
Floyd | you and Veritas and walks toward you, but stops and raises her hands
Floyd | as Veritas targets her.
Floyd |      "Rin..." Veritas says without emotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rin" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This short young woman fidgets where she stands, her green eyes wide,
Floyd | her trembling hand holding her weapon in your general direction.  Her
Floyd | fair-skinned faced is creased in a grimace, framed by sheets of long
Floyd | blond hair.
Floyd | "Veritas -- you were right.  It was... really hard to turn on you
Floyd | like that... I'm sorry; I thought it was what I had to do.  After...
Floyd | when I saw how they ordered your instant death and destruction of
Floyd | everything found with you -- and your husband too, and your
Floyd | greatfather...." Rin looks around, and then back at Veritas.  "Oh...
Floyd | your greatfather!  Is he... uh..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |      Veritas snarls at the woman.  "Then what are you doing here?"
Floyd | "Coming to find you!" Rin exclaims, her eyes wide.  "Before the
Floyd | remaining Council forces can get you.  You see, the people of the
Floyd | Godspeed turned against the Council, partly due to the old
Floyd | document you put on the Cloud, and partly due to the martial law and
Floyd | all the abductions and lock-downs that followed.  Plus, many members
Floyd | of the Bureau of Investigation turned out to have been on our side, or
Floyd | else they turned to our side when they saw all the corruption.  The
Floyd | Bureau of the Guard has been more stubborn; they're trained to obey
Floyd | and not to think about it much.  But even some of the high-ranking
Floyd | Guard officers declared neutrality when they understood that we don't
Floyd | want to overthrow the entire government, just the people suppressing
Floyd | the truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ] On the Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RIN
Floyd |
Floyd |      "How can we possibly trust you?" you ask her.
Floyd | The woman opens her mouth to speak, but a male voice from behind
Floyd | her cuts her off.  "I wouldn't have believed her either."  Euros steps
Floyd | out of one of the hallways behind the bridge and walk to stand beside
Floyd | Rinaldi.  "But when the Guards caught me, she found me and ordered
Floyd | them to release me."  He looks at her, brows knit together.  "There's
Floyd | a lot of questions I still want answered," he says, "but I believe we
Floyd | can trust her for now.  At any rate, if she tries anything, the army
Floyd | of civilians and Investigators that she and I lead to retake the fore
Floyd | section is waiting just outside."  He grins.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The process of restoring order is long and tense.  You have never
Floyd | been more glad to be a simple Data Tech, not one to be involved in the
Floyd | convolusions of politics and war.  Veritas, on the other hand, played
Floyd | a key role in reorganizing the Militia, preventing the more radical
Floyd | supporters of the uprising from throwing out and imprisoning everyone
Floyd | who was loyal to the Old Council.  The people recognized her efforts
Floyd | and elected her as the representative of the Godspeed on the
Floyd | New Council.  You know that the reluctance with which she finally
Floyd | accepted the position was no mere modesty; you've seen her anxiety and
Floyd | her agonzied uncertainty.  Ultimately, her sense of duty to the law
Floyd | and to the truth lead her to accept, and you know that she will serve
Floyd | with honor.
Floyd | The bridge has been undergoing restoration, the best scientists,
Floyd | techs, and engineers working constantly to discover how to use the
Floyd | sensory and navigation technology onboard the ship that has served as
Floyd | your home and the home of your ancestors.  The signal that Lewis Yuan
Floyd | wrote about has already been rediscovered, exactly as he described all
Floyd | those generations ago.  It is only a matter of time before the
Floyd | long-dormant propulsion system is attuned once again to the Signal,
Floyd | and then you will once again be following the Beacon toward your
Floyd | destiny.
Floyd | You've had a hand in the renovations, helping to translate
Floyd | between the ancient systems on the bridge and on other old and
Floyd | long-forgotten parts of the ship and the current operating
Floyd | environment, and to sift through and decode the vast amount of
Floyd | information stored in ancient snapshots of the Fleet Cloud and on
Floyd | ancient data storage devices.  But you have a more important duty by
Floyd | far.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]

		DavidW says, "I'll pause a bit so people can read all that."
		DavidW says, "Continuing..."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | It is time for the Remembering.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, standing on the central platform
Floyd | People crowd the three tiers of the stands, some shifting
Floyd | excitedly, others sitting still in a reverential bearing.  Completing
Floyd | the circle around the back of the platform are the endless stars of
Floyd | the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that forms
Floyd | the ceiling.  A small arch opens above the center of the top tier of
Floyd | the stands, on the port side of the room.
Floyd | Rinaldi Fletcher is sitting with Euros, looking toward you and
Floyd | smiling meekly.
Floyd | Euros Markon is sitting in the stands, his arm around Rin's
Floyd | shoulder.  He looks at you with an intense gaze, joyful but serious.
Floyd |      Veritas sits boldly in the front row, smiling at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, this is so epilogue, isn't it. And WE are the storyteller now, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't find the right words.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You look over the audience, drawing a slow, deep breath.  Veritas
Floyd | beams at you.
Floyd | "The Ancestors did not live as we do.  They lived on and communed
Floyd | with the very spheres of the Heavens themselves.  We were never meant
Floyd | to go on living in these ships forever.  We need Land.  We need Sea.
Floyd | We need Wind.  We need Trees.
Floyd | "At least now we once again have the stars.  During the Great
Floyd | Journey from the Old Heavens, our ancestors saw no stars for many
Floyd | generations.  Some thought that the stars were no more than a story
Floyd | told to ignorant children before sleep rotation.  Most of those who
Floyd | knew that the Heavens really had once existed thought that the stars
Floyd | had actually vanished altogether.  In our arrogance, we allowed
Floyd | ourselves to believe that we had no need for the stars.  The Council
Floyd | declared that we were the only light, that our Fleet was the entire
Floyd | universe.
Floyd | "But there was one man who remembered.  His name was Chronos Han.
Floyd | As a young Systems Tech on the Galaxy, Chronos saw the
Floyd | ancient systems that had long since been shut away or ransacked.  He
Floyd | dedicated his life to finding out the true purpose of the Fleet, of
Floyd | learning all he could about the Ancestors.  He boldly declared that
Floyd | the Fleet was not all that is, that we came from the Heavens and that
Floyd | our fate was bound together with the Heavens.
Floyd | "Chronos suffered many things at the hands of arrogant people.
Floyd | He was imprisoned several times by the Militia and was tortured at the
Floyd | order Council in an attempt to make him recant.  He and his family
Floyd | were threatened, his property confiscated, his name maligned.  No
Floyd | matter what was done to him, he never stopped insisting that the
Floyd | Heavens were real, until he was proven right beyond all possibility of
Floyd | denial.
Floyd | "The stars reappeared at last, after a hundred generations had
Floyd | lived died without them.  But sadly, our foolish arrogance is so great
Floyd | that we very soon forgot the Ancestors once again, and we went on
Floyd | living as if the Fleet itself were our only purpose.  Chronos gave his
Floyd | life so that we could have evidence to hold on to, so that we can
Floyd | believe that we came from a better place and are still seeking a
Floyd | better existence.
Floyd | "Be sure that we will forget again, because we are always
Floyd | devouring ourselves in our arrogance.  However, it is just as certain
Floyd | that people will always long for the depths of the past and the
Floyd | promise of destiny.  That is why we will not utterly forget, until our
Floyd | feet tread upon the surface of the New Land."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lower your head and step forward to sit down next to Veritas.
Floyd | You look straight ahead, silently, everyone else doing the same.
Floyd | Already small with distance, you see the canister in which Chronos's
Floyd | body was laid, emblazoned with the motif of the Ancestor Tree.  He
Floyd | will journey forever among the stars, until the Heavens are born
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | *** THE END ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The game has ended.  You have reached one of two successful outcomes.
Floyd | There are two other possible outcomes, not counting death.  Do you
Floyd | want to (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE a saved game, (U)NDO your last turn, or
Floyd | (Q)UIT?

		Genevieve says, "Wow, that was cool. I liked that outcome."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		DavidW says, "I liked that."
		Genevieve says, "Interesting that you don't get an actual score, but can end the story in different ways."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		DavidW says, "Deciding to tell the truth to Veritas was obviously a major branch point."
		Genevieve nodnods.
		DavidW says, "I suppose if we'd been arrested, we'd end up with a losing ending."
		Genevieve says, "That, or death."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how we'd've left the library if I didn't find the laser tool earlier."
		DavidW says, "That might've made a difference."
		Genevieve says, "Wow, you were fortunate then."
		DavidW says, "Also, deciding whether to leave the library to the fore or aft, I guess."
		Genevieve says, "I'm glad you said 'fore' when you did, because I was about to suggest going aft. Haha."
		Genevieve says, "I know this sounds bitchy, but I just wish someone had proofread the game ahead of time. I guess I'm anal, but a lot of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors tend to detract from a game for me. I did like what I heard of the premise though."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, thanks to everyone who showed up to participate or watch or comment! Thanks for the good game."
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "I know what you mean, but I'm generally more forgiving, unless the mistakes are really bad ones."
		Genevieve says, "Well... words were actually omitted in a few cases here, which I found a bit irritating. Also... "You don't need to use the word annoying." :-) I know that latter problem is a parser issue though, not the fault of the author."
		Genevieve says, "Still, very cool game from what I saw. Kudos to the author for all the great ideas."
		Genevieve says, "I'm just used to the standards of Infocomm I guess, and people like Michael Gentry and C. E. Forman and... I dunno... Andrew Plotkin."
		Ellison says, "Paul Lee, the author, is a really nice guy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | (Q)UIT?
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | cheaphe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Genevieve says, "Awesome! If you know him, you should tell him to come hang out here. :-) He's certainly not lacking in imagination. I'm very impressed there. Also, it takes a lot of work to write a game. I know this from experience. So anyone who actually finishes one is pretty amazing."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Ellison says, "he's been here before, but I guess it's been 4 years since he last was"
		DavidW says, "Someday I hope to write a full game, something more substantial than the toy games I've made so far."
		Genevieve says, "Well, I hope he comes back some time and discovers his game is not dead."
		Genevieve says, "I've no doubt you can do it, David. I still say the Cheeseshop was one of the most brilliant games I ever played, short as it was."
		Genevieve says, "Mind you, I'm partial to Monty Python, so..."
		DavidW says, "heh. That helps."
		Ellison says (to Genevieve), "you should play 'the Apprentice' some time. it has plenty of Monty Python jokes (although they're mostly the obvious ones)."
		Genevieve says, "I got a bit over-excited when I found that on the IF archive. Phoned up a friend and made her download it too. And okay, sounds good. I will have to check that out."
		Genevieve says, "I am so grateful to have found this place and Floyd. I played elusions in the Toyshop all by my lonesome the other night. I unfortunately needed the help of a solution because my puny brain couldn't figure out how to solve all the puzzles, but at least I was able to finish the game this time. When I had it for Frotz aeons ago, I never figured out how. :-) I could find an Inform interpreter that works with my screen reader--I'm sure there is one--but my MUD client actually allows me to copy and paste, which an Inform client probably would not, and the output is generated in such a way that I don't have to fiddle with my screen reader's review cursor (which I know i would have to do in something like Winfrotz)."
		Ellison says, "some interpreters allow copy and paste, yeah"
		Ellison asks, "which screenreader do you use?"
		Genevieve says, "Jaws. I have NVDA as well, but prefer Jaws because it's more flexible."
		Ellison says, "cool. I just ask because someone made a NVDA add-on for IF interpreters, but I'm sure Jaws works just as well, given the right interpreter."
		says, "If so, I haven't found it. :-) I find the NVDA add-on rather fiddly. That's why I'm so chuffed that I can play almost any IF game imaginable with my MUD client. I just whisper my text to Floyd so the poor transcript-logging bot doesn't have to log all my nonsense. :-)"
		Genevieve played Leather Goddesses of Phobos on here a while back too, but got stumped by.. guess what... a maze. :-)
		Genevieve says, "Bane of my existence. That's the darned thing that always stumped me before when I played that game in DOS donkey's years ago."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Bobby and Bonnie by Xavid
As played on ifMUD on April 9, 2017

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 Bobby and Bonnie written by Xavid. 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 st17bobbieandbonnie" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a beautiful day. We were out playing together in the garden, but
Floyd | now it's time to do something else. We've still got a while before
Floyd | dinner. Maybe we should go to the fair!
Floyd |
Floyd | Bobby and Bonnie
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Xavid
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170325 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Vegetable Garden
Floyd | Mother has rows of crystal carrots, cabbages, and lettuce growing
Floyd | here, with some thyme and rosemary growing up near the door leading
Floyd | into the palace to the north. A white picket fence surrounds the
Floyd | garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few dandelions are growing among the carrots and cabbages.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type help for an introduction to possible commands.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "They are likely standard commands, but shall we check?"
		Genevieve says, "Hey, what happened to the parsley and sage? ;-)"
		DavidW says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a work of interactive fiction. You say what you want us to do,
Floyd | and see what happens. Some commands you might find useful:
Floyd |
Floyd | north/south/east/west/up/down
Floyd | (or n/s/e/w/u/d): go that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | examine something (or x something):
Floyd | look at an object or person.
Floyd | look (or l): look at your current location.
Floyd | inventory (or i): check what you are holding.
Floyd | take something: pick up an object.
Floyd | drop something: put down an object.
Floyd | buy something
Floyd | give something to someone
Floyd | put something in/on something
Floyd | fill something with/from
Floyd | something
Floyd | ask someone about something
Floyd | empty something
Floyd | wash something
Floyd | wind something
Floyd | pull something
Floyd | make something
Floyd | sit
Floyd |
Floyd | You can save your game, quit, and restore later.
Floyd | You can also undo your last move. If you get stuck, you can ask
Floyd | for a hint. See about for acknowledgements and meta
Floyd | information.
Floyd |
Floyd | Have fun!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Wash."
		DavidW says, "Wash, wind, make."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah, and wind and make."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x us" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X US
Floyd |
Floyd | We're both rabbits, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Fill and empty are rare-ish these days also."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | A rabbit, of course. Only modestly annoying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x her" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HER
Floyd |
Floyd | We're both rabbits, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x him" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what 'him' refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carrots" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARROTS
Floyd |
Floyd | They seem to be doing nicely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay then. I guess we'r Bobbie."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dandelions" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DANDELIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some ordinary dandelions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bobbie" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOBBIE
Floyd |
Floyd | We're both rabbits, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "wiggle my nose" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIGGLE MY NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hop" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOP
Floyd |
Floyd | We jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dandelions" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DANDELIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull up all the dandelions, being careful not to get any of the
Floyd | carrots by mistake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabbage" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABBAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | They seem to be doing nicely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Vegetable Garden
Floyd | Mother has rows of crystal carrots, cabbages, and lettuce growing
Floyd | here, with some thyme and rosemary growing up near the door leading
Floyd | into the palace to the north. A white picket fence surrounds the
Floyd | garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lettuce" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTUCE
Floyd |
Floyd | They seem to be doing nicely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "...crystal?"
		DavidW says, "oh, I missed that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crystal" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the crystal palace or the crystal vegetables?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I wondered about that myself."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x palace" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALACE
Floyd |
Floyd | We live in a palace made of crystal, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Of course."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fence" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | A well-kept fence around the garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   some dandelions
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall we head north?"
		DavidW asks, "Or take a carrot?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rosemary" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROSEMARY
Floyd |
Floyd | They certainly smell good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "either"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take carrot" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CARROT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think they're ready to harvest yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat dandelions" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DANDELIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Eh, it'd probably ruin your appetite for dinner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A basket of raspberry scones sits by the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dirty dishes from lunch are on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "wash dishes" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully wash the dishes. I dry them and put them away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I'm a clean freak. :-)"
		DavidW says, "Such a good rabbit. Mother will be pleased."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scones" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCONES
Floyd |
Floyd | A wicker basket full of raspberry scones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table we eat our meals at.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A nice, solid oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now, it's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dishes" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleaned and put away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "East?"
		DavidW says, "Unless you want to take/eat the scones."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't know. We are being so good that I hate to steal a scone or pick anything."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I agree."
		DavidW says, "Let's find Mother."
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds good"
		DavidW says, "East or up, I guess. I'd try east first."
		Jacqueline says, "okay"
		Genevieve says, "Oh rats! Or perhaps wascawwy wabbits might be more appropriate. :-) I am being called away. Have fun folks."
Genevieve suddenly grows a pair of feathery wings and flutters off to seek adventure elsewhere. 		DavidW says, "oh, and I overlooked the cellar/basement below the kitchen."
		DavidW asks, "I guess I'll continue?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting Room
Floyd | A cosy room with a shiny marble fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother's sitting in her chair by the fire, reading a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mother" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother seems to be really into her book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's called "Carrots I Have Known".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about book" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about mother's book which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about fair" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT FAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about ourselves which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about carrots" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT CARROTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the crystal vegetables which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing like a fire to warm the place up. Sometimes we even
Floyd | toast marshmallows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess we can head upstairs from front hallway or down from kitchen?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, mum doesn't seem too exciting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to mum), "Thanks for all the great conversation, even if it all fundamentally failed to be relevant."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | What d'ya want to go in there for? I'm all done cleaning my
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | It's bigger than my room, but mine has a better view. I keep mine
Floyd | neater, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some dirty clothes are lying on the floor near your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Mostly just rumpled, with a little mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Clean?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother doesn't make us do our own laundry. At least not yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm thinking there's a hamper in the basement."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The comforter has pictures of dragons on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing, but I bet if we tried to go outside via the front door, Mother would stop us unless we did all our chores."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | We find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Bedroom
Floyd | Our parents' room. It has a big bed, some dressers, and a cool coiled
Floyd | rug.
Floyd |
Floyd | We can see the laundry chute here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chute" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You know, a shaft where you can put your clothes in and they appear in
Floyd | the basement due to the magic of gravity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clothes in chute" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CLOTHES IN CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a sliding sound, and the dirty clothes disappear from sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | A big comfy water bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It changes color as it spirals in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dressers" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRESSERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Where our parents keep our clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open dressers" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRESSERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They aren't something we can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chute" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Attic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | A dusty attic filled with boxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearly hidden among the boxes, a gold doubloon catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gold" 		

Floyd ]  Attic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GOLD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Attic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A large gold coin with a picture of two dragons on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip coin" 		

Floyd ]  Attic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Attic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | Various boxes of stuff that doesn't get used very often.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open boxes" 		

Floyd ]  Attic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | Our parents probably don't want us messing with this stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, are you getting a sense of what we're on about?"
		DavidW says, "only sorta"
		DavidW says, "This is very intro territory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A basket of raspberry scones sits by the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pile" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any pile here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ridge of stalagmites emerges from a stone mound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ridge" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | A mound with a ridge of stalagmites down its back. It almost looks
Floyd | like some sort of creature in the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I kinda expected a washing machine."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | We hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | We can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A basket of raspberry scones sits by the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something we can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A grand door leading into the palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother calls after us. "If you're going out, why don't you take the
Floyd | scones I baked to your grandmother? I'm sure she'd love to see you. I
Floyd | left them in the kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oho"
		DavidW says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "A plot twist."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A basket of raspberry scones sits by the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take basket" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Trying?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe her legs are too long."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cow" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COW
Floyd |
Floyd | It has black and white spots and flicks its tail back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cow about cow" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COW ABOUT COW
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the large cow which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (looking east to Fiery Field)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright red and orange flowers that generate a searing flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I would say that cows can't talk, except we are rabbitws."
		Jacqueline says, "Rabbits, even."
		DavidW says, "yes. exactly."
		DavidW says, "If rabbits can talk, there's no reason why cows can't. Except we get crystal carrots and raspberry scones and this cow has to eat road grass."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flower" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see the fire flowers here. It was at Fiery Field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I want a fire flower. I think it might be useful."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, it tries to eat the road grass."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fiery Field
Floyd | A dense field of fire flowers stretches to the east. The road is back
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flower" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to carry that around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flower" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright red and orange flowers that generate a searing flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch flower" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | We feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell flower" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | We smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose I should try west too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Eh, it'd be rude to go tramping through someone else's pasture.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | A cool, clear river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we should stay on the path for now."
		DavidW says, "I don't want to run into a wolf."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking about that."
		Jacqueline says, "On account of going to grandma's house and all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | A charming little cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garden" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Petunias and begonias.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cosy Cottage
Floyd | A warm, sunny room with a plush carpet. The walls are lined with
Floyd | bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother sits in a rocking chair, knitting something.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits Grandmother's butter churn.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, it's good to see you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing her wire-frame glasses. They go well with her fur.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give basket to grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BASKET TO GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, these look delicious! You're so thoughtful! Here, since you've
Floyd | come all this way, let me give you something. You should get yourself
Floyd | something at the fair."
Floyd | She gives you a copper piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "thank grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THANK GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x copper" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small copper coin with a picture of a rabbit on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x churn" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHURN
Floyd |
Floyd | An old wooden butter churn, well-used.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knitting" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNITTING
Floyd |
Floyd | The start of a sweater, perhaps?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about knitting" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT KNITTING
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about her knitting)
Floyd | "I know you've been wanting another sweater."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about churn" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT CHURN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about the butter churn)
Floyd | "Ah, when I was young I used to have to churn milk into butter all the
Floyd | time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about fair" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT FAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Grandma is better at conversation than mum is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about Grandmother)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about Grandmother which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, but not about the fair."
		Jacqueline says, "or herself."
		Jacqueline says, "I take it all back."
		DavidW says, "oh, Mother may have some topics and I was unlucky."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They contain all sorts of old books about history and such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | They contain all sorts of old books about history and such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | They contain all sorts of old books about history and such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, head out again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HUG GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cosy Cottage
Floyd | A warm, sunny room with a plush carpet. The walls are lined with
Floyd | bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother sits in a rocking chair, knitting something.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits Grandmother's butter churn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Light orange in color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way to go is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'll follow the road."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalls" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Merchants are selling everything from fish to figurines. We mostly
Floyd | just find the magic shop and flea market interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I vote magic shop first."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | A shop full of all sorts of wondrous things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shopkeeper shows off her wares.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden bowl seems to be on sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, my favorite customers. You know, your friend Puff was here just
Floyd | the other day, telling me how much he likes his new bed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about puff" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the stone mound or our friend?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "friend" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | "I do wonder how well it'll keep dry in that damp underground cave he
Floyd | lives in, but I'm sure he'll make it work. He is a magic dragon, after
Floyd | all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Puff the Magic Dragon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | A simple wooden bowl carved with designs of clouds and rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, does he live in our cave in the basement?"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
		DavidW says, "We'll have to try talking to the stalagmites and see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, yes, the Bowl of Rain. Fill it with water whenever you want it to
Floyd | rain. Popular with farmers. Only one gold doubloon."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "As it happens, we have a gold doubloon. Buy it?"
		Jacqueline says, "What a coinkidink."
		Jacqueline says, "Part of me says, 'shop around...'"
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 ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But then part of me says it's way too obvious to not buy it"
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		DavidW asks, "I'm willing to be a little inco... how to spell incawshuss?"
		DavidW says, "incautious."
		DavidW says, "Brain fell asleep there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You give your gold doubloon to the shopkeeper in exchange for the
Floyd | bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   the rain bowl (empty)
Floyd |   a copper piece
Floyd |   some dandelions
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Of course, the only place I've seen water is that river we crossed over."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there were kerplunk sounds in the cave, but I'm not sure we can get to that water."
		DavidW says, "hm. Yes, there might be something to that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | A shop full of all sorts of wondrous things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shopkeeper shows off her wares.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wares" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARES
Floyd |
Floyd | All sorts of magical devices and supplies, most outside of our price
Floyd | range or interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, the other place?"
		DavidW says, "hmph. It could at least describe a little bit more here. After all, it's just this and the flea market we're interested in in the first place."
		DavidW says, "yes, flea market next."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flea Market
Floyd | A crowded and busy section of the fair, with people buying and selling
Floyd | all sorts of strange things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flea is here, selling an assortment of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The game is a little terse, it's true."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The busy market, an old alarm clock, a dented brass horn, and some
Floyd | sealing wax catch your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flea" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhat larger than your average flea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's dented and seems to be stuck at 3:17.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horn" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | A straight horn, like you might use in a great hall to announce the
Floyd | arrival of the king. But only if the king doesn't mind grungy-looking
Floyd | instruments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wax" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WAX
Floyd |
Floyd | You know, the sort of thing you might use for sealing a letter, if you
Floyd | were particularly classy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The flea gives you the alarm clock in exchange for your copper piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Flea Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We might be able to exchange these items for each other."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Maybe."
		DavidW says, "The clock seems useless. The wax and horn might either be useful."
		DavidW says, "I suggest buying the horn and then washing it."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		DavidW says, "Also, check out the off-road part of the woods."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about horn" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two coppers, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, how much do we have?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   the rain bowl (empty)
Floyd |   a copper piece
Floyd |   some dandelions
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "One."
		Jacqueline says, "That's what I thought."
		DavidW says, "Maybe the off-road area has another copper."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sell dandelions" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL DANDELIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give dandelions to flea" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DANDELIONS TO FLEA
Floyd |
Floyd | The flea doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, the cow might like them."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, true."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "Let me visit the forest then the cow to check."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a bit heavy to lug around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moss" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any moss here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vine" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Densely-overgrown spiral vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I'll try the cow next."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bridge" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | We find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give dandelions to cow" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DANDELIONS TO COW
Floyd |
Floyd | The cow munches down the dandelion greens happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "... okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cow about dandelions" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COW ABOUT DANDELIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the dandelions which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "milk cow" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MILK COW
Floyd |
Floyd | You need something to put the milk in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		DavidW says, "I've played IF games before."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "That you have."
		DavidW says, "AND WE HAVE A BOWL. Silly game."
		Jacqueline says, "That bowl is for water."
		Jacqueline says, "If you use it for milk, it will rain milk."
		Jacqueline says, "And that would be freaky."
		Jacqueline says, "And also kind of sticky."
		DavidW asks, "ok. We can try to make it rain next. Either by the log to wash off the moss? In the fire flower field to reveal something there?"
		DavidW asks, "Or see if Puff is in our basement?"
		Jacqueline says, "Every time you say fire flower I read it as fire tower."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's make it rain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bowl" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | (from the river)
Floyd | We fill the rain bowl with water from the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fiery Field
Floyd | A dense field of fire flowers stretches to the east. The road is back
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain damps down the fire flowers enough that you manage to make it
Floyd | past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | At Well
Floyd | The field opens up into a grassier meadow. The flowers change to the
Floyd | north. You can still barely see the road to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old stone well sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dented old pail sits a short way away from the well, apparently
Floyd | having recently been replaced.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "That pail might hold milk, eh?"
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed"
		DavidW says, "And -- oh. Grandmother has a butter churn."
		DavidW asks, "Think we can MAKE butter?"
		Jacqueline says, "So she does."
		Jacqueline says, "I'll bet we can, though the motivations for doing so are... hazy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pail" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | A dented tin pail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, I'll figure out the why later."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pail" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x well" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope leads down into the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, I just want to share my favorite butter-related retweet of the week."
		[LINK]
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter well" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | At Well
Floyd | The field opens up into a grassier meadow. The flowers change to the
Floyd | north. You can still barely see the road to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old stone well sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Poppy Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Poppy Field
Floyd | A calm field filled with scarlet poppies continues to the north. You
Floyd | can see the well to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Poppy Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain doesn't seem to do much to block the smell of the flowers.
Floyd | Despite the wet, you still start falling asleep, and I have to drag
Floyd | you back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At Well
Floyd | The field opens up into a grassier meadow. The flowers change to the
Floyd | north. You can still barely see the road to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old stone well sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fiery Field
Floyd | A dense field of fire flowers stretches to the east. The road is back
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour out the water from the rain bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's no longer raining.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "milk cow" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MILK COW
Floyd |
Floyd | You fill the pail with milk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cosy Cottage
Floyd | A warm, sunny room with a plush carpet. The walls are lined with
Floyd | bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother sits in a rocking chair, knitting something.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits Grandmother's butter churn.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if we wouldn't have been allowed to milk the cow without feed it."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash churn" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH CHURN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fine the way it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I imagine the dandelions were a necessary step, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill churn" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL CHURN
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to fill the butter churn from?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pail" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The butter churn can't hold a liquid!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You silly person."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make butter" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE BUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour the milk into the churn and get to work. Soon, we have a nice
Floyd | quantity of fresh butter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, my! You're full of industry today!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "What were you thinking!"
		Jacqueline says, "... um"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I have no idea."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, cool."
		DavidW says, "Remember that MAKE was a valid verb."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW asks, "We haven't used WIND yet. Maybe the clock?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x butter" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fresh butter)
Floyd | Freshly-made butter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take butter" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fresh butter)
Floyd | We already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   some fresh butter
Floyd |   a pail (empty)
Floyd |   the rain bowl (empty)
Floyd |   a copper piece
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I just find the bug amusing and also unfortunate because it will likely dissuade people from the solution."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe we can sell the butter for another copper?"
		DavidW says, "I'm thinking that, yes, even though the flea didn't express a desire for butter."
		DavidW says, "I've heard of a butterfly but not a butterflea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about flea market" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT FLEA MARKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about the busy market)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the busy market which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about poppies" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT POPPIES
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about the scarlet poppies)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the scarlet poppies which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about puff" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the stone mound or our friend?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "friend" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about our friend)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about our friend which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Does grandma want our butter?"
		DavidW says, "I wonder where that stone mound its."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, not sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give butter to grandmother" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BUTTER TO GRANDMOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fresh butter to Grandmother)
Floyd | Grandmother doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Thanks."
		DavidW says, "I'll try the flea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flea Market
Floyd | A crowded and busy section of the fair, with people buying and selling
Floyd | all sorts of strange things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flea is here, selling an assortment of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show butter to flea" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BUTTER TO FLEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the fresh butter which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give butter to flea" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BUTTER TO FLEA
Floyd |
Floyd | The flea doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sell butter" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL BUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		Jacqueline asks, "Go find Puff?"
		DavidW says, "Even if we can't sell the butter to the flea, everyone here is selling everything."
		DavidW says, "In the basement? Sure. We can try giving the butter to Mother too, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe she will make more scones."
		DavidW says, "Or chocolate cornets."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cow about pasture" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COW ABOUT PASTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the pasture which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting Room
Floyd | A cosy room with a shiny marble fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother's sitting in her chair by the fire, reading a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give butter to mother" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BUTTER TO MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about friend puff" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT FRIEND PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about our friend which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the dirty clothes which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about father" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Mostly just rumpled, with a little mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ridge of stalagmites emerges from a stone mound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mound" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | A mound with a ridge of stalagmites down its back. It almost looks
Floyd | like some sort of creature in the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x puff" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | A mound with a ridge of stalagmites down its back. It almost looks
Floyd | like some sort of creature in the dim light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about puff" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | (the stone mound about the stone mound)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the stone mound which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pail about flower" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PAIL ABOUT FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think I would find it relevant."
		DavidW says, "Okay. I can only conclude that this is Puff but in stone form, for some weird reason."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch mound" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH MOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone mound might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		DavidW says, "The mound has been coded as an NPC."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "smear butter on stone mound" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMEAR BUTTER ON STONE MOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put butter in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BUTTER IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain bowl is better suited for carrying liquids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   some fresh butter
Floyd |   a pail (empty)
Floyd |   the rain bowl (empty)
Floyd |   a copper piece
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But when we're done let's try to put milk in there."
		DavidW says, "okay."
		DavidW says, "ok, new plan. Buy the clock. Wind it. Hope the clock's alarm wakes Puff up from stone mound form."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		DavidW says, "Also I want to see if rain can happen indoors."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother'll deal with washing those, silly. They're fine where they are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Mostly just rumpled, with a little mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vegetable Garden
Floyd | Mother has rows of crystal carrots, cabbages, and lettuce growing
Floyd | here, with some thyme and rosemary growing up near the door leading
Floyd | into the palace to the north. A white picket fence surrounds the
Floyd | garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb fence" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flea Market
Floyd | A crowded and busy section of the fair, with people buying and selling
Floyd | all sorts of strange things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flea is here, selling an assortment of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The flea gives you the alarm clock in exchange for your copper piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "brb. Gotta switch chairs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bowl" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | (from the river)
Floyd | We fill the rain bowl with water from the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vegetable Garden
Floyd | Mother has rows of crystal carrots, cabbages, and lettuce growing
Floyd | here, with some thyme and rosemary growing up near the door leading
Floyd | into the palace to the north. A white picket fence surrounds the
Floyd | garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour out the water from the rain bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's no longer raining.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ridge of stalagmites emerges from a stone mound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Are you back?"
		Jacqueline says, "I am now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sudden jerk, the stone mound moves! A rock shifts and
Floyd | transforms into the head of a dragon! Luckily, it's the friendly face
Floyd | of Puff the Magic Dragon. He blinks at you sleepily. "Good morning."
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that Puff was sleeping on a pile of books. Behind Puff, you
Floyd | can now see a tunnel leading east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		DavidW asks, "Am I good or what?"
		Jacqueline says, "You are."
		Jacqueline says, "This game is bizarre."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x puff" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | A large green dragon with shiny scales. He's resting on a pile of
Floyd | books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about bed" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, your bed or the big bed?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about puff" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about Puff the Magic Dragon)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about Puff the Magic Dragon which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about mound" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT MOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about Puff the Magic Dragon)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about Puff the Magic Dragon which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge pile of books of all kinds. A cookbook catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't really read it unless you're holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the cookbook)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the cookbook which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, now, I'd hardly be a proper dragon if I just gave away my
Floyd | treasure willy-nilly. You'd have to give me something pretty fancy to
Floyd | replace it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Butter?"
		DavidW says, "no, I think the butter will be required by some recipe in the cookbook."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, true."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   an old alarm clock
Floyd |   some fresh butter
Floyd |   a pail (empty)
Floyd |   the rain bowl (empty)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The rain bowl is kinda fancy."
		DavidW says, "ok, I'll try it."
		DavidW says, "But there might be something east of here that's a better choice."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. We can go that way first."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "oh, ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk a long way through the dark tunnel before emerging into
Floyd | sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinkhole
Floyd | We're on the floor of a deep sinkhole. Sunlight filters through trees
Floyd | and shrubs above. A tunnel leads west, and there's a smaller opening
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some chickens sit here comfortably in a coop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Eggs here, I bet."
		Jacqueline says, "eggs"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chickens" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHICKENS
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh! One of them has laid an egg!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Or, as I call them, aigs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | A fresh brown egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take egg" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chickens about egg" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CHICKENS ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the egg which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Chicken), "Which came first?"
		DavidW says, "'Hi Mrs Hen. It's okay if I take your child?'"
		DavidW says, "When you have talking animals in your world, the nature of food changes somewhat."
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		DavidW says, "heh. yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinkhole
Floyd | We're on the floor of a deep sinkhole. Sunlight filters through trees
Floyd | and shrubs above. A tunnel leads west, and there's a smaller opening
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some chickens sit here comfortably in a coop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | This small cave is nice and cool, possibly because of all the ice
Floyd | flowers lining the walls. The only way out is back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shelf closest to the ice flowers has gathered a quantity of snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some leftover oatmeal from the other day is here. It doesn't really
Floyd | look any more appetizing than it did then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ice flowers."
		DavidW asks, "How do you feel about oatmeal cookies?"
		Jacqueline says, "I love them"
		Jacqueline says, "I love them very much"
		DavidW says, "Me too. Hope we can make some."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're pale blue flowers that radiate cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flower" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's probably best to leave those here. I mean, having a secret
Floyd | refrigerator is pretty cool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Pretty cool, eh? Eh!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snow" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden shelf for keeping frozen foods like ice cream on. Right now,
Floyd | it just has some snow that's accumulated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snow" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab some snow, but it melts in your hands. Maybe if you carried
Floyd | it in something?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put snow in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNOW IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | We fill the rain bowl with snow from the freezer shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "And now, is it snowing outside?"
		DavidW says, "Yes, and now the poppies shouldn't put us to sleep. I saw Wizard of Oz too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oatmeal" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OATMEAL
Floyd |
Floyd | A bowl of leftover oatmeal. Or possibly wallpaper paste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh right. You're a big Oz fan, aren't you?"
		DavidW says, "I am."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take oatmeal." 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OATMEAL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Refrigerated Cave
Floyd | This small cave is nice and cool, possibly because of all the ice
Floyd | flowers lining the walls. The only way out is back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shelf closest to the ice flowers has gathered a quantity of snow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sinkhole
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sinkhole
Floyd | We're on the floor of a deep sinkhole. Sunlight filters through trees
Floyd | and shrubs above. A tunnel leads west, and there's a smaller opening
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some chickens sit here comfortably in a coop.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk a long way through the dark tunnel before emerging into a
Floyd | larger cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement. A tunnel
Floyd | leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Puff the Magic Dragon lies here comfortably on a pile of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We failed to find a treasure, but I think we should go north past the poppies now."
Draconis arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		DavidW says, "Unless we want to give the bowl to Puff."
		Jacqueline says, "Nah, let's go past the poppies"
		DavidW says, "hey, Draconis, Taleslinger"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | We can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go south, east, and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fiery Field
Floyd | A dense field of fire flowers stretches to the east. The road is back
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The snow is too light to have much effect on the fire flowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh-oh."
		DavidW says, "I guess we need the snow in the pail and water in the bowl"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Hrm."
		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put snow in pail" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNOW IN PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | We pour the snow from the rain bowl into the pail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "This is more complicated than we thought!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "At least we don't have to go back for more snow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | We fill the rain bowl with water from the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fiery Field
Floyd | A dense field of fire flowers stretches to the east. The road is back
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain damps down the fire flowers enough that you manage to make it
Floyd | past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | At Well
Floyd | The field opens up into a grassier meadow. The flowers change to the
Floyd | north. You can still barely see the road to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old stone well sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty bowl" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour out the water from the rain bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's no longer raining.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put snow in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNOW IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | We pour the snow from the pail into the rain bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Poppy Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Poppy Field
Floyd | A calm field filled with scarlet poppies continues to the north. You
Floyd | can see the well to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The snow gathers on the poppies, blocking the dangerous scent. You
Floyd | manage make it past the flowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shady Grove
Floyd | A clump of trees grows here by the river. The poppy field is to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a small ginger plant growing near a tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x plant" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Some wild ginger root.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ginger" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GINGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way to go is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | A cool, clear river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose if we emptied the bowl, we'd be trapped here."
		DavidW says, "I'm hoping we can get water from the well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Shady Grove
Floyd | A clump of trees grows here by the river. The poppy field is to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | Some maples and a willow, offshoots of the wood that grows on the
Floyd | other side of the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb trees" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x willow" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any willow here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x maple" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any maple here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oaktastic" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OAKTASTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any oaktastic here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gumpygrump" 		

Floyd ]  Shady Grove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUMPYGRUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any gumpygrump here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Poppy Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Poppy Field
Floyd | A calm field filled with scarlet poppies continues to the north. You
Floyd | can see the well to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | At Well
Floyd | The field opens up into a grassier meadow. The flowers change to the
Floyd | north. You can still barely see the road to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old stone well sits here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's snowing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put snow in pail" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SNOW IN PAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | We pour the snow from the rain bowl into the pail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  At Well
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | We fill the rain bowl with water from the stone well.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Fiery Field
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fiery Field
Floyd | A dense field of fire flowers stretches to the east. The road is back
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "For a bit I'd forgotten that there's two of us."
		DavidW asks, "Where did it mention that again?"
		DavidW asks, "oh, the We fill?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour out the water from the rain bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's no longer raining.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | We are carrying:
Floyd |   some ginger
Floyd |   the leftover oatmeal
Floyd |   an egg
Floyd |   an old alarm clock
Floyd |   some fresh butter
Floyd |   a pail (full of snow)
Floyd |   the rain bowl (empty)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm going to try trading the bowl for the cookbook now. I don't think we need the bowl anymore now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement. A tunnel
Floyd | leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Puff the Magic Dragon lies here comfortably on a pile of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bowl to puff" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BOWL TO PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Puff the Magic Dragon doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give clock to puff" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CLOCK TO PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Puff the Magic Dragon doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about treasure" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		DavidW asks, "If Puff likes books so much, maybe he'd like one of Grandmother's history books?"
		DavidW asks, "Or Mother's book about carrots?"
		Jacqueline says, "maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about books" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the pile of books)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the pile of books which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about book" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the cookbook)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the cookbook which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It does seem to indicate that Puff wants a book"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, now, I'd hardly be a proper dragon if I just gave away my
Floyd | treasure willy-nilly. You'd have to give me something pretty fancy to
Floyd | replace it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if a history book is fancy, but I'm not a dragon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about horn" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the dented brass horn)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the dented brass horn which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about wax" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT WAX
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the sealing wax)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the sealing wax which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about cookies" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT COOKIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting Room
Floyd | A cosy room with a shiny marble fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother's sitting in her chair by the fire, reading a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about puff" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT PUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Puff the Magic Dragon or our friend?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "friend" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about our friend which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask mother about Puff the Magic Dragon" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about Puff the Magic Dragon which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline nods.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's called "Carrots I Have Known".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask mother for book" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER FOR BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (Mother first taking mother's book)
Floyd | Now, now, there's no need to be bossy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Puff was coded as a changeable NPC and as a topic, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother about cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER ABOUT COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the cookbook which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall we try Grandmother? Or maybe we can visit our own room now?"
		Jacqueline says, "Either. You pick"
		DavidW says, "Our room is closer. It might have a book."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | What d'ya want to go in there for? I'm all done cleaning my
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | It's bigger than my room, but mine has a better view. I keep mine
Floyd | neater, too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Bedroom
Floyd | Our parents' room. It has a big bed, some dressers, and a cool coiled
Floyd | rug.
Floyd |
Floyd | We can see the laundry chute here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rug" 		

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Large Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | We find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Does our room not have a bed or anything to look under?"
		DavidW says, "We can't enter our room at all."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I misread"
		DavidW says, "Our sib has a bed, but it was mentioned only when the dirty clothes were there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hallway
Floyd | It's just the landing at the top of the stairs. Your room is north. My
Floyd | room is east. Our parents' room is west. And you can keep going up to
Floyd | get to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride cow" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE COW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x palace" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALACE
Floyd |
Floyd | We live in a palace made of crystal, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flower" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see the ice flowers here. It was at Refrigerated Cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x petunia" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PETUNIA
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any petunia here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garden" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Petunias and begonias.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cosy Cottage
Floyd | A warm, sunny room with a plush carpet. The walls are lined with
Floyd | bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother sits in a rocking chair, knitting something.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits Grandmother's butter churn.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother for book" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER FOR BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother first taking the bookshelves)
Floyd | Now, now, there's no need to be bossy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandmother about book" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMOTHER ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (Grandmother about the bookshelves)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the bookshelves which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They contain all sorts of old books about history and such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | C'mon, it's a beautiful day. We can read another time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm."
		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we should tell Mother that it's a beautiful day."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Hm. Perhaps."
		Jacqueline says, "Worth a try, anyway."
		DavidW says, "And that SHE can read another time. Then we yoink her book and hop away."
		DavidW says, "No, it's not worth a try."
		Jacqueline asks, "It's not?"
		DavidW says, "A crystal carrot is more likely a treasure at this point."
		DavidW asks, "How would we tell mother that it's a nice day?"
		Jacqueline says, "But Puff is sitting atop a pile of books, which implies that books are treasure."
		Jacqueline says, "I admit it's a stretch, but >TELL MOTHER ABOUT DAY"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we should fill the bowl with water so it isn't a nice day anymore."
		Jacqueline says, "I suspect this will fundamentally fail to be relevant."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, hrm. That could be"
		Jacqueline says, "That does seem more plausible"
		DavidW says, "And there's still that mossy log."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bowl with water" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL BOWL WITH WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | We fill the rain bowl with water from the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cosy Cottage
Floyd | A warm, sunny room with a plush carpet. The walls are lined with
Floyd | bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother sits in a rocking chair, knitting something.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits Grandmother's butter churn.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | C'mon, it's a beautiful day. We can read another time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "bah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rock chair" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROCK CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting Room
Floyd | A cosy room with a shiny marble fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother's sitting in her chair by the fire, reading a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mother about day" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MOTHER ABOUT DAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mother for carrot" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOTHER FOR CARROT
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother isn't here. She's right here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "I can't figure out why it'd do that."
		DavidW says, "I confused the game somehow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carrot" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARROT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see the crystal vegetables here. It was at Vegetable Garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd | "Now, now, no need to make a racket."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I can't recall what happened when we tinkered around with the crystal carrot."
		DavidW says, "It's worth another try. But the veggies seem to be coded as a group item."
		DavidW says, "As if the carrots, cabbages, and lettuces were just one object in the game."
		Jacqueline says, "oh. huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder what that means for your theory."
		DavidW says, "I think it's a bad theory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vegetable Garden
Floyd | Mother has rows of crystal carrots, cabbages, and lettuce growing
Floyd | here, with some thyme and rosemary growing up near the door leading
Floyd | into the palace to the north. A white picket fence surrounds the
Floyd | garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take carrot" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CARROT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think they're ready to harvest yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take thyme" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE THYME
Floyd |
Floyd | Mother wouldn't want us to pick the herbs unless we had something to
Floyd | use them for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we can try talking to the magic shop merchant or the flea."
		DavidW says, "Maybe see if we can swap the clock for the wax."
		Jacqueline says, "okay"
		DavidW says, "Although I can't think of any use for the wax in this game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cosy Cottage
Floyd | A warm, sunny room with a plush carpet. The walls are lined with
Floyd | bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandmother sits in a rocking chair, knitting something.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits Grandmother's butter churn.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Cosy Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd | "Now, now, no need to make a racket."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Cottage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | The road turns here, running west and south. Grandmother's house is to
Floyd | the north, with a tidy little garden in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search vine" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Densely-overgrown spiral vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vine" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb vine" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB VINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | A shop full of all sorts of wondrous things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shopkeeper shows off her wares.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome, welcome."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about friend" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | "I do wonder how well it'll keep dry in that damp underground cave he
Floyd | lives in, but I'm sure he'll make it work. He is a magic dragon, after
Floyd | all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about book" 		Jacqueline asks, "...it?"

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cookbook)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the cookbook which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about treasure" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about bread" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go south, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Flea Market
Floyd | A crowded and busy section of the fair, with people buying and selling
Floyd | all sorts of strange things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flea is here, selling an assortment of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The busy market, a dented brass horn, and some sealing wax catch your
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy wax" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY WAX
Floyd |
Floyd | "One silver, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, they're not all the same price at all."
		Jacqueline says, "Nope"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wind clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIND CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock makes a loud ringing noise, then falls silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about treasure" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about book" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cookbook)
Floyd | We can't reach into Damp Cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I love scope problems, don't you?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm kind of wanting to see the code to this game."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "So, hrm"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm running out of ideas."
		DavidW says, "The gist seems to be: give something to Puff to get the cookbook. Use the cookbook to make something with the butter, egg, oatmeal, and ginger."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		DavidW asks, "How do you interpret the business with the dirty clothes? Was that just merely something to do before Mother would let us go out?"
		DavidW asks, "And what, if anything, can we do with the mossy log?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. Maybe. You know, we just took the clothes to the pile rather than using the laundry shoot, didn't we? Not that it necessarily matters."
		DavidW says, "No, I took the clothes to the chute. I didn't even try to carry them the usual way."
		Jacqueline says, "oh, okay. Also, yeah, s/shoot/chute. I am clearly not awake."
		Jacqueline says, "Actually thinking that when we finish (or give up) on this game I will take a nap."
		DavidW says, "I usually nap after a CF session."
		Jacqueline says, "They are just SO EXHAUTING"
		Jacqueline says, "They are just SO EXHAUSTING"
		DavidW says, "heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about log" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the large log which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about moss" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The moss isn't its own item."
		Jacqueline says, "That's useful to know"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sell clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give clock to flea" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CLOCK TO FLEA
Floyd |
Floyd | The flea doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flea about horn" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FLEA ABOUT HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two coppers, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow horn" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOW HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash horn" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fine the way it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sell clock" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I missed you doing that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill flea" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL FLEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "wow"
		DavidW says, "sorry. But it *is* a flea."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not judging you. Much."
		DavidW says, "I don't have any idea what sort of creature runs the magic shop."
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna make a quick run to the bathroom. back in a bit."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Flea Market
Floyd | A crowded and busy section of the fair, with people buying and selling
Floyd | all sorts of strange things.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flea is here, selling an assortment of junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Flea Market
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way to go is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | A shop full of all sorts of wondrous things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shopkeeper shows off her wares.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome, welcome."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shopkeeper" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOPKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | A well-dressed woman with a complicated hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any hat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shopkeeper's hat" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOPKEEPER'S HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any shopkeeper's hat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Jacqueline says, "But she appears to be either a rabbit or a human."
		Genevieve says, "As Allan Sherman would say: You're beginning to be a rabbit with me."
		DavidW says, "back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about hat" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There is no hat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wares" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARES
Floyd |
Floyd | All sorts of magical devices and supplies, most outside of our price
Floyd | range or interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about magic" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT MAGIC
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about Puff the Magic Dragon which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the ice flowers or the fire flowers?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ice" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the ice flowers which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about poppies" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SHOPKEEPER ABOUT POPPIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the scarlet poppies which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "If I ever meet Xavid (the game's author) I will be really nervous to try having any conversations with them."
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		DavidW says, "I think we should try to do something with the log."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		DavidW says, "That location is unnecessary unless the log is useful somehow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Magic Shop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | We can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way to go is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  County Fair
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | County Fair
Floyd | A bustling fair filled with stalls and vendors of every kind. The flea
Floyd | market is to the west. The magic shop is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Market Road
Floyd | A dusty road leads east to west. Some pleasant-seeming woods lie to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Must admit that the idea of nap time is calling to me soon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Market Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | We can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go south, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Woods
Floyd | The trees are rather open here, letting sunlight in. A mass of grape
Floyd | vine blocks the way west and south, however. You can see the road to
Floyd | the north or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large log lies here, one end covered in moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lift log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIFT LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a bit heavy to lug around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | An old tree that must've fallen a while ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | We find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat insects from underneath the bark of the rotting log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT INSECTS FROM UNDERNEATH THE BARK OF THE ROTTING LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any insects from underneath the bark of the rotting log
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fine the way it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall trees with healthy green leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any leaves here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Draconis heads back home. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're a bunny and we don't dig."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "chew log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CHEW LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell log" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | We smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | We hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make cake" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE CAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure how to do that here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make donuts" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE DONUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure how to do that here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make infinity" 		

Floyd ]  Open Woods
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE INFINITY
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure how to do that here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmph"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd | The road is surrounded on both sides by the pleasant woods.
Floyd | Greenbriars block the way east, but the woods are more open to the
Floyd | west. The path continues through the woods to the north. The bridge is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | We can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go north, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x greenbriars" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GREENBRIARS
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted vines with sharp thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search them" 		

Floyd ]  Wooded Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | Twisted vines with sharp thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		NapTime says (to Jacqueline), "Come... Joooiiinn meeeee..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  On Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On Bridge
Floyd | A river flows quietly under this wooden bridge. The road continues
Floyd | north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Quiet Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quiet Road
Floyd | The Crystal Palace stands to the south, sparkling in the sunlight. The
Floyd | road runs north between a field of fire flowers to the east and a
Floyd | pasture to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large cow is trying to graze by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm sorry I'm failing you."
		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Front Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Hallway
Floyd | Some carpeted stairs lead up. The sitting room is to the east, and the
Floyd | kitchen's to the west. The front door leads out to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's not you."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make cake" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE CAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure how to do that here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something we can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to try a more specific verb than use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table we eat our meals at.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | We find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now, it's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something we can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cupboard" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see any cupboard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vegetable Garden
Floyd | Mother has rows of crystal carrots, cabbages, and lettuce growing
Floyd | here, with some thyme and rosemary growing up near the door leading
Floyd | into the palace to the north. A white picket fence surrounds the
Floyd | garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything obvious to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pick vegetables" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think they're ready to harvest yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pick crystal" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the crystal palace or the crystal vegetables?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pick crystal vegetables" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK CRYSTAL VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think they're ready to harvest yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pick palace" 		

Floyd ]  Vegetable Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK PALACE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well-stocked kitchen, with a table at one end and the oven at the
Floyd | other. A doorway leads east, and the garden's out to the south. Stairs
Floyd | also lead down into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's drizzling heavily outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | It's a bit dingy and dimly lit. A narrow opening leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your dirty clothes are here, on top of the laundry pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | dirty clothes: Mother'll deal with washing those, silly. They're fine
Floyd | where they are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Basement
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, we can go south and up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement. A tunnel
Floyd | leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Puff the Magic Dragon lies here comfortably on a pile of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see anything obvious to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge pile of books of all kinds. A cookbook catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalactites" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STALACTITES
Floyd |
Floyd | They hang tightly to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about cave" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT CAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff for cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF FOR COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, now, I'd hardly be a proper dragon if I just gave away my
Floyd | treasure willy-nilly. You'd have to give me something pretty fancy to
Floyd | replace it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about fancy" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT FANCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about books" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the pile of books)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the pile of books which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about mother" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about Mother)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about Mother which fundamentally
Floyd | fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about us" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT US
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about us)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about us which fundamentally fails to
Floyd | be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask Puff about Xavid." 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT XAVID.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about stalagtites" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT STALAGTITES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about dragons" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT DRAGONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about laundry" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT LAUNDRY
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the laundry chute)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the laundry chute which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about history" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT HISTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about his bed" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT HIS BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation which fundamentally fails to be
Floyd | relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask puff about shopkeeper" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK PUFF ABOUT SHOPKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (Puff the Magic Dragon about the shopkeeper)
Floyd | You have a pleasant conversation about the shopkeeper which
Floyd | fundamentally fails to be relevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm afraid I just can't do it anymore, DW."
		DavidW says, "ok."
		Jacqueline says, "I am sorry. I'm just about to pass out at the desk."
		DavidW says, "I'm just stumped."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "We can stop here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfbandb" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. I will probably see you next week. I have some traveling to do, but am not sure of the timing."
		DavidW says, "okay. See you later."
		Jacqueline waves and heads off to napland.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Cave
Floyd | A dark limestone cave. Stalactites periodically drip, making a cool
Floyd | kerplunk noise. An opening leads north into the basement. A tunnel
Floyd | leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Puff the Magic Dragon lies here comfortably on a pile of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Genevieve says, "Aww, I'm sorry your session turned out to be so disappointing."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "It wasn't disappointing. We just get tired after a couple hours of playing."
		DavidW says, "We did get stuck, though. As far as I could tell, we went everywhere we could and looked at everything fairly thoroughly. But I guess I missed something just the same."
		DavidW says, "I found out what we missed."
		Ellison asks, "what was today's game?"
		DavidW says, ""Bobby and Bonnie" from Spring Thing 2017."
		Ellison says, "ah, nice"
		DavidW says, "I'm playing it on my own machine now, seeing if I can finish it."
		DavidW says, "yay, I won."
		josh_g says, "a winner is you!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye by Nigel Jayne
As played on ifMUD on April 30, 2017

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 A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye written by Nigel Jayne. 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, "Golly"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "All the Floydable SpringThing games are loaded."
		Jacqueline says, "I did that much before I abandoned you all."
		Genevieve says, "So how dare you have a paying job, and have to do such human things as eating and paying bills? ;-)"
		DavidW says, "I've played Bobby and Bonnie. I started Enlightened Master, but I don't think it would work well as a group-played game."
		DavidW says, "I'm partway through The Weight of a Soul."
		DavidW says, "And I played Niney."
		Genevieve says, "Oooh, Enlightened Master? That sounds cool. I'll have to check that one out some time."
		DavidW says, "So I suggest we try A Fly on the Wall or left/right."
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "It is cool, but it's not quite the sort of game you'd expect from the title. Even though it really IS also that sort of game too."
		Genevieve says, "My parents are going to be here shortly, so I don't think I'll have the chance even to be a fly on the wall for a Fly on the Wall, if you play that one. :-) I'll totally check out the transcript afterward though."
		Jacqueline says, "I only have a couple of hours this morning, unfortunately."
		DavidW says, "Bobby and Bonnie is a cute game. You play as a brother-sister team of bunny children."
		Jacqueline says, "Left/Right wasn't Floydable, I don't think."
		DavidW says, "oh."
		Genevieve says, "Yes, I remember watching you guys play that for a bit and get exasperated by the limited command parser."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask st17aflyonthewall" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | A sasquatch bends down before a leprechaun, who pulls a gold coin from
Floyd | behind the beast's ear. Chuckling, the sasquatch takes the treasure
Floyd | and places it onto a table as the leprechaun speaks to him. With a
Floyd | shake of the head, he follows his fellow conspirator through a tangle
Floyd | of costumed guests and out of the ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pirate wobbles his way to the gold, a wooden prosthesis attached to
Floyd | one knee, a plush toucan on his shoulder bobbing as if it were keeping
Floyd | time with the music. the pirate retrieves the coin, scowls, and peels
Floyd | away the bright gold foil. Eating the chocolate and blinking his
Floyd | unpatched eye in the dim light, he watches the other members of the
Floyd | Fortean Society  — a collection of caricatures, characters, monsters,
Floyd | and myths — mingle in the Soul Dancers ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye Interactive
Floyd | Apposition by Nigel Jayne. Release 1.
Floyd | Copyright © 2017 by Nigel Jayne. The license is under a Creative
Floyd | Commons attribution, CC BY-NC 4.0
[LINK]Floyd | Serial number 170405 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N) .
Floyd |
Floyd | Type the number of your choice then press "enter" to proceed:
Floyd | 1. Start the game and join the party.
Floyd | 2. Visit the Info Desk, which is recommended for anyone who hasn't
Floyd | played A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye.
Floyd | 3. Resume a previous surveillance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. This is already quite weird."
		Jacqueline says, "It should read, 'I SAID... YOUR INTERPRETER DOESN'T SUPPORT VOLUME CONTROL!'"
Genevieve arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "Major Tom to Volume Control. Major Tom to Volume Control."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, 2?"
		DavidW says, "I suggest that we visit the info desk, yes. 2."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ] HELP MENU
Floyd ]               Press a number to choose an option or
Floyd ]                       ESCAPE or X to exit.
Floyd ]                  (Press M to turn Book Mode ON.)
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you're using a screen reader, press S to turn on Screen Reader
Floyd | mode. This message only appears on the front page of the menu system.)
Floyd |
Floyd | 1. How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction
Floyd | players)
Floyd |      2. Set Audio and Goldie's Thoughts
Floyd |      3. Help Desk
Floyd |      4. Acknowledgements
Floyd |      5. About the Author

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if this is playable without volume."
		Jacqueline says, "Without sound, rather."
		Genevieve says, "Whoa, that is cool! A game that actually supports screen readers. I am impressed."
		Genevieve says, "Which interpreter is this generally supposed to be for? Maybe Floyd won't support it very well."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I don't know. I haven't played this game at all."
		Jacqueline wonders if she should fire it up offline to see.
		Genevieve says, "That's probably a good idea."
		DavidW says, "I vote 1 for 'How to watch'."
		Genevieve says, "I'll let you guys make the decisions. I'm just here till my parents get here, which could be any minute now."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, this is weird."
		DavidW asks, "Would screen reader mode be needed because there are pictures?"
		Jacqueline says, "It is now only available to play online, no download. But I clearly downloaded this a few weeks back, probably a Glulxe version."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Hm, yeah. Perhaps."
		Genevieve says, "I would imagine so."
		DavidW says, "Oh, very belated, re our old Arrival game, we needed to hide under the counter."
		Jacqueline says, "oh, wait."
		Jacqueline says, "There are two Fly on the Wall games."
		Jacqueline says, "So, there is music we are missing."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)
Floyd ] (page 1 of 1)
Floyd ]           Press ESCAPE to return to menu or X to exit.
Floyd ]                  (Press M to turn Book Mode ON.)
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye, you're represented by
Floyd | Goldie, a Fortean Society member tasked with watching five (very
Floyd | high-definition) monitors that receive feeds from five paranormal
Floyd | hotspots in the Harrison Mansion. You begin in the Soul Dancers
Floyd | Ballroom where music is playing, and you're likely to hear other
Floyd | sounds throughout your vigil. However, this interpreter can't play the
Floyd | audio files.  Only a small number of commands are needed to complete
Floyd | the game. Typical commands include X (or EXAMINE) [someone or

		
Floyd something] (e.g., x nun) and L (or LOOK), which describes your 		
Floyd surroundings. Conversation is handled with ASK [someone] ABOUT 		
Floyd [someone or something] or TALK TO [someone]. Sometimes the text will 		

Floyd | suggest actions that you can try. For example, you could try LISTEN TO
Floyd | MUSIC or LISTEN when music is playing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unconventional commands are needed once Goldie settles in the Fly Eye.
Floyd | You can watch a room by typing its monitor number   . Use LOOK (or L)
Floyd | to turn your attention to all the views, which will help you to decide
Floyd | what to watch next. To replay an event after it has played, type
Floyd | REPLAY. When you watch an event for the first time, ostensibly
Floyd | important events continue to play out in the other rooms, and you
Floyd | won't be able to see them. Fortunately, nothing of interest occurs on
Floyd | the monitors when you do something other than selecting a feed, such
Floyd | as examining or talking. COMMANDS shows many actions recognized by the
Floyd | game, and you should check them if you're unfamiliar with commands
Floyd | such as SAVE and UNDO. A hypertext version of A Fly on the Wall, or An
Floyd | Appositional Eye is available at
Floyd | [LINK], as is the original zcode
Floyd | version, A Fly on the Wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goldie won't usually offer comments about the on-screen events,  but
Floyd | you can follow this thought process with THOUGHTS ON (they are off by
Floyd | default). Goldie will comment when an event is witnessed that is part
Floyd | of one of the storylines. THINK shows Goldie's current thought
Floyd | regardless of whether or not thoughts are activated and, if you're
Floyd | watching all of the monitors, it will hint at which monitor you might
Floyd | want to watch next. REMEMBER shows all the important events you've

		
Floyd witnessed, and REMEMBER [a room] shows significant events for a 		

Floyd | specific room (or person, if you specify one instead).
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELP command always displays this menu. Check out the Help Desk
Floyd | for general tips or the combinations to all three storylines. The
Floyd | staff here at the mansion wishes you a frightfully good evening.
Floyd |
Floyd | ------------------------

		Jacqueline asks, "If your theory about the screen reader mode is correct, perhaps we should activate it to get a description of images that Floyd can't show us?"
		DavidW says, "yes, I think so."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)
Floyd | Press ESCAPE to return to the parent menu or X to exit the menu
Floyd | system.
Floyd |  Press M to turn Book Mode on
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye, you're represented by
Floyd | Goldie, a Fortean Society member tasked with watching five (very
Floyd | high-definition) monitors that receive feeds from five paranormal
Floyd | hotspots in the Harrison Mansion. You begin in the Soul Dancers
Floyd | Ballroom where music is playing, and you're likely to hear other
Floyd | sounds throughout your vigil. However, this interpreter can't play the
Floyd | audio files.  Only a small number of commands are needed to complete
Floyd | the game. Typical commands include X (or EXAMINE) [someone or

		
Floyd something] (e.g., x nun) and L (or LOOK), which describes your 		
Floyd surroundings. Conversation is handled with ASK [someone] ABOUT 		
Floyd [someone or something] or TALK TO [someone]. Sometimes the text will 		

Floyd | suggest actions that you can try. For example, you could try LISTEN TO
Floyd | MUSIC or LISTEN when music is playing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unconventional commands are needed once Goldie settles in the Fly Eye.
Floyd | You can watch a room by typing its monitor number   . Use LOOK (or L)
Floyd | to turn your attention to all the views, which will help you to decide
Floyd | what to watch next. To replay an event after it has played, type
Floyd | REPLAY. When you watch an event for the first time, ostensibly
Floyd | important events continue to play out in the other rooms, and you
Floyd | won't be able to see them. Fortunately, nothing of interest occurs on
Floyd | the monitors when you do something other than selecting a feed, such
Floyd | as examining or talking. COMMANDS shows many actions recognized by the
Floyd | game, and you should check them if you're unfamiliar with commands
Floyd | such as SAVE and UNDO. A hypertext version of A Fly on the Wall, or An
Floyd | Appositional Eye is available at
Floyd | [LINK], as is the original zcode
Floyd | version, A Fly on the Wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goldie won't usually offer comments about the on-screen events,  but
Floyd | you can follow this thought process with THOUGHTS ON (they are off by
Floyd | default). Goldie will comment when an event is witnessed that is part
Floyd | of one of the storylines. THINK shows Goldie's current thought
Floyd | regardless of whether or not thoughts are activated and, if you're
Floyd | watching all of the monitors, it will hint at which monitor you might
Floyd | want to watch next. REMEMBER shows all the important events you've

		
Floyd witnessed, and REMEMBER [a room] shows significant events for a 		

Floyd | specific room (or person, if you specify one instead).
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELP command always displays this menu. Check out the Help Desk
Floyd | for general tips or the combinations to all three storylines. The
Floyd | staff here at the mansion wishes you a frightfully good evening.

		Jacqueline says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "Of course, you'll have to be at a normal prompt."
		DavidW says, "We're in menu mode currently."
		Jacqueline says, "Do I? It kind of made it sound like it only worked in menu mode, but maybe it just means that's the only place it tells you about the command."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, that makes sense."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | The other members of the Fortean Society of New England — a
Floyd | collection
Floyd | of caricatures, characters, monsters, and myths — mingle in groups in
Floyd | the dimly-lighted ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type the number of your choice then press "enter" to proceed:
Floyd | 1. Start the game and join the party.
Floyd | 2. Visit the Info Desk, which is recommended for anyone who hasn't
Floyd | played A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye.
Floyd | 3. Resume a previous surveillance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A green-skinned man with a stitch across his forehead lumbers toward
Floyd | you, two jumper cables swinging from his chest. Frankie bumps into
Floyd | Cleopatra standing next to the stage, sending her to the floor and
Floyd | knocking the headdress from her head. He extends his hand down to her,
Floyd | but she swats it away and glowers. Black Widow, a woman dressed in
Floyd | black with a red hourglass symbol on her back, picks up the headdress.
Floyd | Cleopatra snatches it back, stands, and returns to her spot beside the
Floyd | stage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie stops in front of you. Are those batteries attached to
Floyd | opposite sides of his neck?  you wonder. As Frankie speaks, his
Floyd | chin taps at the antenna protruding up from your forehead, and his
Floyd | breath suffocates your nose with alcohol. "Our whorey sister over
Floyd | there has sent me." He gestures erratically behind him. A nun with a
Floyd | hunched back bends over the punchbowl by the stage. You think he must
Floyd | have said "holy" sister, not "whorey."
Floyd |
Floyd | The nun straightens and turns around to face you. She rests her cup of
Floyd | punch on her pregnant belly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She told me it's your turn in the Fly Eye, Goldie," Frankie says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goldie? you wonder. My name isn't Goldie. Then you
Floyd | realize that, despite the alcoholic soup bathing his brain, Frankie
Floyd | connected your costume with the eponymous horror film, Goldie being a
Floyd | contraction of its star's surname, Goldblum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie retreats toward Cleopatra. Arms crossed, she stands firm.
Floyd | Frankie stumbles away, passing Black Widow who, head cocked, watches
Floyd | Cleopatra.
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the double doors and consider making your exit to the
Floyd | Fly Eye, but the nun attracts your attention. She smiles and raises
Floyd | her cup in salute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The nun waves to you as you begin toward the hall outside. She strides
Floyd | off, targeting a man with spiky white hair and wearing a lab coat. The
Floyd | scientist takes a few steps back and stares at the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You head out the double doors, descend the stairs, and enter the small
Floyd | room nicknamed, for tonight, the Fly Eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wire frames of your wings bend as you gently lean back into the
Floyd | only chair in the room. The two floppy legs attached to your belt rise
Floyd | as you rest your hands on a table in front of a bank of monitors on
Floyd | the wall. The five screens receive signals from cameras in five
Floyd | different rooms in the mansion. Normally, these would be used for
Floyd | security, but tonight the Society is trying to record footage of the
Floyd | supernatural that will raise the eyebrows of even the most stone-faced
Floyd | skeptics. While you're hoping to witness such phenomena, following the
Floyd | exploits of any one of the costumed characters would probably be more
Floyd | interesting, after looking at the screens to decide which captures
Floyd | your attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only person you know well is Gregory Hoblett, dressed as the
Floyd | Russian mystic and healer Grigori Rasputin, in the Laboratory on
Floyd | monitor 3. Everybody in the Society likes Hoblett, unlike Grigori who
Floyd | survived a stabbing, possible cyanide poisoning, and two point blank
Floyd | gunshots, only to succumb after being shot twice in the back and
Floyd | beaten.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch chuckles quietly from the playroom on monitor 5, which
Floyd | is wired to record the electronic voice phenomena of ghostly children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm still not sure I turned it on, and now there's a ton to read. Sorry."
		Genevieve dies from an onslaught of spam. :-)
		DavidW says, "I think the 's' was interpreted as 'south' there."
		Genevieve says, "This sounds like a really neat game though. And yes, I think it was, too."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. One sec."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)
Floyd | Press ESCAPE to return to the parent menu or X to exit the menu
Floyd | system.
Floyd |  Press M to turn Book Mode on
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye, you're represented by
Floyd | Goldie, a Fortean Society member tasked with watching five (very
Floyd | high-definition) monitors that receive feeds from five paranormal
Floyd | hotspots in the Harrison Mansion. You begin in the Soul Dancers
Floyd | Ballroom where music is playing, and you're likely to hear other
Floyd | sounds throughout your vigil. However, this interpreter can't play the
Floyd | audio files.  Only a small number of commands are needed to complete
Floyd | the game. Typical commands include X (or EXAMINE) [someone or

		
Floyd something] (e.g., x nun) and L (or LOOK), which describes your 		
Floyd surroundings. Conversation is handled with ASK [someone] ABOUT 		
Floyd [someone or something] or TALK TO [someone]. Sometimes the text will 		

Floyd | suggest actions that you can try. For example, you could try LISTEN TO
Floyd | MUSIC or LISTEN when music is playing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unconventional commands are needed once Goldie settles in the Fly Eye.
Floyd | You can watch a room by typing its monitor number   . Use LOOK (or L)
Floyd | to turn your attention to all the views, which will help you to decide
Floyd | what to watch next. To replay an event after it has played, type
Floyd | REPLAY. When you watch an event for the first time, ostensibly
Floyd | important events continue to play out in the other rooms, and you
Floyd | won't be able to see them. Fortunately, nothing of interest occurs on
Floyd | the monitors when you do something other than selecting a feed, such
Floyd | as examining or talking. COMMANDS shows many actions recognized by the
Floyd | game, and you should check them if you're unfamiliar with commands
Floyd | such as SAVE and UNDO. A hypertext version of A Fly on the Wall, or An
Floyd | Appositional Eye is available at
Floyd | [LINK], as is the original zcode
Floyd | version, A Fly on the Wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goldie won't usually offer comments about the on-screen events,  but
Floyd | you can follow this thought process with THOUGHTS ON (they are off by
Floyd | default). Goldie will comment when an event is witnessed that is part
Floyd | of one of the storylines. THINK shows Goldie's current thought
Floyd | regardless of whether or not thoughts are activated and, if you're
Floyd | watching all of the monitors, it will hint at which monitor you might
Floyd | want to watch next. REMEMBER shows all the important events you've

		
Floyd witnessed, and REMEMBER [a room] shows significant events for a 		

Floyd | specific room (or person, if you specify one instead).
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELP command always displays this menu. Check out the Help Desk
Floyd | for general tips or the combinations to all three storylines. The
Floyd | staff here at the mansion wishes you a frightfully good evening.

		DavidW asks, "And we don't have any way to tell Floyd we pressed an Escape key, do we?"
		Jacqueline sighs.
		Jacqueline asks, "What should we do? Restart and try to activate S from the front page of the menu system? Or just play?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Cleopatra stomps over to where her
Floyd | headdress had lain, picks something up, and tries to re-affix it to
Floyd | her headgear. Black Widow rushes over to the side of the stage and
Floyd | bends into the shadows. Was Cleopatra hiding something? you
Floyd | wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Rasputin, bloody axe in one hand, rummages through a
Floyd | chest as someone you don't know, a medicine man, studies his face in a
Floyd | mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: The sasquatch smiles as the
Floyd | leprechaun tries to lift a gold dinner plate from a small table. You
Floyd | wonder whether the leprechaun will play any tricks tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Abracadabra" plays on a laptop, which
Floyd | shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I no longer know where the S should be typed."
		Genevieve exclaims, "Have to go. Good luck!"
Genevieve, apparently having had enough of public life, disappears back to her Parisian retreat. 		DavidW says, "I think we should at least try to soldier on, but it might be a losing battle. :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "I think I finally (really belatedly) caught the Goldie reference."
		DavidW says, "I didn't understand it."
		Jacqueline asks, "I think it's a reference to Jeff Goldblum as The Fly?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe?"
		DavidW says, "oh. okay."
		DavidW says, "I know there's a movie called The Fly and I know that Jeff Goldblum is a movie actor."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "browse web" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BROWSE WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | Focus on the cameras, you think. I don't want to miss
Floyd | anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dressed completely in black, including leather gloves and a
Floyd | hoody, its hood hiding your hair but not your forehead, from which a
Floyd | paper towel roll wrapped in a black sock points like a unicorn horn.
Floyd | Two more of these appendages are stuck to your belt, each attached by
Floyd | a length of string to the arm above. Oval wire scaffolds covered in
Floyd | plastic wrap protrude from your back. Your mobile phone is tucked
Floyd | under your belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's stuffed behind your belt; you don't want to think about where
Floyd | some of the other society members with the most extravagant costumes
Floyd | are holding theirs. For the next hour, though, your attention is
Floyd | focused strictly on the monitors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 1" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 1
Floyd |
Floyd | As events on the other monitors unfold, you watch:
Floyd |
Floyd | Soul Dancers Ballroom (second floor, east wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra slaps the headdress onto her head and, noticing Black Widow,
Floyd | strides over to the crouching woman. Jerking her head up, Black Widow
Floyd | teeters on her feet and almost falls over. She rises and backs away
Floyd | from the other woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several of the guests watch as the spider and queen exchange words.
Floyd | Black widow shakes her head and holds up her empty hands. Cleopatra's
Floyd | shoulders lower, and her hands fall to her sides. Black Widow walks
Floyd | away, shaking her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra pulls a bulky bag from the shadow beside the stage. She
Floyd | looks inside the bag, hefts it over her shoulder, and leaves the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The voices of the leprechaun and sasquatch play from the playroom
Floyd | feed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This feels really deja vu-ey (she typed, without the accents in deja, for those who don't have the proper encoding enabled)."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | [Sound effect number 4 here.]
Floyd | The door behind you creaks. You whirl around. The door is still, still
Floyd | in the position you left it. You think it is, anyway. You stand and
Floyd | swing the door, but it doesn't make a sound. Hearing "Superstitious"
Floyd | playing from the laptop, you return to your seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun speaks: "I'd be more scared if you showed up in my
Floyd | house." A pause and he continues, "Guess you should have taken it easy
Floyd | on the cabbage and beans at dinner."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No way, man. Didn't you smell that when we came in? It's all over
Floyd | this room." That sounded like the sasquatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun says, "Someone's coming. Go out there and bring our
Floyd | friend in."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm so confused."
		Jacqueline says, "And parts of this feel really procedurally-generated."
		DavidW says, "Yes, that seems very likely."
		Jacqueline says, "But I'm pretty sure they're not."
		DavidW asks, "Why so?"
		Jacqueline says, "Because I also have the game running offline."
		Jacqueline says, "And it's the same."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway."
		Jacqueline says, "I can't recall what this is remidning me of, but it's really reminding me of some other IF game."
		DavidW asks, "Switch to looking at the monitor where the leprechaun is?"
		DavidW asks, "Suspended?"
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 5" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 5
Floyd |
Floyd | Remembering that something could be happening on the other screens,
Floyd | you watch:
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Possessions Playroom (main floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch enters with one hairy arm wrapped around Rasputin's
Floyd | shoulders. A toy clown sitting near the door behind them leans over.
Floyd | Suddenly, a black-and-white blur darts from behind the clown and out
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin pulls away from the sasquatch. He takes in the shelves of
Floyd | staring dolls and puppets. He chokes, and his face blanches.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch doesn't seem to notice Rasputin's distress. "Pretty
Floyd | impressive collection,    huh? You should see what's in that toybox."
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin glances at the chest just as the leprechaun pops out of it.
Floyd | Rasputin screams and falls back into the sasquatch's arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're surprised the shriek didn't shatter the monitor's screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun climbs out of the toybox. "You seem a bit on edge." He
Floyd | laughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you guys know what happened in here?" Rasputin says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why don't you tell us what you've heard," the sasquatch says as he
Floyd | steadies Rasputin's wobbly stance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin watches the dolls as he speaks. "Wayne Harrison was having a
Floyd | birthday party for his twin daughters in this room. They had cake and
Floyd | drinks."   His voice lowers. "Most of the kids died. Right here. The
Floyd | twins, too. Poisoned. People suspected Wayne's chauffeur, who was
Floyd | never charged. He was going to be fired for gambling and . . . doing
Floyd | inappropriate things in front of the kids. His son didn't get sick.
Floyd | That's why . . . ".
Floyd |
Floyd | "This place is haunted," the sasquatch says.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun picks up a child-sized doll with red hair and a white
Floyd | dress. Wailing like a ghost, he shakes it at Rasputin. The mystic
Floyd | rushes out the door. The leprechaun grins broadly. "We can have some
Floyd | fun with this." He carries the doll out of the room with him, and the
Floyd | sasquatch follows, shaking his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Geezus, this game is textdumpy."
		Jacqueline asks, "I suppose we can soon pick them up on another monitor?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | [Sound effect number 5 here.]
Floyd | Something thumps onto the hallway floor. On instinct, you pull your
Floyd | phone from your pocket and look out the door. The guestbook has fallen
Floyd | from the table in the lobby. You wait but don't detect anyone, so you
Floyd | return to your chair and tuck away the phone as you hear "I don't like
Floyd | spiders and snakes, and that ain't what it takes to love me" from the
Floyd | laptop.
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Some guests mingle at the refreshment
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man enters, stops at a mirror, and
Floyd | stares into his contorted reflection.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Cleopatra enters, drops her bag next to a chest, and
Floyd | unpacks some whips.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The sasquatch appears and positions himself in the
Floyd | doorway, while the leprechaun passes him and searches the exhibits
Floyd | with the red-haired doll tucked under his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Spiders and Snakes" plays on the
Floyd | laptop, which shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "Sound effect 5 is really anti-climatic"
		DavidW says, "I feel very ungrounded in this game."
		Jacqueline asks, "What do you mean?"
		DavidW says, "I don't really know who I am, where I am, what's around me, why I'm here."
		DavidW says, "Or what I'm supposed to do besides look and listen."
		Amber says, "I feel that way all the time."
		Jacqueline says, "I think we are watching a party that is being held in a mansion that is allegedly haunted, and we are supposed to be watching for supernatural phenomenon."
		Jacqueline smiles at Amber.
		Amber says, "I'm rooting for sasquatch."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 4" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Alien Zoo (second floor, north wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun stops in front of some rope hanging between two
Floyd | stanchions, which have been pushed up against the far wall to allow
Floyd | greater access to the collections. He unhinges one end of the rope and
Floyd | begins to wrap it around the doll's neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch steps back from the door, nodding at a devil in a hockey
Floyd | jersey entering the room. The two speak. The sasquatch addresses the
Floyd | leprechaun. Scowling, the leprechaun unwinds the rope from the doll.
Floyd | He slaps the freed end into the devil's hand then rushes out the door,
Floyd | his hairy friend following behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something snaps and cracks behind you. You spin around. A black cat
Floyd | with a white stripe down its back tears at a rat on the floor. The cat
Floyd | discards its prey, leaps onto your lap, and settles. It purrs loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Amber asks, "Is it Pepe Le Pew?"
		Jacqueline says, "I had that thought. Or his actually-a-cat counterpart. I hesitate to call her a girlfriend, as it never, ever seemed consensual."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The laptop below the screens plays a song you recognize: "You Can Do
Floyd | Magic."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The laptop below the screens plays a song you recognize: "You Can Do
Floyd | Magic."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, that bit is evidently random. I'm going to shut down my off-line version."
		DavidW says, "Maybe this game is like Moonmist with near-identical setups for four possible stories."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is there another IF game where you're watching cameras?"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess there probably is."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The stripe runs from the cat's neck to the base of its tail. It's a
Floyd | straight line, and the intensity of the white color is uniform all
Floyd | along the cat's back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, there's Jota's "Practical Astrology"."
		DavidW says, "I think there's also a game set in a spaceship that's being invaded by pirates."
		Amber says, "Ice Pirates? That movie was horrible."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Without her bag,  Cleopatra enters, stops
Floyd | near the stage, and searches the crowd.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man pokes at a chandelier with his
Floyd | staff. The leprechaun, doll in hand, and sasquatch arrive. They look
Floyd | at the witch doctor then up at the fixture.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: A bald man dressed completely in black enters. The MIB
Floyd | stares down through sunglasses at the devil, who steps back, rope
Floyd | dangling from his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, America is playing "You Can Do Magic"
Floyd | on the laptop, which shows an open web browser, and the cat purrs on
Floyd | your lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Unless someone has another idea, I'm going to just watch all the monitors for a bit."
		DavidW says, "hm. My thought was that we might have to pick one person to follow, and replay per character, to get some sort of sense of what everyone's story is."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking watch them all, then restart and pick one."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X
Floyd |
Floyd | You figure any of the five haunted hotspots on the monitors are worth
Floyd | investigation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sure. It's a plan."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Without her bag,  Cleopatra continues to
Floyd | study the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man pokes at a chandelier with his
Floyd | staff. The leprechaun, doll in hand, and sasquatch watch him.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The devil tries to look beyond the MIB and out the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, America is playing "You Can Do Magic"
Floyd | on the laptop, which shows an open web browser, and the cat purrs on
Floyd | your lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Focus on the cameras, you think. I don't want to miss
Floyd | anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Without her bag,  Cleopatra continues to
Floyd | study the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man pokes at a chandelier with his
Floyd | staff. The leprechaun, doll in hand, and sasquatch watch him.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The devil tries to look beyond the MIB and out the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, America is playing "You Can Do Magic"
Floyd | on the laptop, which shows an open web browser, and the cat purrs on
Floyd | your lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Without her bag,  Cleopatra continues to
Floyd | study the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man pokes at a chandelier with his
Floyd | staff. The leprechaun, doll in hand, and sasquatch watch him.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The devil tries to look beyond the MIB and out the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, America is playing "You Can Do Magic"
Floyd | on the laptop, which shows an open web browser, and the cat purrs on
Floyd | your lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "No change?"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps events don't progress without watching."
		Jacqueline asks, "Who would you, the David, like to watch?"
		DavidW says, "I think the HELP said that no time progressed when we did L."
		DavidW says, "hmm. I think the leprechaun."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Communications (second floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is different about the room . . . The lighting has dimmed,
Floyd | and shadows shroud the corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch and leprechaun turn to each other, and the sasquatch
Floyd | shrugs. The leprechaun speaks to the medicine man, who glances at the
Floyd | red-haired doll as he listens. He points at the door. Smiling, the
Floyd | leprechaun leads the sasquatch out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The medicine man touches his staff to the bottom of the chandelier as
Floyd | the white-haired scientist arrives. The scientist smiles and speaks.
Floyd | The medicine man nods then lowers his staff. He speaks. The scientist
Floyd | nods then begins to pull a liquor bottle with a ribbon around its neck
Floyd | out of his pocket, but the medicine man stops him. The scientist
Floyd | glances at the camera, and the medicine man gestures at the door with
Floyd | his staff. They leave together.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shadow is cast over you. You swivel around. Frankie's bulk crowds
Floyd | the tiny room. He considers the cat then looks up to you. His grin is
Floyd | crooked. "What's new, pussycat?" he says. He laughs then starts
Floyd | humming the eponymous Tom Jones song before turning to the monitors.
Floyd | He tries to focus on the monitored characters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Amber asks, "What's the NJ devil up to?"
		DavidW says, "I wonder if it's possible to close the door and keep cats and Frankies out."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door remains silent as you swing it. You leave it open; you don't
Floyd | want anything in your way if something happens out in the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x frankie" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRANKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Reanimation, apparently achieved by shocking one's heart through
Floyd | jumper cables attached to the chest, has turned Frankie's face green
Floyd | and tore his shirt and jeans, and the brain transplant has left a
Floyd | nasty black stitch across his forehead. Given the way Frankie has been
Floyd | stumbling around the party, maybe it's time to hook up those batteries
Floyd | attached to his neck because he definitely isn't fully charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to frankie" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FRANKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, have you seen anything unusual tonight?" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You mean besides the fact that Bigfoot is wandering the halls?"
Floyd | Frankie regards the cat. "And there's a giant skunk sitting on a fly's
Floyd | lap?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat hisses, jumps to the floor, and runs out the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, pussy," Frankie says. "You don't smell as bad!" His voice
Floyd | booms in the small room. "What was your question again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you seen anything creepy tonight. Supernatural."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Like ghosts? That's crap. It never hurts to be careful, though. We're
Floyd | all targets thanks to the Greada Treaty that Eisenhower signed with
Floyd | the grays. Human experiments for alien technology. I've seen them all.
Floyd | The Nordics. Arcturians. Reptilians."
Floyd |
Floyd | "How do you know I'm not one of them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles. "They're cold blooded. You're hot."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna assume the cat is causing the supernatural stuff."
		DavidW says, "(whatever it's supposed to be)"
		Amber says, "I'll go with that theory for now."
		Jacqueline says, "Um, okay."
		Jacqueline says, "It's all that other stuff that had me going '..."
		DavidW says, "If Frankie is to be believed, this is a world with gray aliens."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk about aliens" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK ABOUT ALIENS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm beyond being able to talk about that," Frankie says then burps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask frankie about aliens" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FRANKIE ABOUT ALIENS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm beyond being able to talk about that," Frankie says then burps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Amber says, "They've gotten to Frankie."
		Jacqueline says, "I thought it said both types of discussion work. Anyway."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to frankie" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FRANKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | "It looks like we need to keep an eye on the leprechaun," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wouldn't trust Lucky Charms as far as I could toss —" Frankie
Floyd | attempts a swing of his arms and teeters on his feet. "He's trying to
Floyd | scare us with that stupid doll, but I'm too smart for that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Doesn't mean they have oodles of topics supported."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Communications (second floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Widow appears and pulls Rasputin through the doorway to join
Floyd | her. She notices a curtained off area at the far end of the room.
Floyd | Passing between tables, she approaches it and pulls back the curtains,
Floyd | revealing a set of audio equipment. Fiddling with the stereo, she says
Floyd | something and gestures for Rasputin to join her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin takes a deep breath, rubs his palms on his pants, and makes
Floyd | his way over to Black Widow. She points at a knot of cables snaking
Floyd | from the equipment to a dark corner behind some speakers. Rasputin
Floyd | hesitates then reaches into the darkness. Suddenly, he flings his arm
Floyd | back and stumbles backward. With wide eyes, he rubs his hand and
Floyd | speaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Widow frowns and inspects Rasputin's hand. She shrugs. She
Floyd | attempts to look behind the speaker, but Rasputin stops her with a
Floyd | hand to her shoulder. Smiling, she shakes her head then bends over
Floyd | into the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun, without the doll, steps through the doorway, the
Floyd | sasquatch following behind him. They move aside as Black Widow, head
Floyd | shaking, leads the trembling Rasputin out the door. As she exits, the
Floyd | scientist appears in the doorway with a bottle. Rasputin snatches it
Floyd | from his hand and takes a swig. He pauses and does it again. Nodding,
Floyd | he returns the bottle, and the two men leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch follows the grinning leprechaun to the doorway where
Floyd | they stop and look into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Rasputin will die."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Communications (second floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun and sasquatch look out the door and into the hall. The
Floyd | grin falters on the leprechaun's face. He scowls and leaves the room,
Floyd | the sasquatch trailing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chandelier shakes. Tick one box on the "haunted house"
Floyd | checklist: shaking chandelier, you think.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath, the room is filled with not only the tools of
Floyd | transcommunication, such as ouija boards and sound trumpets, but also
Floyd | the tricks of the trade, such as ectoplasmic cheesecloth and wobbly
Floyd | furniture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | A high-pitched scream pierces the Fly Eye. That was from somewhere
Floyd | upstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Static bursts from the playroom. Are children giggling?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gotta check that out," Frankie says before lumbering away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, maybe you were thinking of The Colonel's Bequest earlier, with all the looking through portrait eyes at various tableaus."
		Amber says, "I SAID..."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm assuming that we just missed a high-pitched scream sound effect and that I am glad I shut this game down on my computer."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the static, you can hear the laptop playing "Clap for the
Floyd | Wolfman."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a fixture with lots of dangly glass bits for maximum jangling and
Floyd | clattering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes, that's what a chandelier is for: the jangling."
		Roger exclaims, "Well, when you're faking supernatural stuff, maybe!"
		DavidW says, "Hard to tell if it's fake yet. There's hardly been anything."
		Amber asks, "This isn't going to be like every episode of Scooby Doo is it?"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Amber), "I'd have gotten away with it, too, if you hadn't pointed it out! You meddling kid!"
		DavidW says, "But yeah, there could've been an invisible thread pulling the chandelier, then one end let go so the thread can be pulled away entirely, leaving no trace."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Cleopatra rushes out. She returns holding
Floyd | up a man with white hair and a cape. The two stumble forward, and the
Floyd | man slumps to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The medicine man talks to someone through the doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: The footage is a blur of color.
Floyd | Children seem to giggle in the static of the monitor's tiny speaker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I am still having the super heavy deja vu thing."
		DavidW says, "If I was a ghost, I'd hope I'd find something better to do than push a chandelier."
		Amber says, "Dance in the punch bowl."
		DavidW says, "I could go to Vegas and watch a comedy/music show."
		DavidW says, "I could audit all sorts of classes."
		Jacqueline says, "There'll be time enough for that when you're dead."
		DavidW says, "Well, I'm assuming I'm dead if I'm a shost."
		DavidW says, "er ghost"
		Jacqueline says, "That... was kind of my joke."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x 1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | Soul Dancers Ballroom (second floor, east wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra steps back. The arms of the fallen man spasm, fingers
Floyd | covered in rings. It's Greg in his Rasputin costume. Except for that
Floyd | spiked white hair. He lies prone with his cape flat on his back. Two
Floyd | red holes are punched into the black fabric.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guests gather around your fallen friend. Several of them grab their
Floyd | cell phones. Some take pictures while others make calls. The nun bends
Floyd | down and touches the holes in Greg's cape. She rubs her fingers
Floyd | together and shakes her head. Black Widow helps Frankie turn Greg onto
Floyd | his back. His face is almost as white as his hair. The nun starts the
Floyd | chest compressions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Cleopatra
Floyd | watches with a concerned look.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall woman wearing a white dress and tiara takes the hand of a
Floyd | suited man in a top hat. They swirl and step around the crowd.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone stomps toward the door to the Fly Eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press a key to whirl around and face the door.

		DavidW asks, "Rasputin is dead alright, but not from his drink?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Press a key to whirl around and face the door.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | A doll the size of a small girl is sitting on the floor next to the
Floyd | door and with the black-and-white cat covering her lap. She smiles a
Floyd | black line under red freckles. She shakes as the cat raises its head
Floyd | and Frankie stomps into the room. The doll begins saying "Mama . . .
Floyd | mama . . . mama . . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie's voice booms. "We have a problem. Everyone's meeting in the
Floyd | ballroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Press a key to follow Frankie out.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Press a key to follow Frankie out.
Floyd | Outside the mansion, paramedics lift Greg into an ambulance. The
Floyd | resuscitation attempts by the nun may have saved his life. But from
Floyd | what? you know Greg wasn't shot. The bullet holes in the cape were
Floyd | part of the Rasputin costume, and Greg had no visible wounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone seems to have gathered around the lights cast by the mansion
Floyd | and its exterior lamps. Black Widow and Cleopatra, both in tears, tell
Floyd | their stories to a police officer. The medicine man places his staff
Floyd | into the trunk of a car before finding the scientist. They talk and
Floyd | wait. The leprechaun watches the paramedics, but the sasquatch stares
Floyd | at the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone is missing, though . . . You don't see the man in black.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ambulance drives away. Cleopatra points at you, and the officer
Floyd | she was talking to nods. It's time to tell your story, but you can't
Floyd | make any reasonable connections between what happened to Greg and what
Floyd | you saw on the monitors. Maybe the events would have come together
Floyd | more clearly had you watched from a different perspective.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** There are three different interpretations of Greg's
Floyd | fate, each dependent upon which character you decide to follow when
Floyd | you settle in the Fly Eye. You didn't follow any of them during your
Floyd | vigil. You witnessed one of the five phenomena occurring tonight that
Floyd | are typically reported as hauntings. You decide how much influence, if
Floyd | any, it had on the night's events.
Floyd | **  ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "hunh"
		Amber says, "This is like Ghost Hunters, maybe."
		Jacqueline asks, "I have about a half an hour. Want to play again and follow one person? If so, who?"
		DavidW says, "If Rasputin/Greg is destined to be a victim, follow him."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support volume control.
Floyd | A sasquatch bends down before a leprechaun, who pulls a gold coin from
Floyd | behind the beast's ear. Chuckling, the sasquatch takes the treasure
Floyd | and places it onto a table as the leprechaun speaks to him. With a
Floyd | shake of the head, he follows his fellow conspirator through a tangle
Floyd | of costumed guests and out of the ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pirate wobbles his way to the gold, a wooden prosthesis attached to
Floyd | one knee, a plush toucan on his shoulder bobbing as if it were keeping
Floyd | time with the music. the pirate retrieves the coin, scowls, and peels
Floyd | away the bright gold foil. Eating the chocolate and blinking his
Floyd | unpatched eye in the dim light, he watches the other members of the
Floyd | Fortean Society  — a collection of caricatures, characters, monsters,
Floyd | and myths — mingle in the Soul Dancers ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye Interactive
Floyd | Apposition by Nigel Jayne. Release 1.
Floyd | Copyright © 2017 by Nigel Jayne. The license is under a Creative
Floyd | Commons attribution, CC BY-NC 4.0
[LINK]Floyd | Serial number 170405 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib 6/12N) .
Floyd |
Floyd | Type the number of your choice then press "enter" to proceed:
Floyd | 1. Start the game and join the party.
Floyd | 2. Visit the Info Desk, which is recommended for anyone who hasn't
Floyd | played A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye.
Floyd | 3. Resume a previous surveillance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I am going to try the screen reader thing one more time."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ] HELP MENU
Floyd ]               Press a number to choose an option or
Floyd ]                       ESCAPE or X to exit.
Floyd ]                  (Press M to turn Book Mode ON.)
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you're using a screen reader, press S to turn on Screen Reader
Floyd | mode. This message only appears on the front page of the menu system.)
Floyd |
Floyd | 1. How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction
Floyd | players)
Floyd |      2. Set Audio and Goldie's Thoughts
Floyd |      3. Help Desk
Floyd |      4. Acknowledgements
Floyd |      5. About the Author

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ] HELP MENU
Floyd | (Screen Reader mode is on. Press S at any time to turn it off again.
Floyd | This message only appears on the front page of the menu system.)
Floyd | Press a number to choose an option or ESCAPE or X to exit the menu
Floyd | system.
Floyd |  Press M to turn Book Mode on
Floyd |
Floyd | 1. How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction
Floyd | players). 2. Set Audio and Goldie's Thoughts. 3. Help Desk. 4.
Floyd | Acknowledgements. 5. About the Author.

		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)
Floyd | Press ESCAPE to return to the parent menu or X to exit the menu
Floyd | system.
Floyd |  Press M to turn Book Mode on
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye, you're represented by
Floyd | Goldie, a Fortean Society member tasked with watching five (very
Floyd | high-definition) monitors that receive feeds from five paranormal
Floyd | hotspots in the Harrison Mansion. You begin in the Soul Dancers
Floyd | Ballroom where music is playing, and you're likely to hear other
Floyd | sounds throughout your vigil. However, this interpreter can't play the
Floyd | audio files.  Only a small number of commands are needed to complete
Floyd | the game. Typical commands include X (or EXAMINE) [someone or

		
Floyd something] (e.g., x nun) and L (or LOOK), which describes your 		
Floyd surroundings. Conversation is handled with ASK [someone] ABOUT 		
Floyd [someone or something] or TALK TO [someone]. Sometimes the text will 		

Floyd | suggest actions that you can try. For example, you could try LISTEN TO
Floyd | MUSIC or LISTEN when music is playing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unconventional commands are needed once Goldie settles in the Fly Eye.
Floyd | You can watch a room by typing its monitor number   . Use LOOK (or L)
Floyd | to turn your attention to all the views, which will help you to decide
Floyd | what to watch next. To replay an event after it has played, type
Floyd | REPLAY. When you watch an event for the first time, ostensibly
Floyd | important events continue to play out in the other rooms, and you
Floyd | won't be able to see them. Fortunately, nothing of interest occurs on
Floyd | the monitors when you do something other than selecting a feed, such
Floyd | as examining or talking. COMMANDS shows many actions recognized by the
Floyd | game, and you should check them if you're unfamiliar with commands
Floyd | such as SAVE and UNDO. A hypertext version of A Fly on the Wall, or An
Floyd | Appositional Eye is available at
Floyd | [LINK], as is the original zcode
Floyd | version, A Fly on the Wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goldie won't usually offer comments about the on-screen events,  but
Floyd | you can follow this thought process with THOUGHTS ON (they are off by
Floyd | default). Goldie will comment when an event is witnessed that is part
Floyd | of one of the storylines. THINK shows Goldie's current thought
Floyd | regardless of whether or not thoughts are activated and, if you're
Floyd | watching all of the monitors, it will hint at which monitor you might
Floyd | want to watch next. REMEMBER shows all the important events you've

		
Floyd witnessed, and REMEMBER [a room] shows significant events for a 		

Floyd | specific room (or person, if you specify one instead).
Floyd |
Floyd | The HELP command always displays this menu. Check out the Help Desk
Floyd | for general tips or the combinations to all three storylines. The
Floyd | staff here at the mansion wishes you a frightfully good evening.

		Jacqueline says, "I'd forgotten about replay."
		Roger says, "She's pretty fly for a fly eye"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ] How to watch (for novice and experienced interactive fiction players)

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | The other members of the Fortean Society of New England — a
Floyd | collection
Floyd | of caricatures, characters, monsters, and myths — mingle in groups in
Floyd | the dimly-lighted ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type the number of your choice then press "enter" to proceed:
Floyd | 1. Start the game and join the party.
Floyd | 2. Visit the Info Desk, which is recommended for anyone who hasn't
Floyd | played A Fly on the Wall, or An Appositional Eye.
Floyd | 3. Resume a previous surveillance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Weird."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | A green-skinned man with a stitch across his forehead lumbers toward
Floyd | you, two jumper cables swinging from his chest. Frankie bumps into
Floyd | Cleopatra standing next to the stage, sending her to the floor and
Floyd | knocking the headdress from her head. He extends his hand down to her,
Floyd | but she swats it away and glowers. Black Widow, a woman dressed in
Floyd | black with a red hourglass symbol on her back, picks up the headdress.
Floyd | Cleopatra snatches it back, stands, and returns to her spot beside the
Floyd | stage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie stops in front of you. Are those batteries attached to
Floyd | opposite sides of his neck?  you wonder. As Frankie speaks, his
Floyd | chin taps at the antenna protruding up from your forehead, and his
Floyd | breath suffocates your nose with alcohol. "Our whorey sister over
Floyd | there has sent me." He gestures erratically behind him. A nun with a
Floyd | hunched back bends over the punchbowl by the stage. You think he must
Floyd | have said "holy" sister, not "whorey."
Floyd |
Floyd | The nun straightens and turns around to face you. She rests her cup of
Floyd | punch on her pregnant belly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She told me it's your turn in the Fly Eye, Goldie," Frankie says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goldie? you wonder. My name isn't Goldie. Then you
Floyd | realize that, despite the alcoholic soup bathing his brain, Frankie
Floyd | connected your costume with the eponymous horror film, Goldie being a
Floyd | contraction of its star's surname, Goldblum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie retreats toward Cleopatra. Arms crossed, she stands firm.
Floyd | Frankie stumbles away, passing Black Widow who, head cocked, watches
Floyd | Cleopatra.
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the double doors and consider making your exit to the
Floyd | Fly Eye, but the nun attracts your attention. She smiles and raises
Floyd | her cup in salute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to nun" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NUN
Floyd |
Floyd | The nun sips from her punch as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, did you see anything good on your watch?" you say to the nun.
Floyd |
Floyd | She rests her cup on her belly. "I did hear some odd sounds out in the
Floyd | hall, but that's about it. But there's always something going on with
Floyd | this bunch." She gestures her cup at the guests. "I'd keep an eye on
Floyd | them, if I were you." She laughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the guests have congregated into small groups in which someone
Floyd | — or something — tries to talk over the music. Holographic dancers
Floyd | materialize momentarily to dip, spin, and swing their partners next to
Floyd | the corporeal partygoers before disappearing to continue their dance
Floyd | in the ethereal. You thought that Robin Hood was up on the stage, but
Floyd | the flute hanging from his neck suggests that instead he is the Pied
Floyd | Piper of Hamelin, playing his enchantment. Black Widow watches
Floyd | Cleopatra stand guard over a shadowed area next to the stage and
Floyd | uncomfortably close to a pair of stacked speakers. Cutlass in one
Floyd | wobbly hand, Frankie spars with an invisible foe as the pirate tries
Floyd | to get his weapon back. The nun smiles at you from the refreshment
Floyd | table along one wall. You suppose it may be time to make your exit and
Floyd | take your shift in the Fly Eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if you can avoid being in the Fly Eye the whole game."
		DavidW says, "hm. Dunno."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to cleopatra" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CLEOPATRA
Floyd |
Floyd | She doesn't seem to be in the mood for talking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Events might not progress otherwise."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to black widow" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BLACK WIDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | She seems more intent on studying Cleopatra.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I swear I've played this before. This is so weird."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The nun waves to you as you begin toward the hall outside. She strides
Floyd | off, targeting a man with spiky white hair and wearing a lab coat. The
Floyd | scientist takes a few steps back and stares at the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You head out the double doors, descend the stairs, and enter the small
Floyd | room nicknamed, for tonight, the Fly Eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wire frames of your wings bend as you gently lean back into the
Floyd | only chair in the room. The two floppy legs attached to your belt rise
Floyd | as you rest your hands on a table in front of a bank of monitors on
Floyd | the wall. The five screens receive signals from cameras in five
Floyd | different rooms in the mansion. Normally, these would be used for
Floyd | security, but tonight the Society is trying to record footage of the
Floyd | supernatural that will raise the eyebrows of even the most stone-faced
Floyd | skeptics. While you're hoping to witness such phenomena, following the
Floyd | exploits of any one of the costumed characters would probably be more
Floyd | interesting, after looking at the screens to decide which captures
Floyd | your attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only person you know well is Gregory Hoblett, dressed as the
Floyd | Russian mystic and healer Grigori Rasputin, in the Laboratory on
Floyd | monitor 3. Everybody in the Society likes Hoblett, unlike Grigori who
Floyd | survived a stabbing, possible cyanide poisoning, and two point blank
Floyd | gunshots, only to succumb after being shot twice in the back and
Floyd | beaten.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch chuckles quietly from the playroom on monitor 5, which
Floyd | is wired to record the electronic voice phenomena of ghostly children.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There are other games with people in costumes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | You study the monitors:
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Cleopatra stomps over to where her
Floyd | headdress had lain, picks something up, and tries to re-affix it to
Floyd | her headgear. Black Widow rushes over to the side of the stage and
Floyd | bends into the shadows. Was Cleopatra hiding something? you
Floyd | wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Rasputin, bloody axe in one hand, rummages through a
Floyd | chest as someone you don't know, a medicine man, studies his face in a
Floyd | mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: The sasquatch smiles as the
Floyd | leprechaun tries to lift a gold dinner plate from a small table. You
Floyd | wonder whether the leprechaun will play any tricks tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Spirit in the Sky" plays from a
Floyd | laptop, which shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, watch Rasputin?"
		DavidW asks, "I'd choose Resputin, yes, but maybe Cleopatra?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, the first time I read this I interpreted, 'Rasputin, bloody axe in one hand, rummages through a chest,' as meaning a chest with lungs and a heart. I guess it was the reference to the bloody axe that made me think that."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | As events on the other monitors unfold, you watch:
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory (third floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Axe in hand, Rasputin continues to root around in the chest at a dark
Floyd | corner of the room. The medicine man leans his totem-laden staff onto
Floyd | the wall between the two of them. He taps a couple of dark bulbs
Floyd | surrounding the vanity's mirror. When they don't light, he tries
Floyd | tightening them into their sockets, but that doesn't work either. He
Floyd | gives up and studies himself in the mirror's reflection. He reaches
Floyd | into a pouch on his belt and applies more black makeup to his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin stands, turns, and kicks over the staff. Animal figurines
Floyd | spill onto the floor. He drops the axe and begins to gather them up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watching Rasputin, the medicine man retrieves his staff. He scowls as
Floyd | Rasputin, on his knees and talking constantly, polishes each totem
Floyd | before looping them onto their former holder. A raven settles down the
Floyd | staff first, followed by an owl, frog, and wolf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin stands, and the medicine man glares at him as the mystic
Floyd | slinks out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The voices of the leprechaun and sasquatch play from the playroom
Floyd | feed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Wonder if I can..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "watch Rasputin" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH RASPUTIN
Floyd |
Floyd | [Sound effect number 4 here.]
Floyd | The door behind you creaks. You whirl around. The door is still, still
Floyd | in the position you left it. You think it is, anyway. You stand and
Floyd | swing the door, but it doesn't make a sound. Hearing "Strange Magic"
Floyd | playing from the laptop, you return to your seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin is no longer visible in the Laboratory. Maybe he's on another
Floyd | monitor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The voices of the leprechaun and sasquatch play from the playroom
Floyd | feed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Guests continue to mingle.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: Cleopatra appears in the doorway with a bag over
Floyd | one shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: The medicine man leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: The sasquatch enters with one
Floyd | hairy arm wrapped around Rasputin's shoulders. A toy clown sitting
Floyd | near the door behind them leans over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Strange Magic" plays on the laptop,
Floyd | which shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "He's in the playroom now."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | Remembering that something could be happening on the other screens,
Floyd | you watch:
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Possessions Playroom (main floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, a black-and-white blur darts from behind the clown and out
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin pulls away from the sasquatch. He takes in the shelves of
Floyd | staring dolls and puppets. He chokes, and his face blanches.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch doesn't seem to notice Rasputin's distress. "Pretty
Floyd | impressive collection,    huh? You should see what's in that toybox."
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin glances at the chest just as the leprechaun pops out of it.
Floyd | Rasputin screams and falls back into the sasquatch's arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're surprised the shriek didn't shatter the monitor's screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun climbs out of the toybox. "You seem a bit on edge." He
Floyd | laughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you guys know what happened in here?" Rasputin says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why don't you tell us what you've heard," the sasquatch says as he
Floyd | steadies Rasputin's wobbly stance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin watches the dolls as he speaks. "Wayne Harrison was having a
Floyd | birthday party for his twin daughters in this room. They had cake and
Floyd | drinks."   His voice lowers. "Most of the kids died. Right here. The
Floyd | twins, too. Poisoned. People suspected Wayne's chauffeur, who was
Floyd | never charged. He was going to be fired for gambling and . . . doing
Floyd | inappropriate things in front of the kids. His son didn't get sick.
Floyd | That's why . . . ".
Floyd |
Floyd | "This place is haunted," the sasquatch says.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun picks up a child-sized doll with red hair and a white
Floyd | dress. Wailing like a ghost, he shakes it at Rasputin. The mystic
Floyd | rushes out the door. The leprechaun grins broadly. "We can have some
Floyd | fun with this." He carries the doll out of the room with him, and the
Floyd | sasquatch follows, shaking his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wowza"
		DavidW says, "That part we saw before."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it's just long."
		Roger says, "Turns out most of the members of the Fortean Society are dicks"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | [Sound effect number 5 here.]
Floyd | Something thumps onto the hallway floor. On instinct, you pull your
Floyd | phone from your pocket and look out the door. The guestbook has fallen
Floyd | from the table in the lobby. You wait but don't detect anyone, so you
Floyd | return to your chair and tuck away the phone as you hear "I don't like
Floyd | spiders and snakes, and that ain't what it takes to love me" from the
Floyd | laptop.
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Some guests mingle at the refreshment
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man enters, stops at a mirror, and
Floyd | stares into his contorted reflection.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Cleopatra enters, drops her bag next to a chest, and
Floyd | unpacks some whips.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The sasquatch appears and positions himself in the
Floyd | doorway, while the leprechaun passes him and searches the exhibits
Floyd | with the red-haired doll tucked under his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Spiders and Snakes" plays on the
Floyd | laptop, which shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Anybody see Rasputin?"
		DavidW says, "No."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Some guests mingle at the refreshment
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man makes faces at his distorted
Floyd | reflection in the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Cleopatra continues to transfer weapons from her bag
Floyd | to the chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The sasquatch is standing in the doorway, while the
Floyd | leprechaun searches the exhibits with the red-haired doll tucked under
Floyd | his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Spiders and Snakes" plays on the
Floyd | laptop, which shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Some guests mingle at the refreshment
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The medicine man makes faces at his distorted
Floyd | reflection in the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Cleopatra continues to transfer weapons from her bag
Floyd | to the chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The sasquatch is standing in the doorway, while the
Floyd | leprechaun searches the exhibits with the red-haired doll tucked under
Floyd | his arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the pentagon of screens, "Spiders and Snakes" plays on the
Floyd | laptop, which shows an open web browser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Which one do we want to watch?"
		DavidW says, "Cleo in the Laboratory with the candlestick."
		Amber says, "I'd keep an eye on the `squatch"
		Amber says, "I also don't trust that leprechaun."
		DavidW says, "None of these people are trustworthy."
		DavidW says, "I suspect all of them."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "I don't put it past Greg to do it to himself!"
		DavidW asks, "What does 'fortean' mean, anyway?"
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding, actually.)"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It means having to do with the paranormal."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm trying to remember what room Greg is in when stuff goes bad."
		DavidW says, "monitor 1, I think it was."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "12" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 12
Floyd |
Floyd | There are only five monitors on the wall, and they are numbered from
Floyd | one to five.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oops"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Soul Dancers Ballroom (second floor, east wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | The monitor shows about a third of the room, including downstage,
Floyd | which is flanked by stacked speakers. Most of the guests have drifted
Floyd | toward the refreshment table lining the far wall. A couple of spirited
Floyd | dancers materializes in front of the stage. The woman, dressed in a
Floyd | purple ball gown, twirls as her partner holds her hand over her head.
Floyd | They embrace then disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fat, bald man, wearing a bloody apron and carrying a cleaver,
Floyd | munches on a carrot as he watches the colorful guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something snaps and cracks behind you. You spin around. A black cat
Floyd | with a white stripe down its back tears at a rat on the floor. The cat
Floyd | discards its prey, leaps onto your lap, and settles. It purrs loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "'Fortean' refers to Charles Fort, who was a serious paranormal investigator dude"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Soul Dancers Ballroom (second floor, east wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra enters, stops near the stage, and searches the crowd.
Floyd | Rasputin rushes past her. He grabs a drink — from the alcoholic punch
Floyd | bowl — just as Cleopatra catches up to him. He gulps down his drink
Floyd | as
Floyd | Cleopatra talks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Widow emerges from a crowd and approaches Rasputin. Smiling, she
Floyd | places a hand on his shoulder. She speaks, silencing Cleopatra.
Floyd | Rasputin replies to Black Widow, who nods. Arms crossed, Cleopatra
Floyd | gets in a few words, but Rasputin only shrugs and finishes his drink.
Floyd | He hands the cup to Cleopatra then allows himself to be lead out of
Floyd | the room arm-in-arm with Black Widow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra crushes the cup, tosses it onto the table. Staring at the
Floyd | doors, she taps her foot. She walks to the exit and disappears
Floyd | off-screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shadow is cast over you. You swivel around. Frankie's bulk crowds
Floyd | the tiny room. He considers the cat then looks up to you. His grin is
Floyd | crooked. "What's new, pussycat?" he says. He laughs then starts
Floyd | humming the eponymous Tom Jones song before turning to the monitors.
Floyd | "Nervous guy, that Rasputin. Bit of a wimp, if you ask me. I'm
Floyd | surprised he came out from hiding under his bed tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "That's a skunk, not a cat"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: A couple of dancers materializes,
Floyd | jitterbugs, and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: Black Widow appears and pulls Rasputin through the
Floyd | doorway to join her.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: An alien of the gray-type, or a petit female Homo
Floyd | sapiens, waits inside the doorway then steps out.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie bobs his head, although you aren't sure that he's keeping time
Floyd | with "Werewolves of London" playing on the laptop, which shows an open
Floyd | web browser. The cat lying on your lap has turned its head to keep an
Floyd | eye on him as he tries to follow the peripatetic Fortean members on
Floyd | the monitors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Communications (second floor, west wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Something is different about the room . . . The lighting has dimmed,
Floyd | and shadows shroud the corners.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Widow notices a curtained off area at the far end of the room.
Floyd | Passing between tables, she approaches it and pulls back the curtains,
Floyd | revealing a set of audio equipment. Fiddling with the stereo, she says
Floyd | something and gestures for Rasputin to join her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rasputin takes a deep breath, rubs his palms on his pants, and makes
Floyd | his way over to Black Widow. She points at a knot of cables snaking
Floyd | from the equipment to a dark corner behind some speakers. Rasputin
Floyd | hesitates then reaches into the darkness. Suddenly, he flings his arm
Floyd | back and stumbles backward. With wide eyes, he rubs his hand and
Floyd | speaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Widow frowns and inspects Rasputin's hand. She shrugs. She
Floyd | attempts to look behind the speaker, but Rasputin stops her with a
Floyd | hand to her shoulder. Smiling, she shakes her head then bends over
Floyd | into the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leprechaun, without the doll, steps through the doorway, the
Floyd | sasquatch following behind him. They move aside as Black Widow, head
Floyd | shaking, leads the trembling Rasputin out the door. As she exits, the
Floyd | scientist appears in the doorway with a bottle. Rasputin snatches it
Floyd | from his hand and takes a swig. He pauses and does it again. Nodding,
Floyd | he returns the bottle, and the two men leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sasquatch follows the grinning leprechaun to the doorway where
Floyd | they stop and look into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So maybe he was poisoned by a drink or maybe he was bitten by something?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, there may have been an actual spider amongst the equipment."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like we should watch the scientist maybe? That bottle..."
		Jacqueline says, "Unfortunately I will have to go soon, but y'all can keep poking at it."
		DavidW says, "It's weird that Rasputin is just impulsively drinking any liquids he finds."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Black Widow strolls into the room and
Floyd | begins to chat with the nun in front of the stage.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: The leprechaun and sasquatch look out the door and
Floyd | into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: A bald man dressed completely in
Floyd | black steps into the room, a hand at the device on his belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to Frankie, "Magic Man" plays on the laptop, which shows an open
Floyd | web browser. The cat lying on your lap continues to stare at Frankie
Floyd | as he tries to follow the peripatetic Fortean members on the monitors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "1?"
		DavidW says, "yes please"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Soul Dancers Ballroom (second floor, east wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra appears beside the doors and rushes over to Black Widow,
Floyd | interrupting her conversation with the nun. Cleopatra speaks to Black
Floyd | Widow, who responds with a few words and a pat on the woman's arm.
Floyd | Cleopatra heads to the exit, and Black Widow shrugs at the nun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra stops at the doors and stares out into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | A high-pitched scream pierces the Fly Eye. That was from somewhere
Floyd | upstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat leaps from your lap and scrambles out the door. Static bursts
Floyd | from the playroom. Are children giggling?
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gotta check that out," Frankie says before lumbering away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | (1) Soul Dancers Ballroom: Cleopatra rushes out. She returns holding
Floyd | up a man with white hair and a cape. The two stumble forward, and the
Floyd | man slumps to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | (2) Communications: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (3) Laboratory: Vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | (4) Alien Zoo: The medicine man talks to someone through the doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | (5) Children's Possessions Playroom: The footage is a blur of color.
Floyd | Children seem to giggle in the static of the monitor's tiny speaker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "1, I guess? Or 5?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | Soul Dancers Ballroom (second floor, east wing)
Floyd | (watch all monitors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleopatra steps back. The arms of the fallen man spasm, fingers
Floyd | covered in rings. It's Greg in his Rasputin costume. Except for that
Floyd | spiked white hair. He lies prone with his cape flat on his back. Two
Floyd | red holes are punched into the black fabric.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guests gather around your fallen friend. Several of them grab their
Floyd | cell phones. Some take pictures while others make calls. The nun bends
Floyd | down and touches the holes in Greg's cape. She rubs her fingers
Floyd | together and shakes her head. Black Widow helps Frankie turn Greg onto
Floyd | his back. His face is almost as white as his hair. The nun starts the
Floyd | chest compressions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Cleopatra
Floyd | watches with a concerned look.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall woman wearing a white dress and tiara takes the hand of a
Floyd | suited man in a top hat. They swirl and step around the crowd.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone stomps toward the door to the Fly Eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Press a key to whirl around and face the door.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Press a key to whirl around and face the door.
Floyd | Your interpreter doesn't support sound reproduction.
Floyd | A doll the size of a small girl is sitting on the floor next to the
Floyd | door and with the black-and-white cat covering her lap. She smiles a
Floyd | black line under red freckles. She shakes as the cat raises its head
Floyd | and Frankie stomps into the room. The doll begins saying "Mama . . .
Floyd | mama . . . mama . . .
Floyd |
Floyd | Frankie's voice booms. "We have a problem. Everyone's meeting in the
Floyd | ballroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | Press a key to follow Frankie out.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Press a key to follow Frankie out.
Floyd | Outside the mansion, paramedics lift Greg into an ambulance. The
Floyd | resuscitation attempts by the nun may have saved his life. But from
Floyd | what? you know Greg wasn't shot. The bullet holes in the cape were
Floyd | part of the Rasputin costume, and Greg had no visible wounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone seems to have gathered around the lights cast by the mansion
Floyd | and its exterior lamps. Black Widow and Cleopatra, both in tears, tell
Floyd | their stories to a police officer. The medicine man places his staff
Floyd | into the trunk of a car before finding the scientist. They talk and
Floyd | wait. The leprechaun watches the paramedics, but the sasquatch stares
Floyd | at the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone is missing, though . . . You don't see the man in black or his
Floyd | gray partner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ambulance drives away. Cleopatra points at you, and the officer
Floyd | she was talking to nods. It's time to tell your story, but you can't
Floyd | make any reasonable connections between what happened to Greg and what
Floyd | you saw on the monitors. Maybe the events would have come together
Floyd | more clearly had you watched from a different perspective.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** There are three different interpretations of Greg's
Floyd | fate, each dependent upon which character you decide to follow when
Floyd | you settle in the Fly Eye. You didn't follow any of them during your
Floyd | vigil. You also didn't witness any phenomena that are usually reported
Floyd | at haunted sites.
Floyd | **  ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. I shall leave you all to it..."
		DavidW says, "hm. I'm willing to stop here for now."
		Amber exclaims, "It's so suspenseful!"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember a 'grey companion' being mentioned in the first run-through."
		DavidW says, "er 'gray partner'."
		DavidW | Floyd | Someone is missing, though . . . You don't see the man in black.
		Amber asks, "That's happened three times already?"
		DavidW says, "We've only had 2 run-throughs, not three."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Haunted House by Pedro Fernández
As played on ifMUD on May 21, 2017

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 Haunted House written by Pedro Fernández. 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, "ALO-HA"
		Jacqueline asks, "'sup?"
		DavidW says, "Aloha, Jacqueline"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I have a game I'd really like to try today."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "I'm just happy about the game because it was released this week but stems from a minicomp I ran several years ago."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, shouldn't make you all click a link. It's Haunted House by Pedro Fernández"
		zarf says, "*too late, I clicked*"
		Jacqueline says, "SUCKA"
		zarf says, "I do not remember this one appearing"
		DavidW says, "oh, I remember someone on Twitter asking for haunted house game suggestions."
zarf arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "I would like to explore a haunted house, please."
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "Well then, let's."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask hauntedhouse2017" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Memories, that fuzzy affair. You're never certain enough how true they
Floyd | are to reality. I can't clearly remember, just as an example, what
Floyd | rumours said about the McDaniel Mansion...
Floyd |
Floyd | There was something about a stranger who came to visit on a cold
Floyd | Autumn day many years ago, just before the house got abandoned for
Floyd | decades.
Floyd | And then there was the wild speculation about monsters in the
Floyd | basement...
Floyd |
Floyd | But the thing I really remember from those summer holidays is our
Floyd | improbable and not quite balanced trio of friends. There was Doc.
Floyd | Brown-haired, thin, handsome, annoyingly arrogant every now and then,
Floyd | always the charismatic. Then there was Rose, shy, with the soft,
Floyd | delicate look under her golden hair. The three of us united by the
Floyd | bare fact that we were the only people of our age in that too quiet,
Floyd | too boring, village, wasting the best of our late teens during the
Floyd | early eighties.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, Mike, I hereby declare you as our official Torch-bearer"
Floyd | solemnly joked Rose when giving me the switched off torch that dry,
Floyd | hot late summer evening when, just out of having nothing else to do,
Floyd | we decided to play kids and go to explore the ruined McDaniel site, as
Floyd | isolated from the rest of the village as the village was from the rest
Floyd | of the world...
Floyd |
Floyd | Haunted House
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction Remix by Pedro Fernández
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 170103 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the house
Floyd | So there we stood, at the entrance of the old mansion, just the three
Floyd | of us and a former elegant door which was as rusty as firmly closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see Rose and Doc there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		zarf says, "no character stereotypes here, no sir"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "And be kind, English is not this author's primary language."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 2
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I was carrying:
Floyd |   a switched off torch
Floyd |
Floyd | "A stranger coming out from nowhere causing the house to be
Floyd | abandoned..." said Rose. "What an odd story!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | On closer inspection, there was a crumpled piece of paper showing
Floyd | under the door. I wondered how much time it had been there and why no
Floyd | one had taken it before...
Floyd |
Floyd | Doc asked "Where did that piece of paper come from?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about those weird noises they say that can be heard from
Floyd | within..." said Doc. "As if a monster was buried somewhere in the
Floyd | basement?"
Floyd | Rose and I looked silently all around and then at each other, trying
Floyd | to grasp any suspicious sound. Nothing. Just our own breathing, some
Floyd | far away tweeting bird, and... a howling roar coming from our back?
Floyd | ...
Floyd | "Jeeez" exclaimed a livid Rose while Doc was laughing "You just gave
Floyd | me the creeps!"
Floyd | "Well" he replied "How was that for a buried monster-like creature?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, I didn't do that... Did I? I was too excited about finding a
Floyd | way into the house to care about my own appearance that evening.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose and Doc looked to each other and then at me, as if expecting my
Floyd | decision to move on... but I just hadn't a clue what to do next!
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose looked puzzled at the paper...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Overwhelming darkness                                6
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There was some handwritten text in the old paper. "Magic word, say:
Floyd | PL..." no... "PLE"... wait, "PLO"...
Floyd | Damn, I couldn't understand that. The paper was so crumpled and the
Floyd | handwriting was so old-fashioned and weird...
Floyd | Suddenly Doc took the paper off from my hands with a mocking remark
Floyd | "You! Silly Mikie, didn't they teach you to read properly? Lemme see
Floyd | "Magic word: say PL..."
Floyd | I wouldn't allow that. I was used to his disdainful jokes in front of
Floyd | Rose, but enough was enough. I removed the paper from him with an
Floyd | abrupt gesture, and then...
Floyd | ... then, showing a side of herself neither Doc nor me had ever seen
Floyd | before, Rose took it away from me with an exasperated look "C'mon
Floyd | kids! Will you at least try to fake some mature behaviour in the
Floyd | presence of a lady! Let's see, Magic word: say... PLUGH"
Floyd | ...and then... PLOF!
Floyd | ...she just disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Before we could react,
Floyd | her scream could be heard from somewhere inside the house. Doc just
Floyd | kicked the door, which opened with a suspicious ease now, and hurried
Floyd | into the mansion, so worried to show he was in charge that he forgot I
Floyd | was carrying the torch. I followed, but could only be aware, to my
Floyd | regret, that the door violently had slammed itself just as we entered,
Floyd | and then... no Doc, no Rose, just me and the dark...
Floyd |
Floyd | Overwhelming darkness
Floyd | Overwhelming darkness all around me... as if I just was floating on an
Floyd | infinite sea of empty blackness... made me feel so little, so
Floyd | helpless...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is very Jane and very Chimney Rock."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on torch" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                7
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TORCH
Floyd |
Floyd | I switched the torch on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | Under the dim torch light, the house seemed to scream its whole
Floyd | desolation all of a sudden. Everywhere I turned it was just an
Floyd | unrecognisable, deformed, amount of dust and cobwebs with some
Floyd | unidentifiable pieces of furniture beneath. I guessed I was in the
Floyd | foyer, and there seemed to be some kind of ways south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I approve."
		Jacqueline asks, "Except why is it always the girl getting rescued?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x furniture" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobwebs and a thick layer of dust made a gallery of surreal forms
Floyd | everywhere I looked at.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cobwebs" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COBWEBS
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobwebs and a thick layer of dust made a gallery of surreal forms
Floyd | everywhere I looked at.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under sheet" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                9
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SHEET
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no... I couldn't see any such thing there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search cobwebs" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                10
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH COBWEBS
Floyd |
Floyd | I thought of all the possible unclassified lifeforms that could be
Floyd | lurking beneath the cobwebs... I'd better not get too close...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we need to choose a direction: south, east, or west."
		Jacqueline says, "This PC has no sense of adventure. If the creatures are unclassified it's an excellent opportunity to have a species named after us."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Yeah. S?"
		DavidW says, "Mike Rocondria."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "South is good"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                11
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I began to move on... but I started to see all kind of blurry images.
Floyd | Iridescent snaps of Doc and Rose going frantically from one place to
Floyd | another. Fuzzy, nervous, fragmented shots of an unordered story I was
Floyd | witnessing as in a sci-fi film hologram. I tried to call them, but
Floyd | they wouldn't listen. I moved to reach them, but their images just
Floyd | would go through things, through walls, through me... As soon as they
Floyd | appeared they would vanish. Perhaps those were images of events that
Floyd | took place there, but not then, or they might have been happening
Floyd | then, but not there...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Trippy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                12
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence... Everywhere it was so creepy silent...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                13
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I smelled nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Try south again?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Den                                                  14
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd | Somehow I knew I was in the den, and then I retraced my steps when I
Floyd | saw Doc's image gangway through it... chased by a suit of armour. That
Floyd | was so crazy I thought I felt better when the vision just disappeared.
Floyd | I could go north, to the foyer, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "E?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             15
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | I entered a corridor... and suddenly, someone turned the lights back
Floyd | on...
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no... it wasn't like that, was it? It took me a short while to
Floyd | realize... Until that moment, I'd been seeing luminescent visions of
Floyd | my friends going erratically around me. That time, I was inside one of
Floyd | the visions. A big one, indeed, as it covered most of the corridor I
Floyd | was suppossed to be in, its inner dim bluish light surrounding me. At
Floyd | the other side of the corridor, I could see Doc and Rose. They both
Floyd | were staring right at the spot where I was, as if they couldn't see me
Floyd | but were somehow aware that I could be there, watching them. They
Floyd | nodded at each other, Rose snapped her fingers, and they
Floyd | simultaneously drew away some curtains back them, revealing a huge
Floyd | elegantly framed painting with a family portrait...
Floyd | I could see a wealthy couple, a few kids... but the whole scenario
Floyd | vanished before I could dig into any detail, leaving me back at a dark
Floyd | ominous corridor again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Were they trying to show me something?
Floyd | Had they figured out how that strange vision phenomenon was working?
Floyd | Was that a portrait of the McDaniel family?
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't tell. I was just alone in a corridor where an impassable
Floyd | mountain of rubble and debris completely blocked the way south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could go east and west, to the den.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x debris" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             16
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | It seemed the consequence of a massive collapse of part of the walls
Floyd | and ceiling. Going through it was totally out of the question, but
Floyd | there was a tiny gap I could use to take a peek into the other side.
Floyd | Scattered along the debris I could see the recognisable pieces of a
Floyd | richly ornate frame, but there was no trace of the canvas it could
Floyd | have contained.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x gap" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             17
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | It all happened so fast...
Floyd | I could see the huge hall of a wealthy mansion, some stairs leading to
Floyd | the upper floor, where a blue, unnatural light came from an open door.
Floyd | Silhouetted against it, the contour of a woman. She instantly ran away
Floyd | slamming the door, leaving the room back into utter darkness and my
Floyd | eyes with an inverted image of it all, black and blue, that lasted for
Floyd | a few seconds.
Floyd | She was not Rose, that I knew for sure. So I realized, with a mix of
Floyd | hope and fear, that maybe I was not alone in the dark, haunted
Floyd | house...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "GOLLY"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             18
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Light from the torch wouldn't reach enough into the hall. I couldn't
Floyd | see anything at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "IT'S IN THE HOUSE WITH US"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x frame" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             19
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FRAME
Floyd |
Floyd | Scattered along the debris I could see the recognisable pieces of a
Floyd | richly ornate frame, but there was no trace of the canvas it could
Floyd | have contained.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "How much do we really care about Doc and Rose, anyway?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take frame" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             20
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FRAME
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, I didn't do that... Did I? Can't clearly remember... Perhaps I
Floyd | tried but it didn't lead anywhere...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             21
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | I was just alone in a corridor where an impassable mountain of rubble
Floyd | and debris completely blocked the way south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could go east and west, to the den.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "East?"
		Jacqueline says, "Keep going -- yeah, east."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              22
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The layout of the place clearly resembled a kitchen. As soon as I
Floyd | entered Rose's mirage was walking to the middle of the room. A bucket
Floyd | of water stood there. In an instant, just like in a nightmare where
Floyd | you feel something horrible is about to happen for no reason, I knew
Floyd | she was going to drink from it. In an instant I knew, as if I had seen
Floyd | the whole scene before, it was deadly poisonous. I yelled at her:
Floyd |
Floyd | "No! Don't do that!"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and she stopped her arm, as if she had heard me. She looked
Floyd | everywhere, as if searching the source of the warning. Soon the whole
Floyd | image disappeared as before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | I was in the kitchen.
Floyd | There were exits north, south, and west, to the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure this can all be explained with quantum theory."
		Jacqueline asks, "North or south?"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel as if there's nothing we can do except explore and have more visions."
		DavidW says, "I guess south? Right hand on wall traversal"
		Jacqueline says, "Copy that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Breakfast room                                       23
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Breakfast room
Floyd | I thought I got it then... Rooms were actually indistinguishable from
Floyd | each other in that overwhelming dust and web mess, but somehow I
Floyd | clearly knew where I was, just like if... I really had that crazy
Floyd | feeling, the house itself was showing me around its well guarded
Floyd | secrets. I was in a breakfast room at that moment. Exits were north,
Floyd | to the kitchen and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall I go east?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "This house is haunted by dust."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Servant's quarters                                   24
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Servant's quarters
Floyd | I was in the servant's quarters. There was a closed cabinet in one
Floyd | wall. I could go west, to the breakfast room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "cabinet!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Servant's quarters                                   25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | It was closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Servant's quarters                                   26
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I opened the cabinet... I saw a key inside... and then I almost had a
Floyd | heart attack!
Floyd | I suddenly saw a shiny female hand just erupting from my own chest. It
Floyd | was Rose's image going through my flesh as if I wasn't there at all.
Floyd | She grabbed the key. I could see her curious gesture while examining
Floyd | it. She went away with it, her ghostly vision vanishing as fast as she
Floyd | appeared. Even when I was shocked to death, I couldn't help but have
Floyd | some warm feelings. Somehow she had just been inside me... so close...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Creeeeepy. In multiple creepy ways."
		DavidW asks, "But did the key go with her?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think so."
		Jacqueline says, "But look."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Servant's quarters                                   27
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet was empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Servant's quarters                                   28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I was sure I saw a key inside the cabinet, but it seemed to have
Floyd | vanished with Rose's vision...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Servant's quarters                                   29
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | It was fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Go back to the kitchen and north from there?"
		Jacqueline shrugs. "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Breakfast room                                       30
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Breakfast room
Floyd | I was in the breakfast room. Exits were north, to the kitchen and
Floyd | east, to the servant's quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              31
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see the bucket of water again on the kitchen's floor. Behind,
Floyd | Rose's dissolved image was coming from the opposite side. She looked
Floyd | so different this time... decades older. Her golden hair turned into a
Floyd | silver untidy mane. She kneeled before the bucket and aimed her arm as
Floyd | if to pick it up. I screamed again:
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, Rose! Don't drink from it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and, for a few seconds, she looked directly to where I was, her
Floyd | eyes loaded with such vast, infinite sadness, as if she had been
Floyd | roaming the house for an eternity trying in vain to find an escape...
Floyd | all hope lost. She stared at me so firmly I hadn't a chance to notice
Floyd | she had grabbed the bucket and moved it to her mouth. She drunk the
Floyd | liquid inside it without hesitation. In a moment, her body softly fell
Floyd | without a sound, without a sign of pain. When I reacted, she was lying
Floyd | as a broken doll. When I reached her, she was no longer there...
Floyd |
Floyd | Was that our true destiny? Had I foreseen the way it all would
Floyd | definitively end for us... for her?
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | I was in the kitchen.
Floyd | There were exits north, south, to the breakfast room, and west, to the
Floyd | corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see a crumpled piece of paper there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              32
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              33
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I could easily understand the hand written note "Magic word: say
Floyd | PLUGH"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, looks like this is going to be a long game."
		Jacqueline asks, "OR CAN WE CHANGE THE FUTURE?"
		DavidW asks, "Save and try PLUGH?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sure. Good idea."
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 ]  Kitchen                                              33
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let's be eternally trapped too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              34
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | "PLUGH...!"
Floyd | I could not say what I was expecting... Nothing happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, I didn't do that... Did I? I was too stressed trying to make
Floyd | sense of what was happening. The way I looked was so irrelevant in
Floyd | that endless dark...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                              36
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no, I couldn't see the bucket of water any more. Perhaps it would
Floyd | be there in some future time, when Rose... No, no...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dining room                                          37
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining room
Floyd | That had to be the dining room. I was surprised by a quick vision of
Floyd | Rose...
Floyd | ... alive...
Floyd | ... and as young as vital as she was at the house entrance not long
Floyd | ago, like a flash, writing something with her finger in the dust that
Floyd | laid over a big old wooden table.
Floyd | Exits led south, to the kitchen, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining room                                          38
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Written in the layer of dust I could read the word "UPSTAIRS"... Was
Floyd | Rose trying to send me a message?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think Rose is indeed trying to send us a message."
		Jacqueline asks, "Have we had the option to get upstairs yet?"
		DavidW says, "Not yet."
		DavidW says, "But better to go upstairs than *shudder* downstairs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining room                                          39
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I found nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Living room                                          40
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living room
Floyd | I could figure out that was the living room. Right after entering
Floyd | there I had one of those strange visions again. That one was such a
Floyd | nonsense it could easily have been ripped off from a cartoon. It was
Floyd | Doc running while being chased by a levitating knife. Even in an eerie
Floyd | environment like that I could laugh at it, but then, I was so
Floyd | scared...
Floyd | There seemed to be exits east and west, to the foyer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                                41
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | I was in the foyer.
Floyd | I could go south, to the den, east, to the living room, and west from
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "West?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  East end of hall                                     42
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd | I was in a hall. It was huge, and it seemed I was in its east end. I
Floyd | could go north, east, to the foyer, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Keep on truckin'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  West end of hall                                     43
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd | That was the other end of the huge hall.  Exits were north, south, to
Floyd | a door, and east, to the east end of the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  West end of hall                                     44
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I saw the door. It was closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  West end of hall                                     45
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I felt that warm feeling again. A light flowing out from myself as I
Floyd | saw Rose's ghostly hand unlocking the door with the key she took from
Floyd | the cabinet. Somehow I knew then that our fate was not sealed to stay
Floyd | in the house forever. It didn't matter how much we were apart in space
Floyd | or time, we were working it out all together. We would find a way...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I kinda guessed that would happen."
		Jacqueline says, "This is where the music gets hopeful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       46
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd | Master bedroom
Floyd | The master bedroom... I could see a bed. Exits were north, to the
Floyd | hall, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       47
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wasn't sure what could have happened to it, the light was so dim and
Floyd | there was that continuous dust and cobweb mess... but it looked like
Floyd | it had been burnt a long time ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       48
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | There was nothing on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Look under it? Because it is IF?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       49
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Just dust. Burnt dust. A lot of it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "...burnt dust?"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x burnt dust" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       49
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BURNT DUST
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no... I couldn't see any such thing there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dust" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DUST
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobwebs and a thick layer of dust made a gallery of surreal forms
Floyd | everywhere I looked at.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bed" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       51
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It was fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       52
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | OH MY GOD, IT BURNS!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | I got paralysed when I heard Rose's desperate cry. Then I saw her
Floyd | brilliant image coming from the east, her clothes in flames! She ran
Floyd | blindly into the bed and then I saw the bed engulfed in a giant ball
Floyd | of consuming fire. Soon there was nothing but the darkness and the
Floyd | burnt remains of the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       53
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I was too damn shocked to even think of doing something at all...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Master bedroom                                       54
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no... I didn't do that, did I? I just felt like sitting right
Floyd | there and let myself be consumed by the dark just like Rose had been
Floyd | consumed by the flames...
Floyd | No, no... I had to find the strength to react. I had seen Rose die
Floyd | before in a weird, horrible way, so there was a chance it hadn't been
Floyd | for real...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                              55
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly I recovered my breath... I had to move on...
Floyd | ... so I tried going east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | Deformed shelves suggested that was once a library. Leaning against a
Floyd | wall, a wooden ladder reached into a gap in the ceiling which once
Floyd | belonged to a working trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "In terms of game pacing (perhaps I am just impatient), it seems like now would be a good time for a clue as to how to progress beyond these hallucinations."
		DavidW says, "Here's a way upstairs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                              56
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden ladder leading upstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Dimly lit room                                       57
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I carefully began to step onto the ladder when Doc's vision entered
Floyd | the library. He dropped a rope right under the hole. It magically
Floyd | raised itself to the ceiling while he cheerfully exclaimed "TA-DAA,
Floyd | beat that, silly Mikie!" and quickly began to make a skilful rope
Floyd | climbing exhibition.
Floyd | I knew he wasn't actually there, but couldn't help answering "Now, Mr.
Floyd | know-it-all, what's so wrong with using a ladder to go upstairs?"
Floyd | He was talking to himself, but  the timing was so surprisingly precise
Floyd | that I could swear he was addressing me while both of us were reaching
Floyd | upside "Yeah, yeah... I wonder who the hell was the moron who screwed
Floyd | the ladder..."
Floyd | ...
Floyd | ...Oops! I realized then that the wooden ladder was so rotten that it
Floyd | was on the verge of collapsing under my weight. I desperately jumped
Floyd | towards the ceiling hole, miraculously reaching upstairs in the last
Floyd | moment before the ladder turned into a pile of shreds on the lower
Floyd | floor... That was close...!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dimly lit room
Floyd | I was in a dimly lit room upstairs. Some light entered from the
Floyd | corridor to the west, but it still wasn't enough to move without the
Floyd | torch.
Floyd | Exits led east, to a door, west, to a corridor, and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we fancy west or east here?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's not go down."
		Jacqueline says, "Beyond that I leave it to you."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dimly lit room                                       58
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I entered a corridor... and then hell broke loose. It all seemed a
Floyd | scene from a medieval fantasy film. I saw... that was it... an army of
Floyd | ghosts. They were just an indescribable legion of formless shadows I
Floyd | could just refer to as ghosts. At the other end of the corridor Doc
Floyd | stood defiantly carrying a shining sword "Now, minions of hell, you're
Floyd | going to taste my ghost slayer blade" and with a barbarian-like howl
Floyd | he charged against them all... smashing them apart while he kept
Floyd | running. "Wait..." I thought. Perhaps he got too carried away, as he
Floyd | didn't stop in the corridor and entered the room in an unstoppable
Floyd | rush which lead him directly to the trapdoor hole...
Floyd | "Yiaaaahhh...!!" CRASH!!
Floyd | "Ouch... That must have hurt!!" I thought, and looked into the hole to
Floyd | see Doc's shiny vision lying on the floor below... in time to see
Floyd | Rose's fuzzy image running towards him...
Floyd | "It's okay, it's okay" he said "It's been just some scrapes... You're
Floyd | not to worr..." But she wouldn't let him finish. Giving away a side of
Floyd | herself I would never have wanted to see, she embraced him tenderly
Floyd | until they both merged in a long, passionate kiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | And I knew then, being the unnoticed witness of their privacy, that as
Floyd | certain as there was a real world outside of the house, any wish, any
Floyd | hope I had concerning Rose would never, ever, fit in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Their images vanished again as I realized they were stuck downstairs,
Floyd | and if there were an exit to the house it was on my side, so it was up
Floyd | to me to find it and eventually come back to their rescue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, we could just leave now."
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding.)"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps Rose has four sisters."
		Jacqueline says, "Perhaps."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             59
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | I was in a corridor. Light entered from a near balcony.
Floyd | I could see a bedroom to the north, a dimly lit room to the east, and
Floyd | a balcony to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why four?"
		DavidW says, "oh, I was trying to make an off colour joke. I suppose five would've made more sense."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm afraid of the balcony."
		DavidW says, "It's probably a way down if there's rope."
		DavidW asks, "Also, how dusty can a balcony be?"
		Jacqueline says, "When I was a child there was a haunted house in my town that if you went out on the balcony it dropped suddenly to scare the poop out of you."
		Jacqueline says, "(A commercial haunted house, I mean.)"
		DavidW says, "goodness"
		DavidW says, "well, let's hope that doesn't happen. I think the house secretly loves us."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             60
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I was in a balcony. Couldn't say whether it was day or night, as the
Floyd | cloudy sky colour was just... unnatural. I gazed down to see Rose's
Floyd | corpse impaled at the iron gate in the house entrance. Horror made me
Floyd | jump back to the corridor in a reflex move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Okay, so far Rose has been poisoned, burnt, and impaled."
		Jacqueline says, "How many ways has she died now? Three? I'm starting to lose track."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             61
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't want to see. But I had to be sure. I stepped onto the balcony
Floyd | once again and... there were two corpses of Rose impaled at the iron
Floyd | gate. Two different dead bodies in different dead postures. I went
Floyd | back again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             62
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Then I saw three impaled Roses and one Doc hanging from a nearby tree.
Floyd | I blinked... and suddenly all surrounding trees were full of hanged
Floyd | Docs. Gruesome. I entered the house again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             63
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I was just losing my mind, as I went onto the balcony again and again
Floyd | until a mountain of dead Roses and Docs filled the horizon. Suddenly
Floyd | the horror was gone, as I had the strong feeling  that somehow the
Floyd | house, or whoever was inside, was just doing its best to suggest to me
Floyd | that jumping from the balcony was not a safe way of leaving. Well,
Floyd | black humour was also to be considered.
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, now I'm laughing. Sorry."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we go north now?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     64
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs bedroom
Floyd | I was in a bedroom.
Floyd | I could go south, to the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see a bed, a desk and a wardrobe (closed) there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "My goodness. Actual furnishings."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     65
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | An old bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     66
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Just dust. A lot of it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | An old wooden desk. There was a closed drawer in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     68
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I opened the drawer, revealing a pile of mail and a handful of press
Floyd | clippings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It is okay for an abandoned house to not really have furniture."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mail" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     69
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Lots of invoices and receipts dated up to the mid fifties addressed to
Floyd | some Shirley McDaniel. Last envelope seemed to be a handwritten
Floyd | letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A yellowing handwritten letter dated November 1956.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My dearest, my sweetheart, my love..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Uh, that was... I nervously skipped from one line to another
Floyd | without any order...
Floyd |
Floyd | "...time of our most difficult choice, let the world know I'll allow
Floyd | no one to stand in the way of our one dream, our true heart desire..."
Floyd | "... convince you to take that little step, I promise you, my dear,
Floyd | that you'll never be afraid any more of whatever people say..."
Floyd | "... fulfil my deepest wish... devoted to you beyond any hope..."
Floyd |
Floyd | It was all about not being afraid from scandals, about finding a way
Floyd | to live together, about pure love agony... the way just old styled
Floyd | love letters could do. I felt I got it then. Somehow I knew what was
Floyd | all about with that stranger who came to visit a cold Autumn day many
Floyd | years ago, just before the house got abandoned... Somehow I just knew
Floyd | what was going on with all that madness... As in response, I could
Floyd | hear the door in the near room with the hole on the floor creaking
Floyd | open... as if the house was inviting me to a rendezvous with its final
Floyd | inner secret.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think I missed part of the story thread here."
		Jacqueline says, "Inviting us to a rendezvous with its final inner secret? Goodness."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Oh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     71
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A love letter...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The cold autumn day was mentioned back at the beginning."
		Jacqueline says, "I do kind of wish our PC would have just read the letter from beginning to end."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     72
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A love letter...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clippings" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     73
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLIPPINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Society news from the mid fifties regarding Shirley McDaniel, heiress
Floyd | of the McDaniel fortune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read clippings" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     74
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ CLIPPINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Society news from the mid fifties regarding Shirley McDaniel, heiress
Floyd | of the McDaniel fortune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     75
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | An old wooden wardrobe almost covered by the continuous cobweb layer.
Floyd | It was closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     76
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I opened the wardrobe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     77
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The wardrobe was empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     78
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That was not something I could enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     79
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | That was not something I could enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Timing. Darn."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     80
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The wardrobe was empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     81
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It was fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     82
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs bedroom
Floyd | I was in a bedroom.
Floyd | I could go south, to the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see a bed, a desk and a wardrobe (empty) there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "lie on bed" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs bedroom                                     82
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we need to retrace our steps a bit"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay"
		DavidW asks, "Are we done here?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                             83
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | I was in a corridor. Light entered from a near balcony.
Floyd | I could see a bedroom to the north, a dimly lit room to the east, and
Floyd | a balcony to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dimly lit room                                       84
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dimly lit room
Floyd | I was in a dimly lit room.
Floyd | Exits led east, to a door, west, to a corridor, and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                85
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | Then something difficult to describe happened. With my first step, I
Floyd | was entering into an attic room, with the next, it was just like the
Floyd | room itself was entering into my head. It was hard to discern whether
Floyd | I was in two different locations at the same time or having two
Floyd | totally different perceptions of a same place.
Floyd | One was a dark room where I could hardly distinguish a window that,
Floyd | for no reason, I thought led the way to the landscape of another
Floyd | world. I was afraid to look into it, thinking that just gazing there
Floyd | would get me lost forever. Other than that it didn't matter where I
Floyd | turned the torchlight to, it was all a deep hole of inscrutable
Floyd | blackness.
Floyd | The other one was a sea of shining blue where I just couldn't measure
Floyd | any distance or have any reliable notion of location. Simultaneously
Floyd | in both of them, or somewhere in between, or just floating around me,
Floyd | a pale blue presence. When it somehow spoke to me, the amount of
Floyd | shocking sensory nonsense went far beyond my coping capacity: I think
Floyd | I lost my consciousness for a while...
Floyd | When I came back I was greeted by a female voice...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello there... you're an unwelcome guest, and my name is Indy".
Floyd |
Floyd | I was so shaken and exhausted after all the previous sequence of
Floyd | surrealist nightmares that I just wasn't aware, or couldn't care less,
Floyd | if I was taking it too casually given the circumstances.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indy for Indiana? Indy for independent? Indy as in..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...Indigo"
Floyd |
Floyd | And I was still surrounded by the dark, but it was just like her voice
Floyd | made the whole room change its colour.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see a window and Indigo there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                86
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | I looked at her, and just like she could read my mind she answered to
Floyd | what I was thinking...
Floyd | "No, I don't know what happened to Shirley McDaniel. I just came here
Floyd | after she and her lover flew away. As far as I know, their love story
Floyd | could have ended tragically, or perhaps they are now happily spending
Floyd | the best of their old age as a de facto couple on an exotic island.
Floyd | Dunno. You know, we just search for empty houses."
Floyd | "We?" I was surprised...
Floyd | "No, no, it's just me here" I thought she was smiling "I meant my
Floyd | people tend to settle in abandoned places 'cause they are the best to
Floyd | give time a chance, to forget, maybe forgive, whichever happened,
Floyd | whatever they did to us..."
Floyd | And I didn't see it, but I could sense her finger pointing close to my
Floyd | nose while she firmly stated
Floyd | "And-don't-even-think-of-asking-me-what-it-was."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yay Indigo."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask indigo about plugh" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                87
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK INDIGO ABOUT PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | I tried to... No, no... I couldn't tell what happened first, could I?
Floyd | I got paralysed. Darkness got darker than dark. The air around me
Floyd | suddenly disappeared, and somehow I felt, though I couldn't exactly
Floyd | see, Indigo's furious face insanely jumping towards me at an
Floyd | impossible, inhuman, speed...
Floyd | ... and then I instinctively tried to cover my face, but lost my
Floyd | balance and fell backwards, yelling like a child and shaking
Floyd | frantically arms and legs in panic... until I heard her voice in a
Floyd | tongue in cheek tone saying...
Floyd |
Floyd | "...PLUGH!"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Damn ghostly girl, she had just booed me. No, she gave me the
Floyd | fright of my life. No, no, she frightened the death out of my very own
Floyd | soul and then hammered it a bit. And I fell for it like a kid in the
Floyd | nightly camp fire after the scary tale-telling run...
Floyd | When I got my breath back I noticed I was lying on the floor while she
Floyd | was also sitting on it a few yards in front of me. We stared a each
Floyd | other for a few instants, and then I tried to speak... but her answer
Floyd | came before I could articulate a single word...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, you've made all the way up here, watching the many deaths of
Floyd | Rose and... the other guy, and now here we are, just chatting like
Floyd | long time friends having tea beside the stone fountain in the
Floyd | beautiful garden and..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and I felt like I was in one of those dreams when you're close to a
Floyd | warm, comfortable, company and would like to stay like that forever...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                88
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | No, I dared not...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Attic                                                88
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                89
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | No, I dared not...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                90
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | No, I dared not...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                91
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | I was in the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could see a window and Indigo there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask indigo about indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                92
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK INDIGO ABOUT INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | Even before I finished thinking of it she interrupted me:
Floyd |
Floyd | "...Plugh again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and  I could hear first a tiny laugh... then I could feel, though
Floyd | again I couldn't exactly see, her smile... and it was all so
Floyd | contagious that in no time we both couldn't help laughing out pretty
Floyd | loud until we lost notion of time...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                93
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no... I didn't do that, did I? Perhaps I tried to, but I was so
Floyd | mesmerized under Indigo's presence that the only thing I could do, or
Floyd | the only thing I felt I wanted to do, was examine her intensely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                94
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | She was a formless blue shadow, but I felt I could visualize her the
Floyd | way I wanted. I thought I could think of her as an attractive woman.
Floyd | At that point, I realized that what I saw between Rose and Doc had
Floyd | struck me harder than what I would like to recognize. I felt
Floyd | miserable. She noticed.
Floyd | "Your friends have suffered no harm at all. We use to play tricks with
Floyd | unwanted visitor's imaginations to make sure they don't even consider
Floyd | coming back. Other than that, everything was real..."
Floyd | ...
Floyd | "Ow, sorry..." She added on realizing I didn't want to hear that last
Floyd | one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x indigo" 		

Floyd ]  Attic                                                94
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INDIGO
Floyd |
Floyd | I tried to discern a form in her formless shadowy blue image. I
Floyd | noticed then that, if I focused hard enough on the spot she seemed to
Floyd | be, I could move without my head getting dizzy for the space
Floyd | strangeness all around me. I advanced towards her, and then, even as
Floyd | she was just like a cloud, I could hear her nervous step back on the
Floyd | floor. I had the craziest of all ideas. I extended my arm. I wasn't
Floyd | aware of how rude, mindlessly I was trying to breach into her privacy
Floyd | until I could sense the anxiety, the loneliness... and then the cold,
Floyd | the death...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...and then, for the very first time in my life, I was slapped by a
Floyd | ghost.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not only slapped as being hit in your cheek, but also as being grabbed
Floyd | in the air, literally kicked in the ass, and thrown away through a
Floyd | closed window.
Floyd | First I panicked, about the other world sighting and that stuff. I
Floyd | closed my eyes, but soon I couldn't help opening them again and I saw
Floyd | I was landing into the entrance of the house, where some very puzzled
Floyd | Rose and Doc, eyes wide open, were just dumbstruck watching my free
Floyd | fall from the first floor.
Floyd | ...CRASH!
Floyd |
Floyd | ... Press any key.

		DavidW says, "hey Ma, I found the way down."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, so much for >KISS INDIGO"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 94
Floyd |
Floyd | "..Ouch! That must have hurt!"
Floyd | Rose's comforting voice received me before Doc's strident comment
Floyd | ruined it all.
Floyd | "Oh! you silly Mikie, I thought you would throw yourself out of a
Floyd | window just if you were ordered to do so, now I know you would do it
Floyd | even if no one told you to!"
Floyd |
Floyd | And that was all about the house mystery: there was no mystery at all,
Floyd | at least not the way I thought about mysteries since then. The mansion
Floyd | was abandoned when rich heiress powerful dumb airhead Shirley McDaniel
Floyd | fell in love with a married man. There were no monsters in the
Floyd | basement, but I met a ghost in the attic. She happened to be just a
Floyd | random squatter called Indigo, and was there for the same reason
Floyd | ghosts like to roam quiet isolated places. They are empty, giving them
Floyd | time to heal whatever wounds tie them to the wrong side of the
Floyd | after-life... alone...
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose and Doc helped me to stand, each to one side of me, while my leg
Floyd | hurt like hell, just a bad sprain. I enjoyed that brief moment in the
Floyd | centre of our improbable friends trio, whose balance, I knew then, was
Floyd | as close to an irreversible end as summer itself...
Floyd | The following days we had trouble discerning real events from ghost
Floyd | pranks. At first, we talked about it all as an actual  series of
Floyd | weird, strange, supernatural events... or so I think... Later, it was
Floyd | just a scary trip into an old mansion where we got lost in the dark
Floyd | and had to struggle to come back, as if nothing out of the ordinary
Floyd | had happened in between, or no one dared to mention... It's tempting
Floyd | to believe that's what the ghost-girl wanted... Did I ever tell my
Floyd | friends about her? Can't clearly remember...
Floyd | In the end, it was the day we went into an abandoned house, Rose and
Floyd | Doc started their intense and short-lived relatioship, and I fell off
Floyd | a window...
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I'm not sure which part of it all is a real memory and which my
Floyd | own recreation. Teenagers are known to make up stories to calm their
Floyd | angsts just like ghosts searching abandoned houses to ease their own,
Floyd | immortal pains, aren't they?
Floyd | Unexpectedly, I still keep with me the crumpled paper. Sometimes I
Floyd | just say "plugh" to see if something happens. Of course, it does not.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** END ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some AMUSING
Floyd | facts about the differences with the original "Haunted House" game,
Floyd | QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We missed a couple locations. We never went north from West End or East End of Hall."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Outside of the house                                 94
Floyd |
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | As explained with more detail in the accompanying booklet, this story
Floyd | was originally written for the 2011 Indigo New Language speed-IF
Floyd | competition, which required authors to make their entries with an
Floyd | Interactive Fiction creation tool they had never used before (and,
Floyd | incidentally, to add a reference to the word "Indigo" anywhere inside
Floyd | it). It's also a remake of a 1979 text adventure game, also called
Floyd | "Haunted House", where a single character must find a way out from an
Floyd | abandoned old mansion. The major difference between both works is that
Floyd | in the remake the player character will spend most of the time
Floyd | witnessing through blurry visions how his missing friends are dealing
Floyd | with the puzzles from the original. This is a brief summary of most of
Floyd | them:
Floyd |
Floyd |  The crumpled piece of paper and the "plugh" word.
Floyd | In the original work a "crumpled piece of paper" could be spotted at
Floyd | the very first location of the game with the word "plugh" written on
Floyd | it. Using "PLUGH" or "SAY PLUGH" as a command would just teleport the
Floyd | player directly into the mansion foyer. The word "plugh" itself was,
Floyd | in this case, a well known legacy from Crowther and Woods' Colossal
Floyd | Cave Adventure game, where it also worked as a teleportation key
Floyd | between certain cavern locations.
Floyd |
Floyd |  The levitating knife in the living room.
Floyd | In the 1979 game player could see a levitating knife just floating in
Floyd | the living room. Any action other than getting it would result in the
Floyd | knife suddenly slashing player's throat causing an instant death. In
Floyd | this new version player can see one of his friends being chased by it
Floyd | in the same room.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A message in a scroll.
Floyd | Originally, an abandoned scroll was also lying on the ground of the
Floyd | living room. A message written on it succinctly indicated that "there
Floyd | is escape from the second floor". This hint was replaced in the new
Floyd | story by a whole scene in the adjacent room where the player character
Floyd | and Rose try, not quite successfully, to communicate through messages
Floyd | written on the surface of a dusty table and she suggests going
Floyd | "upstairs" and searching the library.
Floyd |
Floyd |  The bucket of poisoned water in the kitchen.
Floyd | A bucket of water was on the kitchen floor in the first game. Its
Floyd | only purpose was killing the player right after drinking from it, so
Floyd | the only thing the player actually had to do about it was just not to
Floyd | do so! In this remake, player witnesses a dramatic scene where a
Floyd | desperate and noticeably aged Rose commits suicide by drinking the
Floyd | poison after having been roaming around the house apparently for a
Floyd | whole life.
Floyd |
Floyd | The animated suit of armour.
Floyd | An animated suit of armour blocked the way from the kitchen to the
Floyd | breakfast room in the original game if the player was not carrying the
Floyd | knife that was levitating at the living room. If the knife was
Floyd | carried, it would just flee away. In this remake, the walking armour
Floyd | can be seen chasing Doc at the den.
Floyd |
Floyd |  The cabinet with a key at the servants quarters.
Floyd | Originally, in what was a very disorienting puzzle, player had to
Floyd | walk in an arbitrary series of directions at the servants quarters to
Floyd | be able to reach the key inside the cabinet which would open the
Floyd | locked door at the west end of the hall. In this version player has
Floyd | just to watch the ghostly vision of Rose doing all the job.
Floyd |
Floyd |  The rope in the secret passage.
Floyd | A rope was lying abandoned on the floor of the secret passage between
Floyd | the green and blue bedrooms in the original game. Player should get it
Floyd | in order to reach the upper floor later. Now he just sees a vision of
Floyd | Doc picking it up and going away with it.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Fire in the Master bedroom.
Floyd | A raging wall of fire originally blocked the way east from the master
Floyd | bedroom. If player tried to go through it  the program would ominously
Floyd | ask for confirmation, but there wasn't actually any danger, as going
Floyd | east would make the player safely appear in the library without any
Floyd | harm, and without any explanation of what had happened, letting smart
Floyd | players figure out themselves that it was just a hallucination.  This
Floyd | worked surprisingly well in a 1979 home-computing context, where
Floyd | sparse text was taken for granted and players assumed that filling the
Floyd | gaps with their imagination was part of the fun.
Floyd | In this version, the whole scene has been replaced by the player
Floyd | getting shocked in a traumatic way after seeing Rose dying consumed in
Floyd | a ball of fire, which is later revealed to be just another illusion.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Reaching upstairs.
Floyd | In the first game, dropping the rope in the library revealed it was a
Floyd | magic cord which would rise itself up to the hole in the ceiling,
Floyd | letting the player climb to get to the second floor. In this remake
Floyd | the player just sees his friend Doc doing the trick, while he uses an
Floyd | old ladder that collapses in the last second, letting him stuck
Floyd | upstairs. At this point,  memory restrictions made the TRS-80 computer
Floyd | load the second part of the game containing the rooms and events in
Floyd | this second floor, where the player just had no option to get back
Floyd | downstairs again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait a minute! A hole in the ceiling?
Floyd | Reaching upstairs climbing a cord to a hole in the ceiling seemed
Floyd | appropiate for a Heidi's Hut like scenario, but this was supposed to
Floyd | be a rich family's mansion, so the whole corridor scene was made up to
Floyd | suggest the way to a hall with proper stairs leading to the upper
Floyd | floor was blocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | An army of ghosts.
Floyd | Once upstairs, in the original game, player could see and get a magic
Floyd | "ghost killer" sword which he could use to slain several spirits
Floyd | scattered along the rooms blocking the way to the final exit. Now he
Floyd | watches a vision of Doc charging against them with the sword in a
Floyd | rather theatrical way, which leads to the scene where the player
Floyd | character realizes simultaneously that he has a crush on Rose, though
Floyd | he had never openly admitted it before, but there's no point in even
Floyd | considering it anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Dying again and again.
Floyd | Successfully leaving the house in the 70's game implied a long trial
Floyd | and error process in which the player had to find the right spot where
Floyd | he had to jump from a balcony without dying in the fall, which meant
Floyd | dying a lot of times before getting it right. This sequence is somehow
Floyd | reflected in the remake in a surrealistic scene where the player sees
Floyd | a growing amount of corpses of both his friends every time he steps
Floyd | into the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd |  The McDaniel mansion story.
Floyd | Even when the old TRS-80 game could be summarized as "you just
Floyd | entered an abandoned house, now find your way out" its leaflet had a
Floyd | short text with a bit of an introduction story where it is mentioned
Floyd | that some McDaniel family inhabited the house until they all
Floyd | mysteriously disappeared "that cold autumn day, when a stranger came
Floyd | to visit many years ago..." This is briefly referred to a couple of
Floyd | times in this modern version, and is used to connect the story with
Floyd | real events from the author's teen years, as exposed in the included
Floyd | booklet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The other characters and Indigo.
Floyd | All the other non player characters appearing in this version have
Floyd | been created specifically for it and have no relation with anything in
Floyd | the original work, save the stated fact that the player is seeing his
Floyd | friends handling with its challenges.  The character of Indigo was
Floyd | expressly created to meet the competition requirement of having some
Floyd | reference to that word, so a female ghost called "Indigo" was added
Floyd | and was made responsible for all the weird phenomena inside the house
Floyd | in her attempt to stay alone just for being what she is, perhaps not
Floyd | so certain whether her isolation is something actually desired,
Floyd | imposed, or just inherent to her very own nature, while silently
Floyd | longing, though she would never openly admit it, for even the briefest
Floyd | form of contact with anyone out there.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Examining the shelves at the library.
Floyd | If player reaches to Rose's message on the table referring to the
Floyd | library, examining the shelves at that room will reveal a pile of
Floyd | books carefully set apart, probably by Rose herself, or that's the
Floyd | player character's best guess. They're some classic literary works
Floyd | (and recommended readings) related to the subject of haunted houses.
Floyd | In case you missed that bit, they're listed in the booklet last page.
Floyd |
Floyd | And of course, if you just reached here, many thanks for playing
Floyd | Haunted House. I sincerely hope you enjoyed it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some AMUSING
Floyd | facts about the differences with the original "Haunted House" game,
Floyd | QUIT or UNDO the last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for playing that with me, DavidW."
		Jacqueline says, "That was a trippy fun romp."
		DavidW says, "Thanks for suggesting it."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to try to go work on transcripts."
		DavidW says, "Okay."
		DavidW says, "Neat that that was basically a Back to the Future Part II version of a game."
		Jacqueline says, "heh. Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "It was a clever idea."
		DavidW asks, "And aren't you glad I visited the balcony?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "hahaha. YES!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Aisle by Sam Barlow
As played on ifMUD on June 25, 2017

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 Aisle written by Sam Barlow. 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 aisle" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                             - A I S L E -
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                             by Sam Barlow
Floyd ]
Floyd ] You are about to read a story. Or rather, part of a story. You will
Floyd | be
Floyd ] be asked to define the story by controlling one instant in the life
Floyd | of
Floyd ] the man whose story it is. Your intervention will begin and end the
Floyd ] story. But be warned; there are many stories and not all of the
Floyd | storie
Floyd ] are about the same man.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Oh, the shopping for pasta one?"
zarf arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Doug says, "sure "I'll" play it. har har"
		Peregrine says, "there is actually a game called 'I'll' which is similar"
		Jacqueline says, "Let me shut off the sleepmask."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]

		Doug asks, "hm, weird line breaks. does it really say "storie"?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, not sure."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think what's really interesting is that you can sort of build up a story from lots of separate small pieces of info."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. That may have just been a text box thing. It looks fine now."
		Peregrine says, ">EAT GNOCCHIS"
Taleslinger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Doug says, "I guess this will work well with Floyd because no one can mess up the state with a command"
		Guenni says, "Well, I'll leave you to it. I played it, and don't feel like watching it unfold right now."
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay. Thanks, Guenni. Sorry 'bout that."
		DavidW says (to Doug), "yes"
		Genevieve exclaims, "Mmm, gnocchi!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need a mirror to know what you look like. Old. "Old beyond
Floyd | your years", as they say. Old. Old and lonely. You look lonely--you
Floyd | are lonely. You are well dressed but people think you are a tramp. You
Floyd | feel like a tramp. Ever since Clare left you... without word... in
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave your trolley and walk to the exit. Then drive home.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd | The end of the story. The end of a story. But not
Floyd | the only story...

		Allen says, "surely >NOM GNOCCHIS is correct verb"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x trolley" 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | The trolley is a small cage of steel with bent rubber wheels. Full of
Floyd | your shopping: meals for one, drinks for one (well, drinks for
Floyd | several, but hey, who's counting?).
Floyd |
Floyd | Gnocchi for one wouldn't really work. You settle for
Floyd | spaghetti and continue on to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |      The end of another story. But then, there are others...

		Doug says, "oh, except I guess you have to press space after every command"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Guenni says, "No problem. I might actually read the script later, but not right now."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Hmm, I think this is the most bizarre game I have ever encountered."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You rip open the packet and take out a few Gnocchi, cramming them into
Floyd | your mouth. The uncooked, floury balls clog in your throat and you
Floyd | swallow them down, hard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The brunette glances at you and moves on quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel stupid, slip the opened bag back into the shelf and carry on.
Floyd | It's never been as good as it was in Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. But then...

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "never expected that to work"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember rome" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER ROME
Floyd |
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the Gnocchi and stare at the illustration of Piazza
Floyd | Venezia on its packet. You remember; sun, heat, food, pasta, sauces,
Floyd | wine, love, ancient, modern, Italians, Americans, love. And ultimately
Floyd | pain. A pain you had thought you had forgotten. But like a cancer
Floyd | returning to wreak havoc again, the pain resurfaces and tears through
Floyd | the thin barriers you had erected. Tears flow. Memories; guilt. And
Floyd | finally acceptance. You live with it.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   One more story over. Then again...

		Genevieve says, "Too bad you can't cook the gnocchi first. :-)"
		Peregrine asks, "Or can you?"
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "Try it next time."
		DavidW says, "This game allows a LOT of actions."
		Jacqueline says, "This is cheerful."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "La-di-da"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "cook gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > COOK GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "cook gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > COOK GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "darn"
		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Peregrine pouts!
		Genevieve says, "Well, there's no stove or saucepan or water, so I didn't expect that would work. Heh."
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy gnocchi then cook it" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY GNOCCHI THEN COOK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the packet of Gnocchi and toss it into your trolley.
Floyd | You'll have that tonight with some olive oil and a few leaves of fresh
Floyd | basil. Just like in Rome... though without Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | But it's useless remembering, best just enjoy the Gnocchi.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |               A story finished. But there are others...

		Peregrine says, "yum"
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I forgive you about the no-winning-action thing. It's here in Sam Barlow's description of the game on IFDB. heh"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about sauces" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT SAUCES
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over. "Hi. You trying to choose a sauce?" She looks at you
Floyd | and pauses, "Um. Yeah I'm just looking." You reach down a random jar
Floyd | and pass it to her, "This is a great sauce." She smiles politely,
Floyd | "Thanks," and quickly moves on to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a bit stupid. Why is it that none of them understand you like
Floyd | she did?
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. And yet...

		Genevieve says, "Sorry, was just curious."
		Peregrine says, "no problem"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kill woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You run over to her and throw a punch which knocks her into the
Floyd | shelves. Jars fall and splatter grainy red sauces across the aisle.
Floyd | Shit. You run out--out to the car and drive--drive home. When you park
Floyd | up, you find that you are holding the gnocchi from the supermarket.
Floyd |
Floyd | What was it about the gnocchi? You can't remember (I don't think you
Floyd | want to remember). You feel ashamed, stupid and old.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		Jacqueline says, "AH"
		Doug says, "the transcript is going to be mighty repetitive"
		Genevieve exclaims, "Hahaha!"
		Peregrine says, "gnack gnack gnocchi"
		Peregrine says, "(evil pasta laught)"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "That's really funny. I was going to try hitting her with a jar of sauce or the bag of gnocchi."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus on the gnocchi and whilst the little, floury balls remain
Floyd | the same everything else changes. There is a flush of noise in your
Floyd | ears, the cold air pushed away by the warmth from table-top candles. A
Floyd | friendly waiter approaches, "Gnocchi for two?" His English is correct
Floyd | but with a European slant. You nod. "Prego," you volunteer as he lays
Floyd | the plate before you. Clare Prego's too as he presents her plate. He
Floyd | asks if you would like a bottle of wine. "Uno vino rose," you reply in
Floyd | half-Italian. He scurries away, whilst a smaller waiter hurries to you
Floyd | and puts a basket of bread and bread sticks on the table. "Prego," he
Floyd | nods as he backs away into the busy restaurant. You take a fork and
Floyd | spear a bud of gnocchi, dunking it in the sauce. As you draw it up to
Floyd | your mouth your eyes level with Clare's.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head and are back in the supermarket.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmmm. Maybe there was something more important than gnocchi? But it's
Floyd | gone now. You take a couple of packets and pile them into the trolley.
Floyd | Then with a push of the wrists you move the trolley onwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Prego would be a good sauce to buy"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe years ago when things were more about fun and were less
Floyd | real. You've come too far to go back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "that didn't end the game."
Doug says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | [Some of the information generated by Help, Author and Credits will
Floyd | give a few clues about the game. You might want to play around a bit
Floyd | before you read it].
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "This ain't no 1-move game!"
Doug says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot save.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking everything from your pockets you crouch down and line up your
Floyd | possessions on the floor:
Floyd |
Floyd | Wallet: coins, bank card, store card, bookclub card, photo--
Floyd |
Floyd | Each object, representing something else, is like a word. The
Floyd | inventory-sentence ends and begins with that photo. An attempt to
Floyd | possess Clare in her image, to hold her and to contain her. You
Floyd | rearrange the coins in a circle around the photo, a makeshift frame.
Floyd | A photo of Clare. If only you could lose those first few
Floyd | words: Clare. Then you could hold Clare, possess Clare. She would be
Floyd | yours...
Floyd |
Floyd | With a furtive glance you scoop up your things and return them to your
Floyd | pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The photo burns a hole in your pocket, through your heart and to the
Floyd | centre of your universe.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x coins" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry. You can't use your possessions directly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "forget Clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORGET CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | Forget it. Easy to say. Not as easy to do. Like cleaning shit
Floyd | from your shoes it's a nasty business but, eventually, it's gone. Like
Floyd | a weight off your shoulders, a clean slate, etc. You feel much better.
Floyd | Can't even remember what it was that was bothering you. Shopping--now
Floyd | that you do remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | The squeak of the rubber wheels as you push off and continue shopping,
Floyd | that's all you remember.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		zarf says, "I feel bad for retro-Sam, writing all this angst-drama"
		Peregrine says, "there's a lot of angsty IF tbh"
		zarf says, "well, I feel bad for retro-me writing _So Far_, too"
		Genevieve exclaims, "No way, So Far is brilliant!"
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to zarf), "yeah, I was thinking the same thing."
		Jacqueline says, "About this and Sam Barlow, not about So Far."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push my trolley into her trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH MY TROLLEY INTO HER TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You rev your trolley backwards and forwards on its slick casters.
Floyd | Then, squinting slightly to check your aim, you push your shoulders
Floyd | into it and watch it wheeeeeeeel into the brunette's trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clash of the metal beasts!
Floyd |
Floyd | For a second it occurs to you that her trolley, with its greater load,
Floyd | might win--but as the trolleys smack together with a steely
Floyd | tink you know you've won. A smile emerges as her trolley tips,
Floyd | rocks and then falls to its side. Your trolley stands above it,
Floyd | shaking from the contact, but still upright.
Floyd |
Floyd | She turns, shocked by your disruption of her domestic tranquillity.
Floyd | You grin, turn and walk to the exit. No-one makes to follow you. This
Floyd | surprises you, but perhaps they're learning--no matter how many times
Floyd | they lock you up they can't keep a good boy down.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              One more story over. But there are others...

		Doug says (to Taleslinger), "assuming you meant to say that on this channel, I've seen that spelling a few times. e.g. Clare Malone from the 538 podcast"
		Taleslinger says, "I did"
		Peregrine says, "Yaaayy"
		Doug says, "if only we had a video database to search for more info about Clare"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, is her name Clare too?"
		Peregrine says, "trolley mayhem"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "punch gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | The Gnocchi reminds you of Rome. Of Clare. All long in the past and a
Floyd | past not to be revisited. You punch the Gnocchi and push the trolley
Floyd | on its way, narrowly avoiding the brunette as you briskly move on to
Floyd | the next aisle and the next..
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		Jacqueline says, "Man. This... this is really from another time."
		Genevieve says, "Meaning no disrespect to the author of this game, but I'd take So Far over it any day. :-) This is just... strange."
		Doug says, "I haven't played Her Story but Wikipedia says she's named Hannah"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, right."
		Peregrine asks, "Punching gnocchi?"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "You should play it. It's good."
		Doug says, "Wikipedia also says it's out on Android now so perhaps I should play it finally."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit woman with gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT WOMAN WITH GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a packet of the gnocchi and watch it trail through the
Floyd | air, bouncing awkwardly off the brunette. Caught unawares, she drops
Floyd | the jar she is holding which shatters on the floor, leaving a puddle
Floyd | of grainy red. She stares, red-faced, in disbelief. You hear the soft
Floyd | crunch of leather boots behind you and turn to face a middle-aged
Floyd | security guard. You feint to the left then run to the right, out of
Floyd | the exit and to your car. As you pull away with a badly clutched roar,
Floyd | you shout out of the window "She had it coming--bitch!"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		Peregrine dies laughing.
		Doug says, "it was pc/mac/ios only last I checked"
		Genevieve exclaims, "ha!"
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to throw), "sauce at woman" 		
Genevieve says, "oops" 		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "throw sauce at woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SAUCE AT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the way she stands pisses you off; she is so insolent.
Floyd | The gnocchi whispers in your ear, "Remember what happened last time?
Floyd | Prevention is always better than cure." You walk up and take a jar
Floyd | from the shelf. The brunette ignores you. You throw the jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | It glances off her with a glass-bone-skin sort of crack, and she falls
Floyd | to the floor limply. You look over her; sauce runs down her face. No;
Floyd | not just sauce--a thin stream of blood is entwined in the onion and
Floyd | tomato. You start to run towards the exit, but just before you get
Floyd | there you feel the air knocked out of you as a heavy thump knocks you
Floyd | from the side and you are tackled to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | This time the judge rules in society's best interest rather than in
Floyd | yours.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |               A story finished. But there are others...

		Peregrine says, "Eeeeagh."
		Peregrine exclaims (at Genevieve), "Murder!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the Gnocchi and it opens up to you; years ago, a holiday
Floyd | to Rome (a romantic holiday). Two lovers (young)--yourself and Clare.
Floyd | Culture, food, sun. Then something happened. And Clare was
Floyd | gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had thought it best not to remember but perhaps remembering is
Floyd | good.
Floyd |
Floyd | You forget the shopping and go home, to think.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		Peregrine says, "Not as fun as the gratuitous violence."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Say something, dammit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember brunette" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER BRUNETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the Gnocchi and it opens up to you; years ago, a holiday
Floyd | to Rome (a romantic holiday). Two lovers (young)--yourself and Clare.
Floyd | Culture, food, sun. Then something happened. And Clare was
Floyd | gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You had thought it best not to remember but perhaps remembering is
Floyd | good.
Floyd |
Floyd | You forget the shopping and go home, to think.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. But then...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask woman about name" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT NAME
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall, slim. Dark haired. You walk up to her and introduce yourself.
Floyd | Then you continue, "Now I'm at a disadvantage--you know my name, but I
Floyd | don't know yours..." She smiles, "I'm Clare" (she doesn't say whether
Floyd | it's with an 'i' or not, we'll just assume). In a whipcrack chain of
Floyd | rather bizarre events, you end up in the supermarket cafe surrounded
Floyd | by a pile of shopping bags. You sit across the tiny table from each
Floyd | other, sipping on your coffee and chatting. Even more bizarre is the
Floyd | fact that you get on. Fabulously.
Floyd |
Floyd | She leaves her bags in her car, storing the frozen stuff in your
Floyd | freezer. In the morning you lend her a shirt... All these domestic
Floyd | touches can only bode well for the future.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		Peregrine asks, "Happy ending?"
		Genevieve exclaims, "Aww, that was cool!"
		Doug says, "whoa"
		Jacqueline says, "Little does she know we considered murdering her."
		Peregrine says, "har har har"
		Peregrine says, "Seriously, I don't see how we get a happier ending than this."
		Jacqueline says, "True."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope; Gnocchi is not on the list. You grab some macaroni and move on.
Floyd | The brunette glances up as you wheel by.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. But then...

		Doug asks, "Is she the same Clare?"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Peregrine says, "well, it's not always the same guy"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "I don't think so. Just a really, really bizarre coincidence."
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "steal sauces" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > STEAL SAUCES
Floyd |
Floyd | No. You don't want to steal anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says (to Peregrine), "it's not? whoa"
		Peregrine says, "Woot."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about Clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Excuse me." The brunette turns, gives you a nod. You explain,
Floyd | briefly, the story of you and Clare. Amazingly, she listens. When you
Floyd | finish you ask "Where did I go wrong?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks apologetic, "I'm sorry, I can't answer that. But it doesn't
Floyd | sound like anyone was to blame. Sometimes people just grow apart..."
Floyd | "Thanks." You walk away.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's the answer you were looking for. If only you had told her the
Floyd | real story.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "confess" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONFESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "tell woman the real story" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN THE REAL STORY
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "tell woman about murder" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT MURDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You scurry up to the brunette. "Excuse me--I probably ought to tell
Floyd | you this, now rather than later", she looks confused and you continue,
Floyd | "but I am a murderer. All very complicated complicated stuff--but
Floyd | basically I killed my girlfriend (my lover) and well I am over it now
Floyd | so there is no problem there but like I said just thought I would
Floyd | say.."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that off your chest you continue on your shop.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. But then...

		Doug says, "whoa"
		Peregrine says, "That's what I thought."
		Peregrine says, "That's the REAL story"
		Genevieve says, "Nice! I wouldn't have thought of that."
		Peregrine accepts the praise humbly.
		Doug asks, "is that a spoiler?"
		Peregrine says, "nope, I didn't know it'd work"
		Peregrine says, "just a hunch"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember prego" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER PREGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy prego" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY PREGO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "tell woman about prego" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT PREGO
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember what happened" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "tell woman about gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the gnocchi and walk over to the brunette. "Look...
Floyd | gnocchi!" She looks bemused, a little embarrassed. "We had gnocchi on
Floyd | our last night together." She smiles, blushing, and moves her trolley
Floyd | to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps you were too forward. Perhaps you missed your chance all those
Floyd | years ago. It is all so difficult.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		Jacqueline says, "Golly."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "terrible pickup line"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember pregnancy" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER PREGNANCY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "hee"
Doug says (to Floyd), "impregnate" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPREGNATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember baby" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER BABY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kiss woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk briskly up to the brunette. As you lean over her she turns
Floyd | and gives a puzzled look. You force your mouth onto hers and reach out
Floyd | hotly for her. She pushes you off--you slip to the floor and she runs
Floyd | to the checkouts. A bulky security man pulls you to your feet and
Floyd | escorts you from the store.
Floyd |
Floyd | Falling to the pavement outside, you stop yourself with outstretched
Floyd | hand, landing near a dirty puddle left by the recent rain. Your old
Floyd | old face stares up at you--how long was it since you kissed those
Floyd | lips? How long since you kissed? Too long? Too late.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we're playing this, particularly as I just realized I have to be somewhere in half an hour."
		Peregrine exclaims, "no puzzles!"
		Jacqueline says, "But I also am embarrassed that I'd never actually played this."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Neither have I."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss security" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS SECURITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You saw them when you came in, but you can't see any around right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "now you've played it more than you've played any game"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb shelves" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the Gnocchi. You remember the Trevi Fountain in Rome. How
Floyd | you and Clare sat and bathed your feet in it on the first day. And how
Floyd | you would continually lose yourselves trying to find some other
Floyd | monument, only to turn a corner and be back at the fountain
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the day after Clare had gone, you returned to the
Floyd | fountain. Drunk, you climbed the fountain and screamed. The police
Floyd | pulled you down and sobered you up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grabbing onto the shelves you hitch yourself up, setting off a
Floyd | mini-avalanche of pasta. Upon reaching the top of the shelves you can
Floyd | see the whole store. People stare at you. They think it's you
Floyd | that is mad. Fuckers.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    A story finished. Then again...

		Genevieve says, "I have to confess it's sort of grown on me, so I'm glad, too."
		Peregrine says, "What's nice is the spirit of anarchy, the feeling that at this point you can do pretty much whatever comes to mind without restraint"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember murder" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER MURDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The one thing you didn't want to remember. A bloody smile
Floyd | drawn across the aisle, Gnocchi for teeth--punch them all out--A red,
Floyd | red smile--brighter than any lipstick--but wait--she speaks. No; she
Floyd | does not. The smile drips, runs into the carpet and blushes into a
Floyd | crimson flower. Purple bruises. Colourful scene don't you think? Of
Floyd | course it's all in the past now. And they said you were over it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bright red smile opens and devours you whole. Everything goes black.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   One more story over. Then again...

		Jacqueline says, "Which was particularly embarrassing a few years ago when I was at the London IF meetup and one turn games came up and I didn't realize that one of the people in the group talking about it *was* Sam Barlow and I made some silly comment that made it clear I didn't realize and there was awkward laughter and that's how I met Sam Barlow."
		Doug says, "ew"
		DavidW says, "wow. I never saw that response."
		Doug says, "I meant ew to that response, not to Jacq's meet cute"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I figured."
		Jacqueline says, "And wow, this is so much darker than I originally thought, and I originally thought it was somewhat dark and mopey. Little did I know."
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember carpet" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Sing a sad song... You start off singing softly to yourself; what must
Floyd | appear to be but a mumble to the other shoppers. But then you slowly
Floyd | get louder and louder until everyone in the shop is glancing nervously
Floyd | at you. It seems the more you sing the more uncomfortable everyone
Floyd | gets. You stop, chuckle. Then continue with your shopping; the aisles
Floyd | seem more empty somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		Doug says, "I met Sam Barlow at a gathering at Jim Munroe's house after a different WordPlay. I think I knew who he was beforehand though"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember smile" 		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember smile" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER SMILE
Floyd |
Floyd | The one thing you didn't want to remember. A bloody smile
Floyd | drawn across the aisle, Gnocchi for teeth--punch them all out--A red,
Floyd | red smile--brighter than any lipstick--but wait--she speaks. No; she
Floyd | does not. The smile drips, runs into the carpet and blushes into a
Floyd | crimson flower. Purple bruises. Colourful scene don't you think? Of
Floyd | course it's all in the past now. And they said you were over it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bright red smile opens and devours you whole. Everything goes black.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		Roger says, "AAAAAVVEEEEEE MAAARIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAaaaaaaa"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Peregrine says, "snort"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "laugh" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | You allow yourself a laugh--memories of holiday float up and tickle
Floyd | your cheeks. The two guitarists singing in pigeon-English by your
Floyd | table as you finished off your gnocchi. Clare thought they were quite
Floyd | good. But, for you, they were too close to embarrassing. And the
Floyd | bric-a-brac sellers with their lighters (naked statues--you push the
Floyd | nipple to light up) and brass colloseums. Not like in the films,
Floyd | really--but then real romance often isn't, right? I mean, there was
Floyd | the evening when you ate on the street where they filmed the Dolce
Floyd | Vita. You spent the meal being distracted by a beggar who was doing a
Floyd | mime-swim across the pavement. Real romance makes you laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		zarf says, "I met him at Indiecade a couple of years ago"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kill trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | You look into the trolley; meals for one, toiletries for
Floyd | one--everything for one. You kick out at the trolley and push
Floyd | it to the side. Turning on a heel you head out into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		zarf says, "also Cat Manning. Who is much shorter."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Death to Trolleys! Death!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was kind of hoping for crazed, maniacal laughter a second ago. Darn"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in my trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN MY TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Remember when you would sit in the front of the trolley and your mum
Floyd | would push you around. You'd drag bright packages off the shelves and
Floyd | cause havoc. But she still loved you. You didn't even do anything
Floyd | wrong with Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb into the trolley and sit down, your shopping crunching
Floyd | beneath you. You push off against the shelves and roll a little way.
Floyd | But then the trolley shakes and turns onto its side. The shopping
Floyd | falls over you and fuck your leg really hurts. You stumble to
Floyd | your feet and curse, limping out of the store into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. And yet...

		Genevieve laughs.
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "put woman in trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WOMAN IN TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | You need to be holding the brunette before you can put her into
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, ""pigeon-English"? kind of ironic to misspell "pidgin""
Genevieve says (to floyd), "seduce woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEDUCE WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "take woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk briskly up to the brunette. As you lean over her she turns
Floyd | and gives a puzzled look. You force your mouth onto hers and reach out
Floyd | hotly for her. She pushes you off--you slip to the floor and she runs
Floyd | to the checkouts. A bulky security man pulls you to your feet and
Floyd | escorts you from the store.
Floyd |
Floyd | Falling to the pavement outside, you stop yourself with outstretched
Floyd | hand, landing near a dirty puddle left by the recent rain. Your old
Floyd | old face stares up at you--how long was it since you kissed those
Floyd | lips? How long since you kissed? Too long? Too late.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   One more story over. Then again...

		Peregrine says, "not in that sense of the word, you fool"
		Jacqueline says, "Escorts you from the store. After you assaulted someone. Nice."
		Genevieve exclaims, "Haha!"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kill macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if you had ordered macaroni rather than gnocchi on that last
Floyd | night she wouldn't have left you. But you couldn't have helped that,
Floyd | really. I mean, you don't even like macaroni. So it's not your fault.
Floyd | If you don't like macaroni she couldn't have expected you to order it.
Floyd | So who's fault is it? Not hers--you both agreed it was no one's fault;
Floyd | people fall out of love. No, not anyone's fault. Something's fault.
Floyd | Pasta. How stupid does that sound? The macaroni's fault.
Floyd | Stupid but true.
Floyd |
Floyd | You rake a shelf of the bags onto the floor; long packets of
Floyd | spaghetti, small papery bags of macaroni, big sacks of penne. As they
Floyd | hit the floor you stamp. The bags split like bruised fruit and
Floyd | spill their contents across the floor. The shells hop and skid as you
Floyd | crack and squash them under your feet. The brunette turns, a worried
Floyd | glance back, and then scurries on. You kick a few stray bows after
Floyd | her, scattering nearby twirls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inevitably the guards appear. You let them take you, explaining that
Floyd | you aren't mad--you can imagine a lot of men in your position would
Floyd | be, but you are quite sane. You've never done this kind of thing
Floyd | before. You really are sorry. You'll pay for the cost, and the mess.
Floyd | If it helps you'll apologise to the brunette. Wait... they're not
Floyd | listening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You end up speaking to a balding man who is really very
Floyd | intellectual--you know the sort--and he agrees, you are very sane. He
Floyd | agrees, love is a dangerous thing. It burns just as many as it warms.
Floyd | He agrees. Tired of his stating the obvious, you stop listening.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. And yet...

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump" 		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with

		Jacqueline says, "WHOA"

Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Staring at the gnocchi you feel a memory slowly, awkwardly, awfully
Floyd | rise to the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | --The scooter driver looks surprised. You grab for Clare and jump to
Floyd | the side--bounce across the road, scrape your head--
Floyd |
Floyd | Scuffed and light headed you open your eyes... your hands are
Floyd | empty--Clare is a few metres away, lying awkwardly. Splattered with a
Floyd | thin red liquid, reflecting the scooter's bright red paintwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scooter skids--you jump. You are in the supermarket. Your hands
Floyd | are empty, sweaty.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. Then again...

		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kill macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if you had ordered macaroni rather than gnocchi on that last
Floyd | night she wouldn't have left you. But you couldn't have helped that,
Floyd | really. I mean, you don't even like macaroni. So it's not your fault.
Floyd | If you don't like macaroni she couldn't have expected you to order it.
Floyd | So who's fault is it? Not hers--you both agreed it was no one's fault;
Floyd | people fall out of love. No, not anyone's fault. Something's fault.
Floyd | Pasta. How stupid does that sound? The macaroni's fault.
Floyd | Stupid but true.
Floyd |
Floyd | You rake a shelf of the bags onto the floor; long packets of
Floyd | spaghetti, small papery bags of macaroni, big sacks of penne. As they
Floyd | hit the floor you stamp. The bags split like bruised fruit and
Floyd | spill their contents across the floor. The shells hop and skid as you
Floyd | crack and squash them under your feet. The brunette turns, a worried
Floyd | glance back, and then scurries on. You kick a few stray bows after
Floyd | her, scattering nearby twirls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inevitably the guards appear. You let them take you, explaining that
Floyd | you aren't mad--you can imagine a lot of men in your position would
Floyd | be, but you are quite sane. You've never done this kind of thing
Floyd | before. You really are sorry. You'll pay for the cost, and the mess.
Floyd | If it helps you'll apologise to the brunette. Wait... they're not
Floyd | listening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You end up speaking to a balding man who is really very
Floyd | intellectual--you know the sort--and he agrees, you are very sane. He
Floyd | agrees, love is a dangerous thing. It burns just as many as it warms.
Floyd | He agrees. Tired of his stating the obvious, you stop listening.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story over. But there are others...

		Peregrine says, "that was a text dump"
		Genevieve says, "Now who couldn't like macaroni? No wonder he's insane. :-P"
		Jacqueline says, "I am now wondering if there are 69,105 pieces of macaroni."
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Say something, dammit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "count macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > COUNT MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger goes to commerical. 		
Taleslinger has disconnected. 		Peregrine says, "pah"
		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pasta" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PASTA
Floyd |
Floyd | There won't be much to find there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "call it macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL IT MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to call the macaroni.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search her trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH HER TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance over at the brunette's trolley. It is almost full--a
Floyd | cursory survey shows it to be mostly full of fresh produce and healthy
Floyd | food. The quantities suggest to you that, like yourself, she is
Floyd | cooking for one. Her choices though, seem to show a genuine love of
Floyd | food. Eating for her is not a burden. You almost feel humbled as you
Floyd | continue filling your trolley with the kind of easy, dull food that
Floyd | you have become accustomed to.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "search woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare at the woman. She is about your height, maybe even a little
Floyd | taller. And beautiful too, with superb hair. Strange; you haven't
Floyd | thought that about a woman for a while. Not since Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue to stare at her. You wonder if she is called Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then she moves on to the next aisle. You grab a bag of
Floyd | pasta--penne--and carry on with your shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              One more story over. But there are others...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "call clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean round the end of the aisle, "Clare?" Again, louder: "Clare?"
Floyd | She walks into the aisle, "Yeah?" You take her hand and walk her along
Floyd | to the gnocchi, "Look, gnocchi, like in Rome--I've never seen it in
Floyd | the shops before." She picks up a packet and drops it in the trolley.
Floyd | "Get some for tea then?" she offers, pecking you on the lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have some for tea and it's like Rome, except: it's colder, you
Floyd | have work tomorrow and you're even more in love than you were
Floyd | then.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		Doug says, "whoa"
		Peregrine says, "I was wrong. A happier ending does exist."
		Peregrine says, "well done Doug"
		DavidW says, "Clare exists and doesn't exist in superimposition."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "find clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIND CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoot round the corner of the aisle. Sure enough there she is,
Floyd | looking through the magazines. You pull up behind her and slide and
Floyd | arm round her waist. She laughs, "Get off! We're in public." You pull
Floyd | out a packet of gnocchi from behind your back, "Look what I found."
Floyd | She smiles, "Gnocchi? Like in Rome. How sweet!" Then she starts to
Floyd | walk off, "Come on, we've got to be out at eight and we've still all
Floyd | the shopping to get done, and tea to cook!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the trolley and catch up with her.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		Peregrine says, "it's a quantum game"
		Genevieve says, "Nice going, Doug."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask clare about tea" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CLARE ABOUT TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "leave clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAVE CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit shelves" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Shelves. Like little prisons. Tempting you with their goods.
Floyd | Bastard shelves. You grab hold of a shelf and pull it off the
Floyd | backboard, shedding its contents across the floor. You tug at the
Floyd | backboard itself and the whole unit falls down, crashing and spilling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two security guards come running up the aisle and grab you, pushing
Floyd | your arm into your back.
Floyd |
Floyd | The police come and it's the usual cycle of recrimination, them
Floyd | telling you what is wrong with you. How do they know? They
Floyd | don't know what it was like.
Floyd |
Floyd | You miss another ten years.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		Genevieve laughs.
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember prison" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER PRISON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "A sensational career of crime."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember jail" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER JAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You look down the aisle and imagine it empty, smaller and with doors
Floyd | at either end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Remember the institution?
Floyd |
Floyd | They taught you to think differently. They told you that you had
Floyd | forgotten--but the red smile still haunts you. What they really made
Floyd | you forget was the guilt... that was what hurt the most. She made you
Floyd | feel guilty in her life and her death. But you forgot that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll never forget the smile; the smiles you gave her. Bloody lips
Floyd | all over her body.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that doesn't bother you, much... On with the shopping!
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		Doug says, "oh!"
		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		Doug says (to Peregrine), "thanks"
		Peregrine says, "no problem, doug"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Ugh, that's rather disturbing."
Doug says (to Floyd), "kill clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use 'all' in this game. Refer to individual items.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You've prayed before--to no avail. But again you drop to one knee and
Floyd | close your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please God. Please God. Please God. Please.."
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop--you know there is no point. You have sinned. You have been
Floyd | sinned against. It is too late. Best just go home and await judgement.
Floyd | Which you do.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |               A story finished. But there are others...

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "lick gnocchi" 		Jacqueline says, "Yes. This is indeed reall disturbing. Well done, Sam."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "lick gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And here I thought this game was well known for just the technique."
Doug says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Now what she doesn't realise (and a lot of people don't realise this)
Floyd | is that you look bloody good for your age. Anyone can look good in a
Floyd | shirt and trousers. But you actually look good. Especially
Floyd | for your age. You pull your jumper over your head and throw it to the
Floyd | floor. A few tugs and your shirt crumples around your feet. You kick
Floyd | off your shoes and bend down to remove your socks. You look up to see
Floyd | the brunette, shocked and intrigued. With a deft flick your belt
Floyd | snakes out of the hooks on your trousers. Your trousers fall and you
Floyd | stand, pink and hairy in the middle of the aisle. The brunette puts a
Floyd | hand to her mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a hand to your balls, cupping them and displaying your penis.
Floyd | "Pretty good, eh? For my age?" You perform a little twirl, "You
Floyd | wouldn't give up on this would you?" The squeak of shoes behind you
Floyd | makes you turn to see several security guards coming at you from the
Floyd | direction of the checkouts. You stand your ground. As the men circle
Floyd | you they grab you reluctantly, careful where to put their hands. One
Floyd | of them scoops your clothes up and forces you into your trousers.
Floyd | "Stupid old perv," offers the fattest of the guards, avoiding your
Floyd | eyes. They drag you to the front of the shop (the police are on the
Floyd | way, you are informed). As they take you past the queues at the
Floyd | checkout you turn to confront your audience, "You want some? You all
Floyd | do!" Catching a glimpse of your reflection in the automatic doors you
Floyd | smile--you'll never lose your smile.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		Jacqueline says, "Oh of course."
		Doug says, "I'm so sorry."
		Peregrine says, "Striptease in IF? What a scandal."
		Peregrine says, "Tut tut tut"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remove woman's clothes" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE WOMAN'S CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve And that's... even more disturbing. Heh. 		Doug says, "she's already naked!"
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "Thanks. We're all even more scarred now."
		Jacqueline says (to Doug), "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x markers" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Each aisle has its marker, hanging above it on a long rail. You look
Floyd | at the sections; dairy, bread, meat, fish, sweets, alcohol,
Floyd | toiletries, frozen. Hard to decide which aisle you belong in. Before
Floyd | you met Clare you were meat. Raw, unfocused, a bit simple. With her
Floyd | you were promoted to a more civilised taste; sweets, alcohol. You were
Floyd | intoxicated, she was sweet. Meat was always wrapped in a puff pastry,
Floyd | or swamped in a pasta sauce. Never crude, raw, bloody... Now--well,
Floyd | now you're back to meat again. Except this time, you're frozen. If
Floyd | someone hit you hard enough you'd smash into hundreds of icy pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                 A story finished. Not the only one...

		
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the gnocchi--Looks the same as the gnocchi that you and
Floyd | Clare had the night before she left you. Rome; the most romantic city
Floyd | in the world and she left you there. Why? Who? Why? You ask
Floyd | yourself the questions with your fists. You tear out your hair and
Floyd | punch your face. You run out of the store and drive home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later you lie in bed, questions tattooed across your body in
Floyd | bruises--no answers, just pain.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		Peregrine says, "ouch"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember mother" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember yourself..
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "uhh"
		Peregrine asks, "I'm my mother? WTF happened in this family?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call mother" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL MOTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyod), "kill me" 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember father" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER FATHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember yourself..
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "kill me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the gnocchi--Looks the same as the gnocchi that you and
Floyd | Clare had the night before she left you. Rome; the most romantic city
Floyd | in the world and she left you there. Why? Who? Why? You ask
Floyd | yourself the questions with your fists. You tear out your hair and
Floyd | punch your face. You run out of the store and drive home.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "phone mother" 		

Floyd | Later you lie in bed, questions tattooed across your body in
Floyd | bruises--no answers, just pain.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story over. But there are others...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look up" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that verb is not implemented.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Meh. Sorry. Was hoping I'd get a different response there."
		Peregrine says, "No actual suicide allowed. Rule 23 of the Interactive Fiction Code of Conduct."
Doug says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing special about the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing special about the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "punch ceiling" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "punch floor" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUNCH FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems little point in attacking that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "steal macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > STEAL MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "whoa"
		Peregrine asks, "no response?"
		DavidW says, "oopsie"
Doug says (to Floyd), "steal gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > STEAL GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | No. You don't want to steal anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "steal a kiss" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > STEAL A KISS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "eat macaroni" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT MACARONI
Floyd |
Floyd | The pasta is a seething mass of off-white food. You tear at the
Floyd | plastic bags until the curls and tubes and twists and shells cascade
Floyd | onto the floor and into your hands. Scooping up a collection of
Floyd | different shapes you cram the pasta into your mouth. It is dry, it is
Floyd | hard. That's what your body is saying. But you learnt something a
Floyd | while back--that your body (your eyes, your hands, your
Floyd | heart) isn't always right. No, you've learnt to listen to
Floyd | your mind. And your minds says: soft, warm, slightly salty pasta.
Floyd | Tangy sauce. What a feast!
Floyd |
Floyd | They spoil your fun, they take you away--or so your body says. Your
Floyd | mind knows better; you're still in Rome eating pasta, drinking
Floyd | wine--everything is fine.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. And yet...

		Peregrine says, "The PC is out of his mind."
		Doug says, "what a feast!"
		Genevieve says, "Um, yes."
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "throw gnocchi at woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW GNOCCHI AT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a packet of the gnocchi and watch it trail through the
Floyd | air, bouncing awkwardly off the brunette. Caught unawares, she drops

		Doug says, "the PC is out of *our* minds."

Floyd | the jar she is holding which shatters on the floor, leaving a puddle
Floyd | of grainy red. She stares, red-faced, in disbelief. You hear the soft
Floyd | crunch of leather boots behind you and turn to face a middle-aged
Floyd | security guard. You feint to the left then run to the right, out of
Floyd | the exit and to your car. As you pull away with a badly clutched roar,
Floyd | you shout out of the window "She had it coming--bitch!"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              One more story over. But there are others...

		Peregrine says, "oops, already tried that"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "go to next aisle" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO NEXT AISLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope--Gnocchi is not on the list. You push the trolley forwards,
Floyd | moving round the brunette and continue your shop.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "throw macaroni at woman" 		Doug says, "sorry"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "throw macaroni at woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW MACARONI AT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a packet of the macaroni and watch it trail through the
Floyd | air, bouncing awkwardly off the brunette. Caught unawares, she drops
Floyd | the jar she is holding which shatters on the floor, leaving a puddle
Floyd | of grainy red. She stares, red-faced, in disbelief. You hear the soft
Floyd | crunch of leather boots behind you and turn to face a middle-aged
Floyd | security guard. You feint to the left then run to the right, out of
Floyd | the exit and to your car. As you pull away with a badly clutched roar,
Floyd | you shout out of the window "She had it coming--bitch!"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                 A story finished. Not the only one...

		Doug says, "we need an auto-spacer"
		Peregrine says, "No difference. Bah."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "show macaroni to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW MACARONI TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see the point of showing that to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "show me to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW ME TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see the point of showing that to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "throw trolley at woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW TROLLEY AT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley at the brunette)
Floyd | You pull the trolley back a few inches then run it forward, releasing
Floyd | your hands and watching it whirr towards the woman. She stands
Floyd | oblivious to the trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the last moment it curls to the left and impacts with the shelves,
Floyd | sliding into the women's calf. She lets out a yelp and jumps back,
Floyd | falling to the floor. Jars of sauce cascade down from the shelves,
Floyd | littering the aisle with glassy, red splotches.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman gets to her feet, her hand going to her leg which is
Floyd | bleeding. Kind of reminds you of something, but you don't feel guilty!
Floyd | Uh-uh. You run out to the exit, dodging past the overweight security
Floyd | guard, and jump into your car. Hitting the gas you squeal out into the
Floyd | night, a faint remembrance sliding in through the window "Shame she
Floyd | had to bleed so much, but that's what happens when you take
Floyd | liberties.."
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		Peregrine says, "I feel less and less sympathy for the PC."
		Roger says, "the perfect crime"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "heh"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | (in your trolley)
Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in your trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Yeah, because there would have been no video surveillance at that time."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | I can't see why you would want to eat that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't eat her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot fly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't swim here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Okay, the PC may be a murderer but he's no cannibal. Phew."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "die" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dance? You put a spring into your step and hop to the slow swing of
Floyd | the Muzak. You're in a surprisingly jovial mood... But you do stop
Floyd | yourself before you make a scene... Thinking back it was probably her,
Floyd | Clare, who made you care less what people think--I mean what is wrong
Floyd | with a little dance if you feel like it? That's one of the things
Floyd | you'll remember her for.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                     A story finished. But then...

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Didn't realize "die" would be synonymous with "quit"."
		Peregrine says, "Okay, so 3 PCs so far. The happy one, the mad one and the murderous one."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "eat sauce" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SAUCE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see why you would want to eat that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "eat trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | I can't see why you would want to eat that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "industrial stuff sucks heh"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit me with trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT ME WITH TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | Yourself? That doesn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit trolley with me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT TROLLEY WITH ME
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley with yourself)
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's north and south."
		Doug says, "also the slightly melancholy one"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope--Gnocchi is not on the list. You push the trolley forwards,
Floyd | moving round the brunette and continue your shop.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story over. But there are others...

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit trolley with gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT TROLLEY WITH GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley with the gnocchi)
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope--Gnocchi is not on the list. You turn the trolley round and head
Floyd | back to the previous aisle. You're sure you forgot something?
Floyd |
Floyd | Whatever it was you can't remember and you scoot back to the pasta
Floyd | aisle. The brunette has gone and the aisle is empty. You grab some
Floyd | cheap pasta and carry on shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "win" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, you can't win this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shapes" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask woman about life" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT LIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "hit supermarket" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SUPERMARKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't take on the whole shop, try being more specific.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask woman about death" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing you want to ask about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to the sauces. You clear your throat.
Floyd |
Floyd |      Shit, how long has it been?
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin, "Hi. Hello?" She looks at you, then turns with an "Er. Hi,"
Floyd | hoping you will go away.
Floyd |
Floyd |      So hard, almost like a different species.
Floyd |
Floyd | You continue, "How are you?" Again she is dismissive, "Sorry, do I
Floyd | know you?"
Floyd |
Floyd |      Why start again now?
Floyd |
Floyd | "No. No. I just wondered--Oh never mind." You turn and walk back to
Floyd | your trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear her scurrying on to the next aisle and wait for her to get
Floyd | ahead before you continue. So long since you spoke to a woman. Since
Floyd | you spoke to anyone. You push the trolley on.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		Peregrine says, "Will be off to bed soon."
		Jacqueline says, "The scary part is, there are people like this out in the world."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake up" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already fully awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a bag of gnocchi and turn it over. The doughy balls weigh
Floyd | heavily in your hands and tiredness seeps up your spine, casting a
Floyd | blanket over your brain. Your eyelids sink and your head lolls. It's
Floyd | time for sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the grey dusk twilight between sleep and consciousness images float
Floyd | across your eyes; gnocchi, women, a woman, statues, a slow motion
Floyd | crash of flesh on scooter. Your head jumps with a start. The veil is
Floyd | lifted. You're hunched over your trolley in the supermarket aisle,
Floyd | your cheek hot where it has been resting on your arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | You really need to get some sleep but it's so hard to sleep with the
Floyd | dreams (the doctor said it would help to call them 'dreams' not
Floyd | 'nightmares').
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. And yet...

		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Yeah, I have to go in a second too."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm really glad we played this."
		Peregrine says, "Me too. Thanks guys"
		Peregrine says, "and girls"
		Genevieve says, "It was pretty fun, I must say."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push pasta" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PASTA
Floyd |
Floyd | You are unable to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in her trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN HER TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You run up alongside the brunette and leap onto the trolley. She jumps
Floyd | into the shelves, shocked. The trolley skids, spinning round and out
Floyd | of the aisle. As it turns, the wheels lock and it turns onto its side,
Floyd | pulling you over with it. You hit the floor with a jolt, pain shooting
Floyd | up your elbow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb to your feet, the brunette running over to you. Her shock
Floyd | has turned to anger and she looks at you, red faced, and with piercing
Floyd | eyes--"What the hell were you doing?" She raises a hand and you block
Floyd | as she slaps at you. With your hands above your head, you are chased
Floyd | out of the supermarket by the angry stranger.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you are outside she withdraws back into the warmth, a few choice
Floyd | phrases fired out as she goes. You cower for a while then trudge over
Floyd | to your car. As you are pulling out onto the main road a couple of
Floyd | security guards come running up to you. You leave them standing on the
Floyd | pavement as you pull out quickly and speed off into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    A story finished. Then again...

		Peregrine says, "Nutter."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Say something, dammit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "take her trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HER TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You jog up to the trolley and grab onto it with a hand. Putting a foot
Floyd | on the back wheels you pull it over--the contents bounce across the
Floyd | aisle, the metal crash of the trolley resounding round the aisle--
Floyd |
Floyd | The brunette spins round, "Shit!" You give her a menacing glare--"You
Floyd | don't need all that food! Where you're going--" A crushing blow from
Floyd | behind knocks the words out of your mouth. You fall to the floor,
Floyd | landing sharply on the contents of the brunette's trolley. A man
Floyd | stands over you. He has an arm round the woman, "You alright, Kate?"
Floyd | She nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man offers you a hand and pulls you up. When you are on your feet
Floyd | he releases your hand and steps back. Before you get a chance to
Floyd | dodge, his fist smacks into your face--
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the advice of a lawyer you decide not to prosecute; apparently
Floyd | it might require you to undergo another psychiatric evaluation.
Floyd | Probably best--just let it go.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember statues" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember statue" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember scooter" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER SCOOTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The accident. You had joked about the traffic, over the previous days.
Floyd | There is something about scooters and Italians that is comical. But
Floyd | the thin veneer of blood soon takes that away. You can't remember much
Floyd | more than the skid, the collision and the shock. Friends and relatives
Floyd | organised everything--getting the body flown over, the police, the
Floyd | papers, etc. Gave you room to grieve. But you'll always remember the
Floyd | way the scooter flicked her into the air as if she were a feather. And
Floyd | the way she fell as if she were lead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shopping doesn't seem so important--well, still as important, just not
Floyd | as easy.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		Jacqueline says, "Aha."
		Genevieve exclaims, "Oooh, that was cool!"
		Jacqueline says, "So I just realized a very obvious thing that I think we all missed."
		Peregrine says, "OK, four PCs: mad, sad, happy, and murderous"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "tell woman about accident" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT ACCIDENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The brunette looks confused when you start talking, but you continue,
Floyd | "Please hear me out. I need to tell someone." She shifts uneasily on
Floyd | her feet. You go on, "See the gnocchi over there," you point to the
Floyd | pasta shelves, "it's triggered some nasty memories. I can't keep them
Floyd | to myself. The story goes like this: young lovers, very much in love,
Floyd | go to Rome for a summer holiday. On the last night they have a
Floyd | candlelit meal besides the Pantheon. Gnocchi was the second course.
Floyd | The next day a scooter hits Clare--she was one of the lovers--and
Floyd | takes all the life out of her." Her eyes flick to the floor, "I'm so
Floyd | sorry." You smile, "No one's fault. That's what it means,
Floyd | 'accident'--no one's fault. Not so bad really, thanks. Bye." You
Floyd | stroll back to your trolley, sorry that you had to include someone
Floyd | else--selfish really, but you doubt she was really listening. Probably
Floyd | thought you were some kind of crackpot.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		Doug says, "murder, accident, still alive"
		Peregrine says, "yep"
		Genevieve says, "Wow, okay, that is really neat. The game really does have multiple storylines."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Peregrine says, "Reeeeality beeends"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure it's multiple storylines."
		Jacqueline says, "Just sayin'"
		Peregrine asks, "?"
		Jacqueline says, "And crud, now I do have to go. I will read the recap later since I think you all will find more if you keep playing."
		Genevieve says, "Or maybe, to avoid guilt, the PC remembers the murder as a scooter accident."
		Peregrine says, "intriguing"
		Doug asks (of Jacqueline), "wait, what were you about to tell us?"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "I think it's one story with multiple realities in this man's mind."
		Jacqueline asks (of Doug), "The realization?"
		Peregrine says, "ah, Lost Highway"
		Doug says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "That the woman in the market is not called Clare. We just projected Clare onto Kate."
		Doug says, "...Clare was the name of his sled!"
		Jacqueline says, "And that we probably never took her home."
		Jacqueline says, "We just imagined it. Because Kate clearly has a guy."
		Genevieve nods.
		Peregrine says, "this is exactly like Lost Highway, then"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HUSBAND
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, not that people don't cheat on their partners, but she has a guy *with* her, here in the market."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about kate" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT KATE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "ask kate about kate" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KATE ABOUT KATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x kate" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT SINGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember kate" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER KATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "date woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DATE WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "kiss kate" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS KATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "propose to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROPOSE TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You're tired of playing around with girls, getting tired of casual
Floyd | sex. Maybe time to settle down?
Floyd |
Floyd | You were going to settle down all that time ago (four years now?) with
Floyd | Clare. Even had the ring. So the key this time is to be careful who
Floyd | you choose--and anyway, last time you were too young. Now you have
Floyd | experience on your side.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've always thought that there is no point putting in unnecessary
Floyd | effort, and right in front of you is a beautiful woman--mature,
Floyd | sophisticated and intelligent. Leaving the gnocchi you walk over and
Floyd | drop to a knee. "Will you marry me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks down, laughing, "What?". You repeat yourself, "Marry me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now she looks confused, "Get away!" Again you repeat "Marry me."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks less amused now, "Piss off."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not stubborn and you know when you're beat. So you stand up and
Floyd | walk back towards your trolley. You spend about twenty minutes
Floyd | finishing the shopping and wheel up to the checkout. The woman at the
Floyd | checkout beeps all the goods through. She looks up with a smile and
Floyd | asks whether you have a store card. In response you drop to a knee
Floyd | (your face almost disappearing behind the sill of the counter) "Will
Floyd | you marry me?"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |               A story finished. But there are others...

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x man" 		Peregrine says, "hahahahahaha"
		Doug says, "nice"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "flirt with woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIRT WITH WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "kiss ring" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "dance with woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE WITH WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The Muzak informing your movements you waltz on over to the brunette,
Floyd | your hips rocking to the soulful sounds... As you approach you allow
Floyd | your legs to pick out a jaunty rhythm from the music and strut. "Fancy
Floyd | a dance?" sounds like a reasonable question as it leaves your lips.
Floyd | But from the look on her face you'd have thought you asked for
Floyd | something a lot more, well, naughty. She furrows her brow, "I'm
Floyd | sorry?" You wiggle your hips, "Come on--a dance? Shake your bones--"
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoops. That doesn't mean to dance does it? I think you just alluded
Floyd | to the naughtiness you didn't intend... perhaps that was your
Floyd | intention all along... and she saw through you. Damn. Why do women
Floyd | always get that five minutes head start on you? You grab her hand and
Floyd | with a goodbye kiss to her knuckles you depart, "Ciao!"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. And yet...

		Peregrine says, "hee"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "buy alcohol" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ALCOHOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "greet woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GREET WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "wave" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (at the brunette)
Floyd | If she would come over then you could chat and get to know each
Floyd | other--hey come over, baby. You wave enthusiastically. She doesn't
Floyd | acknowledge your wave; either she hasn't seen you or she doesn't want
Floyd | to see you. More waving, this time with both hands. "Hey! Over here!"
Floyd | Now she must be ignoring you, and she's doing a damn good job
Floyd | of it. One last, desperate wave... no, she's gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been here before, haven't you?
Floyd |
Floyd | A cool breeze whips droplets up off the waves and wets the air. The
Floyd | river Tiber. You had assumed that the Tiber would be to Rome what the
Floyd | Seine was Paris; the perfect place for a romantic stroll. The reality
Floyd | is a grafitti'd, dirty stink. A green, thick streak through the city.
Floyd | The evening was going badly as it was, after the argument at the
Floyd | restaurant, and this fetid river has only made it worse. Clare is
Floyd | walking ahead of you, defiant strides putting distance between you.
Floyd | You wave, "Come back....wait..."
Floyd |
Floyd | One last, desparate wave... no, she's gone.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		Peregrine says, "clue clue clue"
Peregrine pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about reality" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT REALITY
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember tiber" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER TIBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "remember river" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "This happened all before, in the days before I bought a dictionary"
		Peregrine says, "alright, am off"
		Peregrine says, "goodnight muddites"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about Tiber" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT TIBER
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause, the gnocchi still in your view. Rome. Rome. "When in
Floyd | Rome..." Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly let an image form in your mind; the metro, busy--packed
Floyd | with Italians and heat. Sweaty, close heat. And her hand in
Floyd | yours--hot, sweaty and easy to hold. The train slows,
Floyd |
Floyd | "Termini. Termini."
Floyd |
Floyd | Termini station; the end of the line. The train slowly pulls into the
Floyd | station.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly begin to push your trolley to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    A story finished. Then again...

		Peregrine waves goodbye. And goodnight.
		Peregrine says, "Termini for me, friends. Zzzzzz."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Take care!"
		Genevieve says, "Take care, Peregrine. Have a good one."
		DavidW says, "bye Peregrine"
		Peregrine says, "bye bye"
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. 		
zarf has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Genevieve says, "Well, at first I thought this game would go nowhere, but I don't mind admitting I was totally wrong. It's actually quite fascinating."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember claire" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CLAIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember claret" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CLARET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no I in Clare."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember Rome" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER ROME
Floyd |
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the Gnocchi and stare at the illustration of Piazza
Floyd | Venezia on its packet. You remember; sun, heat, food, pasta, sauces,
Floyd | wine, love, ancient, modern, Italians, Americans, love. And ultimately
Floyd | pain. A pain you had thought you had forgotten. But like a cancer
Floyd | returning to wreak havoc again, the pain resurfaces and tears through
Floyd | the thin barriers you had erected. Tears flow. Memories; guilt. And
Floyd | finally acceptance. You live with it.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		Doug says (to DavidW), "yeah, I was wondering if it would notice"
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about Rome" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ROME
Floyd |
Floyd | You draw your trolley alongside the brunette. Clearing your throat,
Floyd | you introduce yourself. She asks what you want. "Sorry, yeah, I just
Floyd | wanted to know. Have you ever been to Rome?" She thinks, "No. I've
Floyd | never been to Italy. My husband suggested Rome, actually, for our
Floyd | holiday this year. What's this for--is it some consumer survey?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You chuckle. "Well, I'm a consumer and I'm asking a question. So
Floyd | maybe." She smiles, "Is that it?" You nod, "Yeah, that's it. Thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back towards your trolley, "Oh, one more thing--don't go to
Floyd | Rome with your husband. Try Paris instead." Wish I had...
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about death" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing you want to ask about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about suicide" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT SUICIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing you want to ask about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "ask woman about husband" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HUSBAND
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about friend" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "huh, different response"
Doug says (to Floyd), "x husband" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HUSBAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You can probably remember death or suicide, then."
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember suicide" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER SUICIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sound of the door as you opened it, drawing against the wet floor.
Floyd | That is what you remember. Water is harmless. But what you don't
Floyd | remember: the bath, her body in the bath. The blood--the blood
Floyd | swirling with the water and lapping at your feet, how it was all so
Floyd | Clare--such a romantic idea of suicide, the bath overflowing as her
Floyd | life-blood left her. The way her head was lolling against the side of
Floyd | the bath, staring at you when you walked in. The porter had never seen
Floyd | anything like it before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Had she planned this all along--was the holiday a framing device for
Floyd | her carefully staged exit? Or did something click whilst on the
Floyd | holiday? There were no signs. You've told everyone that. There were
Floyd | no signs. She was perfectly happy. Perfectly happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now, it's all so long ago, and you're perfectly happy too.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   One more story over. Then again...

		Genevieve says, "Holy shit! 'Scuse my language."
		Genevieve says, "Another reality."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember wedding" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER WEDDING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember kiss" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER KISS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember happiness" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER HAPPINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "phone home" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHONE HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "show photo to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PHOTO TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry. You can't use your possessions directly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve E.T., phone home! 		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember paris" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER PARIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "whoa, why does it think happiness is a 'that' and paris is a 'her'?"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember truth" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know."
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember happiness" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER HAPPINESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, maybe it got stuck after we referred to 'woman'"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember reality" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER REALITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember everything" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER EVERYTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use 'all' in this game. Refer to individual items.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "by the way, Her Story is on sale for $0.99 in the Google App Store"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | Years of loneliness condense into the innocent, floury white buds of
Floyd | gnocchi. Your knees weaken and you drop to the floor, salty tears
Floyd | running in streams down your face and dripping off your chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | When the tears abate, you get to your feet. You've come to realise
Floyd | that there will always be tears.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "tell woman about suicide" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT SUICIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up to the brunette, leaving your trolley adrift in the aisle.
Floyd | "Hi." She turns to look at you, a smile on her face. The smile drops
Floyd | as you recount the shock and the pain and how the thing you remember
Floyd | most was the noise as you opened the door and the blood and water
Floyd | lapped around your feet. Then you stop speaking and her expression
Floyd | turns from shock to pity. She puts and arm around you and says how
Floyd | sorry she is. But that's all she can do, and she leaves you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The brunette must have said something to someone because after a few
Floyd | minutes a small, kind-looking lady comes up and takes you to the
Floyd | supermarket cafe. She gives you a cup of tea and a small muffin. It's
Floyd | a nice gesture, but only reminds you of the breakfast you had minutes
Floyd | before you discovered Clare. The tea is warm, almost body-temperature.
Floyd | You sense that the staff are worrying now--the presence of a grown man
Floyd | crying in their cafe cannot be good for business. You go before they
Floyd | have to ask you.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		Genevieve says, "Aww."
		DavidW says, "yay muffin and tea lady"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "frotz gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROTZ GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "plugh" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look under cart" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CART
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | I don't think there will be anything special under your trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "look under her trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER HER TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there will be anything special under the brunette's
Floyd | trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under shelves" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there will be anything special under the shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "go home"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go home" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the trolley round and head to the checkout. You unload onto
Floyd | the conveyor and the cheerful young girl in plain uniform blips
Floyd | everything through her scanner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A friendly young man packs everything into bags and you wheel them to
Floyd | your car. You unload into your boot and drive home. The roads are
Floyd | quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. And yet...

		DavidW says, "Least drama ending ever."
		Genevieve says, "Heh."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman to come home with me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN TO COME HOME WITH ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about home" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up to the brunette with the question on your lips. But as you
Floyd | near her, the question seems to slip away, ducking out of sight. It
Floyd | had something to do with the home... The brunette turns round, sensing
Floyd | your presence, and makes eye contact. You blush and turn back quickly.
Floyd | With sweaty palms you grab a few bags of pasta and hurry on to the
Floyd | next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		Genevieve says, "Wow, that was not the response I was expecting."
		Doug asks, "...'the' home?"
		DavidW says, "Looks like a generic 'ask woman about something' response."
		Doug says, "oh"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember home" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see your home from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about institution" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT INSTITUTION
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing you want to ask about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember the home" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER THE HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see your home from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember institution" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER INSTITUTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You look down the aisle and imagine it empty, smaller and with doors
Floyd | at either end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Remember the institution?
Floyd |
Floyd | They taught you to think differently. They told you that you had
Floyd | forgotten--but the red smile still haunts you. What they really made
Floyd | you forget was the guilt... that was what hurt the most. She made you
Floyd | feel guilty in her life and her death. But you forgot that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll never forget the smile; the smiles you gave her. Bloody lips
Floyd | all over her body.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that doesn't bother you, much... On with the shopping!
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   One more story over. Then again...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "tell woman about institution" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT INSTITUTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You scurry up to the brunette. "Excuse me--I probably ought to tell
Floyd | you this, now rather than later", she looks confused and you continue,
Floyd | "but I am a murderer. All very complicated complicated stuff--but
Floyd | basically I killed my girlfriend (my lover) and well I am over it now
Floyd | so there is no problem there but like I said just thought I would
Floyd | say.."
Floyd |
Floyd | With that off your chest you continue on your shop.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "same as murder"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sell sauce" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SAUCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "buy woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | She's not for sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "rent woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RENT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "invite woman home" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > INVITE WOMAN HOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave your trolley and walk up to the brunette. She turns to you
Floyd | and you smile, "Come with me! I'll show you a good time. I promise.
Floyd | I'll buy you a meal, we can go on holiday! Just come with me." You put
Floyd | out your hand. She makes no move to take it. "Come on! Let's go. Come
Floyd | with me..." She's looking alarmed now and she starts to walk away.
Floyd |
Floyd | She didn't want to come with you? Well, at least you asked. No harm in
Floyd | trying.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story over. But there are others...

		Genevieve cackles.
		DavidW says, "huh. I'd never have guessed that command."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Say something, dammit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand and listen; just the sounds of a supermarket. Trolleys,
Floyd | packets, boxes, people shuffling. And the beep beep of cash
Floyd | registers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've heard it all before, nothing to worry about. You continue with
Floyd | your shopping and drive home.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. But then...

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman to have gnocchi" 		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sorry."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman to have gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN TO HAVE GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman for tea" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN FOR TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "smell woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You draw alongside the woman and inhale. She is draped in a perfume
Floyd | that combines fruit, alcohol and spice. You let the scent fall slowly
Floyd | down your throat, and allow yourself to wonder what the rest of the
Floyd | brunette smells like.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you really aren't the type of person who could find out and so you
Floyd | trot back to your trolley and continue with your shop.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. Then again...

		Doug says, "still creepy."
		DavidW says, "oh my"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand and draw in air through your nose. Cleanliness, suggestions
Floyd | of spice drifting in from somewhere. And a hint of perfume hanging in
Floyd | the air. Is the perfume with you? Is it a reminder of what was here? A
Floyd | taster for what is to come?
Floyd |
Floyd | Or is it just here to taunt, with its promises of intimacy and sex?
Floyd |
Floyd | You exhale and move on.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story over. But there are others...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "smell gnocchi" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to smell the gnocchi, but it is contained in its plastic bag
Floyd | and gives only an impression of chemicals. Dissapointing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dismiss the gnocchi and carry on shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "the proofreading is dissapointing"
		Genevieve says, "I entirely agree."
Doug says (to Floyd), "listen to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | She's not making much noise at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "touch woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that verb is not implemented.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman to make noise" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN TO MAKE NOISE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "feel woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FEEL WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that verb is not implemented.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "good"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "touch woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that verb is not implemented.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "sense" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to say what you want to think about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "think about dinner" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the meal like this: Clare sat opposite. It was warm but
Floyd | an evening breeze took the uncomfortable edge of the heat. You ordered
Floyd | and the food took a while to come. The wine made your face red. You
Floyd | walked back after the meal via the Spanish Steps. You sat amongst the
Floyd | crowds until the police moved you on so that they could wash the steps
Floyd | ready for the tourists in the morning. You strolled back to the hotel
Floyd | down backstreets, past the four fountain junction; a crossroads with
Floyd | fountains built into the houses on each corner. You knew from
Floyd | experience that the water in them was ice cold, even in the afternoon
Floyd | heat. You ran a finger through the water as you walked past and wiped
Floyd | it on your trousers before taking Clare's hand in yours. Which seems
Floyd | like a good place to end.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    A story finished. Then again...

		Doug says, "whoa, different ending"
		Genevieve says, "Nice."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "think about sex" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT SEX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "oh, that last line is random I guess."
Doug says (to Floyd), "think about tomorrow" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT TOMORROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "think about yesterday" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT YESTERDAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "I guess think is just a synonym for remember"
Doug says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, I cannot help you. For version and release information type
Floyd | "version" and for the author's statement, type "author".
Floyd | And for credit where credit is due, type "credits".
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, there is help of a sort: I will upload a list of all actions
Floyd | anticipated by the game to ftp.gmd.de. But you should only look at
Floyd | them after you've got as much out of Aisle as you can yourself.
Floyd | Otherwise the point of the game will be rather lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd |                            - A I S L E -
Floyd |
Floyd |                         Dedicated to Clare *
Floyd |
Floyd |                       Written by:  Sam Barlow
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to Stephen Granade for his initial comments and ideas.
Floyd | Then a huge thanks to my testers, all superb men and women. They are:
Floyd | Markku Yli-Pentila, Joseph Fatula, Daphne
Floyd | Brinkerhoff, Nathan Segerlind, Bonnie Montgomery,
Floyd | Johanna Pink, Paul David Doherty, Ross Presser,
Floyd | Lutz van Hasselt and Will Jennings. I owe them a great
Floyd | debt of thanks for turning Aisle into what I had imagined it could be,
Floyd | rather than the pale imitation called the "beta-version". The
Floyd | Baudelaire quote is from James McGowan's translation of 'La Chevelure'
Floyd | in the Oxford University Press edition of The Flowers of Evil (points
Floyd | for spotting the less direct Baudelaire references). And any list of
Floyd | thanks wouldn't be complete without a big cheers to Graham
Floyd | Nelson for the Inform compiler.
Floyd |
Floyd | For bugs, suggestions, praise, criticism, etc. my current e-mail is
Floyd | (sam.barlow@talk21.com). If this doesn't work, your best bet is to
Floyd | look for my last rec.games.int-fiction posting.
Floyd |
Floyd | * Who is, in real life, alive and well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | My competition game, "The City", has its Save and Restore verbs
Floyd | disabled. Many people disliked this feature. A response to this,
Floyd | Aisle, started out as a game which would not need the usual
Floyd | meta-verbs... i.e. a game with only one turn. The initial idea was:
Floyd | How do I make a game with only one turn interesting? Give it lots of
Floyd | endings--in fact there are many 'endings' and (hopefully) every
Floyd | sensible action results in an 'ending'. There is no winning action.
Floyd | There is however more going on than just this and the more endings you
Floyd | see the more things should become clear. Please try any action you
Floyd | think of, there are far more verbs, etc. than usual for a single scene
Floyd | in a piece of IF. If you're not sure what the game is about, read the
Floyd | frontispiece again--it should set you straight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Enjoy, Sam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug asks, "did we get the Baudelaire quote?"
		DavidW says, "That was probably a box quote not visible via Floyd."
		Doug says, "oh"
		Roger says, "'The smell of gnocchi is dissapointing.' -- Baudelaire"
		Genevieve snerks.
Genevieve says (to floyd), "give gnocchi to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE GNOCCHI TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoop a packet of gnocchi off the shelves and run over to the
Floyd | brunette. "Hi. Take this!", you chuck the gnocchi into her trolley.
Floyd | She squeaks, "What? Sorry, I don't want any, thanks." She takes it out
Floyd | and passes it back to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No. No. Take it--" You put the gnocchi back in her
Floyd | trolley. She looks exasperated, "No, please--I don't want it. Thanks."
Floyd | Well, what can you say? You can take a horse to water, but you can't
Floyd | make it drink. You take the gnocchi and pad back to your trolley,
Floyd | shouting back "It tastes really nice--" You stop; she's gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the gnocchi for yourself and finish shopping. When you get
Floyd | back home (traffic is awful) you put on the hob and start boiling the
Floyd | water. You chuck the gnocchi into the pan and walk into the lounge.
Floyd | Flicking on the TV you sit down and start watching the news.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up, lips moist with dribble, and a numb arm where you slept
Floyd | on it. You jump up and run into the kitchen. Aw, shit. The pan has
Floyd | boiled dry, and the gnocchi is smoking. You sprint to the window and
Floyd | try to lift it open, but too late--the smoke alarm sounds:
Floyd | Beeeee-eeee-eeeee-eeee-eee-eeee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Later on you sit in the lounge again, a plate of burnt gnocchi in your
Floyd | lap. You stab a small fluffy (blackened) bud and swallow it.
Floyd | Yum. It tastes really nice.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. And yet...

		Genevieve exclaims, "Haha!"
		Doug says, "nice"
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "give macaroni to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MACARONI TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I guess I got to cook the gnocchi after all in that one ending. Heh."
		DavidW says, "The intro quote said: | You are about to read a story. Or rather, part of a story. You will be be asked to define the story by controlling one instant in the life of the man whose story it is. Your intervention will begin and end the story. But be warned; there are many stories and not all of the stories are about the same man."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "give sauce to woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SAUCE TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab some bags of macaroni and walk over. You chuck them into the
Floyd | brunette's trolley. Then a few jars of sauce. She turns, her face a
Floyd | map of disbelief, "What are you doing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't get it. You're just helping her with her shopping, "I was...
Floyd | just trying to help. Helping with your shopping..." She pushes you
Floyd | away, "Get off! Leave me alone!" You stand back, "Sorry..."
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back to your trolley, "If you do need my help--just ask."
Floyd | God, next time you won't bother. What is it with people?
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		Doug says (to DavidW), "aha"
		Doug says, "here's a list of all 136 actions that produce endings: [LINK]"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "dream" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > DREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Day dreaming. It's like that thing about the butterfly--you know, the
Floyd | man dreams about being a butterfly, but is he a man dreaming of being
Floyd | a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming about being a man dreaming about a
Floyd | butterfly? You spend some much time dreaming, more than not in fact.
Floyd | So, as I'm sure you realise, the fact that you are dreaming now is not
Floyd | strange. And what are you dreaming?
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in a supermarket and the girl turns round and it's Clare
Floyd | and you show her some gnocchi and then you eat it and live happily
Floyd | ever after.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pretty shit, yeah? But no-one said your dreams had to be works of art.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. Then again...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | AISLE
Floyd | An instant in the life of a man, by Sam Barlow.
Floyd | Revision 3 / Release 1 / Serial number 990528 / Inform v6.14 Library
Floyd | 6/8
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 981213
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve, apparently having had enough of public life, disappears back to her Parisian retreat. 		Doug | E-mail me with any actions you feel ought to be in there but aren't.
		Doug says, "I wonder if he added any..."
Doug says (to Floyd), "tell woman about illness" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT ILLNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly pad up to the brunette. She turns, you speak "Sorry to
Floyd | bother you, but I really need to speak to someone, right now." She
Floyd | looks empathetic and you continue, "A few years ago the love of my
Floyd | life, Clare was her name, she died very suddenly and in real pain. The
Floyd | thing is, well, she is out of her misery. But I'm not--we had gnocchi
Floyd | the night she died--", you point to the bags of gnocchi on the
Floyd | shelves, "and it's all coming back to me. I just need to talk---"
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles a sad, caring smile, "Do you want a cup of tea, love?" She
Floyd | takes you to the cafe and you sit (you have cake as well as tea) and
Floyd | she lets you talk.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you finish you wish you had done that sooner. The pain is still
Floyd | there, but now you have some power over it.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. But then...

		
Genevieve arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about herself" 		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about herself" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile, flash your teeth, "How you doing?" The brunette turns,
Floyd | smiles politely, "Fine, thanks." She pauses, unsure as to whether she
Floyd | should turn back to shelves or maintain eye contact.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the initiative, "Shopping for one?" She smiles, "Yes. You're
Floyd | quite forward aren't you?" You reflect her smile, "Yes. But no-one
Floyd | ever got anywhere hiding under a bushel, did they?" "So you're not one
Floyd | to hide under a bushel then?" "When it's required, sure--", you falter
Floyd | (think of something funny, sexy) and she steps in, "Look I've got to
Floyd | get my shopping finished now, but I can see you for a drink later?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile again, "Sure... you're being quite forward now--for
Floyd | all you know I could be a loon." She looks you up and down, "No. I
Floyd | don't think so."
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about her day" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HER DAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You sidle on over.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You look tired." She glances over her shoulder, "Pardon?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry--didn't mean to be rude. I just thought you were looking
Floyd | tired--had a hard day?" She smiles, "I'd love to say no, but you're
Floyd | right--I've had a stinker of a day", again she smiles, "and now I'm
Floyd | being chatted up by a loon in the supermarket. When all I want to do
Floyd | is get home and put my feet up." You give a mock look of upset, "I'm
Floyd | no loon!.. Put your feet up you say? Well, four feet are better than
Floyd | two--"
Floyd |
Floyd | She interrupts, "I'm going to have to stop you there, Mr. Supermarket
Floyd | smooth. You're a nice guy--well I don't know, but you seem nice--so I
Floyd | don't want to disappoint you. I'm not into men so much, you know?" You
Floyd | shrug, "...I could watch?" She groans and rolls her eyes to the
Floyd | heavens. You turn, taking a coin from your pocket and tossing it. For
Floyd | every tail there's a head. It's just a matter of numbers, and yours
Floyd | will be up soon. Till then just keep on trying...
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story done. And yet...

		Doug says, "fooled her!"
		Doug says, "whoa"
		Doug says, "I guess this Kate doesn't have a husband"
		Genevieve says, "Doesn't look like it. Heh."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman if she's gay" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN IF SHE'S GAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman bout lesbian" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN BOUT LESBIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "remember illness" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER ILLNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the one thing you didn't want to remember. Your
Floyd | last meal with Clare. She was in bed, pasty white and crumbling. She
Floyd | wanted something nice for her last meal and so you got some
Floyd | special Gnocchi brought up by room service. But she couldn't eat it
Floyd | and she dribbled, and couldn't swallow. And she couldn't even cry--nor
Floyd | could you, you had to be brave. But you don't now. As the memory opens
Floyd | up, the lock in your tear canal slowly eases open and there is
Floyd | release.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about lesbian" 		DavidW says, "I'm now imagining a The Other Side of the Aisle where the player-character is the brunette."
		Doug says (to DavidW), "ooh"
		Genevieve says, "You should write that game, David."
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "woman, undress" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WOMAN, UNDRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Tucking your toe under the hem of her dress, you flick it up. She
Floyd | spins round, clutching at her clothes, "Hey!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You back off, arms raised in an apologetic gesture, "Sorry. Sorry.
Floyd | Just thought you might like to slip into something a little more...
Floyd | comfortable?" She gives a look of incredulity, "What?" You move
Floyd | nearer, again, "Look--don't fret just get undressed. Come on
Floyd | slip out of that dress--what's wrong? You not got any underwear on?
Floyd | No, you have--I can see it now: Sexy black lingerie,
Floyd | clutching you tightly. Your bra only separated from your breasts by a
Floyd | layer of perspiration--" She slaps you, spitting "Jesus Christ. Go
Floyd | take a cold shower, get some fucking help!" as she strides off to the
Floyd | next aisle, leaving you giggling. Ha! She didn't guess. She didn't
Floyd | realise that is was you wearing the sexy black lingerie.
Floyd | The best Italian suspenders. Only the best next to your skin.
Floyd | Baby soft skin. Clapping your hands together you trot back to the
Floyd | trolley. Gnocchi for two? You'd like that wouldn't you Clare?
Floyd | I sure would, Clark. Sexy bitch!
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		Genevieve exclaims, "Oh my Lord!"
		Genevieve says, "I was /totally/ not expecting that one."
		Doug says, "haha."
		DavidW says, "oh dear"
		DavidW says, "And we're Clark, now."
		Doug says (to Genevieve), "you might have missed it when you got disconnected: here's a list of all 136 actions that produce endings: [LINK]"
		Doug asks (of DavidW), "hah! or is that a typo for Clare?"
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "frown" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brow becomes furrowed, sporting a frown. You don't like it when
Floyd | you are forced to think about Rome, and more specifically Clare. She
Floyd | seems to be getting along with it--she's been with her new boyfriend
Floyd | for ages now (you can't stand him) and she seems fine talking to you.
Floyd | But you would much rather just, well, not keep in touch. It just keeps
Floyd | the wounds open...
Floyd |
Floyd | The frown follows you around for the rest of the shop (you feel sorry
Floyd | for the checkout girl--she gets a particularly severe look, no fault
Floyd | of her own) and spend the rest of the evening in a really dissatisfied
Floyd | mood.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    Another story over. But then...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember Clark" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CLARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't remember that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to ask), "woman about clark" 		
Genevieve exclaims, "argh sorry!" 		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about clark" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT CLARK
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says, "I'm tired and kind of out of it today. heh." 		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask woman about me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at you, "Sorry?" You blush, "Oh. Oh. Nothing." You quickly
Floyd | turn round and wheel your half-full trolley to the checkout. Then
Floyd | home.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |               A story finished. But there are others...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "call Clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean round the end of the aisle, "Clare?" Again, louder: "Clare?"
Floyd | She walks into the aisle, "Yeah?" You take her hand and walk her along
Floyd | to the gnocchi, "Look, gnocchi, like in Rome--I've never seen it in
Floyd | the shops before." She picks up a packet and drops it in the trolley.
Floyd | "Get some for tea then?" she offers, pecking you on the lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have some for tea and it's like Rome, except: it's colder, you
Floyd | have work tomorrow and you're even more in love than you were
Floyd | then.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. Then again...

		
Doug pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You've prayed before--to no avail. But again you drop to one knee and
Floyd | close your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please God. Please God. Please God. Please.."
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop--you know there is no point. You have sinned. You have been
Floyd | sinned against. It is too late. Best just go home and await judgement.
Floyd | Which you do.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |               A story finished. But there are others...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "call security guard" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL SECURITY GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Help! Security!" A balding man in his forties, squeezed into a blue
Floyd | uniform appears at the bottom of the aisle. "Can I help you sir?" You
Floyd | run to him. Pull him close. Whisper in his ear: "You see that woman?"
Floyd | "Yes, sir" "She just raped me." "I don't quite understand sir?" "She
Floyd | is stealing all your food!" "Calm down sir, speak slowly" You raise
Floyd | your voice, "I will not be quiet! It's your job--stop her!" The guard
Floyd | pauses. You make a dash for the woman, "If you won't do your job, then
Floyd | I will--" He is too quick for you and hooks a foot around your leg.
Floyd | You crash to the floor and black out, the guard's words dragged with
Floyd | you into oblivion, "I think you ought to come with me, sir."
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    A story finished. Then again...

		Genevieve laughs!
		Roger says, "I don't think most of our supermarkets even have dedicated security guards"
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "empty trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (your trolley)
Floyd | You look into the trolley; meals for one, toiletries for
Floyd | one--everything for one. You tip the trolley on to its side and
Floyd | it sheds its contents. A bottle smashes and wine spills onto the
Floyd | floor. The brunette hurries on nervously and you kick a can down the
Floyd | aisle. Then you leave into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "empty woman's trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY WOMAN'S TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You jog up to the trolley and grab onto it with a hand. Putting a foot
Floyd | on the back wheels you pull it over--the contents bounce across the
Floyd | aisle, the metal crash of the trolley resounding round the aisle--
Floyd |
Floyd | The brunette spins round, "Shit!" You give her a menacing glare--"You
Floyd | don't need all that food! Where you're going--" A crushing blow from
Floyd | behind knocks the words out of your mouth. You fall to the floor,
Floyd | landing sharply on the contents of the brunette's trolley. A man
Floyd | stands over you. He has an arm round the woman, "You alright, Kate?"
Floyd | She nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man offers you a hand and pulls you up. When you are on your feet
Floyd | he releases your hand and steps back. Before you get a chance to
Floyd | dodge, his fist smacks into your face--
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the advice of a lawyer you decide not to prosecute; apparently
Floyd | it might require you to undergo another psychiatric evaluation.
Floyd | Probably best--just let it go.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. Then again...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "find Clare" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIND CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoot round the corner of the aisle. Sure enough there she is,
Floyd | looking through the magazines. You pull up behind her and slide and
Floyd | arm round her waist. She laughs, "Get off! We're in public." You pull
Floyd | out a packet of gnocchi from behind your back, "Look what I found."
Floyd | She smiles, "Gnocchi? Like in Rome. How sweet!" Then she starts to
Floyd | walk off, "Come on, we've got to be out at eight and we've still all
Floyd | the shopping to get done, and tea to cook!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the trolley and catch up with her.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		DavidW says, "I think most supermarket security people don't wear a particular uniform."
		Roger says, "I think the most tragic thing here is he keeps calling it fresh gnocchi when clearly it isn't fresh at all"
		Genevieve says, "No, the most tragic thing here is that now I want gnocchi, and I don't have any! :-)"
		Genevieve says, "Fresh or otherwise."
		DavidW says, "Gnocchi is my least favourite pasta. I think I only tried it once and wasn't impressed."
		Genevieve says, "I do have macaroni though. Heh."
		DavidW says, "Too doughy."
		Genevieve says, "Depends on how it's cooked, I think. I agree with you that it can be rather doughy if it's not cooked properly."
		DavidW says, "I had it at a Sbarro's in Toronto, if I recall correctly."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "follow woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand by the gnocchi until she starts to move off. Then you walk
Floyd | in step with her, cornering the aisle a few metres behind her. She
Floyd | stops to put something in her trolley, and you pull up across the
Floyd | aisle. This goes on for a few minutes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You come to a point where you are straddling the line between
Floyd | following an attractive woman and stalking one. You decide to stop,
Floyd | and recommence your shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd | What made you follow her in the first place--sure she's attractive,
Floyd | but... Maybe there was something about her that rang a few bells. A
Floyd | dulled romance in the far reaches of your mind, reawakened, reborn in
Floyd | a stranger? Best forgotten, eh?
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. And yet...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I've ruined gnocchi before by over-cooking it."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "fill woman's trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL WOMAN'S TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab some bags of macaroni and walk over. You chuck them into the
Floyd | brunette's trolley. Then a few jars of sauce. She turns, her face a
Floyd | map of disbelief, "What are you doing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't get it. You're just helping her with her shopping, "I was...
Floyd | just trying to help. Helping with your shopping..." She pushes you
Floyd | away, "Get off! Leave me alone!" You stand back, "Sorry..."
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk back to your trolley, "If you do need my help--just ask."
Floyd | God, next time you won't bother. What is it with people?
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "fill my trolley" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL MY TROLLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Grabbing some bags of Gnocchi you continue, whipping round the store
Floyd | in no time and filling the trolley. You have almost too much
Floyd | stuff. You pay for it--it comes to a tidy sum--and wheel the bags out
Floyd | to the car. You pack the boot and drive out onto the road. When you
Floyd | get back home you spend a while emptying the car, carrying food to the
Floyd | flat and unpacking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then you put on a meal, take a drink, sit back and relax...
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              Another story done. But there are others...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "crack up" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRACK UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Foam gurgles on the edges of your lips as you cease to monitor their
Floyd | output,
Floyd |
Floyd | "GnocchiOh!Oh!GnocchideGato!Clare--je
Floyd | t'aime--Iwillalways
Floyd |
Floyd | gnocchiyou
Floyd |
Floyd | gnocchignocchi
Floyd |               gnocchi
Floyd | gnocchignocchiWhereareyoUNOw?
Floyd | DiningwIThtHEwORmsinaNEARthy...paradiseOH!
Floyd | Claregnochignochignoggignokkkkkkkkkkkeeeee!
Floyd | gnocchigibber
Floyd | gnocchish. G'night!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You bow out without a fight--the right thing to do; just like she
Floyd | would have wanted--if only--right? But the train doesn't stop in time.
Floyd | Always comes back to the potato. He smiles, "Gnog Gnog Gnoch pot pot."
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		Doug says, "whoa"
		Genevieve says, "Oooookay, that was just... odd."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Staring at the gnocchi you feel a memory slowly, awkwardly, awfully
Floyd | rise to the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | --The scooter driver looks surprised. You grab for Clare and jump to
Floyd | the side--bounce across the road, scrape your head--
Floyd |
Floyd | Scuffed and light headed you open your eyes... your hands are
Floyd | empty--Clare is a few metres away, lying awkwardly. Splattered with a
Floyd | thin red liquid, reflecting the scooter's bright red paintwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scooter skids--you jump. You are in the supermarket. Your hands
Floyd | are empty, sweaty.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "panic" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PANIC
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnocchi sits smugly on the shelves. The brunette is either:
Floyd |
Floyd |  (a) a spy sent by the hospital,
Floyd |  (b) a friend of Clare's, intent on revenge,
Floyd |  or,
Floyd |  (c) your mother, in disguise.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly start to back away, keeping your eyes on her. As you clear
Floyd | the end of the aisle, she turns, reaching into her jacket. You dive
Floyd | across the end of the aisle, scrambling to your feet and running
Floyd | towards the exits. You get to the doors, wait. After what seems like
Floyd | an age the automatic sensors concede and the doors slide open. You
Floyd | emerge into the car park. Shit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The car park is full of cars--they must have known you were
Floyd | here. You can't escape now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You fall to your knees, a trolley-parker approaching--why are they
Floyd | being so blatant? They're normally so clever. They must know they have
Floyd | won.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sweating in your skull, your brain decides that the best way to calm
Floyd | you down is to deny you consciousness. The world fades, blurry and
Floyd | greasy, the parker speaks--threatening code-speak--"Sir, are you OK?"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story done. Then again...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "talk to self" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You speak. Funny how talking to yourself seems like the right thing to
Floyd | do when you are in public.
Floyd |
Floyd | But when you get home you know that it won't be enough. You'll want
Floyd | company--companionship. A companion. But you can't buy those in the
Floyd | shops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy what you can and take it home.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                 A story finished. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "laugh at woman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUGH AT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Look at her--she's ridiculous. She's--what--thirty? Forty? Old,
Floyd | anyhow. Yet look at how she's dressed... and the way she's spending so
Floyd | much time choosing a pasta sauce; does she think she looks cultured?
Floyd | She's not even much of a looker. Pretty funny actually. You laugh,
Floyd | loud--and so she know's it's her you're laughing at. Soon enough she
Floyd | totters off to the next aisle, red faced. Ha! Ha! People are so
Floyd | funny.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                    One more story over. And yet...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember Clare's leaving" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CLARE'S LEAVING
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the note, word for word:
Floyd |
Floyd | ..I did love you once.. but have to leave you now.. hope you will get
Floyd | over it.. for the best.. there is not anyone else.. I'm sorry.. Clare.
Floyd |
Floyd | The note answered no questions. It gave rise to far too many
Floyd | questions--and maybe it's time to either find answers or forget.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish shopping, go home and think.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |              One more story over. But there are others...

		Genevieve says, "Aha. And there's another reality."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "tell woman about Clare's leaving" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL WOMAN ABOUT CLARE'S LEAVING
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk up to the brunette and try to tell her about the note, about
Floyd | Clare's sudden leaving. But the words fail to come, you can't
Floyd | do this. So you do a quick about-turn and walk back to your
Floyd | trolley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some things just aren't meant to be shared. You trundle the trolley
Floyd | on, the hint of a tear sliding into the corner of your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story done. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember meal" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER MEAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the meal like this: Clare sat opposite. It was warm but
Floyd | an evening breeze took the uncomfortable edge of the heat. You ordered
Floyd | and the food took a while to come. The wine made your face red. You
Floyd | walked back after the meal via the Spanish Steps. You sat amongst the
Floyd | crowds until the police moved you on so that they could wash the steps
Floyd | ready for the tourists in the morning. You strolled back to the hotel
Floyd | down backstreets, past the four fountain junction; a crossroads with
Floyd | fountains built into the houses on each corner. You knew from
Floyd | experience that the water in them was ice cold, even in the afternoon
Floyd | heat. You ran a finger through the water as you walked past and wiped
Floyd | it on your trousers before taking Clare's hand in yours. Which seems
Floyd | like a good place to end.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                One more story over. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember pantheon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER PANTHEON
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the Pantheon. It looked so solid... it had stood the test
Floyd | of time. You were sure that nothing could be ephemeral after being
Floyd | near that. It was so beautiful, yet strong. Timeless. But you were
Floyd | wrong--it was the only thing that was so. Your life, your
Floyd | relationship, Clare.. all open to change, decay and collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The image of the Pantheon in your head slowly sinks, failing to
Floyd | support you with its pillars. You move the memory aside, out of direct
Floyd | sight, and continue with the shopping.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                   Another story over. Then again...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember love" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER LOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Remember love? You don't even know what the word means any more. You
Floyd | need to find love again before you can remember it. Right now all
Floyd | there is is a dulled pain. And Gnocchi rubbing it in.
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                Another story over. Not the only one...

		
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "remember day's work" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER DAY'S WORK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mind wanders over the day's work. Fairly usual stuff; Johnathon
Floyd | really pissed you off, taking your work, putting a cover on it and
Floyd | getting all the credit. But lunch was cool; Michelle and you had a fun
Floyd | chat about her new boyfriend over coffee. You pointed out that he was
Floyd | exactly twice her age, something she hadn't realised. Plus, you
Floyd | managed to get all the Longbridge account finished, which is a weight
Floyd | off your mind--
Floyd |
Floyd | A mental kick up the arse--stop thinking about work and get on with
Floyd | the shopping. Clare'll kill you if you're back late.
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick scoot round the rest of the supermarket--a full trolley--then,
Floyd | stepping on the gas, you arrive home just before seven. Clare opens
Floyd | the door to you, "Ooh... home early? What have I done to be so lucky?"
Floyd |
Floyd |                               ----------
Floyd |
Floyd |                     A story finished. But then...

		Genevieve says, "Wow, now that's interesting. AN ending where Clare isn't gone at all."
		Genevieve says, "Okay folks, I need to head off and grab something to eat. Feel free to keep playing of you want to, of course. I'm out of ideas though."
Genevieve pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing
Floyd | you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and
Floyd | you're progressing rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On to the next aisle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting... fresh Gnocchi--you haven't had any of that since...
Floyd | Rome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The aisle stretches to the north, and back to the south. The shelves
Floyd | on either side of you block your view of the rest of the supermarket,
Floyd | with only the brightly coloured aisle markers visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stopped your trolley next to the pasta section, bright
Floyd | plastic bags full of pale skin-tone shapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brunette woman a few metres ahead, filling her trolley with
Floyd | sauces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve waves. 		
Genevieve, apparently having had enough of public life, disappears back to her Parisian retreat. 		DavidW says, "I think I'm done as well. Thanks for the game."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Q
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.			



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Wishbringer : The Magick Stone of Dreams by Brian Moriarty
As played on ifMUD on various days in June of 2017

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 Wishbringer : The Magick Stone of Dreams written by Brian Moriarty. You can learn more about this game, including how to download it, by visiting the IFDB page: Wishbringer : The Magick Stone of Dreams.

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

Floyd | Would you like to restart, restore, undo, or quit? Welcome to the Cheap
Floyd | Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You may wish to use sleepmask."
		Jacqueline says, "It will show you the status line."
		Jacqueline says, "Which I think is probably important in this game."
		Jacqueline asks, "Want me to load it with sleepmask?"
		Guenni says, "ok."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | Your score is 0 points out of 100, in 0 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

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

Floyd ] Hilltop15:00
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:00
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Old school Infocom."
		Jacqueline says, "No X"
		Guenni sighs theatrically
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "I know. I know! All those extra keys you have to hit."
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine me" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:01
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing interesting about yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:02
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Ironic that they have no X, given how often you need to find treasure"
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:03
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined
Floyd | with small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter
Floyd | runs along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you
Floyd | been?" he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking
Floyd | everywhere for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's always so demoralizing to see 'Your total score is 1 out of 100' and you're not sure if anything will ever be worth more than 1 point."
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine posters" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:04
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |           WANTED!
Floyd |     For Impersonating A
Floyd |         Storyteller
Floyd | "PROFESSOR" BRIAN MORIARTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I had a boss like Mr. Crisp once."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:05
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Quit
Floyd | stalling! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "PHEW. Not just 1 point at a time!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:06
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine envelope" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:07
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'll find the envelope inside your Wishbringer package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:08
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding a mysterious envelope.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open envelope" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:09
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (You're not supposed to open the mysterious envelope until the story
Floyd | tells you to do so.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read envelope" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'll find the envelope inside your Wishbringer package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.)
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "One sec. I'll go find the feelies for this game."
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine sign post" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE SIGN POST
Floyd |
Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something
Floyd | else.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | [LINK]
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine signpost" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE SIGNPOST
Floyd |
Floyd | There are two arrows on the signpost. The arrow pointing west says "To
Floyd | Cemetery." The east arrow is marked "To Festeron."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wish I'd never lost my magic stone from this game, but I did. Instead, I have a real stone here on my computer desk that I picked up because it *reminded* me of that stone."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "it answered your wish for a stone"
		Jacqueline says, "heh. I suppose so."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle won't let you go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle won't let you near the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your
Floyd | heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine poodle" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE POODLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle is tiny, mean and hungry-looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This game made me wary of poodles as a child."
		Guenni says, "Ok, ok, I'm going visiting the dead first."
		Jacqueline nods.]'
		Taleslinger says, "Poodles are evil"
Taleslinger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cemetery15:18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine gate" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cemetery15:19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bars of the open iron gate are 12 feet high, and closely spaced.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cemetery15:19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place. Are you sure you want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ] Creepy Corner15:20
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine tomb stones" 		

Floyd ] Creepy Corner15:21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE TOMB STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | The lettering is too faded to read clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x grave" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine grave" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding.
Floyd | "That's a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says.
Floyd | "Let's have a look at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine envelope" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'll find the envelope inside your Wishbringer package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure would like to get a closer look at that mysterious envelope."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to gravedigger" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ENVELOPE TO GRAVEDIGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope.
Floyd | "Hmm," he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried
Floyd | that old woman years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you
Floyd | soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine adress" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE ADRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "adress" is not in the vocabulary that you can
Floyd | use.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine address" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE ADDRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "address" to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach the old bone from here. The open grave is too deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Looks like we have a bone to pick (up)"
		Jacqueline sighs.
		Guenni says, "The real riddle of the game is to figure out how to actually get a look at that envelope. :-)"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I sent a link to you but I think it's probably better for you to not look at it, in retrospect."
		Jacqueline says, "I will post a link of just the envelope."
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd ] Open Grave15:27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "That is not spoilery at all."
		Jacqueline says, "(Seriously)"
		Ellison says, "I'll paste the text here"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. Are you on a screen reader? My bad."
		Guenni says, "Bat is right :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ] Open Grave15:28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison | The Envelope
		Ellison | [The return address is simply "The Tower". The postage stamp in upper left
		Ellison | corner is a drawing in dark purple ink of a platypus on a medium purple
		Ellison | background, with two tufts of field grasses. It bears the caption of E PLATYPUS
		Ellison | UNUM, a play on the phrase E PLURIBUS UNUM ("out of many, one"). The value of
		Ellison | the stamp is 90.8, but the currency type is not specified. In between the return
		Ellison | address and the postage stamp, but slightly lower, are the words "SPECIAL
		Ellison | DELIVERY" in red with a line above and below them, stamped on the envelope by a
		Ellison | rubber stamp.]
		Ellison | [Destination address:]
		Ellison | Proprietor
		Ellison | Ye Olde Magick Shoppe
		Ellison | North Festeron, Antharia
		Ellison | 23-52-1
		Jacqueline asks (of Ellison), "Cool. Where did you get that description?"
		Guenni says, "thanks."
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit grave" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I've had this game since I was a child, and yet I continue to read the name of this room as the Spooky Corpse."
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine tomb stone" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE TOMB STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tombstone next to the open grave is blank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Twilight Glen15:32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their
Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is locking the iron gate from the outside as you
Floyd | approach. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells you with a
Floyd | sly wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Ellison), "Is that description you found alt text for the actual image? Or from somewhere else?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd ] Twilight Glen15:33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE UMBRELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine it" 		

Floyd ] Twilight Glen15:34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The handle of the closed umbrella is carved like a parrot's head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ] Twilight Glen15:35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the umbrella is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close it" 		

Floyd ] Twilight Glen15:36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the umbrella is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Spooky Copse15:37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Creepy Corner15:38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cemetery15:39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cemetery15:39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floyde" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni goes home. 		
Nathan arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Guenni says, "sorry, the mud didn't like me any more."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle won't let you near the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop bone" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to
Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you
Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "A loud librarian?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's a magical fantasyland, Tale."
		Guenni says, ";Well, she's outside. Sometime she needs to let it out."
		Jacqueline says, "Also what Guenni said."
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine librarian" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE LIBRARIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The library door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her
Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp,"
Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine miss voss" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE MISS VOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | She's holding a purse and an armful of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is the note I want you to take," says Miss Voss, holding it out
Floyd | to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The name "Corky" is beautifully handwritten on the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | But the violet note isn't addressed to you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Damn decency."
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And I don't think the violet note had a feelie."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your
Floyd | heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle won't let you go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wave umbrella" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE UMBRELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something
Floyd | else.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "I'm not really supposed to hit the little guy on the head??"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm."
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop umbrella" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP UMBRELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle tests the umbrella with its tongue, drops it on the road
Floyd | and turns to yap at you again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE UMBRELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle won't let you pick it up!
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Eep"
		Taleslinger asks, "What happened to the bone?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure if undo is a thing in this game."
		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "I was wondering that myself."
		Guenni says, "I dropped it. I guess he ate it by now."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage15:55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle won't let you near the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your
Floyd | heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter library" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER LIBRARY
Floyd |
Floyd | The library door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine library" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE LIBRARY
Floyd |
Floyd | The library door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Ok, now what? It seems to be the end of the village, und the other direction is blocked as well."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open umbrella" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South15:58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN UMBRELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any umbrella here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Park15:59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is a good place for you to be, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "I have to admit to sometimes working on my website on the side, so I am not 100% sure what you've found and what you have not."
		Jacqueline says, "But there is something here."
		Guenni says, "Ok, nice of them not to mention other directions than south in the description before. :P"
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine fountain" 		

Floyd ] Park16:00
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a gold coin and a goldfish in the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ] Park16:01
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's 4:00 pm. Better hurry! The Magick Shoppe closes in less than an
Floyd | hour!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine fish" 		

Floyd ] Park16:02
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The goldfish swims shyly away as you stare at it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Rotary East16:03
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed
Floyd | entrance, and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Park16:04
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine statue" 		

Floyd ] Park16:05
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue is a heroic commemoration of one of Festeron's founding
Floyd | fathers, dressed in a fancy military uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Rotary North16:06
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple
Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter church" 		

Floyd ] Church16:07
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside a beautiful old church. The aisles are diffused
Floyd | with rich colored light streaming in through the stained glass
Floyd | windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lighted candle is visible in a nook near the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd ] Church16:08
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice from above solemnly proclaims, "Thou shalt not steal."
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look around the empty church a little white mouse scurries
Floyd | across the floor and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop coin" 		

Floyd ] Church16:09
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd ] Church16:10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice from above solemnly proclaims, "Thou shalt not steal."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That was clever. Hadn't thought of trying that."
		Guenni exclaims, "I tried to pay!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd ] Church16:11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine church" 		

Floyd ] Church16:12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside a beautiful old church. The aisles are diffused
Floyd | with rich colored light streaming in through the stained glass
Floyd | windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a candle (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit church" 		

Floyd ] Rotary North16:13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple
Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Park16:14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign over the entrance says, "Festeron Police Headquarters."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter police" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER POLICE
Floyd |
Floyd | (There aren't enough nouns in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter police station" 		

Floyd ] Police Station16:17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER POLICE STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Police Station
Floyd | You're in the front office of the Festeron Police Station. A modest
Floyd | jail cell is visible in a corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin, Festeron's finest, is nodding off behind a desk. You
Floyd | can see a piece of chocolate on the desk, and a wanted poster taped to
Floyd | the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin opens one eye as you enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask macguffin about magic shop" 		

Floyd ] Police Station16:18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MACGUFFIN ABOUT MAGIC SHOP
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin mutters something vague in reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just drop my mail on the desk," Sgt. MacGuffin murmurs sleepily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. I am pretty sure there is a way to get the candle, but can't recall how."
		Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "belatedly, I got it from the screenreader friendly pdf for Wishbringer on the Infodoc site"
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit police station" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT POLICE STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Festeron
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a circular pile of leaves near the edge of the lake.
Floyd | Somebody has scrawled a message in the sand next to the pile of
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read message" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MESSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The scrawled message in the sand reads, "Do Not Disturb!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "which one was the save button?"
		says, "Don't talk to Floyd, just type 'push save'"
		Jacqueline says, "Probably want to clear the save counter first."
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says, "And that's done by typing 'clear save'"
		Guenni says, "thanks."
		Jacqueline says, "Welcome"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ] Lake Edge16:21
Floyd | > SAVEOkay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search leaves" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to disturb that pile of leaves? There's an old
Floyd | saying about curiosity...
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:22
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | Moving the pile of leaves reveals a deep, narrow pit in the sand. It
Floyd | appears to be a trap of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The leaves blow away in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went DOWN by 10 points! Your total score is 4 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | (What do you want to undo?)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Whoops"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Let's try this..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > /UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "/undo.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. You have to restore."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry. Old game."
		Guenni nods
		Taleslinger asks, "Why would finding a trap reduce your score?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:21
Floyd | > RESTOREOkay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
inky says (to Floyd), "count leaves" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COUNT LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick count turns up exactly 69,105 leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "thanks."
		Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yay"
		Guenni laughs
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Park16:24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Rotary North16:25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple
Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] South of Bridge16:26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Rocky Path16:27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of
Floyd | the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Lighthouse16:28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Festeron Bay. A beach follows the
Floyd | shore of the bay to the south, and a path leads west along the
Floyd | riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands blinking on the
Floyd | shore nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine lighthouse" 		

Floyd ] Lighthouse16:29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's really just an automated beacon, erected by the town to impress
Floyd | tourists. There aren't any entrances or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] Rocky Path16:30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of
Floyd | the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. 		
Ellison has disconnected. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] South of Bridge16:31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's 4:30 pm. Better hurry! The Magick Shoppe closes in less than
Floyd | half an hour!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, if I knew where it is."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] Bridge16:32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ] Bridge16:33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |    LEAVING FESTERON
Floyd |
Floyd | Next Time You're In Town
Floyd |   Visit Our Fun-Filled
Floyd |      Pleasure Wharf
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ] North of Bridge16:34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x tree trunk" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | (There are too many nouns in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x tree k" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE K
Floyd |
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "k.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine tree" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnarled tree trunk is rotten to the core.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dead branch on the gnarled tree trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Cliff Bottom16:40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You just walked into a solid wall of stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ow"
		Guenni says, "I'm a bat I'm allowed :-)"
		Guenni says, "But ouch is right anyway."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] North of Bridge16:41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Bridge16:42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ] South of Bridge16:43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ] River Outlet16:44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east,
Floyd | you can see Festeron Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine horse" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any horse here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine horseshoe" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE HORSESHOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the horseshoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine oak tree" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE OAK TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any oak tree here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east,
Floyd | you can see Festeron Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine oak tree" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE OAK TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any oak tree here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "stump" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "One day I'll do something drastic to that client."
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine stump" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE STUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The stump is huge, easily four feet across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on stump" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON STUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The stump affords an excellent view of the surrounding area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get off it" 		

Floyd ] Lookout Hill16:52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET OFF IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ] River Outlet16:53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Festeron
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a circular pile of leaves near the edge of the lake.
Floyd | Somebody has scrawled a message in the sand next to the pile of
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Lake Edge16:55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The iron gate is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ] Rotary West16:57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign over the entrance says, "Festeron Police Headquarters."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ] Park16:58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Rotary South16:59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floyds" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Outside Cottage17:00
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an umbrella here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Ok, I take it back. The road northward is mentioned. I just overlooked it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] End of Story17:00
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're holding a horseshoe, a dead branch, a gold coin, a violet note
Floyd | and a mysterious envelope.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There you are, numbskull!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You wince as Mr. Crisp strides into view and grabs you by the front of
Floyd | your uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You good-for-nothing idiot!" he bellows in your face. "I wanted you
Floyd | to deliver that envelope BEFORE five o'clock! Now the Magick Shoppe is
Floyd | closed... and you're FIRED!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction
Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 14 points out of 100, in 120 moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) >

		Jacqueline says, "Eep"
		Guenni says, "Well, looks like I'll quit for now."
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "no" 		
Floyd says (to Guenni), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, you'll likely want to do an optimized playthrough."
		Guenni says, "I have no idea how to find that shop."
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, you'd missed the road to the north, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's up that way."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I think you only need to deal with the poodle one time."
		Guenni says, "From the fountain? I went north, and over the bridge."
		Jacqueline says, "I thought it was up well beyond that bridge."
		Guenni says, "There wasn't much there."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Have you been to the arcade?"
		Guenni says, "No. But I didn't really look at the theater."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think you have a few more places to explore."
		Guenni says, "Yep, probabbly tomorrow."
		Jacqueline says, "Enjoy! It was fun watching."
		Guenni -)
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Nathan has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Nathan says, "I'm sorry I missed this today as I was afk. When I played this game I had to use the provided map (pdf of it) to help me figure out where the magic shop was."
		DavidW says, "Which game was today's? I also missed the session."
		Nathan says, "From what I saw, it looked like Wishbringer."
		DavidW says, "oh my."
		DavidW says, "I remember the magic shop is at the top of the mountain on the island across the bridge to the north end of the main island."
		Nathan says, "Yeap, that's where I found it. It is the only building on the map without a name, if I remember it right."
		DavidW says, "Oddly, I've never been that keen on replaying that particular game. I do like the novel, though."
		Nathan says, "That is cool. I didn't know there was a novel, especially one that was inspired by the game."
		DavidW says, "yeah, there's a few novels based on Infocom games. Wishbringer is one of the better ones in my opinion."
		Allen says, "I don't remember if I read that"
		Allen says, "the Zork novel was mildly entertaining"
		DavidW says, "I have some of the novels. Possibly not all of them."
		DavidW asks (of Allen), "The Effinger one?"
		Allen says, "yeah"
		Allen says, "it approaching fantasy at a meta level"
		DavidW says, "I was slightly annoyed with that book."
		Allen says, "I wouldn't call it good, but it held my attention"
		Nathan says, "That is so fun. I'll look into those novels, if only because they were based on the infocom games. It sounds similar to the DnD/Vampire the Masquerade books based on those different realms, etc."
		DavidW says, "Some of the novels I've reread and others just gather dust."
Jacqueline DUH 		
Jacqueline UM 		
Jacqueline says, "Don't mind me." 		
Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home. 		
inky started to adventure as The Hour-Man (later dropping the hyphen). 		
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with
Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs
Floyd | along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?"
Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere
Floyd | for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine milboxes" 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "milboxes.")
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine mailboxes" 		

Floyd | The little mailboxes are closed and locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Don't
Floyd | just stand there, idiot! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a creepy place. Are you sure you want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger reaches into the open grave and pulls you out. "Don't
Floyd | go in there!" he cries. "You might get buried alive!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's
Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's
Floyd | have a look at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. "Hmm,"
Floyd | he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried that old
Floyd | woman years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Couldn't ask for a nicer day for diggin' graves."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search grave" 		

Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you
Floyd | soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.)
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit grave" 		

Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The tombstones block your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'd fall down the hill if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show bone to poodle" 		

Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to
Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The poodle won't let you near the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you
Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine miss voss" 		

Floyd | She's holding a purse and an armful of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her
Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp,"
Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x theater" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine theater" 		

Floyd | It looks like the perfect place to enjoy an old movie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read marque" 		

Floyd | The marquee shows an outline of your mean old boss, Mr. Crisp,
Floyd | triumphantly stepping on the face of a helpless mail clerk. Underneath
Floyd | are the words "Have You Delivered That Envelope Yet?" in big red
Floyd | letters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter theater" 		

Floyd | The movie theater is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine fountain" 		

Floyd | You can see a gold coin and a goldfish in the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine coin" 		

Floyd | The gold coin is etched with a profile of one of Festeron's founding
Floyd | fathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter fountain" 		

Floyd | You'd get soaked if you tried that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shack" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "shack" to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are all deserted and quiet, except for one in
Floyd | the corner that emits a feeble "wokka-wokka" sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine machine" 		

Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("LEATHER GODDESSES
Floyd | OF PHOBOS!") is painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine mailbox" 		

Floyd | The big mailbox seems ordinary enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You'd have to open the big mailbox to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open mailbox" 		

Floyd | Okay, the big mailbox is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing interesting inside the big mailbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox squeaks and snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put envelope in mailbox" 		

Floyd | But the big mailbox isn't open!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open mailbox" 		

Floyd | Okay, the big mailbox is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put envelope in mailbox" 		

Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox squeaks and snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Festeron Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the blue, sparkling waters of
Floyd | Festeron Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently a careless fisherman has just left the wharf, for lying on
Floyd | the planks is a little seahorse, its gills moving in and out with its
Floyd | dying gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse looks at you with moist, frightened eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine seahorse" 		

Floyd | Poor thing. It's at the edge of death.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse opens and closes its little mouth pathetically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take seahorse" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse's gills are barely moving. It's practically dead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put seahorse in water" 		

Floyd | Splash!
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse floats without moving for a few anxious moments. Then it
Floyd | springs suddenly to life, circling and splashing joyfully in the waves.
Floyd | Before it swims away it looks up at you with an unmistakable expression
Floyd | of gratitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Festeron Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the blue, sparkling waters of
Floyd | Festeron Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your
Floyd | heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read schedule" 		

Floyd | The schedule says:
Floyd |
Floyd |    EVENINGS AT 7 & 9
Floyd | ALL SHOWS ONE GOLD COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's 4:00 pm. Better hurry! The Magick Shoppe closes in less than an
Floyd | hour!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open mailbox" 		

Floyd | Okay, the big mailbox is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd | You can't reach into the big mailbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox squeaks and snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni goes home. 		
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 14 points out of 100, in 64 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with
Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs
Floyd | along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?"
Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere
Floyd | for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine posters" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |           WANTED!
Floyd |     For Impersonating A
Floyd |         Storyteller
Floyd | "PROFESSOR" BRIAN MORIARTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Get
Floyd | going! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a spooky place. Are you sure you want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine grave" 		

Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's
Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's
Floyd | have a look at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show envelope to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. "Hmm,"
Floyd | he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried that old
Floyd | woman years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Couldn't ask for a nicer day for diggin' graves."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get bone" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the old bone from here. The open grave is too deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you
Floyd | soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.)
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get bone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit grave" 		

Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their
Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is locking the iron gate from the outside as you
Floyd | approach. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells you with a
Floyd | sly wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The tombstones block your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop bone" 		

Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to
Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you
Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask miss voss about magic shop" 		

Floyd | "I don't have time right now," she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her
Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp,"
Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches west,
Floyd | towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Festeron
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a circular pile of leaves near the edge of the lake.
Floyd | Somebody has scrawled a message in the sand next to the pile of leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine island" 		

Floyd | Misty Island has been shrouded in fog for as long as you can remember.
Floyd | Strange legends and mysterious rumors abound; but nobody you know has
Floyd | ever been there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter lake" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the lake if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Festeron Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail winds
Floyd | down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine stump" 		

Floyd | The stump is huge, easily four feet across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You find nothing interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | You can't see any branch here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l w" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean LOOK AT the direction, not LOOK INSIDE or LOOK ON
Floyd | or LOOK UNDER or LOOK BEHIND the direction.)
Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look west" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean LOOK AT the direction, not LOOK INSIDE or LOOK ON
Floyd | or LOOK UNDER or LOOK BEHIND the direction.)
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about the direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l at s" 		

Floyd | You see nothing special about the direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l at n" 		

Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floydd" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floydverbose" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine cliffs" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "cliffs.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine cliff" 		

Floyd | It's a sheer, featureless wall, a hundred feet high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The cliff is much too steep to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Your path is blocked by a cliff wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to
Floyd | draw a map as you go up.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "draw map" 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "draw.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a horseshoe, a violet note, an umbrella and a mysterious
Floyd | envelope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post
Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of
Floyd | clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the
Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments,
Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted
Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale.
Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick
Floyd | Shoppe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shop" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine figure" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "figure" to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | A voice cries, "Come in!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's 4:00 pm. Better hurry! The Magick Shoppe closes in less than an
Floyd | hour!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shop" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shop" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a grinning crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed
Floyd | bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | As you approach the curtained exit, the Magick Shoppe subtly rearranges
Floyd | itself until you find yourself facing the other way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin,
Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature
Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice.
Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late
Floyd | in the day."
Floyd |
Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to woman" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 19 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you.
Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she
Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again."
Floyd |
Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and
Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she
Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open envelope" 		

Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Go ahead, dear. Don't be bashful. Read the letter to me, please. I'm
Floyd | waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd | (to the old woman)
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 20 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of
Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly
Floyd | around the room, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to
Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to
Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and
Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice
Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion."
Floyd |
Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and
Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard
Floyd | Wishbringer alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask woman about wishbringer" 		

Floyd | "That's a long story," sighs the old woman wistfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a
Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take
Floyd | this little trinket anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 23 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost
Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit shop" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A
Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words
Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as
Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right
Floyd | HERE."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The
Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a smiling crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the
Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts
Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely
Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the
Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Her name is Chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of
Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely
Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce
Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline
Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare,
Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rattling noise in the can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby. A
Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine vulture" 		

Floyd | Its steady gaze makes you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the
Floyd | closed gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less
Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine troll" 		

Floyd | The troll is staring back at you stupidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "hit troll with umbrella" 		

Floyd | Attacking the troll with an umbrella isn't likely to help matters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "say hello to troll" 		

Floyd | (This story can't understand the word "hello" when you use it that
Floyd | way.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | "The sign says 'One Gold Coin,'" croaks the troll, palm outstretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a metal can, a horseshoe, a violet note and an umbrella.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine can" 		

Floyd | It's a round metal can with a closed lid, illustrated with a
Floyd | tasty-looking assortment of mixed nuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 23 points out of 100, in 81 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni goes home. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with
Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs
Floyd | along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?"
Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere
Floyd | for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine boss" 		

Floyd | He's wearing a regulation Post Office uniform, which does little to
Floyd | hide his ugly face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Quit
Floyd | stalling! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a spooky place. Are you sure you want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine grave" 		

Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's
Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's
Floyd | have a look at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show envelope to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. "Hmm,"
Floyd | he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried that old
Floyd | woman years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Couldn't ask for a nicer day for diggin' graves."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger reaches into the open grave and pulls you out. "Don't
Floyd | go in there!" he cries. "You might get buried alive!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you
Floyd | soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.)
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get bone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You just walked into a wall of dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floydexit), "grave" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit grave" 		

Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their
Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is locking the iron gate from the outside as you
Floyd | approach. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells you with a
Floyd | sly wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyddrop), "bone" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop bone" 		

Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to
Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you
Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine miss voss" 		

Floyd | She's holding a purse and an armful of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her
Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp,"
Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine fountain" 		

Floyd | You can see a gold coin and a goldfish in the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple
Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to
Floyd | draw a map as you go up.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 15 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post
Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of
Floyd | clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the
Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments,
Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted
Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale.
Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick
Floyd | Shoppe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shop" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shop" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a frowning crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed
Floyd | bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine clock" 		

Floyd | The grinning grandfather clock says it's 3:45 pm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin,
Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature
Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice.
Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late
Floyd | in the day."
Floyd |
Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to woman" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 20 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you.
Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she
Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again."
Floyd |
Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and
Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she
Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open envelope" 		

Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Go ahead, dear. Read the letter to me. I'm waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd | (to the old woman)
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 21 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of
Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly
Floyd | around the room, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to
Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to
Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and
Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice
Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion."
Floyd |
Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and
Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard
Floyd | Wishbringer alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask woman about wishbringer" 		

Floyd | "Ahhh," sighs the old woman wistfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a
Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take
Floyd | this little trinket anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 24 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost
Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Strange. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That door always sticks this time of year," notes the old woman drily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A
Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words
Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as
Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right
Floyd | HERE."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The
Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit shop" 		

Floyd | Your body seems unwilling to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the
Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts
Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely
Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the
Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Her name is Chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of
Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely
Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce
Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline
Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare,
Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby. A
Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the
Floyd | closed gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less
Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd | The childlike scrawl is hard to decipher. With a little imagination,
Floyd | you can make out the phrase "Toll Bridge, One Gold Coin."
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The can rattles in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll snatches away your gold coin with a grunt and squints at it
Floyd | suspiciously. "Ugh!" he cries, holding it up to the moonlight. "This is
Floyd | a fake!" He points accusingly at the familiar profile of one of
Floyd | Festeron's founding fathers, throws your coin to the ground and pulls
Floyd | out another. "This is what an OFFICIAL gold coin looks like!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The troll proudly exhibits his coin. It shows the profile of an
Floyd | evil-looking old woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give umbrella to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll studies the umbrella closely to see if it resembles a gold
Floyd | coin, and pitches it to the ground when he decides that it doesn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd | Your score is 24 points out of 100, in 59 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart the story?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni clears the save counter. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with
Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs
Floyd | along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?"
Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere
Floyd | for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Get
Floyd | moving! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a spooky place. Are you sure you want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x grave" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine grave" 		

Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's
Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's
Floyd | have a look at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show envelope to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. "Hmm,"
Floyd | he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried that old
Floyd | woman years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Couldn't ask for a nicer day for diggin' graves."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine bone" 		

Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the old bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you
Floyd | soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.)
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get bone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit grave" 		

Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their
Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is locking the iron gate from the outside as you
Floyd | approach. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells you with a
Floyd | sly wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The tombstones block your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyddrop), "bone" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop bone" 		

Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to
Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you
Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine miss voss" 		

Floyd | She's holding a purse and an armful of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her
Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp,"
Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine fountain" 		

Floyd | You can see a gold coin and a goldfish in the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are all deserted and quiet, except for one in
Floyd | the corner that emits a feeble "wokka-wokka" sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine machine" 		

Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("LEATHER GODDESSES
Floyd | OF PHOBOS!") is painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know what this game machine might do! You don't really want
Floyd | to press that big red button, do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Okay, just testing you.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put coin in slot" 		

Floyd | The slot is too narrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine joystick" 		

Floyd | The joystick can be moved north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick n" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine machine" 		

Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("LEATHER GODDESSES
Floyd | OF PHOBOS!") is painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Tidal Pool
Floyd | You're on a damp stretch of sand that extends north towards Festeron
Floyd | Point, and south to the Pleasure Wharf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large conch shell is lying in the sand at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine it" 		

Floyd | The conch shell is smooth and shiny. It'll look great on your TV set
Floyd | back home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Festeron Bay. A beach follows the
Floyd | shore of the bay to the south, and a path leads west along the
Floyd | riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands blinking on the
Floyd | shore nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter lighthouse" 		

Floyd | There aren't any entrances or openings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of
Floyd | the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to
Floyd | draw a map as you go up.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 15 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post
Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of
Floyd | clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the
Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments,
Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted
Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale.
Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick
Floyd | Shoppe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter shop" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a staring crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed
Floyd | bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine clock" 		

Floyd | The frowning grandfather clock says it's 3:59 pm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin,
Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature
Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice.
Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late
Floyd | in the day."
Floyd |
Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to woman" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 20 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you.
Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she
Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again."
Floyd |
Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and
Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she
Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open envelope" 		

Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Go ahead, dear. Don't be bashful. Read the letter to me, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd | (to the old woman)
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 21 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of
Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly
Floyd | around the room, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to
Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to
Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and
Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice
Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion."
Floyd |
Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and
Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard
Floyd | Wishbringer alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | That's odd. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That door always sticks this time of year," notes the old woman drily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a
Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take
Floyd | this little trinket anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floydtake), "can" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 24 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost
Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit shop" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A
Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words
Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as
Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right
Floyd | HERE."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The
Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Your body seems unwilling to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something rattles in the can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the
Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts
Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely
Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the
Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Her name is Chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of
Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely
Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce
Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline
Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare,
Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. A
Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open can" 		

Floyd | Yow! When you open the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It
Floyd | squirms about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at you and
Floyd | slithers out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine can" 		

Floyd | It's a round metal can with an open lid, illustrated with a
Floyd | tasty-looking assortment of mixed nuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the
Floyd | closed gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less
Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll snatches away your gold coin with a grunt and squints at it
Floyd | suspiciously. "Ugh!" he cries, holding it up to the moonlight. "This is
Floyd | a fake!" He points accusingly at the familiar profile of one of
Floyd | Festeron's founding fathers, throws your coin to the ground and pulls
Floyd | out another. "This is what an OFFICIAL gold coin looks like!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The troll proudly exhibits his coin. It shows the profile of an
Floyd | evil-looking old woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask troll for coin" 		

Floyd | "No time for questions," growls the idle troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a gold coin, a metal can, a conch shell, a violet note
Floyd | and an umbrella.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give shell to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll studies the conch shell closely to see if it resembles a gold
Floyd | coin, and pitches it to the ground when he decides that it doesn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | The can rattles in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open can" 		

Floyd | It's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give can to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll studies the metal can closely to see if it resembles a gold
Floyd | coin, and pitches it to the ground when he decides that it doesn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can and shell" 		

Floyd | The metal can: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search can" 		

Floyd | The metal can appears to have a false bottom. You could probably get it
Floyd | out by squeezing the can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "squeeze can" 		

Floyd | The false bottom is wedged tightly into the metal can. You might be
Floyd | able to loosen it by squeezing harder... harder!...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! A small stone drops out of the squashed can and lands at your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 29 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | As your fingers close around the small stone it begins to glow with an
Floyd | eerie violet-white radiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine stone" 		

Floyd | The small stone glows with an eerie violet-white radiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show stone to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll studies the small stone closely to see if it resembles a gold
Floyd | coin, and pitches it to the ground when he decides that it doesn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get stone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for gold coin" 		

Floyd | (Refer to the manual inside your Wishbringer package for the correct
Floyd | way to make a Wish.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "help" 		

Floyd | (If you're really stuck, maps and InvisiClues (TM) Hint Booklets are
Floyd | available using the order form that came inside your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for advice" 		

Floyd | Wishbringer emits a violet flash of Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "Magick may help thee cross the
Floyd | Bridge."
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 29 points out of 100, in 88 moves. You've used 1 of the
Floyd | Stone's 7 Wishes.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The steep trail seems to have disappeared with the fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a small stone (providing light), a squashed can, a conch
Floyd | shell, a gold coin, a violet note and an umbrella.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | "Show me first a gold coin," croaks the troll, palm outstretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd | The small stone: Dropped.
Floyd | The conch shell: Dropped.
Floyd | The gold coin: Dropped.
Floyd | The violet note: Dropped.
Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine it" 		

Floyd | The dead branch is about six feet long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone and shell" 		

Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop branch" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open umbrella" 		

Floyd | Okay, the umbrella is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for rain" 		

Floyd | A searing bolt of lightning shatters the night! It strikes the glowing
Floyd | Stone of Dreams, and fractures the sky into a billion raindrops.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything around you is soaked in a brief but savage downpour.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's obvious that the troll did not enjoy the sudden bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | "The sign says 'One Gold Coin,'" croaks the troll, palm outstretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to troll" 		

Floyd | You can't see any coin here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a gold coin and a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin and can" 		

Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The squashed can: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll angrily tosses your gold coin into the river and mutters
Floyd | something indelicate about counterfeiters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Festeron Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the blue, sparkling waters of
Floyd | Festeron Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently a careless fisherman has just left the wharf, for lying on
Floyd | the planks is a little seahorse, its gills moving in and out with its
Floyd | dying gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse looks at you with moist, frightened eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take seahorse" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse opens and closes its little mouth pathetically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put seahorse in water" 		

Floyd | Splash!
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse floats without moving for a few anxious moments. Then it
Floyd | springs suddenly to life, circling and splashing joyfully in the waves.
Floyd | Before it swims away it looks up at you with an unmistakable expression
Floyd | of gratitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Tidal Pool
Floyd | You're on a damp stretch of sand that extends north towards Festeron
Floyd | Point, and south to the Pleasure Wharf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large conch shell is lying in the sand at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Festeron Bay. A beach follows the
Floyd | shore of the bay to the south, and a path leads west along the
Floyd | riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands blinking on the
Floyd | shore nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of
Floyd | the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Festeron Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail winds
Floyd | down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You'd tumble down the hill if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to
Floyd | draw a map as you go up.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 15 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post
Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of
Floyd | clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the
Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments,
Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted
Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale.
Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick
Floyd | Shoppe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a grinning crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed
Floyd | bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine case" 		

Floyd | The naughty glass case is closed and locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing special inside the grandfather clock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin,
Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature
Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice.
Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late
Floyd | in the day."
Floyd |
Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to woman" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 20 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you.
Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she
Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again."
Floyd |
Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and
Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she
Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Read the letter to me, please. I'm waiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd | (to the old woman)
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 21 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of
Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly
Floyd | around the room, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to
Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to
Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and
Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice
Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion."
Floyd |
Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and
Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard
Floyd | Wishbringer alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask woman about bridge" 		

Floyd | "Not now," sighs the old woman wistfully. "You're better off not
Floyd | knowing too much about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a
Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take
Floyd | this little trinket anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 24 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost
Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | That's odd. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That door always sticks this time of year," notes the old woman drily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A
Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words
Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as
Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right
Floyd | HERE."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The
Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Your body seems unwilling to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the
Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts
Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely
Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the
Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Her name is Chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of
Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely
Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce
Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline
Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare,
Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open can" 		

Floyd | Yow! When you open the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It
Floyd | squirms about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at you and
Floyd | slithers out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "squeeze can" 		

Floyd | The false bottom is wedged tightly into the metal can. You might be
Floyd | able to loosen it by squeezing harder... harder!...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! A small stone drops out of the squashed can and lands at your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fog in the valley is rising towards you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 29 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | As your fingers close around the small stone it begins to glow with an
Floyd | eerie violet-white radiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog is spilling over the edge of the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. A
Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the
Floyd | closed gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less
Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show coin to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll snatches away your gold coin with a grunt and squints at it
Floyd | suspiciously. "Ugh!" he cries, holding it up to the moonlight. "This is
Floyd | a fake!" He points accusingly at the familiar profile of one of
Floyd | Festeron's founding fathers, throws your coin to the ground and pulls
Floyd | out another. "This is what an OFFICIAL gold coin looks like!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The troll proudly exhibits his coin. It shows the profile of an
Floyd | evil-looking old woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for luck" 		

Floyd | The Stone of Dreams brightens as you speak the Wish, and the edges of
Floyd | the horseshoe begin to twinkle with Luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show coin to troll" 		

Floyd | The troll angrily tosses your gold coin into the river and mutters
Floyd | something indelicate about counterfeiters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | "Show me first a gold coin," croaks the troll, palm outstretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni goes home. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 29 points out of 100, in 74 moves. You've used 1 of the
Floyd | Stone's 7 Wishes.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Festeron Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the blue, sparkling waters of
Floyd | Festeron Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently a careless fisherman has just left the wharf, for lying on
Floyd | the planks is a little seahorse, its gills moving in and out with its
Floyd | dying gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse looks at you with moist, frightened eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take seahorse" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse opens and closes its little mouth pathetically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put it in water" 		

Floyd | Splash!
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse floats without moving for a few anxious moments. Then it
Floyd | springs suddenly to life, circling and splashing joyfully in the waves.
Floyd | Before it swims away it looks up at you with an unmistakable expression
Floyd | of gratitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Tidal Pool
Floyd | You're on a damp stretch of sand that extends north towards Festeron
Floyd | Point, and south to the Pleasure Wharf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large conch shell is lying in the sand at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Festeron Bay. A beach follows the
Floyd | shore of the bay to the south, and a path leads west along the
Floyd | riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands blinking on the
Floyd | shore nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of
Floyd | the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Festeron Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail winds
Floyd | down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The cliff is much too steep to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to
Floyd | draw a map as you go up.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 15 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post
Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of
Floyd | clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the
Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments,
Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted
Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale.
Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick
Floyd | Shoppe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a grinning crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed
Floyd | bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine clock" 		

Floyd | The frowning grandfather clock says it's 3:57 pm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floydz" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin,
Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature
Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice.
Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late
Floyd | in the day."
Floyd |
Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to woman" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 20 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you.
Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she
Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again."
Floyd |
Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and
Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she
Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open envelope" 		

Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Go ahead, dear. Read the letter to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd | (to the old woman)
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 21 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of
Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly
Floyd | around the room, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to
Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to
Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and
Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice
Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion."
Floyd |
Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and
Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard
Floyd | Wishbringer alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a
Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take
Floyd | this little trinket anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floydtake), "can" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 24 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost
Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | That's odd. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That door always sticks this time of year," notes the old woman drily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A
Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words
Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as
Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right
Floyd | HERE."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The
Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Your body seems unwilling to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the
Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts
Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely
Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the
Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Her name is Chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of
Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely
Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce
Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline
Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare,
Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. A
Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the
Floyd | closed gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less
Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open can" 		

Floyd | Yow! When you open the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It
Floyd | squirms about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at you and
Floyd | slithers out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal can clatters to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scream of terror echoes off the cliffs as the troll runs away across
Floyd | the covered bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 27 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | The metal can appears to have a false bottom. You could probably get it
Floyd | out by squeezing the can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "squeeze can" 		

Floyd | The false bottom is wedged tightly into the metal can. You might be
Floyd | able to loosen it by squeezing harder... harder!...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! A small stone drops out of the squashed can and lands at your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture appears high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 32 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | As your fingers close around the small stone it begins to glow with an
Floyd | eerie violet-white radiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The toll gate is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd | Okay, the toll gate is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "readsign" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "readsign.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |    ENTERING WITCHVILLE
Floyd |
Floyd |   Curfew Begins At 6 PM
Floyd |    Boot Patrol On Duty
Floyd | Violators Will Be Jailed!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered
Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a
Floyd | thick layer of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lighted candle is visible in a nook near the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd | A voice from above begins to proclaim something, but a burst of static
Floyd | drowns out the solemn words. Looking up, you notice a speaker in the
Floyd | ceiling emitting sparks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look around the empty church a big brown rat scurries across the
Floyd | broken glass and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine candle" 		

Floyd | You see nothing interesting about the candle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search glass" 		

Floyd | You find nothing special.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow out candle" 		

Floyd | That's odd. Despite your best efforts, the candle flame stubbornly
Floyd | refuses to go out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine statue" 		

Floyd | The statue is a heroic commemoration of a very evil-looking old woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search fountain" 		

Floyd | You can see a brass token and a piranha inside the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | The piranha nips savagely at your fingertips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The
Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of
Floyd | Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the biggest hellhound
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | roaring angrily and showing its sharp, bloody fangs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | The library door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read marque" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |     Now Playing!
Floyd | THE ONE IS WATCHING!
Floyd |       starring
Floyd |     THE EVIL ONE
Floyd |          in
Floyd |     Amazing 3-D!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask voss about library" 		

Floyd | "I'm here to sell tickets, not to chatter," she replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to voss" 		

Floyd | Miss Voss snatches away your gold coin with her bony fingers and hands
Floyd | you a ticket.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now holding a ticket.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 35 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor
Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard
Floyd | drifting down the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton
Floyd | at his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine carton" 		

Floyd | The open carton is marked, "Free 3D Movie Glasses Here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take glasses" 		

Floyd | You can't see any glasses here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask gravedigger about glasses" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open carton" 		

Floyd | It's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing unusual inside the carton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take carton" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger might not like it if you tried that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show carton to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | You're not holding the carton.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger blocks your path. "Can't get in without a ticket."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show ticket to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger takes the ticket, gestures absently to the empty carton
Floyd | and leans back to daydream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine carton" 		

Floyd | The open carton is marked, "Free 3D Movie Glasses Here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing extraordinary inside the carton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take carton" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger might not like it if you tried that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger nods as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Theater
Floyd | This is a movie theater unlike any you've ever seen! The seats are
Floyd | wide, deep and comfortable. The aisles are spotless. The air is clear
Floyd | of smoke, and the screen is dramatically large. A chill goes up your
Floyd | spine as you realize how alien your universe has become.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a noisy movie playing on the screen. A dark corridor leads out
Floyd | to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor
Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard
Floyd | drifting down the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton
Floyd | at his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask gravedigger about glasses" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under carton" 		

Floyd | You see nothing interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for advice" 		

Floyd | Wishbringer emits a violet flash of Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "Release a prisoner, and be
Floyd | Rewarded."
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the movie theater? The gravedigger might
Floyd | not let you in again without another ticket!
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | "Come again!" sneers the gravedigger as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye, you notice Miss Voss squinting carefully
Floyd | at the gold coin you gave her. She looks at you suspiciously, picks up
Floyd | a telephone and begins to dial rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered
Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a
Floyd | thick layer of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lighted candle is visible in a nook near the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd | A voice from above begins to proclaim something, but a burst of static
Floyd | drowns out the solemn words. Looking up, you notice a speaker in the
Floyd | ceiling emitting sparks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look around the empty church a big brown rat scurries across the
Floyd | broken glass and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Police Station
Floyd | You're in the front office of the Witchville Police Station. The room
Floyd | is lined with dimly-lit jail cells. Occasional wails of anguish suggest
Floyd | that many of the cells are occupied.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin, Witchville's finest, is glaring down at you from behind
Floyd | an intimidatingly high desk. You can see a wanted poster taped to the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's past curfew," Sgt. MacGuffin growls as you enter. "I hope you've
Floyd | got a very good reason for coming in here at this hour."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask mcguffin about cat" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "mcguffin" is not in the vocabulary that you can
Floyd | use.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask macguffin about cat" 		

Floyd | "I'll do the talking around here!" snaps Sgt. MacGuffin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've got exactly one second to tell me why I shouldn't throw you in
Floyd | jail," notes Sgt. MacGuffin through clenched teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for luck" 		

Floyd | The Stone of Dreams brightens as you speak the Wish, and the edges of
Floyd | the horseshoe begin to twinkle with Luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your second's up."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall with a thick
Floyd | blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a gold coin, a conch shell, a
Floyd | horseshoe (providing light), a squashed can, a small stone (providing
Floyd | light) and a candle (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The horseshoe isn't twinkling any more.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered
Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a
Floyd | thick layer of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lighted candle is visible in a nook near the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd | A voice from above begins to proclaim something, but a burst of static
Floyd | drowns out the solemn words. Looking up, you notice a speaker in the
Floyd | ceiling emitting sparks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look around the empty church a big brown rat scurries across the
Floyd | broken glass and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floyd" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are
Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine tracks" 		

Floyd | The animal tracks emerge from the lake and lead to the edge of the pit,
Floyd | where they disappear abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusty "click!" draws your eyes to the iron gate. You watch as it
Floyd | slowly creaks open, all by itself!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine pit" 		

Floyd | The pit is more than five feet deep. You can see a platypus in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter pit" 		

Floyd | You can't fit into the pit. It's too narrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after
Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor.
Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little
Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners
Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall with a thick
Floyd | blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a gold coin, a conch shell, a
Floyd | horseshoe, a squashed can, a small stone (providing light) and a candle
Floyd | (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop umbrella" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a small stone (providing light), a horseshoe, a conch
Floyd | shell, a gold coin and a violet note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are
Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put branch in pit" 		

Floyd | Okay, the dead branch is now standing up inside the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus grabs onto the bottom of the dead branch with its
Floyd | forepaws.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusty "click!" draws your eyes to the iron gate. You watch as it
Floyd | slowly creaks open, all by itself!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place, especially at night. Are you sure you
Floyd | want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you glance around you notice luminous ribbons of mist darting among
Floyd | the tombstones. The air is filled with sinister voices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors!
Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and
Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Giggling with mischievous Glee, the eldritch vapors clutch your legs
Floyd | and cover your eyes with their luminous hands. The ground falls away
Floyd | beneath your feet as the foggy fiends lift you high above the treetops,
Floyd | scatter your possessions and carry you screaming into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You come to your senses empty-handed and aching all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're not holding anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | As you walk along the shimmering trail you feel a vague sense of
Floyd | disorientation, then a shock of recognition...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of House
Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded
Floyd | front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | Opening the little mailbox reveals a leaflet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The edges of the little mailbox are beginning to twinkle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take leaflet" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is engulfed in a sparkling aurora! Tremors of
Floyd | anticipation run up and down its length, and the air sings with Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read leaflet" 		

Floyd | It seems to be a junk-mail ad for a primitive computer game. The
Floyd | cancelled stamp on the leaflet is too faded to read clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle pop, the little mailbox pulls itself out of the ground
Floyd | and cavorts about the grass like a happy rabbit!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The front door is securely closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox notices you and snaps its tiny lid with joy. It
Floyd | makes a silly "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound as it hops to your side
Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pet mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox coos with pleasure at your touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox cuddles up around your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd | Don't be silly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox nuzzles you lovingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | The front door is securely closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox snaps playfully at your heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | The front door is securely closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | West of House
Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded
Floyd | front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is watching you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is "clump-clumping" about happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "mailbox n" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "mailbox, n" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox doesn't reply, but coos with pleasure at the sound
Floyd | of your voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As the house disappears into the distance, you get the distinct feeling
Floyd | that, someday, you will pass this way again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't enter an impenetrable forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after
Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor.
Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little
Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners
Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall with a thick
Floyd | blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a leaflet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine bunk" 		

Floyd | The bunk doesn't look very sanitary. There's a thick blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine blanket" 		

Floyd | The thick blanket doesn't look very sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 35 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine bunk" 		

Floyd | The bunk doesn't look very sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under bunk" 		

Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examini hole" 		

Floyd | The hole is blocked by the bunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get under bunk" 		

Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something
Floyd | else.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the wall. There's a dark, narrow
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine hole" 		

Floyd | You can't make out anything inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Oh, no! Something lurked out of the darkness and devoured you!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction
Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 35 points out of 100, in 127 moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop shell" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop umbrella" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered
Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a
Floyd | thick layer of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lighted candle is visible in a nook near the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get candle" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you look around the empty church a big brown rat scurries across the
Floyd | broken glass and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get candle" 		

Floyd | A voice from above begins to proclaim something, but a burst of static
Floyd | drowns out the solemn words. Looking up, you notice a speaker in the
Floyd | ceiling emitting sparks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are
Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put branch in pit" 		

Floyd | Okay, the dead branch is now standing up inside the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus grabs onto the bottom of the dead branch with its
Floyd | forepaws.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusty "click!" draws your eyes to the iron gate. You watch as it
Floyd | slowly creaks open, all by itself!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 37 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus hangs on to the dead branch as you pull it out of the pit.
Floyd | It lets go when the branch clears the edge and waddles joyfully around
Floyd | on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little creature draws an "X" in the sand with its tail. Then it
Floyd | gives you an oddly dignified nod of thanks, waddles to the edge of the
Floyd | lake and disappears into the dark water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered
Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a
Floyd | thick layer of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a horseshoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after
Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor.
Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little
Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners
Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall with a thick
Floyd | blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a violet note, a gold coin, a small stone (providing light)
Floyd | and a candle (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take blanket" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 40 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the wall. There's a dark, narrow
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine bunk" 		

Floyd | The bunk doesn't look very sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear an agonized cry from an adjacent cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine hole" 		

Floyd | You can't make out anything inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine hole" 		

Floyd | You can't make out anything inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: That's impossible.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold, smelly tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Grue's Nest
Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues.
Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a
Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles
Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner
Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little
Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the
Floyd | candle and faces the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator goes out as you open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a bottle and an earthworm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little beast is stirring restlessly. It looks as if it's about to
Floyd | wake up!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a toothy yawn, the little beast opens its big red eyes and blinks
Floyd | at you with surprise and fear. It opens its slavering jaws and emits a
Floyd | hideous, plaintive wail that reminds you of a subway screeching to a
Floyd | halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large creature, equipped with slavering fangs and wearing a
Floyd | calico apron, lurks into the nest. Its mother-instinct overcomes its
Floyd | overwhelming fear of light long enough to devour you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction
Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 40 points out of 100, in 120 moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "cf5.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold, dirty tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Overhead you can see the underside of a large stump. It appears
Floyd | to be hinged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stump" 		

Floyd | Lifting the hinged top of the stump reveals a round hole leading upward
Floyd | into moonlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | (Do you want to go down the north side of the hill, or down into the
Floyd | open stump? Please type NORTH or IN.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol again!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What!" he cries. "I thought you were locked up
Floyd | with Sgt. MacGuffin. Tsk, tsk."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. His
Floyd | eyes narrow when he sees you. "Well, well. If it isn't the disappearing
Floyd | mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a vicious little kick
Floyd | changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with this troublemaker."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a thick blanket, a candle (providing light), a violet note,
Floyd | a gold coin and a small stone (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: Don't be silly.
Floyd | The thick blanket: Taken.
Floyd | The candle: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the wall. There's a patch of new
Floyd | concrete on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine concrete" 		

Floyd | The hole is sealed with cement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear somebody howling with pain from an adjacent cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Overhead you can see the underside of a large stump. It appears
Floyd | to be hinged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold, damp tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long, smelly tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Grue's Nest
Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues.
Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a
Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles
Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner
Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little
Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the
Floyd | candle and faces the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A label on the refrigerator reads, "Frobozz Magic Grue Refrigerator
Floyd | Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | The little beast is stirring restlessly. It looks as if it's about to
Floyd | wake up!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni goes home. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A label on the refrigerator reads, "Frobozz Magic Grue Refrigerator
Floyd | Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | With a toothy yawn, the little beast opens its big red eyes and blinks
Floyd | at you with surprise and fear. It opens its slavering jaws and emits a
Floyd | hideous, plaintive wail that reminds you of a subway screeching to a
Floyd | halt.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large creature, equipped with slavering fangs and wearing a
Floyd | calico apron, lurks into the nest. Its mother-instinct overcomes its
Floyd | overwhelming fear of light long enough to devour you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction
Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 40 points out of 100, in 122 moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Grue's Nest
Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues.
Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a
Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles
Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner
Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little
Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the
Floyd | candle and faces the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop candle" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little beast is stirring restlessly. It looks as if it's about to
Floyd | wake up!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put blanket on beast" 		

Floyd | Okay, the little beast is now covered with the thick blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature stirs restlessly for an anxious moment. Then it settles
Floyd | into the comfortable darkness of the thick blanket, sighs gently and
Floyd | lies still.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 43 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator goes out as you open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a bottle and an earthworm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bottle and candle" 		

Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd | The candle: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Long, damp tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Overhead you can see the underside of a large stump. It appears
Floyd | to be hinged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stump" 		

Floyd | Lifting the hinged top of the stump reveals a round hole leading upward
Floyd | into moonlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close stump" 		

Floyd | The stump closes with a hollow bang.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open
Floyd | gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella and a conch shell here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture begins to hover high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floydlisten), "to shell" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | You can hear the rush of ocean surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for advice" 		

Floyd | Wishbringer emits a violet flash of Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "Learn the Word of Power, else
Floyd | never gain the Tower."
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take umbrella" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open
Floyd | gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Church
Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered
Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a
Floyd | thick layer of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a squashed can and a horseshoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "Hungry!" You turn to face the sound, but
Floyd | there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine big mailbox" 		

Floyd | The big mailbox seems ordinary enough. Or does it?
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens
Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox opens again. "Eat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put note in mailbox" 		

Floyd | The big mailbox spits out the violet note on the ground. "Not STAMPED!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The big mailbox begins to clatter like a rusty machine. Your
Floyd | astonishment turns to horror as the mindless thing begins to MOVE!
Floyd | Slowly at first, but with increasing confidence, it scrapes across the
Floyd | planks of the Pleasure Wharf, heading straight in your direction!
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox snaps open with a menacing clang. "Feed me.
Floyd | I'm HUNGRY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol again!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What!" he cries. "I thought you were locked up
Floyd | with Sgt. MacGuffin. Tsk, tsk."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. His
Floyd | eyes narrow when he sees you. "Well, well. If it isn't the disappearing
Floyd | mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a vicious little kick
Floyd | changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with this troublemaker."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a gold coin, a small stone (providing light), a bottle, a
Floyd | candle (providing light), a conch shell, an umbrella and a horseshoe
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: Don't be silly.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd | The candle: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open bottle" 		

Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drink milk" 		

Floyd | Slurp! All gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel little icky things sliding down your throat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "Learn the Word of Power, else
Floyd | never gain the Tower."
Floyd |
Floyd | (The grue milk is lurking in your stomach. If you want to make a wish,
Floyd | you'd better make it snappy!)
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for freedom" 		

Floyd | (Refer to the manual inside your Wishbringer package for a summary of
Floyd | what you must do to make that Wish come true.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (The taste of the grue milk is starting to wear off. Wish now, or
Floyd | forever hold your peace!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 43 points out of 100, in 156 moves. You've used 1 of the
Floyd | Stone's 7 Wishes.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "v" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "v" to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are
Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd | The small stone: Dropped.
Floyd | The squashed can: Dropped.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped.
Floyd | The conch shell: Dropped.
Floyd | The gold coin: Dropped.
Floyd | The violet note: Dropped.
Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusty "click!" draws your eyes to the iron gate. You watch as it
Floyd | slowly creaks open, all by itself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open stump" 		

Floyd | Lifting the hinged top of the stump reveals a round hole leading
Floyd | downward into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | (Do you want to go down the north side of the hill, or down into the
Floyd | open stump? Please type NORTH or IN.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long, dark tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold, damp tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt. A dark hole is visible in the north wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says, "I'm trying to bring some wishes. :-)" 		
Genevieve grins. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold, dark tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark, narrow hole is visible overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | The hole is blocked by something overhead. It looks like the underside
Floyd | of a bed or bunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light streams in from overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor with a
Floyd | thick blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take blanket" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 35 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says, "I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses Floyd on non-ClubFloyd days." 		
Genevieve smiles. 		
Guenni says, "Well, floyd is here from the beginning at least I think so. and clubfloyd only exists for half of that time." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold, damp tunnels wander away to
Floyd | the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Grue's Nest
Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues.
Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a
Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles
Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner
Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little
Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the
Floyd | small stone and faces the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop blanket on grue" 		

Floyd | Okay, the little beast is now covered with the thick blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature stirs restlessly for an anxious moment. Then it settles
Floyd | into the comfortable darkness of the thick blanket, sighs gently and
Floyd | lies still.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 38 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says, "Aww. So cute." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator goes out as you open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a bottle and an earthworm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take worm and bottle" 		

Floyd | The earthworm: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 41 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch.
Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator comes on as you close it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the refrigerator is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "It is very dark... and Guenni has not been eaten by a grue."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open
Floyd | gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open
Floyd | gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floydn" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are
Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a gold coin, a conch shell, a
Floyd | horseshoe and a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put branch in pit" 		

Floyd | Okay, the dead branch is now standing up inside the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus grabs onto the bottom of the dead branch with its
Floyd | forepaws.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 46 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus hangs on to the dead branch as you pull it out of the pit.
Floyd | It lets go when the branch clears the edge and waddles joyfully around
Floyd | on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little creature draws an "X" in the sand with its tail. Then it
Floyd | gives you an oddly dignified nod of thanks, waddles to the edge of the
Floyd | lake and disappears into the dark water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dig in sand" 		

Floyd | You discovered a silver whistle in the sand under the "X"!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 49 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd | The sand: The sand slips away between your fingers.
Floyd | The umbrella: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The squashed can: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop branch" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The dead branch: Taken.
Floyd | The sand: The sand slips away between your fingers.
Floyd | The umbrella: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The conch shell: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The squashed can: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop branch" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a conch shell, a horseshoe and a squashed can
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a conch shell, a horseshoe and a squashed can
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The sand: The sand slips away between your fingers.
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd | The squashed can: You're holding too many things already!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "starts singing it drives me crazy..." 		
Genevieve laughs! 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a horseshoe, a conch shell, an umbrella, a gold coin, a
Floyd | violet note, a silver whistle, a bottle, an earthworm and a small stone
Floyd | (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture begins to hover high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to voss" 		

Floyd | Miss Voss snatches away your gold coin with her bony fingers and hands
Floyd | you a ticket.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now holding a ticket.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 52 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine ticket" 		

Floyd | It's an ordinary ticket, number 802701.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye, you notice Miss Voss squinting carefully
Floyd | at the gold coin you gave her. She looks at you suspiciously, picks up
Floyd | a telephone and begins to dial rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor
Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard
Floyd | drifting down the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton
Floyd | at his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give ticket to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger takes the ticket, gestures absently to the empty carton
Floyd | and leans back to daydream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says, "I have to head out now. Have fun playing." 		
Guenni says, "thanks." 		
Genevieve waves. 		
Genevieve, apparently having had enough of public life, disappears back to her Parisian retreat. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger nods as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Theater
Floyd | This is a movie theater unlike any you've ever seen! The seats are
Floyd | wide, deep and comfortable. The aisles are spotless. The air is clear
Floyd | of smoke, and the screen is dramatically large. A chill goes up your
Floyd | spine as you realize how alien your universe has become.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a noisy movie playing on the screen. A dark corridor leads out
Floyd | to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The picture on the screen is fuzzy and hard to watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search theater" 		

Floyd | Hmm. This place isn't completely spotless. You just discovered a used
Floyd | pair of 3D glasses under a seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take glasses" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 55 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The screen image is a meaningless blur of colored light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses" 		

Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the picture on the screen fuses into a
Floyd | solid, 3-dimensional image.
Floyd |
Floyd | The movie screen shows an evil woman squinting through an antique
Floyd | telescope. A laboratory full of bubbling 3D chemicals is visible in the
Floyd | background.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "examine screen" 		

Floyd | A 3D vulture lands on the woman's shoulder and croaks a secret into her
Floyd | ear. An evil eyebrow rises slowly as she listens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman swings the 3D antique telescope around (narrowly missing
Floyd | your nose) and peers into it again. A point-of-view shot reveals what
Floyd | the 'scope is focused on: a small movie theater, remarkably similar to
Floyd | the one you're in right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | The soundtrack is an artless mix of Witchville slogans and John Philip
Floyd | Sousa marches, played at earsplitting volume.
Floyd |
Floyd | The antique telescope zooms in on the entrance to the movie theater. A
Floyd | dead ringer for Miss Voss looks up and waves timidly at the camera.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and fuzzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor
Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard
Floyd | drifting down the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton
Floyd | at his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the movie theater? The gravedigger might
Floyd | not let you in again without another ticket!
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | "Come again!" sneers the gravedigger as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss is talking urgently with someone on the phone. She doesn't
Floyd | take her eyes off you for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 58 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hangs up the phone and looks at you with triumph in her eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 52 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "I'm hungry!" You turn to face the sound,
Floyd | but there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put token in slot" 		

Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears
Floyd | on the video screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 53 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade watch you carefully as your hand
Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really
Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim.
Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an
Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at
Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a
Floyd | pleasant sensation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again."
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens
Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | A vague electrical smell quickly fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "..floyd s" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick" 		

Floyd | (To use the joystick, you must indicate a compass direction as well as
Floyd | an action. For example, try MOVE THE JOYSTICK TO THE WEST or PUSH STICK
Floyd | NORTH.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick n" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick e" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick s" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick w" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick d" 		

Floyd | (To use the joystick, you must indicate a compass direction as well as
Floyd | an action. For example, try MOVE THE JOYSTICK TO THE WEST or PUSH STICK
Floyd | NORTH.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick n" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Nothing exciting happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick n" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see screen" 		

Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides
Floyd | the map into 13 squares, and a blinking star is centered over one of
Floyd | the squares.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square E-3 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick s" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick s" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick e" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick s" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick w" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick n" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x star" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square B-4 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push stick w" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | One of the stunted humanoids eagerly takes over your game machine as
Floyd | you walk away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens
Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a brass token, a pair of 3D glasses, a horseshoe, a
Floyd | conch shell, an umbrella, a violet note, a silver whistle, a bottle and
Floyd | a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha in the fountain is watching you hungrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a horseshoe, a conch shell, an umbrella, a gold coin, a
Floyd | violet note, a silver whistle, a bottle, an earthworm and a small stone
Floyd | (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 52 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | As you walk along the shimmering trail you feel a vague sense of
Floyd | disorientation, then a shock of recognition...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of House
Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded
Floyd | front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | Opening the little mailbox reveals a leaflet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The edges of the little mailbox are beginning to twinkle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take leaflet" 		

Floyd | You're holding too many things already!
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is engulfed in a sparkling aurora! Tremors of
Floyd | anticipation run up and down its length, and the air sings with Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd | (You don't seem to be holding that!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop coin" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle pop, the little mailbox pulls itself out of the ground
Floyd | and cavorts about the grass like a happy rabbit!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take leaflet" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox notices you and snaps its tiny lid with joy. It
Floyd | makes a silly "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound as it hops to your side
Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pet" 		

Floyd | (What do you want to pet?)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox coos with pleasure at your touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox hops around with excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read leaflet" 		

Floyd | It seems to be a junk-mail ad for a primitive computer game. The
Floyd | cancelled stamp on the leaflet is too faded to read clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox snaps playfully at your heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop it" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As the house disappears into the distance, you get the distinct feeling
Floyd | that, someday, you will pass this way again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" happily into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see island" 		

Floyd | Misty Island has been shrouded in fog for as long as you can remember.
Floyd | Strange legends and mysterious rumors abound; but nobody you know has
Floyd | ever been there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place, especially at night. Are you sure you
Floyd | want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you glance around you notice luminous ribbons of mist darting among
Floyd | the tombstones. The air is filled with sinister voices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors!
Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and
Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Witchville Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Giggling with mischievous Glee, the eldritch vapors clutch your legs
Floyd | and cover your eyes with their luminous hands. The ground falls away
Floyd | beneath your feet as the foggy fiends lift you high above the treetops,
Floyd | scatter your possessions and carry you screaming into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You come to your senses empty-handed and aching all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Whew! That was close.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox cuddles up around your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" to your side with a joyful snap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | (Do you want to go down the north side of the hill, or down into the
Floyd | open stump? Please type NORTH or IN.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold, dark tunnels wander away to
Floyd | the north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You'll never get into the hole holding all that stuff!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd | The gold coin: Dropped.
Floyd | The brass token: Dropped.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped.
Floyd | The conch shell: Dropped.
Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped.
Floyd | The violet note: Dropped.
Floyd | The silver whistle: Dropped.
Floyd | The bottle: Dropped.
Floyd | The small stone: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pitch black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd | It's too dark to see!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold, dark tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" to your side with a joyful snap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 52 points out of 100, in 187 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore cf7" 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "cf7.")
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | As you walk along the shimmering trail you feel a vague sense of
Floyd | disorientation, then a shock of recognition...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of House
Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded
Floyd | front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open mailbox" 		

Floyd | Opening the little mailbox reveals a leaflet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The edges of the little mailbox are beginning to twinkle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailbox" 		

Floyd | It's the strangest little mailbox you've ever seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is engulfed in a sparkling aurora! Tremors of
Floyd | anticipation run up and down its length, and the air sings with Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see leaflet" 		

Floyd | You'd have to be holding the leaflet to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle pop, the little mailbox pulls itself out of the ground
Floyd | and cavorts about the grass like a happy rabbit!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pet mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox coos with pleasure at your touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox notices you and snaps its tiny lid with joy. It
Floyd | makes a silly "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound as it hops to your side
Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As the house disappears into the distance, you get the distinct feeling
Floyd | that, someday, you will pass this way again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge
Floyd | of the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says, "I'm still trying to bring wishes. :-)" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 52 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is "clump-clumping" about happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "I'm hungry!" You turn to face the sound,
Floyd | but there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x mailbox" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailbox" 		

Floyd | The big mailbox seems ordinary enough. Or does it?
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens
Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" to your side with a joyful snap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take leaflet" 		

Floyd | You're holding too many things already!
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox opens again. "Feed me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The two mailboxes freeze at the sight of one another.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox snarls and stands protectively by your side. The big
Floyd | mailbox emits a frightful growl and throws its lid wide open,
Floyd | displaying rows of sharp little teeth. A crowd of postal meters and
Floyd | stamp dispensers gathers as the metal warriors circle each other with
Floyd | tense, snapping lids.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sudden rush, the little mailbox throws itself at the big mailbox
Floyd | and clamps onto its forefoot. The big mailbox roars with anger, bites
Floyd | the little mailbox viciously and tries in vain to shake it off. You
Floyd | stare in wonder as the fighting boxes swell to twice their normal size,
Floyd | then four times larger, eight times!
Floyd |
Floyd | The big mailbox frees itself with a savage twist and bends to finish
Floyd | its foe. The little mailbox dodges, grips the descending lid and holds
Floyd | on for dear life. Locked in mortal combat, the giant boxes roll over
Floyd | and over, shaking the earth with the thunder of battle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scene disappears under a cloud of dust. You hear a terrible scream
Floyd | of agony, then an even more terrible silence. When the air clears, the
Floyd | boxes and spectators are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni asks, "Do you have any idea how to win at the arcade game?" 		
Guenni says, "You are supposed to use the map from the package for consulting..." 		
Taleslinger says, "No, I haven't played this before" 		
Guenni says, "Well, so back to cheating with the floyd scrpt. :-)" 		
Guenni says, "this may take a while." 		
Taleslinger says, "I have looked at a walkthrough, though :-)" 		
Guenni says, "willing to share?So far only the arcade game." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put token in slot" 		

Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears
Floyd | on the video screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 53 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "Thanks" 		
Guenni says, "I actually had tried something similar, but hadn't realized I had to press the button after all." 		
Taleslinger says, "No prolem" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade watch you carefully as your hand
Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really
Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim.
Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an
Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at
Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a
Floyd | pleasant sensation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a
Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat.
Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the
Floyd | top.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again."
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 58 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "Ok that's unexpected. I thought you might win candy." 		
Guenni says, "But it seems to be a beaming machine." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a horseshoe, a conch shell, an umbrella, a gold coin, a
Floyd | violet note, a silver whistle, a bottle and a small stone (providing
Floyd | light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says, "Hooray" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see window" 		

Floyd | It's wide open, and located a hundred feet above the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see drawbridge" 		

Floyd | The drawbridge is closed against the wall of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see sign post" 		

Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something
Floyd | else.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see signpost" 		

Floyd | There are two arrows on the signpost. The arrow pointing west says "To
Floyd | Cemetery." The east arrow is marked "To Witchville."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni laughs about vitchville 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move drawbridge" 		

Floyd | Unfortunately, the drawbridge is too far away for you to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The drawbridge is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move drawbridge" 		

Floyd | Unfortunately, the drawbridge is too far away for you to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The
Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of
Floyd | Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the biggest hellhound
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | roaring angrily and showing its sharp, bloody fangs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The hellhound won't let you near the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the hellhound's sharp, bloody fangs snapping as it nips
Floyd | your heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a
Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat.
Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the
Floyd | top.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see moat" 		

Floyd | The moat is 20 feet wide and filled with black, oily water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open note" 		

Floyd | But the violet note isn't addressed to you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd | The name "Corky" is beautifully handwritten on the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "say corky" 		

Floyd | (Mr. Crisp hates it when you use that name!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump over moat" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the moat if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni exclaims, "Ich will rein!!!" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Witchville Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni drops cane. 		
Guenni drops Applaudinator. 		
Guenni gets cane. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped.
Floyd | The conch shell: Dropped.
Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped.
Floyd | The gold coin: Dropped.
Floyd | The violet note: Dropped.
Floyd | The silver whistle: Dropped.
Floyd | The bottle: Dropped.
Floyd | The small stone: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place, especially at night. Are you sure you
Floyd | want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clang! A sudden gust of wind blows the iron gate shut in your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear misty voices giggling on the other side, and a loud
Floyd | "click" as the gate locks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says, "Du hättest vielleicht speichern sollen" 		
Guenni says, "I did before I put the coin in the slot." 		
Guenni says, "I also think I'll go back there. Because I forgot the movie theater." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested waters
Floyd | of Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "Ok even one more back. Because you get only outt of jail once, and after the theater you'll be caught definitely." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after
Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor.
Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little
Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners
Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone (providing light), an earthworm, a bottle, a
Floyd | silver whistle, a violet note, a gold coin, an umbrella, a conch shell
Floyd | and a horseshoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone, an earthworm, a bottle, a silver whistle, a
Floyd | violet note, a gold coin, an umbrella, a conch shell and a horseshoe
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 52 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "Ok off to do some work." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 52 points out of 100, in 143 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni goes home. 		
Taleslinger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load vishbringer" 		
Floyd says (to Guenni), "Floyd doesn't know that game." 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow whistle" 		

Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The silver whistle's music echoes over the lake, rippling the water
Floyd | with gentle Magick. A sudden gust of wind blows through your hair. You
Floyd | can see the soft outline of Misty Island drawing closer as you streak
Floyd | across the waves...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island
Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the
Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into
Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance.
Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | You're standing in a long, high-ceilinged chamber. Hundreds of
Floyd | platypuses are milling about with teacups in their paws, their faces
Floyd | illuminated by a roaring fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the far end of the chamber stands a mighty throne. It's occupied by
Floyd | a snow-white platypus with a gold crown on its head and a jeweled
Floyd | scepter in its paw. On the floor near the throne is another crowned
Floyd | platypus... the same one you rescued from the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd falls silent as you enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome, brave Adventurer," says the white platypus, rising from its
Floyd | throne to greet you. "I am Anatinus, King of Misty Island. My court
Floyd | thanks you most humbly for rescuing the life of my daughter, Princess
Floyd | Tasmania. Great would our sorrow have been if not for your cunning."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd applauds politely, and Princess Tasmania blushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see throne" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing unusual about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My messengers have told me of your quest," continues King Anatinus.
Floyd | "Allow me to repay your kindness with words of advice."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old platypus motions you to his side. "The Tower of the Evil One is
Floyd | formidable," he begins in a low, serious voice. "You will never get
Floyd | inside unaided. Legends speak of a Magick Word that can open the gates
Floyd | of the Tower. But what Word it is, none can say."
Floyd |
Floyd | The king reaches beneath his throne and takes out a small wizard's hat.
Floyd | "Take this," he says, holding it out to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take hat" 		

Floyd | You're holding too many things already!
Floyd |
Floyd | "I offer you this Hat," says King Anatinus, holding it out to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear hat" 		

Floyd | But the wizard's hat is much too small!
Floyd |
Floyd | "This Hat is for you. Take it," says King Anatinus, holding it out to
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop whistle" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take this Hat," says King Anatinus, holding it out to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take hat" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 50 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take it to the sea," King Anatinus whispers as you turn the hat in
Floyd | your hands. "There you will find a creature learned in the lore of
Floyd | Magick. Heed him well! In his wisdom lies your only hope."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see hat" 		

Floyd | The wizard's hat is decorated with foil stars and cheap glitter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fanfare of trumpets breaks the silence, and the crowd falls to its
Floyd | knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | The silver whistle magically reappears in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck to you, brave Adventurer!" cries King Anatinus, bowing
Floyd | deeply. "Now blow into the silver whistle one more time, and deliver us
Floyd | from the horror of the Evil One."
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypuses look at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow whistle" 		

Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind rises out of nowhere, and Misty Island falls away
Floyd | beneath your feet. You feel the silver whistle slip from your hand as
Floyd | you streak across the lake...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "Feed me!" You turn to face the sound, but
Floyd | there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested waters
Floyd | of Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop hat in water" 		

Floyd | Splash!
Floyd |
Floyd | Silently, the wizard's hat disappears beneath the surface of the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The sharks would gobble you up if you tried that!
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see planks" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested waters
Floyd | of Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter water" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 53 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "Eat!" You turn to face the sound, but
Floyd | there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested waters
Floyd | of Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search hat" 		

Floyd | You find nothing interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter water" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens
Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox opens again. "Mail!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "show hat to pelicane" 		

Floyd | The pelican sniffs the wizard's hat suspiciously. Its eyes open wide
Floyd | with interest, and the wizard's hat quickly finds a place on the
Floyd | pelican's head. Then the old bird gives you a sly, knowledgeable wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | All at once the lighthouse blazes to life! Its shining beacon whirls
Floyd | like a gyroscope, and a pencil-thin beam of light pierces the sky and
Floyd | traces a word on a passing cloud: FRATTO.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pelican spreads its wings and soars away over the bay. As the beam
Floyd | of the lighthouse fades, a voice in your head whispers, "Good luck,
Floyd | brave Adventurer!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 58 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | You can hear the rush of ocean surf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for advice" 		

Floyd | Wishbringer emits a violet flash of Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "One path Magick, one path
Floyd | Science; both lead to thy Goal."
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Taleslinger asks (of guenni), "Hallo! Sag mal, an welchem Wochenende ist Olly nochmal in Jena?" 		
Guenni says, "Irgendwann Mitte September." 		
Guenni says, "Hundertprozentig wusste sie das auch noch nicht." 		
Taleslinger says, "ah ja, danke." 		
Taleslinger says, "Dann noch viel Erfolg beim wishbringen" 		
Guenni says, "Wir werden sehen. :-)" 		
Taleslinger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after
Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor.
Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little
Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners
Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone (providing light), a bottle, a violet note, a
Floyd | gold coin, an umbrella, a conch shell, a horseshoe and a brass token
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to voss" 		

Floyd | You can't see Voss here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk back up against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone, a bottle, a violet note, a gold coin, an
Floyd | umbrella, a conch shell, a horseshoe and a brass token here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see floor" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing special about the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see bunk" 		

Floyd | The bunk doesn't look very sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the wall. There's a dark, narrow
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear sounds of violence from the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold, dark tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold, dirty tunnels wander away
Floyd | to the north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone, a bottle, a violet note, a gold coin, an
Floyd | umbrella, a conch shell, a horseshoe and a brass token here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: Don't be silly.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd | The brass token: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You'll never get into the hole holding all that stuff!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put all in hole" 		

Floyd | The brass token: Okay, the brass token disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Okay, the horseshoe disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The conch shell: Okay, the conch shell disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The umbrella: Okay, the umbrella disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The gold coin: Okay, the gold coin disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The violet note: Okay, the violet note disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The bottle: Okay, the bottle disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The small stone: Okay, the small stone disappears into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone, a bottle, a violet note, a gold coin, an
Floyd | umbrella, a conch shell, a horseshoe and a brass token here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd | The brass token: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 58 points out of 100, in 189 moves. You've used 1 of the
Floyd | Stone's 7 Wishes.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x" 		
Floyd says (to Taleslinger), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x a fun logic puzzle" 		
Floyd says (to Taleslinger), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Draconis arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "Oh. I wasn't here."
		DavidW says, "hi Jacqueline"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, so Guenni has been idle half an hour."
		Draconis asks, "Who is Guenni?"
		Jacqueline says, "She played Wishbringer alone last week."
		Guenni waves a bit.
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thar she is now!"
Guenni arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "I was enjoying watching Wishbringer, but I do get that we have more people here this week."
Guenni says, "Guess I'll have to clear my mess first." 		Jacqueline asks, "Guenni, were you wanting to continue, and others, have any of you not played and/or would you enjoy watching?"
Guenni clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says, "I'd like to let Guenni continue if others are okay with that."
		Jacqueline says, "And she wants to."
		Jacqueline says, "Which it looks like she does."
		DavidW says, "I played Wishbringer quite some time ago. I don't mind watching."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask wishbringer" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:00
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I think I saw the tail end of the last session when I logged on late on Sunday, and there was a question where the Magic Shop was?"
		Guenni says, "Ok, I have to start over now, but I know what to do for a while, I hope it wont take to long."
		DavidW says, "There's a feelie in the original game package that showed roughly where it is that I think it's okay for me to 'spoil' that bit, if I'm permitted to."
		Guenni says, "yeeah, I found that in the mean time. :-)"
		Guenni asks, "Do we still want five minutes, or shall I start?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh oh oh, yeah. Start"
		Jacqueline says, "I didn't realize you were waiting."
		Jacqueline says, "I was all like, what is she waiting for? heh"
		Guenni says, "I wasn't I hopped over to the loo. :-)"
		DavidW says, "Page 33 of [LINK] shows the feelie map I'm thinking of."
		Jacqueline says, "Hope that trip was successful, Guenni."
Guenni says, "..floyd>" 		
Guenni says, "..floyd>" 		Jacqueline says, "You don't have to type out Floyd."
Roger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says, "You can just say F COMMAND"
		Guenni says, "It definitely was."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "or > COMMAND"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Wait, wha?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:01
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not holding anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "WHAT THE HECK???"
		DavidW asks, "You didn't know that?"
		Guenni says, "My client didn't let me write onto the channel."
		Jacqueline says, "I'VE BEEN USING FLOYD FOR LIKE A DECADE"
Jacqueline says (to DW), "No. No, I did not know that." 		Jacqueline says, "ILAC"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "No. No, I did not know that."
		DavidW says, "Well, that woke you up. :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Ha. Yes. Yes, it did."
		Draconis asks, "Wait wait you can use > ?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ] Hilltop15:01
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | A hollow voice says, "Fool!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:02
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined
Floyd | with small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter
Floyd | runs along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you
Floyd | been?" he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking
Floyd | everywhere for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of

		Draconis says, "Whoa"

Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Draconis), "I know, right?"
		BrianK says, "Huh I knew that already :P"
		Draconis says, "I never knew that was a thing!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "see posters" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:03
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEE POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |           WANTED!
Floyd |     For Impersonating A
Floyd |         Storyteller
Floyd | "PROFESSOR" BRIAN MORIARTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:04
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Get
Floyd | moving, chowderbrain! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
zarf arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Guenni says, "Can we shut off the clock again, please? The game is hectic enough as it is."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "Um, it's all or none."
		Jacqueline says, "You either see the status bar your entire game or you don't."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:04
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | (It's 3:04 pm. You have 1 hour and 56 minutes to complete your
Floyd | delivery.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Means what?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. So you can ask the game for the time."
		Jacqueline says, "So yeah, I can see shutting off the status line."
		Jacqueline asks, "Want me to restart it with no status line?"
		Guenni says, "Yes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ] Post Office15:04
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 6 points out of 100, in 4 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >
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 wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Glad you asked now and not, like, a hour from now."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Post Office
Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with
Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs
Floyd | along the entire length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other
Floyd | people's postcards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?"
Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere
Floyd | for you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailboxes" 		

Floyd | The little mailboxes are closed and locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious
Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it
Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That
Floyd | means NOW!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take envelope" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently.
Floyd | "Deliver that envelope! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place. Are you sure you want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by
Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane
Floyd | wanders north.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet the someone who locked the door was Mr Crisp."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes. I hate him."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really
Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected
Floyd | next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "He is the part of this game I loathe."
		Jacqueline says, "I loathe him more than the poodle."
		Jacqueline says, "And I have a lot of loathing for the poodle."
		Guenni says, "We'll see if we actually have to deal with him again."
		DavidW says, "oh, probably when SPOILER happens."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see gravedigger" 		

Floyd | He's the town gravedigger, a village fixture since before you were
Floyd | born.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's
Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's
Floyd | have a look at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "So, for those who missed it last week: a photo of my Wishbringer"
Guenni says (to floyd), "show envelope to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. "Hmm,"
Floyd | he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried that old
Floyd | woman years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Couldn't ask for a nicer day for diggin' graves."
Floyd |
Floyd | What next?
Floyd | >

		[LINK]
Guenni says (to floyd), "see grave" 		

Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you
Floyd | soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.)
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | Open Grave
Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of
Floyd | dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think you've got a bone to pick."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing. Darn."
		Guenni says, "YD"
		Guenni D
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Twilight Glen
Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make
Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the
Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their
Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is locking the iron gate from the outside as you
Floyd | approach. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells you with a
Floyd | sly wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We all know what bones are useful for in IF games by now? I don't have to say?"
		Roger says, "I reckon so"
		DavidW says, "You probably want that umbrella."
		Guenni says, "So far, I only know of that one, but I know what's that for."
Guenni says (to floyd), "get umbrella" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Spooky Copse
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Creepy Corner
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road
Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post
Floyd | Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop bone" 		

Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to
Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic
Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you
Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling
Floyd | brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see voss" 		

Floyd | She's holding a purse and an armful of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her
Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp,"
Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary.
Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain,
Floyd | filled with sparkling water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple
Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Oh I have to get the shell first and do my good deed for the day."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of
Floyd | the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Festeron Bay. A beach follows the
Floyd | shore of the bay to the south, and a path leads west along the
Floyd | riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A miniature lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands blinking on the
Floyd | shore nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Tidal Pool
Floyd | You're on a damp stretch of sand that extends north towards Festeron
Floyd | Point, and south to the Pleasure Wharf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large conch shell is lying in the sand at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's
Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into
Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Wharf's End
Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Festeron Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few
Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the blue, sparkling waters of
Floyd | Festeron Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently a careless fisherman has just left the wharf, for lying on
Floyd | the planks is a little seahorse, its gills moving in and out with its
Floyd | dying gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse looks at you with moist, frightened eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
Guenni says (to floyd), "take seahorse" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse opens and closes its little mouth pathetically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "AW"
		DavidW says, "oh, I'd forgotten about the seahorse."
		DavidW says, "I remember him dying the first time I played."
		Draconis says, "The seahorse!"
inky arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put it in water" 		

Floyd | Splash!
Floyd |
Floyd | The seahorse floats without moving for a few anxious moments. Then it
Floyd | springs suddenly to life, circling and splashing joyfully in the waves.
Floyd | Before it swims away it looks up at you with an unmistakable expression
Floyd | of gratitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
		Guenni says, "Well, that's done. :-)"
		Jacqueline says, "You are a good person."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I tried to take it to the central fountain and it died before I could get that far."
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "if I remember correctly. It has been ages."
		Guenni asks, "Ok... why. I mean why bringing it to the fountain?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I was wondering that."
		DavidW says, "That part I don't remember."
		Jacqueline says, "I would never think of putting it in the fountain."
		Jacqueline says, "But then, that is often why David can finish games that I cannot."
		DavidW says, "I think I also once gave it to the pelican, who ate it."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "ACK!!"
		Guenni says, "No, not without some specific comment like "it's look lonely" or something like that"
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs
Floyd | on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "So let's the workout begin. And that after eight in the evening. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to
Floyd | draw a map as you go up.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Steep Trail
Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 15 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post
Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of
Floyd | clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the
Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments,
Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted
Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale.
Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick
Floyd | Shoppe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni catches breath.
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door." 		

Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Magick Shoppe
Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and
Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene
Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented
Floyd | with a sneering crescent moon and other celestial symbols.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of
Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed
Floyd | bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see clock." 		

Floyd | The smiling grandfather clock says it's 3:52 pm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing interesting inside the grandfather clock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin,
Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature
Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice.
Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late
Floyd | in the day."
Floyd |
Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give envelope to woman" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 20 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you.
Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she
Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again."
Floyd |
Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and
Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she
Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open envelope" 		

Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer
Floyd | package.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be bashful. Read the letter to me, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd | (to the old woman)
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 21 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of
Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly
Floyd | around the room, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to
Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to
Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and
Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice
Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion."
Floyd |
Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and
Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard
Floyd | Wishbringer alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The actual letter is a feelie."
		Guenni says, "thought so."
		Jacqueline asks (of Guenni), "Did we type the text in for you last week?"
		Jacqueline says, "I can't recall"
		DavidW | Deliver the Magick Stone to me Before the moon sets or you will Never See your Cat again! The Evil One
		Guenni says, "No, I never made it to the magic shop."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. There we go."
		Ellison says, "we just shared the outside of the envelope"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, DW."
		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Ah, right."
		Guenni says, "thanks."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Strange. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That door always sticks this time of year," notes the old woman drily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a
Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take
Floyd | this little trinket anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe this is why I love this game so much. I can relate to the anger and motivation of someone catnapping your friend."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 24 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost
Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A
Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words
Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as
Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right
Floyd | HERE."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The
Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Your body seems unwilling to respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the
Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts
Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely
Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries."
Floyd |
Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the
Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Her name is Chaos."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of
Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely
Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce
Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline
Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare,
Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You DID remember the way up, right?"
		Guenni says, "A sled or skateboard would be nice. :-)"
		Guenni says, "I ran it often enough by now. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Also, what did you get, that can thing?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Fog
Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. A
Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise
Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of
Floyd | the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the
Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the
Floyd | closed gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less
Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open can" 		

Floyd | Yow! When you open the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It
Floyd | squirms about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at you and
Floyd | slithers out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal can clatters to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scream of terror echoes off the cliffs as the troll runs away across
Floyd | the covered bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 27 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. That's what's in the can."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd | Okay, the toll gate is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floyds" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign
Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville
Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to
Floyd | the village.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd | The metal can: It hits the ground with a rattle and lands at your feet.
Floyd | The conch shell: Dropped.
Floyd | The gold coin: Dropped.
Floyd | The violet note: Dropped.
Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Cliff Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to
Floyd | the ground with a thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a gold coin, a conch shell and
Floyd | a metal can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take can" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm assuming the branch is too big and heavy to carry with other items?"
		Guenni says, "yes."
Guenni says (to floyd), "search can" 		

Floyd | The metal can appears to have a false bottom. You could probably get it
Floyd | out by squeezing the can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "squeeze can" 		

Floyd | The false bottom is wedged tightly into the metal can. You might be
Floyd | able to loosen it by squeezing harder... harder!...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! A small stone drops out of the squashed can and lands at your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 32 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | As your fingers close around the small stone it begins to glow with an
Floyd | eerie violet-white radiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I don't like that spying guy either."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads
Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river
Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are
Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The iron gate is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusty "click!" draws your eyes to the iron gate. You watch as it
Floyd | slowly creaks open, all by itself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put branch in pit" 		

Floyd | Okay, the dead branch is now standing up inside the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus grabs onto the bottom of the dead branch with its
Floyd | forepaws.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 37 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypus hangs on to the dead branch as you pull it out of the pit.
Floyd | It lets go when the branch clears the edge and waddles joyfully around
Floyd | on the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little creature draws an "X" in the sand with its tail. Then it
Floyd | gives you an oddly dignified nod of thanks, waddles to the edge of the
Floyd | lake and disappears into the dark water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see x" 		

Floyd | You can see an "X" drawn in the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dig in sand" 		

Floyd | You discovered a silver whistle in the sand under the "X"!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take whistle" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 40 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow it" 		

Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The silver whistle's music echoes over the lake, rippling the water
Floyd | with gentle Magick. A sudden gust of wind blows through your hair. You
Floyd | can see the soft outline of Misty Island drawing closer as you streak
Floyd | across the waves...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island
Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the
Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into
Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance.
Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | You're standing in a long, high-ceilinged chamber. Hundreds of
Floyd | platypuses are milling about with teacups in their paws, their faces
Floyd | illuminated by a roaring fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the far end of the chamber stands a mighty throne. It's occupied by
Floyd | a snow-white platypus with a gold crown on its head and a jeweled
Floyd | scepter in its paw. On the floor near the throne is another crowned
Floyd | platypus... the same one you rescued from the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd falls silent as you enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome, brave Adventurer," says the white platypus, rising from its
Floyd | throne to greet you. "I am Anatinus, King of Misty Island. My court
Floyd | thanks you most humbly for rescuing the life of my daughter, Princess
Floyd | Tasmania. Great would our sorrow have been if not for your cunning."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd applauds politely, and Princess Tasmania blushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x princess" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I love how the princess was portrayed in the novel."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see princess" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean Princess Tasmania.)
Floyd | Not unexpectedly, Princess Tasmania is arrayed in high platypus
Floyd | fashion.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My messengers have told me of your quest," continues King Anatinus.
Floyd | "Allow me to repay your kindness with words of advice."
Floyd |
Floyd | The old platypus motions you to his side. "The Tower of the Evil One is
Floyd | formidable," he begins in a low, serious voice. "You will never get
Floyd | inside unaided. Legends speak of a Magick Word that can open the gates
Floyd | of the Tower. But what Word it is, none can say."
Floyd |
Floyd | The king reaches beneath his throne and takes out a small wizard's hat.
Floyd | "Take this," he says, holding it out to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take hat" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 41 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take it to the sea," King Anatinus whispers as you turn the hat in
Floyd | your hands. "There you will find a creature learned in the lore of
Floyd | Magick. Heed him well! In his wisdom lies your only hope."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I was meaning to write a review of the book but never got around to it"
		Roger says, "I should, though"
		Guenni says, "At first I had thought he ment the seahorse."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | "Wait!" cries the white platypus. "I wish to speak with you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing special.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "haha"
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps go back?"
		Guenni says, "Kings *sighs exasperatedly*"
		Jacqueline asks, "I also didn't know of these books until quite recently. Are they impossible to track down?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "see throne" 		

Floyd | You can't see any throne here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow whistle" 		

Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, I bought mine at the time they were published. I suppose used book stores might have one or two of them."
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Misty Island
Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the
Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into
Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance.
Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd |
Floyd | A fanfare of trumpets breaks the silence, and the crowd falls to its
Floyd | knees.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck to you, brave Adventurer!" cries King Anatinus, bowing
Floyd | deeply. "Now blow into the silver whistle one more time, and deliver us
Floyd | from the horror of the Evil One."
Floyd |
Floyd | The platypuses look at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow whistle" 		

Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind rises out of nowhere, and Misty Island falls away
Floyd | beneath your feet. You feel the silver whistle slip from your hand as
Floyd | you streak across the lake...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the
Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking
Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville
Floyd | Cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, now let's cheat the police. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you
Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail
Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and
Floyd | majestic oak tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop branch" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots at the bottom of the hill. It
Floyd | sounds as if they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "do the platypus people show up in Beyond Zork? I feel like they did, but maybe I just thought that was a Beyond Zork-ian thing when I saw it in Wishbringer."
		Jacqueline says, "Man. Inventory limits."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open stump" 		

Floyd | Lifting the hinged top of the stump reveals a round hole leading
Floyd | downward into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after
Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor.
Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little
Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners
Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall with a thick
Floyd | blanket on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a squashed can, a small stone (providing light), a wizard's
Floyd | hat and a horseshoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		Guenni says, "Well, so much for cheating."
Guenni is a newbie. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: You can't be serious.
Floyd | The thick blanket: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 44 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd | The squashed can: Taken.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The wizard's hat: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis says, "You're not doomed yet"
		Draconis says, "If I remember right���haven't played this in a long time"
		Guenni says, "I know, but I had hoped to get the blanket, and can get caught at different times."
Guenni says (to floyd), "move bunk" 		

Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the wall. There's a dark, narrow
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You'll never get into the hole holding all that stuff!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put all in hole" 		

Floyd | The horseshoe: Okay, the horseshoe disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The wizard's hat: Okay, the wizard's hat disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The small stone: Okay, the small stone disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The squashed can: Okay, the squashed can disappears into the hole.
Floyd | The thick blanket: Okay, the thick blanket disappears into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a thick blanket, a squashed can, a small stone, a wizard's
Floyd | hat and a horseshoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The thick blanket: Taken.
Floyd | The squashed can: Taken.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The wizard's hat: Taken.
Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Grue's Nest
Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues.
Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a
Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles
Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner
Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little
Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the
Floyd | small stone and faces the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put blanket on grue" 		

Floyd | Okay, the little beast is now covered with the thick blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature stirs restlessly for an anxious moment. Then it settles
Floyd | into the comfortable darkness of the thick blanket, sighs gently and
Floyd | lies still.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 47 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator goes out as you open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a bottle and an earthworm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take worm" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 50 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see bones" 		

Floyd | Aside from the ominous implications, you see nothing extraordinary
Floyd | about the debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bones" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the debris that way to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close refrigerator" 		

Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator comes on as you close it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the refrigerator is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Underground
Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the
Floyd | south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty
Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Which way do you want to go out?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Lookout Hill
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | River Outlet
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "THat's why the game feels hectic to me. You're constantly on the run."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Lake Edge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And there's a time limit."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | west, towards the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little
Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville
Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble
Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put worm in water" 		

Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash.
Floyd |
Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the
Floyd | fountain to devour it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take token" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 53 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north,
Floyd | towards the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it
Floyd | hasn't been used for years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches
Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes
Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance,
Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "One day I'll remember that you can't get directly to the lighthouse thet way."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a gold coin and a conch shell
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The gold coin: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop can" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a conch shell here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the
Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | As you walk along the shimmering trail you feel a vague sense of
Floyd | disorientation, then a shock of recognition...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West of House
Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded
Floyd | front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | Opening the little mailbox reveals a leaflet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The edges of the little mailbox are beginning to twinkle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take leaflet" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is engulfed in a sparkling aurora! Tremors of
Floyd | anticipation run up and down its length, and the air sings with Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see house" 		

Floyd | This place has seen better days. Its stately colonial architecture
Floyd | reflects the taste and wealth of its builders. But eons of trespassing
Floyd | by thoughtless adventurers have left the once noble edifice in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a gentle pop, the little mailbox pulls itself out of the ground
Floyd | and cavorts about the grass like a happy rabbit!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pet mailbox" 		

Floyd | The little mailbox coos with pleasure at your touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox notices you and snaps its tiny lid with joy. It
Floyd | makes a silly "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound as it hops to your side
Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | As the house disappears into the distance, you get the distinct feeling
Floyd | that, someday, you will pass this way again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through
Floyd | half-closed eyelids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give hat to pelicane" 		

Floyd | The pelican sniffs the wizard's hat suspiciously. Its eyes open wide
Floyd | with interest, and the wizard's hat quickly finds a place on the
Floyd | pelican's head. Then the old bird gives you a sly, knowledgeable wink.
Floyd |
Floyd | All at once the lighthouse blazes to life! Its shining beacon whirls
Floyd | like a gyroscope, and a pencil-thin beam of light pierces the sky and
Floyd | traces a word on a passing cloud: SORKIN.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pelican spreads its wings and soars away over the bay. As the beam
Floyd | of the lighthouse fades, a voice in your head whispers, "Good luck,
Floyd | brave Adventurer!"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 58 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" to your side with a joyful snap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Interesting the other time it was another word."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "huh, I hadn't realized you can get the token after everything changes. I just always got it on my way to the Magick Shoppe and thought it was kind of unfair we were expected to grab it then."
		Guenni asks, "Now the interesting question is, how importint is it that we get the glasses?"
		DavidW says, "Obviously, I can't comment on that."
		Jacqueline asks, "You seem to be doing exceptionally well. Did you play some during the week?"
		Guenni says, "Because we'll got time after that for sure, and I have no idea how to escape a second time."
		Guenni says, "get caught."
		Guenni says, "Well, since nobody insists we need them, I'll try my luck without them. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a conch shell here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" happily into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "Eat!" You turn to face the sound, but
Floyd | there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put token in slot" 		

Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears
Floyd | on the video screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 59 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square D-3 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-4 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floydmove), "joystick w" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square B-4 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Draconis asks, "Erm, should we have saved?"
		Guenni says, "I didn't do anything worthwhile since I saved last."
		DavidW says, "It would help if you saw the postal zones map."
		Jacqueline says, "She saved not too terribly long ago."
		Guenni says, "I know that I have to go to c5"
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick e" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-4 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Buzz! A synthetic voice growls, "Keep the blinking star inside the
Floyd | grid!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square B-4 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I have to admit I'm a bit confused. But I'll guess I'll get there eventually."
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick e" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Let me put it another way then. Should I mention what the different zones are?"
		Guenni says, "It might help."
		DavidW says, "C3 is the center of the map, at the fountain."
		Guenni says, "Ah ok."
		DavidW says, "C1 is on the north road by the bridge. C5 is in front of the post office."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-4 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The arcade is at E3."
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "thanks. So let's get beamed there."
		DavidW says, "The stump is at B2, church at C2, woods at D2."
		Guenni says, "But I think I'll save once more here. Who knows what the tower brings."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Guenni says, "That's as far as I have come already."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade watch you carefully as your hand
Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really
Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim.
Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an
Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at
Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a
Floyd | pleasant sensation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a
Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat.
Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the
Floyd | top.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again."
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 64 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "For what it's worth, B4 is graveyard, C4 is outside the library, and D4 looks like an empty field of no importance."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see moat" 		

Floyd | The moat is 20 feet wide and filled with black, oily water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump over it" 		

Floyd | You'd probably drown in the moat if you went that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Signpost?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "see dravbridge" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "dravbridge" is not in the vocabulary that you can
Floyd | use.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see drawbridge" 		

Floyd | The drawbridge is closed against the wall of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see window" 		

Floyd | It's wide open, and located a hundred feet above the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Wher's a pelicane when you need one."
		DavidW asks, "Is this what the magic word is for, to lower the bridge?"
		Guenni says, "I'm afraid if we say the word someone will notice us. But I guess we'll have to try."
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, I will have to go at the top of the hour."
Guenni says (to floyd), "say sorkin" 		

Floyd | With a great creak of wood and rattle of chains, the drawbridge slowly
Floyd | lowers across the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 67 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, we thought so, (about the saving, not your leaving)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's
Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A
Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Turn back, brave Adventurer!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare in horror at the platypus chained to the floor. It's Princess
Floyd | Tasmania!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see princess" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean Princess Tasmania.)
Floyd | A rumbling noise calls your attention away from Princess Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of...
Floyd | Mr. Crisp!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice of you to drop by," he sneers as a gigantic Boot pins you to the
Floyd | ground. "Saves me the bother of tracking you down."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Torture Chamber
Floyd | You're chained up in the corner of a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within
Floyd | the bowels of the tower. The walls gleam with obscure medical
Floyd | instruments, and a diabolical torture machine occupies most of the
Floyd | opposite corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania is clamped into the torture machine!
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder rises to meet an open hatch in the middle of the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp is fondling the instruments, one by one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni exclaims, "niice!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "give note to crisp" 		

Floyd | Mr. Crisp takes the violet note and stares at it. His face turns pale.
Floyd | "Where did this come from?" he whispers, opening it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An unbearably sweet expression spreads over his face as he reads. The
Floyd | violet note falls from his hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've got to run," Mr. Crisp cries, tossing his white lab coat into a
Floyd | corner and stuffing his shirttails into his pants. "Violet scolds me
Floyd | when I'm late!" He struggles into a hideous velvet blazer, pushes a
Floyd | comb through his hair and scampers up the ladder like a little boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch closes with a hollow thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | You can't. Mr. Crisp dropped it out of your reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania breathes a sigh of relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Torture Chamber
Floyd | You're chained up in the corner of a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within
Floyd | the bowels of the tower. The walls gleam with obscure medical
Floyd | instruments, and a diabolical torture machine occupies most of the
Floyd | opposite corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania is clamped into the torture machine!
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder rises to meet a closed hatch in the middle of the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a violet note and a white lab coat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge closing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania strains against her clamps. "Release me from this
Floyd | torture machine, brave Adventurer! Only pull down this lever, and I
Floyd | shall be freed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull down lever" 		

Floyd | You can't reach the lever while you're chained up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess
Floyd | Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is the lab ocat within reach?"
		DavidW asks, "er coat?"
		Guenni says, "Well, I'd like to."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see coat" 		

Floyd | The white lab coat isn't as clean as the one your doctor wears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd | The chains cut painfully into your wrist as you strain to grasp the
Floyd | white lab coat. Your fingertips brush against the collar... There! You
Floyd | got it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You can see a rusty key inside the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The merest pull of the lever will gain my freedom," cries Princess
Floyd | Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 70 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess
Floyd | Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Girl, you get on my nerves."
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock chains" 		

Floyd | (What do you want to unlock the chains with?)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock chains with key" 		

Floyd | Okay, the chain is now unlocked and open.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 71 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess
Floyd | Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | The clamps on the torture machine retract, and Princess Tasmania leaps
Floyd | off. She's free!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Again you spare my unworthy life, brave Adventurer." The platypus
Floyd | humbly licks your shoe, to your considerable embarrassment. "My father,
Floyd | King Anatinus, does not forget such kindness."
Floyd |
Floyd | The little creature produces a silver whistle from her gown and blows
Floyd | into it gently. A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your journey is not yet ended," she warns as a whirlpool of colored
Floyd | light envelops her. "But even if you fail, your deeds shall live
Floyd | forever in our legends. Have faith!"
Floyd |
Floyd | When the colors fade, Princess Tasmania is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear coat" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison says, "good thing you didn't push the lever"
		DavidW says, "She's like that but even more so in the book."
		DavidW says (to Ellison), "I was thinking that."
		Guenni says, "Well, it least in if games I do occasionally as I'm told. :-)"
		Draconis asks, "I wonder what happens if you push it...?"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing princess pancake or princess puree."
		Draconis says, "...let's find out!"
		Guenni says, "I don't think undo works in this game."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see ceiling" 		

Floyd | You see nothing unusual about the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see chains" 		

Floyd | The open chain is securely bolted into the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | The hatch is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd | The heavy hatch opens reluctantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder
Floyd | descending into gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see paintings" 		

Floyd | There are 13 paintings in the series. It seems to be a tragic sequence
Floyd | involving a beautiful princess and a wicked queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, that story is told in the feelies."
Guenni says (to floyd), "look behind paintings" 		

Floyd | Moving aside one of the paintings reveals a metal crank attached to the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd | As you turn the metal crank you hear the distant rattle of the
Floyd | drawbridge opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 72 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline just bought a copy of the book.
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yays"
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a violet note, a rusty key, a white lab coat (being
Floyd | worn), a conch shell, a leaflet, a gold coin, an umbrella, a bottle, a
Floyd | horseshoe and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and blurred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Shit, so we need the glasses after all."
		DavidW says (to Guenni), "Sorry."
		Ellison says, "I think you get the glasses by pushing the lever"
		Guenni asks, "Any suggestions how to escape the second time from the cell?"
		Guenni says, "Because the hole has been closed up."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Also, I don't think the poodle made it into the novel. I'd have to reread it to be sure, though."
		Guenni says, "yowns."
		Ellison says, "it's been too long since I've played this. I don't recall."
		Guenni says, "I'd like to give up for today"
		Guenni says, "Although I'd watch if someone else wants to drive."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember a second way to escape the cell, but I do remember that several puzzles have more than one solution, so maybe there is one."
		Guenni says, "According to the manual, you can wish for freedom if you ate candy before. But I've noidea where to find that either."
		Jacqueline asks, "I need to go soon. Can we just pick it up again next week?"
		Guenni nods.
		Jacqueline says, "(Small chance I may not be here, but I likely will be.)"
		DavidW says, "The trouble with using wishes to solve puzzles, though, is once you start, you mostly have to continue solving that way."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay. Thanks for playing this, Guenni!"
		DavidW asks, "I don't remmeber where the candy is. Maybe inside the church?"
Guenni Well, I saved before we got caught the first time. So I'll start from there, and try not to get caught before I leave the thater. 		Guenni says, "theater"
Guenni says (to floyd), "floyd" 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "floyd.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 72 points out of 100, in 216 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni stretches. 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "That was a pleasant bit of nostalgia."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Draconis says, "You can escape the cell the second time if you saved the seahorse"
		Draconis says, "I think"
		Draconis says, "And the third time with the wish"
		Guenni says, "Well, the seahorse is splashing happily again."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Cool."
		Jacqueline says, "Still, could optimize further by starting with a speed run next week."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, gots to go."
		Jacqueline waves.
Guest1 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Draconis heads back home. 		
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guest1 asks, "Did I miss the playthrough?" 		
Guest1 has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guest1 arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Guest1), "If you're looking for ClubFloyd, we've already finished our session for today." 		
Guest1 says, "Yeah, looks like I missed it." 		
DavidW says, "Sorry about that. It was Wishbringer again." 		
DavidW says, "And it'll probably be Wishbringer next Sunday as well." 		
Guest1 asks, "Probably not the best time to join, then?" 		
Guest1 says, "I imagine you've already played through most shorter games..." 		
DavidW says, "Several. I'm told that we're getting close to our 10th year anniversary. So we've played many games of all sizes." 		
DavidW says, "Sometimes we'll replay a game we've played before if new people weren't there the first time." 		
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guest1 has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
BrianK goes home. 		
zarf walks off through the wall; pale green light flares briefly around him. 		
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Guenni arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Lighthouse
Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west
Floyd | along the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a gold coin, a violet note, an umbrella, a
Floyd | brass token, a bottle, a horseshoe and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is watching you eagerly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rocky Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a conch shell here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" happily into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox rubs your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary West
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox is "clump-clumping" about happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a squashed can here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South of Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little mailbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary North
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf
Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious
Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "Hungry!" You turn to face the sound, but
Floyd | there's nobody here except you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailbox" 		

Floyd | The big mailbox seems ordinary enough. Or does it?
Floyd |
Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens
Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" happily into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox opens again. "I'm hungry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The two mailboxes freeze at the sight of one another.
Floyd |
Floyd | The little mailbox snarls and stands protectively by your side. The big
Floyd | mailbox emits a frightful growl and throws its lid wide open,
Floyd | displaying rows of sharp little teeth. A crowd of postal meters and
Floyd | stamp dispensers gathers as the metal warriors circle each other with
Floyd | tense, snapping lids.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sudden rush, the little mailbox throws itself at the big mailbox
Floyd | and clamps onto its forefoot. The big mailbox roars with anger, bites
Floyd | the little mailbox viciously and tries in vain to shake it off. You
Floyd | stare in wonder as the fighting boxes swell to twice their normal size,
Floyd | then four times larger, eight times!
Floyd |
Floyd | The big mailbox frees itself with a savage twist and bends to finish
Floyd | its foe. The little mailbox dodges, grips the descending lid and holds
Floyd | on for dear life. Locked in mortal combat, the giant boxes roll over
Floyd | and over, shaking the earth with the thunder of battle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scene disappears under a cloud of dust. You hear a terrible scream
Floyd | of agony, then an even more terrible silence. When the air clears, the
Floyd | boxes and spectators are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give cointo voss" 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "cointo.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give coin to voss" 		

Floyd | Miss Voss snatches away your gold coin with her bony fingers and hands
Floyd | you a ticket.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now holding a ticket.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 61 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor
Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard
Floyd | drifting down the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton
Floyd | at his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give ticket to gravedigger" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger takes the ticket, gestures absently to the empty carton
Floyd | and leans back to daydream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger nods as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Theater
Floyd | This is a movie theater unlike any you've ever seen! The seats are
Floyd | wide, deep and comfortable. The aisles are spotless. The air is clear
Floyd | of smoke, and the screen is dramatically large. A chill goes up your
Floyd | spine as you realize how alien your universe has become.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a noisy movie playing on the screen. A dark corridor leads out
Floyd | to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The screen image is a meaningless blur of colored light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take glasses" 		

Floyd | You can't see any glasses here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under seats" 		

Floyd | Hmm. This place isn't completely spotless. You just discovered a used
Floyd | pair of 3D glasses under a seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take glasses" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 64 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The picture on the screen is fuzzy and hard to watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear" 		

Floyd | (What do you want to wear?)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "glasses" 		

Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the picture on the screen fuses into a
Floyd | solid, 3-dimensional image.
Floyd |
Floyd | The movie screen shows an evil woman squinting through an antique
Floyd | telescope. A laboratory full of bubbling 3D chemicals is visible in the
Floyd | background.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push save" 		

Floyd | (This story can't understand the word "save" when you use it that way.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the movie theater? The gravedigger might
Floyd | not let you in again without another ticket!
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're still in the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The gravedigger nods as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Theater
Floyd |
Floyd | The screen image is a meaningless blur of colored light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses" 		

Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the picture on the screen fuses into a
Floyd | solid, 3-dimensional image.
Floyd |
Floyd | A 3D vulture lands on the woman's shoulder and croaks a secret into her
Floyd | ear. An evil eyebrow rises slowly as she listens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see laboratory" 		

Floyd | You can't see any laboratory here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see screen" 		

Floyd | The old woman swings the 3D antique telescope around (narrowly missing
Floyd | your nose) and peers into it again. A point-of-view shot reveals what
Floyd | the 'scope is focused on: a small movie theater, remarkably similar to
Floyd | the one you're in right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and fuzzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theater Lobby
Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor
Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard
Floyd | drifting down the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton
Floyd | at his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the movie theater? The gravedigger might
Floyd | not let you in again without another ticket!
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | "Come again!" sneers the gravedigger as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye, you notice Miss Voss squinting carefully
Floyd | at the gold coin you gave her. She looks at you suspiciously, picks up
Floyd | a telephone and begins to dial rapidly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Pleasure Wharf
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Video Arcade
Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op
Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted
Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for
Floyd | electric violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put token in slot" 		

Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears
Floyd | on the video screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 65 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square D-3 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick w" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move joystick s" 		

Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see star" 		

Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade snicker behind your back as your
Floyd | hand touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't
Floyd | really want to press that big red button, do you?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim.
Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an
Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at
Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a
Floyd | pleasant sensation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a
Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat.
Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the
Floyd | top.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again."
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 70 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "say sorkin" 		

Floyd | With a great creak of wood and rattle of chains, the drawbridge slowly
Floyd | lowers across the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 73 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's
Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A
Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Turn back, brave Adventurer!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare in horror at the platypus chained to the floor. It's Princess
Floyd | Tasmania!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Uh-oh! Somebody's closing the drawbridge!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of...
Floyd | Mr. Crisp!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice of you to drop by," he sneers as a gigantic Boot pins you to the
Floyd | ground. "Saves me the bother of tracking you down."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Torture Chamber
Floyd | You're chained up in the corner of a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within
Floyd | the bowels of the tower. The walls gleam with obscure medical
Floyd | instruments, and a diabolical torture machine occupies most of the
Floyd | opposite corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania is clamped into the torture machine!
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder rises to meet an open hatch in the middle of the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Crisp is fondling the instruments, one by one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give note to crisp" 		

Floyd | Mr. Crisp takes the violet note and stares at it. His face turns pale.
Floyd | "Where did this come from?" he whispers, opening it.
Floyd |
Floyd | An unbearably sweet expression spreads over his face as he reads. The
Floyd | violet note falls from his hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've got to run," Mr. Crisp cries, tossing his white lab coat into a
Floyd | corner and stuffing his shirttails into his pants. "Violet scolds me
Floyd | when I'm late!" He struggles into a hideous velvet blazer, pushes a
Floyd | comb through his hair and scampers up the ladder like a little boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch closes with a hollow thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania breathes a sigh of relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop shell" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge closing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Princess Tasmania strains against her clamps. "Release me from this
Floyd | torture machine, brave Adventurer! The merest pull of the lever will
Floyd | gain my freedom."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take coat" 		

Floyd | The chains cut painfully into your wrist as you strain to grasp the
Floyd | white lab coat. Your fingertips brush against the collar... There! You
Floyd | got it!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess
Floyd | Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search coat" 		

Floyd | You can see a rusty key inside the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 76 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock chain with key" 		

Floyd | Okay, the chain is now unlocked and open.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 77 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess
Floyd | Tasmania.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | The clamps on the torture machine retract, and Princess Tasmania leaps
Floyd | off. She's free!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Again you spare my unworthy life, brave Adventurer." The platypus
Floyd | humbly licks your shoe, to your considerable embarrassment. "My father,
Floyd | King Anatinus, does not forget such kindness."
Floyd |
Floyd | The little creature produces a silver whistle from her gown and blows
Floyd | into it gently. A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your journey is not yet ended," she warns as a whirlpool of colored
Floyd | light envelops her. "But even if you fail, your deeds shall live
Floyd | forever in our legends. Have faith!"
Floyd |
Floyd | When the colors fade, Princess Tasmania is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear coat" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell and note" 		

Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Torture Chamber
Floyd | You're in a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within the bowels of the tower.
Floyd | The walls gleam with obscure medical instruments, and a diabolical
Floyd | torture machine occupies most of the opposite corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder rises to meet a closed hatch in the middle of the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see machine" 		

Floyd | The torture machine has a lever that can be pushed up or pulled down.
Floyd | You can see nothing unusual inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see instruments" 		

Floyd | One of the medical instruments is labeled, "Frobozz Magic Truth
Floyd | Extractor Company." Gulp!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take instrument" 		

Floyd | Better keep away from the medical instruments. You might hurt somebody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under machine" 		

Floyd | You see nothing interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open hetch" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "hetch" to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd | The heavy hatch opens reluctantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder
Floyd | descending into gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close hatch" 		

Floyd | The hatch closes with a heavy thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see paintings" 		

Floyd | There are 13 paintings in the series. It seems to be a tragic sequence
Floyd | involving a beautiful princess and a wicked queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look behind paintings" 		

Floyd | Moving aside one of the paintings reveals a metal crank attached to the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move crank" 		

Floyd | You can't move the metal crank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd | As you turn the metal crank you hear the distant rattle of the
Floyd | drawbridge opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 78 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and fuzzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses" 		

Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the room fuses into a solid,
Floyd | 3-dimensional image.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | The highest room in the tower is a laboratory, complete with bubbling
Floyd | chemicals and foul odors. An antique telescope is mounted near an open
Floyd | window to the north, and a control panel occupies most of the south
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is a damp stairway leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat is sound asleep in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a broom here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat and broom" 		

Floyd | The black cat: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd | The broom: Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a violet note, a conch shell, a rusty key, a white lab
Floyd | coat (being worn), a pair of 3D glasses (being worn), a leaflet, an
Floyd | umbrella, a bottle, a horseshoe and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop leaflet" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop shell" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat awakens at your touch and mews affectionately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and blurry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition. One of the paintings has been moved to reveal a
Floyd | metal crank attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is a closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to hold the squirming cat!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's
Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A
Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | The moment you take your foot off the drawbridge it swings up over the
Floyd | moat and closes with a mighty thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat squirms out of your arms and lands at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The
Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of
Floyd | Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the biggest hellhound
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | roaring angrily and showing its sharp, bloody fangs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat is playing around your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat scampers restlessly around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove coat" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put coat on cat" 		

Floyd | There's no good surface on the black cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat scampers away behind your back. You turn to catch it, but
Floyd | it's gone without a trace!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat scampers away behind your back. You turn to catch it, but
Floyd | it's gone without a trace!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Your score is 78 points out of 100, in 250 moves.
Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
		
*** SECOND SESSION *** 		
		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load wishbringer" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn
Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of
Floyd | Thermofax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the
Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in
Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar
Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand...
Floyd |
Floyd | WISHBRINGER
Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams
Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick
Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now?
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition. One of the paintings has been moved to reveal a
Floyd | metal crank attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is a closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and blurred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses" 		

Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the room fuses into a solid,
Floyd | 3-dimensional image.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | The highest room in the tower is a laboratory, complete with bubbling
Floyd | chemicals and foul odors. An antique telescope is mounted near an open
Floyd | window to the north, and a control panel occupies most of the south
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is a damp stairway leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat is sound asleep in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a broom here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see telescope" 		

Floyd | The antique telescope is pointing out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look through it" 		

Floyd | Peering through the antique telescope makes everything appear much
Floyd | closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "turn it" 		

Floyd | The antique telescope is bolted securely in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "muve it" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "muve" is not in the vocabulary that you can use.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move it" 		

Floyd | The antique telescope is bolted securely in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove coat" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put cat in coat" 		

Floyd | (You don't seem to be holding the black cat!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a violet note, a conch shell, a rusty key, a white lab
Floyd | coat, a pair of 3D glasses (being worn), a leaflet, an umbrella, a
Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop leaflet" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni grumbles.
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. God bless old school."
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop shell" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat awakens at your touch and rubs itself lovingly against
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put cat in coat" 		

Floyd | There's no room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Sorry for the lateness. Composing an email for Father's Day took longer than I thought."
		Guenni says, "Is there any way to get the coat around the cat, so it can't run off? Or isn't it worth playing guess the combination in this case."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. I kind of doubt it, but I don't recall."
		Jacqueline says, "Good day, David."
		DavidW says, "hi, Jacqueline"
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop cat" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat scampers restlessly around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop coat on cat" 		

Floyd | There's no good surface on the black cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear coat" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat scampers away behind your back. You turn to catch it, but
Floyd | it's gone without a trace!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni sighs.
Guenni says (to floyd), "ta ke broomstick" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "ta.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take broomstick" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear coat" 		

Floyd | You're already wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see broomstick" 		

Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the broom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I vaguely remember this cat. The magic shop proprietor did a funny gesture when she described the cat."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
Guenni says (to floyd), "remember cat" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "remember" to finish this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "Is it okay if I say out loud what I think the shop owner said/did?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's up to Guenni."
		Guenni says, "She put a finger to my forehead."
		DavidW asks (of Guenni), "And what she said?"
		Guenni says, "So I thought she might have implanted some memories or somethinng like that."
		Guenni says, "She said the cat is black except for a spot on the forehead and it's name is chaos."
		DavidW says, "right."
Guenni says (to floyd), "say chaos." 		

Floyd | You can't see Chaos here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I don't have more to say than that."
Guenni says (to floyd), "call chaos" 		

Floyd | You can't see Chaos here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take shell" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, let's get out of here."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears fuzzy and blurry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition. One of the paintings has been moved to reveal a
Floyd | metal crank attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is a closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put bottle in coat" 		

Floyd | There's no room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put glasses and key in coat" 		

Floyd | The pair of 3D glasses: There's no room.
Floyd | The rusty key: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's
Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A
Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | The moment you take your foot off the drawbridge it swings up over the
Floyd | moat and closes with a mighty thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The coat must have tiny lady pockets."
		Guenni says, "Well, a garment that's meant to be worn during torture sessions is not useful on principle. :P"
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The
Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of
Floyd | Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the biggest hellhound
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | roaring angrily and showing its sharp, bloody fangs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cemetery
Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the
Floyd | Witchville Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The cemetery is a spooky place, especially at night. Are you sure you
Floyd | want to go in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have been warned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clang! A sudden gust of wind blows the iron gate shut in your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear misty voices giggling on the other side, and a loud
Floyd | "click" as the gate locks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's so much more sinister the second time."
		Guenni says, "Ok, two options. Either we make it into our grave before we're blown away, Or we'll have to restore I guess."
		DavidW says, "And ... I guess I can't say."
		DavidW says, "Sorry, I was responding to Jacqueline there."
		Guenni says, "After restoring, we could the wish for flight and go hopefully up the direct route to the shop."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iron gate is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "OOps, I somehow missed that the first time."
Guenni says (to floyd), "climb gate" 		

Floyd | The iron gate is much too high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see gate" 		

Floyd | The bars of the closed iron gate are 12 feet high, and closely spaced.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "call chaos" 		

Floyd | You can't see Chaos here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read signpost" 		

Floyd | There are two arrows on the signpost. The arrow pointing west says "To
Floyd | Cemetery." The east arrow is marked "To Witchville."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, I guess we'll have to use at least one wish after all."
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for advice" 		

Floyd | Wishbringer emits a violet flash of Magick.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "Many wonders await thee in the
Floyd | Halls of Knowledge."
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Sounds like we have to get into the library."
		DavidW says, "I guess so. I don't remember any museum."
		Guenni says, "The library was famous for it's collection of old artefacts. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove coat" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop coat" 		

Floyd | The hellhound tests the white lab coat with its tongue, drops it on the
Floyd | road and turns to roar at you again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe one of the artefacts is a Frobozz Magic Princess Rescuer."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a rusty key, a conch shell, a violet note, a pair of 3D
Floyd | glasses, an umbrella, a bottle and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the hellhound's sharp, bloody fangs snapping as it nips
Floyd | your heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see me" 		

Floyd | You see nothing unusual about yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace. It
Floyd | looks as if it's getting ready to attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, shoot. Did I just waste some time on accident?"
		DavidW says, "mm, yeah, probably"
		Guenni says, "looks like it. But no worries, if we got eaten. I'll restore and we'll fly after all. :-)"
		Jacqueline says, "I did not mean to. I was curious about whether or not the PC was an AFGNCAAP"
		Guenni asks, "what's that?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "In the novel, the protagonist is a young man named Simon."
		Jacqueline says, "It's an acryonym for Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally-Ambiguous Adventure Person"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Aw, for serious? I just bought the book..."
		Jacqueline says, "Kind of liked it when I was the protagonist."
		Jacqueline goes back to working on her WIP with a female PC.
		DavidW says, "The PC of the game can be female, but yeah, the novel made the protag male."
		Guenni says, "we could try the milk for darkness."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open bottle" 		

Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a white lab coat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drink bottle" 		

Floyd | Slurp! All gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can feel little icky things sliding down your throat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wish for darkness" 		

Floyd | The night becomes very still as you speak the Wish. The hellhound stops
Floyd | in mid-roar, cocks its head and sniffs the air nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | All at once a terrifying shadow sweeps across the face of the full
Floyd | moon, plunging the landscape into total darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hellhound's eyes grow wide with terror. It flops itself down on the
Floyd | ground, covers its eyes with its forepaws and moans pitifully in the
Floyd | sudden gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Thankfully, the icky taste of grue milk is gone.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hellhound howls mournfully in the darkness as you creep past.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pitch black.
Floyd |
Floyd | As suddenly as it faded, the light of the moon returns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture appears high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
		Guenni says, "I guess the wish fullfillment is literally pointless. :-("
Nathan arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock library with key" 		

Floyd | You can't unlock a library!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Rotary East
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Voss is talking urgently with someone on the phone. She doesn't
Floyd | take her eyes off you for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Park
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | The library door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

Floyd | A quick test shows that the rusty key won't unlock the library door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni sighs once more
Guenni says (to floyd), "see door" 		

Floyd | It looks like the library door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "push it" 		

Floyd | Pushing around the library door doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		Guenni says, "I guess kicking it, will only hurt my foot. :-)"
		Jacqueline says, "Probably"
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and fuzzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Are there books?"
		Guenni says, "In there, probbably."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I get what you mean now about how the wishes were hooey."
		Jacqueline says, "f i"
		Jacqueline says, "er..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a rusty key, a conch shell, a violet note, a pair of 3D
Floyd | glasses, an umbrella, a bottle and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. I see what's happened. Sort of."
		Jacqueline says, "I can give the tiniest of tiny hints if you want one about getting into the library. Super tiny."
		Guenni says, "shot! :-("
Guenni says (to floyd), "see ground" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing special about the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if
Floyd | they're coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Shot as in shoot as in give you the hint?"
		DavidW says, "I suppose the most likely place for the library key is on Miss Voss herself. Other possible spots: under a rock, hanging from the hellhound's collar (if it has one)."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, that was basically my hint. You don't have the right key."
Guenni says (to floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 81 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The handwritten note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Corky-Poo,
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got a plate of fresh oatmeal cookies waiting for you. Come over
Floyd | around sixish, and I'll show you my collection of Byron first editions,
Floyd | etc...
Floyd |
Floyd | Violet
Floyd |
Floyd | PS: If my little poodle yaps at you, just say ALEXIS, HEEL and she'll
Floyd | behave."
Floyd |
Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic
Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol again!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an
Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What!" he cries. "I thought you were locked up
Floyd | with Sgt. MacGuffin. Tsk, tsk."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and
Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. His
Floyd | eyes narrow when he sees you. "Well, well. If it isn't the disappearing
Floyd | mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a vicious little kick
Floyd | changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with this troublemaker."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jail Cell
Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel
Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small stone (providing light), a bottle, an umbrella, a
Floyd | pair of 3D glasses, a violet note, a conch shell and a rusty key here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone stops glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: That's impossible.
Floyd | The small stone: Taken.
Floyd | The bottle: Taken.
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken.
Floyd | The pair of 3D glasses: Taken.
Floyd | The violet note: Taken.
Floyd | The conch shell: Taken.
Floyd | The rusty key: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under bunk" 		

Floyd | There's a patch of new concrete on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Predictable."
		Jacqueline says, "Jerks."
		Guenni nods.
		Jacqueline says, "It's almost like they don't want you to escape."
		DavidW says, "The fiends."
		Guenni exclaims, "Yeah, how dare they?!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a faint buzzing sound, like an overheard telephone, coming
Floyd | from the conch shell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "listen to shell" 		

Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell says, "Many wonders await thee in the
Floyd | Halls of Knowledge."
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing sound in the conch shell stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear an agonized cry from the corridor outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "give shell the three fingered salute." 		

Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "three.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Ok, I was told the seahorse could help. How do I contact it?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on bunk" 		

Floyd | Better not. The bunk doesn't look very sanitary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I have no idea. Is there a sink?"
		Guenni says, "no only the bunk."
		DavidW says, "I don't see how the seahorse can reach you without water."
		Guenni says, "We could wish for rain in theory. In practice that only works outdoors."
		DavidW says, "If you had some Red Bull, you could wish for wings."
		Guenni says, "laughs."
		Guenni says, "The story's red bull is for darkness. And I already used it."
		Jacqueline says, "I think you're right about the seahorse, but I'm not sure how it helps you."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember the seahorse ever helping me."
		Guenni says, "Someone mentioned it last week."
Guenni says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | The bunk: Don't be silly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I think I'll restore after all"
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 81 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The handwritten note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Corky-Poo,
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got a plate of fresh oatmeal cookies waiting for you. Come over
Floyd | around sixish, and I'll show you my collection of Byron first editions,
Floyd | etc...
Floyd |
Floyd | Violet
Floyd |
Floyd | PS: If my little poodle yaps at you, just say ALEXIS, HEEL and she'll
Floyd | behave."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess you don't need the darkness with that HEEL command."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Guenni asks, "Ok, want me to try to fly up, or try the complicated route?"
Guenni nods to the darkness comment. 		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition. One of the paintings has been moved to reveal a
Floyd | metal crank attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is a closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, you're not there yet. Right."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Never mind!"
		Jacqueline says, "Proceed."
		Guenni says, "I thought I'd encounter "the evil one" up there, so I saved."
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses." 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and fuzzy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | It's too blurred in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses." 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition. One of the paintings has been moved to reveal a
Floyd | metal crank attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is a closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and blurred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses." 		

Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the room fuses into a solid,
Floyd | 3-dimensional image.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | The highest room in the tower is a laboratory, complete with bubbling
Floyd | chemicals and foul odors. An antique telescope is mounted near an open
Floyd | window to the north, and a control panel occupies most of the south
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exit is a damp stairway leading downward.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat is sound asleep in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a broom here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see pannel" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "pannel" is not in the vocabulary that you can
Floyd | use.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see panel" 		

Floyd | The control panel is equipped with two large power switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see switches" 		

Floyd | Which switches do you mean, the first switch or the second switch?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "first" 		

Floyd | The first switch is labeled, "Palace Theater," and is turned on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see second" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the second switch.)
Floyd | The second switch is labeled, "Security," and is turned on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch off second" 		

Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni looks slightly confused 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "press second" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the second switch.)
Floyd | Okay, the second switch is turned off.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 84 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "press first" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the first switch.)
Floyd | Okay, the first switch is turned off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop shell" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop bottle" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat awakens at your touch and mews affectionately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "say chaos" 		

Floyd | You can't see Chaos here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pet cat" 		

Floyd | The black cat rubs itself lovingly against you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see it" 		

Floyd | She's black as night from head to tail, and squirming in your arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to hold the squirming cat!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Fuzziness
Floyd | Everything around you appears fuzzy and blurred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "KITTY!"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing this isn't Chaos."
		Guenni says, "Chances are you're right and that one is a red cat. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | It's too fuzzy in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat squirms out of your arms and disappears in the fuzziness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear glasses" 		

Floyd | You're already wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "remove glasses" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | Round Chamber
Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy
Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and
Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost
Floyd | beyond recognition. One of the paintings has been moved to reveal a
Floyd | metal crank attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner is a closed hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward
Floyd | into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat is playing around your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat scampers restlessly around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's
Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A
Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Hilltop
Floyd |
Floyd | The moment you take your foot off the drawbridge it swings up over the
Floyd | moat and closes with a mighty thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The
Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of
Floyd | Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the biggest hellhound
Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street,
Floyd | roaring angrily and showing its sharp, bloody fangs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "alexis, heel" 		

Floyd | Alexis pricks up her ears at the sound of her name. She sits obediently
Floyd | at your feet, gently licks your hand and thumps her big tail happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 89 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see alexis" 		

Floyd | The hellhound is thumping its big tail happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, no collar with dangling key, oh well."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The cottage door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | There's no answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | Okay, the cottage door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | This is the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The walls
Floyd | are lined with timeworn books and dusty, faded photographs. Looks as if
Floyd | nobody's lived here for a long time.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dusty bookcase with a steel key on it near the open front
Floyd | door. Somebody has scrawled a message in the dust on the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "read message" 		

Floyd | The scrawled message is enclosed in a heart-shaped outline. It says,
Floyd |
Floyd | VIOLET + CORKY
Floyd |      XXXX
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Awww."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 92 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | This is the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The walls
Floyd | are lined with timeworn books and dusty, faded photographs. Looks as if
Floyd | nobody's lived here for a long time.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dusty bookcase near the open front door. Somebody has
Floyd | scrawled a message in the dust on the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Corky and Violet sittin' in a tree. K I S S I N G."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see book case" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing unusual on the bookcase, except for a message
Floyd | scrawled on its dusty surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd |
Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "The phrase "happy hell hound" is nice. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It is nice, I agree."
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

Floyd | Which key do you mean, the steel key or the rusty key?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "steel" 		

Floyd | Okay, the library door is now unlocked and open.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 95 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "woo"
		Guenni exclaims, "The end seems reachable!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd | You're standing before a large desk at the library entrance. The top of
Floyd | the desk is almost hidden under a clutter of books, all grey with dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark corridor leads south into darkness. The library door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd | Okay, the library door is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a faint "click" as somebody locks the library door from the
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | A sudden noise stops you in your tracks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bang! The library door slams shut. You hear a faint "click" as somebody
Floyd | locks it from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Darn you, Corky."
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "/undo" 		

Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Think that's enough?"
		Jacqueline says, "Are those undos actually working? Huh."
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south,
Floyd | towards Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local
Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with steel key" 		

Floyd | Okay, the library door is now unlocked and open.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 95 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Which key do you mean, the steel key or the rusty key?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "steel" 		

Floyd | You're already holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Ok, looks like we're supposed to be locked in, but with a key."
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd | You're standing before a large desk at the library entrance. The top of
Floyd | the desk is almost hidden under a clutter of books, all grey with dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark corridor leads south into darkness. The library door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see books" 		

Floyd | The titles range from classics of world literature to forgotten hits of
Floyd | years long past. Dust covers them equally, regardless of merit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bang! The library door slams shut. You hear a faint "click" as somebody
Floyd | locks it from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Museum
Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a
Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few
Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a
Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together in
Floyd | a pose of eternal combat.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a glass display case in the corner. You can see a sculpture in
Floyd | the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see sculpture" 		

Floyd | The black marble sculpture is about 14 inches high. It's exquisitely
Floyd | crafted in the likeness of a cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a round, shallow hole carved into the forehead of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "poor chaos."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see case" 		

Floyd | The display case contains a sculpture. A sign on the display case
Floyd | reads, "Frobozz Magic Burglar Alarm Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of course."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open case" 		

Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe save?"
		Guenni says, "Na, we're locked in anyway. And I saved after we got the key for the library."
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
Guenni says (to floyd), "open case" 		

Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock case vith rusty" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "vith.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock case with rusty" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the rusty key.)
Floyd | A quick test shows that the rusty key won't unlock the display case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock case with steel" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the steel key.)
Floyd | A quick test shows that the steel key won't unlock the display case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under case" 		

Floyd | You see nothing special.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe in the fossil mailboxes?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "knock on case" 		

Floyd | That would be a useless effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "say chaos" 		

Floyd | You can't reach inside the closed display case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "There might be a switch under the case?"
		Guenni says, "Well, at least we have confirmation."
		DavidW asks, "Or behind it?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "look behind case." 		

Floyd | There's nothing behind the display case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Museum
Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a
Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few
Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a
Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together in
Floyd | a pose of eternal combat.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a glass display case in the corner. You can see a sculpture in
Floyd | the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see mailboxes" 		

Floyd | There's something disturbingly familiar about the fossil exhibit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | There's something disturbingly familiar about the fossil exhibit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Was there a librarian desk in another room? Maybe the key's in there>"
		Guenni says, "let's see."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing extraordinary on the circulation desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd | You see nothing special.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search books" 		

Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the clutter of books that way to finish
Floyd | this story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move desk" 		

Floyd | You can't move the circulation desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get behind desk" 		

Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something
Floyd | else.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, ">move desk | You see a new patch of concrete."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Museum
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "seearch mailboxes" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "seearch" is not in the vocabulary that you can
Floyd | use.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search mailboxes" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing extraordinary inside the fossil exhibit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
Guenni says (to floyd), "smash case" 		

Floyd | (with your hand)
Floyd | The display case is still intact, but your hand isn't. Ouch!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Ack"
Guenni says (to floyd), "smash case with umbrella" 		

Floyd | Crash! You broke the display case open with the umbrella.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | You can't see any cat here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take sculpture" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "say chaos" 		

Floyd | Talking to yourself is said to be a sign of impending mental collapse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "pet sculpture" 		

Floyd | Fiddling with the sculpture has no effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "kiss it" 		

Floyd | Smack!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "The question is, do we have to deliver it meowing and kicking, or just as it is?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So is that 'smack' as in 'MWAH' or is that 'smack' as in slap you across the face how dare you?"
		Guenni says, "I think it's more off a noise, and nothing happened."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with steel" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the steel key.)
Floyd | Unfortunately, the lock is on the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "The only thing I can think of, is restoring, and trying to close the door directly after entering."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The
Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of
Floyd | Post Office Hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd |
Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with steel" 		

Floyd | (You don't seem to be holding that!)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Ok, it seems I saved before I got the key' :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd |
Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The cottage door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Okay, the cottage door is now open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | This is the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The walls
Floyd | are lined with timeworn books and dusty, faded photographs. Looks as if
Floyd | nobody's lived here for a long time.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dusty bookcase with a steel key on it near the open front
Floyd | door. Somebody has scrawled a message in the dust on the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 92 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Outside Cottage
Floyd |
Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd | Okay, the cottage door is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rotary South
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with steel" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the steel key.)
Floyd | Okay, the library door is now unlocked and open.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 95 out of
Floyd | 100.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd | You're standing before a large desk at the library entrance. The top of
Floyd | the desk is almost hidden under a clutter of books, all grey with dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark corridor leads south into darkness. The library door stands
Floyd | invitingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd | Okay, the library door is now closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a faint "click" as somebody locks the library door from the
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Ok, that didn't help."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Museum
Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a
Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few
Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a
Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together in
Floyd | a pose of eternal combat.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a glass display case in the corner. You can see a sculpture in
Floyd | the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think you're actually supposed to leave the library once you've entered. This feels like endgame territory."
Guenni says (to floyd), "smash case with umbrella" 		

Floyd | Crash! You broke the display case open with the umbrella.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take sculpture" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, we're supposed to deliver the cat."
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under mailboxes" 		

Floyd | You see nothing special.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see dust" 		

Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on desk" 		

Floyd | That would be a useless effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | There's no exit that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Museum
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see case" 		

Floyd | The broken display case is empty. A sign on the display case reads,
Floyd | "Frobozz Magic Burglar Alarm Company."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "brb"
		Guenni asks, "What't that short for?"
Nathan leaves the lounge through a well-oiled trapdoor. 		Jacqueline says, "Be right back."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Circulation Desk
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And I am back."
Guenni says (to floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd | There's no reason to loiter around the clutter of books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see floor" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing unusual about the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see ceiling" 		

Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Museum
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see ceiling" 		

Floyd | You see nothing special about the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see floor" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing unusual about the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Any suggestions?"
		DavidW says, "Only the most obvious action."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, ouch, DW"
		Guenni asks, "???"
		DavidW says, "Sorry, but I was about to gripe on cfspoilers"
		DavidW asks, "What does the description of the statue say again?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "see statue" 		

Floyd | You can't see any statue here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The cat, then."
Guenni says (to floyd), "see sculpture" 		

Floyd | The black marble sculpture is about 14 inches high. It's exquisitely
Floyd | crafted in the likeness of a cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a round, shallow hole carved into the forehead of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "see hole" 		

Floyd | The black marble sculpture is about 14 inches high. It's exquisitely
Floyd | crafted in the likeness of a cat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a round, shallow hole carved into the forehead of the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "And how did the shop owner describe her cat?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "put sculpture on forehead" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the sculpture.)
Floyd | But the sculpture is much too large!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put forehead on sculpture" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the sculpture.)
Floyd | But the sculpture is much too large!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a sculpture, a steel key, a violet note, a rusty key, a
Floyd | white lab coat (being worn), a pair of 3D glasses, a leaflet, an
Floyd | umbrella, a horseshoe and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "touch sculpture with forehead" 		

Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the sculpture.)
Floyd | Fiddling with the sculpture has no effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "touch hole" 		

Floyd | Fiddling with the sculpture doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You're holding a sculpture, a steel key, a violet note, a rusty key, a
Floyd | white lab coat (being worn), a pair of 3D glasses, a leaflet, an
Floyd | umbrella, a horseshoe and a small stone (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put white coat on sculpture" 		

Floyd | (taking off the white lab coat first)
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the white lab coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the white lab coat is much too large!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline smiles.
		Jacqueline says, "Closer."
Guenni says (to floyd), "touch hole with coat" 		

Floyd | Fiddling with the sculpture accomplishes nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Closer"
Guenni says (to floyd), "look in hole" 		

Floyd | You can see nothing interesting in the sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "put stone in hole" 		

Floyd | Wishbringer glows brighter as it nears the sculpture. It looks like it
Floyd | will fit perfectly into the black forehead.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait!" commands a familiar voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn, and see the figure of an old woman standing in the darkness
Floyd | of the corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your quest is ended, brave Adventurer," says the old woman. "The
Floyd | sculpture you hold is Chaos, the Cat Which Was Stolen. Now give
Floyd | Wishbringer to me, and together we shall rejoice in your success."
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you still want to put Wishbringer into the sculpture?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		DavidW says, "Seems like hole, sculpture, and forehead were programmed as synonyms for each other."
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | "Don't!" barks the old woman as your hand moves closer to the
Floyd | sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you still want to put Wishbringer into the sculpture?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | "No!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A blast of Magick shakes the building as Wishbringer touches the
Floyd | forehead of the sculpture. Violet sheets of energy, pure and brilliant,
Floyd | erupt from the very heart of the Stone and illuminate the room like
Floyd | daylight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman's disguise evaporates in the glare. It's the Evil One, her
Floyd | mouth frozen open in a wail of despair as she fades into oblivion. The
Floyd | memory of that face will haunt your dreams as long as you live.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the sculpture become soft and warm in your hands. It wriggles
Floyd | like a thing alive, leaps out of your arms and disappears into a vortex
Floyd | of color. The library folds around you like the closing of a great
Floyd | book...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cliff Edge
Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail
Floyd | leading downward. Looking southeast, you see a friendly orange sun
Floyd | rising from a bank of morning clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Post Office Hill is visible to the south, topped as usual by the
Floyd | Festeron Post Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | A black cat is rubbing against your leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni exclaims, "Toeroe!!"
		Guenni says, "Which is a happy elephant trumpeting sound."
		Jacqueline says, "Well done."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd | Your load is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop horsehshoe" 		

Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "horsehshoe.")
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop horseshoe" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat begins scratching urgently on the Magick Shoppe door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | Strange. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door of the Magick Shoppe creaks open, and the old woman, dressed
Floyd | in a nightgown, stands blinking in the morning sun. "Who's there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The black cat leaps into the woman's arms. "Chaos!" she cries, laughing
Floyd | and sobbing all at once as the cat licks tears of joy from her face.
Floyd |
Floyd | At last the old woman lowers Chaos to the ground and walks over to
Floyd | where you're standing, red with embarrassment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now you know me for the old liar I am," she chuckles, clasping your
Floyd | hands gratefully in her own. "I promised to give you Wishbringer,
Floyd | knowing full well that, if you succeeded, its virtue would be lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In truth, the Stone would make a poor reward," she continues, stooping
Floyd | to tickle the cat's white forehead. "As you can see, it brings more joy
Floyd | in the shape of a companion than in any other. This is Wishbringer's
Floyd | finest Magick. A pity that my sister, the Evil One, did not know of
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a familiar "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound behind you.
Floyd | It's the little mailbox, hopping bravely up the steep trail! The woman
Floyd | looks on with puzzled amusement as the faithful box hops to your side
Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old woman touches the violet note in your hand. "Make sure you give
Floyd | this to Mr. Crisp when you see him," she says with a sly wink. "And
Floyd | tell him I said hello."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cradling Chaos in her arms like a child, the old woman ambles back into
Floyd | the Magick Shoppe. "Farewell!" she calls from the closing door, and the
Floyd | sunlight makes her face look young. "Now you are a true Adventurer."
Floyd |
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations! You've finished the story of Wishbringer!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 100 points out of 100, in 306 moves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) >

		DavidW says, "hooray!"
		Guenni says, "Wonders where to get mailbox food."
		DavidW says, "The post office, obviously."
		Guenni says, "Probabably."
		DavidW says, "I bet they really love ad tacos. That's a newspaper stuffed with advertisements."
		Guenni says, "Our post station is in our grocery store."
		Guenni laughs at the idea of asking the folks there for the letters that have arrived to put into her pet mailbox. :D
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you, Guenni."
		Guenni says, "You're very welcome."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
A dead man's hug by Marius Müller (as Leaner Gilts)
Four Days of Summer by David Welbourn
Peeling Lucky by Peregrine Wade
As played on ifMUD on July 9, 2017

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 A dead man's hug written by Marius Müller (as Leaner Gilts), Four Days of Summer written by David Welbourn, and Peeling Lucky written by Peregrine Wade. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: A dead man's hug, Peeling Lucky, and Four Days of Summer.

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:

A dead man's hug by Marius Müller (as Leaner Gilts)
Four Days of Summer by David Welbourn
Peeling Lucky by Peregrine Wade
Four Days of Summer by David Welbourn
Peeling Lucky by Peregrine Wade
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		Genevieve asks, "What are we playing, o master?"
		DavidW says, "Well, if I have my way, we'll be playing the three games entered in the recent speed-if."
		DavidW says, "(one game of which is mine)"
		Taleslinger says, "ooh, maybe I'll watch"
		DavidW says, "We should probably play Leaner's game first, then mine, then Peregrine's."
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Sparkle arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Genevieve arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Sparkle says, "Hello." 		
DavidW says, "hi Sparkle" 		* jenrexrode has joined the channel.
Sparkle asks, "What's happening currently?" 		
jenrexrode arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says, "For those who haven't been in a ClubFloyd session before, you should first @join #clubfloyd and talk there, not in the Toyshop itself." 		
Genevieve says, "As far as I know, we're going to be playing the three speed IF games which people submitted to DavidW this past week." 		* Sparkle has joined the channel.
		DavidW says (to Sparkle), "yay, thank you."
		DavidW says, "Sessions are recorded by the PerrySimm character in the Toyshop, and having our chat in the channel helps make the session webpage look nicer."
Lionheart arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW asks, "Should we wait to see if Jacqueline will join us after all or just get to it?"
		Sparkle asks, ""What games are we playing?"
		DavidW says, "First, I'd like us to play "A dead man's hug" by "Leaner Gilts"."
		jenrexrode says, "I figured she was sleeping in based on that message."
		DavidW says, "The games we are playing today were submitted to the Speed-IF Potato Peeler event which asked everyone to put a potato peeler somewhere in their games."
		Genevieve says, "Yeah, I think Jacq is probably still asleep, poor thing. Sounds like she's not well right now."
		DavidW says, "okay. Then I'll upload the game and we can start."
		DavidW says, "er, that is, the games are already uploaded. I just need to tell Floyd to start."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask deadmanshug" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are being chased by an angry cassowary.
Floyd | But all you are trying to do is peel this potato.
Floyd |  The symbolism should be obvious.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead man's hug
Floyd | An analogy about obscurantism by Leaner Gilts
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170706 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | The walls are videoscreen behind bullet-proof glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | A 17th century oak table stands here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a box of donuts (closed) and a potato.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "To communicate with Floyd, start your command with an f."
		DavidW says, "For example, f x donuts."
Lionheart asks (of alex), "What's a cassowary?" 		Genevieve exclaims, "Oh my word, she got the cassowary in there!"
		DavidW asks, "A cassowary is a bird, I think?"
		Roger says, "It's a type of bird, yes"
		Roger says, "like a littler ugly ostrich (but still pretty big)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x donuts" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DONUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the box of donuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x potato" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's just a potato.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sparkle says, ""Okay. I think I remember that..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell of the donuts trigger an old, half-forgotten memory. It
Floyd | eludes you, like trying to grab black smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the box of donuts, revealing a donut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x donut" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like it will solve all your problems.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell donut" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take donut" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | A ghostly apparition manifest iself above the table. The
Floyd | expressionless face of a horse.
Floyd | "Choose wisely, traveller. You can only take one of these things. One
Floyd | will get you eternal bliss. The other one is the right choice."
Floyd | The horse  dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says, "ItSeems like a box of donut, not a box of donuts" 		Roger says, "more like a box of do-not"
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW asks, "So, we can have a donut or a potato?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | If only it were this easy. Maybe the potato will help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Which should we take?"
		Roger says, "Well there might be a peeler in the donut"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A nicely carved 17th century table in dark oak, standing on spidery
Floyd | legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a box of donuts (in which is a donut) and a potato.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "smell potato" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I kinda want the donut."
		Sparkle says, "I really don't like it when games say that you see nothing special."
		Roger says, "It is agreed"
		DavidW says, "We can always restart if we choose wrong."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take donut" 		

Floyd ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink.
Floyd |
Floyd | 3000 years later an expedition finds you, drifting in the rings of
Floyd | Saturn. They cure everything that ails you, and you live a a long,
Floyd | productive and happy life.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have achieved eternal bliss ***
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 ]  Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory of Dementia
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take potato" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | As you grab the potato, it slips through your hands...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...onto the street...
Floyd |
Floyd | You think you see a shadowy horse gallop across the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lynch Street
Floyd | It's hard to comprehend. More the idea of a street.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a potato and a potato peeler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart says, "We chose... unwisely"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x potato" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the potato)
Floyd | Maybe it's just a potato.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | As you grab the potato, it slips through your hands... and through a
Floyd | sewer grate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "damn you, seductive donut"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grate" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It leads down, towards the truth. Or maybe just darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Maybe we can fool it with the implicit take from 'peel potato with potato peeler'"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grate" 		

Floyd ]  Lynch Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ugh. You can't get your fingers in the crack. If only you had
Floyd | something to pry it with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry grate with peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Sewers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRY GRATE WITH PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a few minutes of fidgety work, with a few pinched fingers, but
Floyd | you finally manage to lift the sewer grate using the peeler. You stare
Floyd | for a moment, unblinking, into the dark. Then you hear the cassowary
Floyd | behind you and jump, instinctively.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sewers
Floyd | Filthy sewers.
Floyd |
Floyd | The potato seems to be stuck to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I know I've often been unable to get my fingers into my crack"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "peel potato" 		

Floyd ]  Sewers
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "NOOOOooooooo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take potato" 		

Floyd ]  underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the potato)
Floyd | It colmes away with a quiet, hollow sound. You hold it, this precious
Floyd | thing, for a moment. Then you realize, to your horror, that it had
Floyd | been sucked into the end of a pipe. There is a faint, distant rushing
Floyd | of water for a second before it thunders out of the pipe, blowing you
Floyd | and the potato away, further down, down into the depths of the Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | After what fells like eons of tumbling through flooded tunnels, first
Floyd | brick then rock, being slammed into the craggy edges and falling down
Floyd | waterfalls forever hidden in darkness, you're finally flushed into ...
Floyd |
Floyd | underground Lake
Floyd | You're swimming in eternal darkness. There is the faintest of light to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		* Areeb has joined the channel.
		Sparkle says, "Yeah. The donut."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can do right now is swim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You swim to the east and soon realize that the light comes from a
Floyd | small skiff. As you reach it, a friendly hand helps you aboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground Lake (in the mysterious boat)
Floyd | A friendly looking man with butterfly wings stands here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's an average looking dude, smiling at you. Behind his back is a
Floyd | pair of fanatastically beautiful butterfly wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's not average!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wings" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart tsks at "colmes away" and "fanatastically".
Sparkle disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | In the mysterious boat is a fairyman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Don't judge speed IFs too harshly :P"
		DavidW says, "oh, I see. It's a pun."
Sparkle arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give peeler to man" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PEELER TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The fairyman doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You would have to get out of the mysterious boat first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Roger, you are a baaaaad boy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss man" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The potato will not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x potato" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ideas?"
		Sparkle says, "I have no idea what's happening..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to f), "kiss potato" 		
Genevieve says, "oops" 		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "kiss potato" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Maybe he's a conversag"
		Taleslinger says, "Maybe he's a conversational fellow"
		DavidW says, "We're in a skiff in an underground lake with a fairyman and a potato peeler."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about potato" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's only a mystery because you want it to be."
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | "A useful tool. Better keep it close."
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask fairyman about fairman" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FAIRYMAN ABOUT FAIRMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask fairyman about fairyman" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FAIRYMAN ABOUT FAIRYMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm the Fairyman of the Riversticks, yes. I hope I can answer  some
Floyd | of your questions."
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask fairyman about me" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FAIRYMAN ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | He shrugs. "You are what you are. The only questions is if that helps
Floyd | you at all.."
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask man about death" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask him about donut" 		

Floyd ]  Underground Lake
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HIM ABOUT DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "A tasty trap. Or is it?"
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about cassowary" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT CASSOWARY
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes go wide. "This is an evil you can't possibly understand. It
Floyd | has hunted me for 150 years, and I only barely escaped ... I ..." And
Floyd | then he stops. Blood forms on his chest, and with a terrible croak the
Floyd | cassowary's bloody beak pokes through it.
Floyd | You take a clumsy step towards the back of the boat.
Floyd | The terrible bird steps over the Fairyman's body with casual
Floyd | indifference, and begins to stalk towards you.
Floyd | Without a second thought, you jump into the depths.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink, slowly, to the bottom, and there you find what you expected
Floyd | all along...
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | It looks exactly like your - the player's - childhood bathroom and has
Floyd | all the usual fixtures.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "o. m. g."
Roger has disconnected. 		
Roger has connected. 		BrianK says, "oh no :("
		Genevieve laughs!
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "turn on faucet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get in bathtub" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BATHTUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fixtures" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIXTURES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x bathroom" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BATHROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "sit on toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the bowl swims a half-eaten donut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Ewww!"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "wash hands" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH HANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we take the donut, eat it, or flush the toilet?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | In the sink are some potato peels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "yay toilet donut"
Sparkle goes home. 		DavidW says, "oh, this is strange."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "eat peels\" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PEELS\
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "eat peels" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get peels" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x potato peels" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POTATO PEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x donut" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get all from sink" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tub" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | The fairyman's skeleton grins at you from the tub.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well that's macabre"
		DavidW says, "x skeleton"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skeleton" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKELETON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get all from tub" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Seems like they're just implemented as descriptions and not actual objects"
		DavidW asks, "Looks like the fixtures are here but not their contents?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x donut" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Painted on contents."
		DavidW asks, "Maybe we can enter the sink or the toilet or the tub?"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "get donut" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart exclaims, "My childhood bathroom has been replaced with an inexact replica!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search sink" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter sink" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "enter toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn on sink" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use sink" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter tub" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "take bath" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "take shower" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SHOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Grrr!"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "turn on water" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "use toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug man" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HUG MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "climb in toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB IN TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to climb inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "use peeler on donut" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE PEELER ON DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel potato" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | It looks exactly like your - the player's - childhood bathroom and has
Floyd | all the usual fixtures.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You look in the mirror and start to scream.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are a cassowary too. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		BrianK exclaims, "Oh no!!!!!!"
		Roger says, "ha"
		Genevieve exclaims, "Ooh, actually, that's kinda cool!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "10/10 twist" 		
Tucker_ arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 10/10 TWIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "oops"
		BrianK says, "10/10 twist"
		Lionheart says, "All in all, I'd rather be on Saturn."
Tucker_ says, "i made a ball" 		DavidW says, "I think we probably saw most of that game, unless there's a response to xyzzy."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "nice work, Gilrs"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassowary
Floyd |  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassowaries (/ˈkæsəwɛəri/) are ratites (flightless birds without
Floyd | a
Floyd | keel on their sternum bone) in the genus Casuarius and are native to
Floyd | the tropical forests of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesia),
Floyd | nearby islands, and northeastern Australia. 3 There are three extant
Floyd | species. The most common of these, the southern cassowary, is the
Floyd | third-tallest and second-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the
Floyd | ostrich and emu. Cassowaries feed mainly on fruit, although all
Floyd | species are truly omnivorous and will take a range of other plant
Floyd | food, including shoots and grass seeds, in addition to fungi,
Floyd | invertebrates, and small vertebrates. Cassowaries are very shy, but
Floyd | when provoked they are capable of inflicting injuries, occasionally
Floyd | fatal, to dogs and people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart says, "Well, that was instructive."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "attack mirror" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "break mirror" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Lionheart), "Thanks for trying xyzzy."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "eat donut" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peck mirror" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PECK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | If only it were this easy. Maybe the potato will help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "attack self with peeler" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK SELF WITH PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to attack yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we've done all we can."
		Taleslinger says, "yep"
		Lionheart says, "Oh, so what's what the 'x me' response meant"
		Taleslinger says, "Thanks for playing!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You look in the mirror and start to scream.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are a cassowary too. ***
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), "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?" 		DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "Thank Leaner for us for the game."
		BrianK says, "so the game was a journey of self-discovery"
Areeb says (to clubfloyd), "Of Avian Proportions" 		DavidW asks, "Do people need a break or shall we jump into the next game right away?"
		Roger says, "Shoulda taken the blue pill I mean donut"
		Genevieve asks, "Okay, did I miss something, or was there actually a mention of Canada in there? And if not, wasn't there supposed to be?"
		Taleslinger says, "It was a Canadian Cassowary"
		Roger says, "optional I think"
		DavidW says, "The potato peeler was the only firm requirement."
		Genevieve says, "Ah, gotcha. Fair enough."
Sparkle arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Lionheart says, "I may need a moment to recover from that long journey of self-discovery. ... Okay, I'm good now."
		DavidW says (to Lionheart), "heh"
		DavidW says, "Next game is mine. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask fourdaysofsummer" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Happy Canada Day!", says your friend David. Oh, that's right. It's
Floyd | Canada's 150th anniversary today. You suppose you should go do
Floyd | something Canadian to mark the occasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's go to Tim Hortons for donuts!" suggests David. Sure. That'll
Floyd | do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Four Days of Summer
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by David Welbourn
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170707 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because they are not donuts. If you want
Floyd | any donuts, yummy yummy donuts, you'll have to leave the apartment to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David and your pet hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sparkle says, "Sorry. I was working on an object in my home to see what I could do."
		Taleslinger says, "I played DW's game, and it's petty grood"
		Genevieve says, "I think some of the interactions with objects could have been written better... but I'm really impressed that she got the cassowary in there. ANd hey, I haven't written an IF game in yonks, so I probably have no room to talk. :-)"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "pet hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hug hedgehod" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HUG HEDGEHOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hug hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HUG HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | your pet hedgehog might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x david" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, you've known David for years. He's a nice guy and all, but he'll
Floyd | talk about obscure bits of interactive fiction at the slightest
Floyd | excuse. And he's played so much "I. F.", as he calls it, he has lots
Floyd | of excuses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "leave apartment" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAVE APARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart says, "My pet hedgehog and I are estranged. Sad."

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "Bah, humbug. First you comb your hair. Then we can go get
Floyd | donuts."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's a speed-if!"
		BrianK says, "I forgot that people call it I-F and not "if" as a word"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You named your hedgehog Kipling because one of his "Just So Stories"
Floyd | involves a hedgehog and a tortoise who turned themselves into
Floyd | armadillos. He's not at all cuddly because of his spikes, but on the
Floyd | other hand, he's pretty laidback and has never given you any trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "comb hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to comb your hair with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sparkle says, "I didn't know you could have a hedgehog for a pet. I thought it was only cats and dogs. I suppose it makes sense, though."
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hedgehog" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "comb hair with hedgehog" 		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying your pet hedgehog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB HAIR WITH HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying your pet hedgehog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "whoops lagged"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get kipling" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KIPLING
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the spiky critter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "haha we all had the same idea"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "comb hair with kipling" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB HAIR WITH KIPLING
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully comb your hair, using your hedgehog as a substitute
Floyd | comb. "I can't believe I'm doing this," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you get my 'Humbug' clue?" David asks. "You have to comb your
Floyd | hair with a hedgehog in that game."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pointedly ignore him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "comb david's hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB DAVID'S HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "throw kipling at david" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW KIPLING AT DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "comb david" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | (with your pet hedgehog)
Floyd | David doesn't need combing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "poor David is bald"
Tucker_ says, "floyd = eat kipling" 		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "kiss hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | your pet hedgehog might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "We all need to be combed with a hedgehog"
Tucker_ says, "wait how do i talk to floyd" 		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because they are not donuts. If you want
Floyd | any donuts, yummy yummy donuts, you'll have to leave the apartment to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | As you head out the door, you ask "So why did I have to have nice hair
Floyd | to go to Timmy's? Isn't that a bit silly?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not as silly as watching you try to comb your hair with a hedgehog,
Floyd | eh?" says David, grinning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon the two of you are enjoying a nice breakfast of donuts and
Floyd | double-doubles. But alas, breakfast eventually ends and now you're
Floyd | both standing outside the restaurant, thinking about the future.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "Oh, um, here's a red ketchup I 'borrowed' from the
Floyd | restaurant. You might find it useful later."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "gee, I'm finally caught up after a phone call"
		* Tucker_ has joined the channel.
		Genevieve says, "David, I always thougt you were brilliant... this game just proves it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Red ketchup is the best ketchup, but that's not saying much. Ketchup
Floyd | never appealed to you much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		says (to Tucker_), "Thanks. Talk to Floyd by putting a f in front of your command."
		BrianK asks, "are there colors of ketchup other than red?"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "eat ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I think so, Brian"
		jenrexrode says, "haha"
		Roger says, "That David's a helpful guy"
		BrianK says, "my world has grown slightly larger today"
		Areeb asks, "So east or west?"
		Sparkle says, "Interesting..."
		Roger says, "I vote west"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "like this?" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIKE THIS?
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "west is back to the apartment"
Tucker_ says, "oh" 		Genevieve says, "I absolutely love the Humbug reference."
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "Thanks!"
Tucker_ testing 1 2 3 hello 		
Tucker_ f 		DavidW says, "We've already missed a ref because no one examined our hair before combing it."
		Genevieve exclaims, "Well poop!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hair is all nicely combed. Well done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "darn"
		Areeb says, "oh no"
		Genevieve says, "I should have thought of that. Not too quick on the draw today. SOrry."
		DavidW says, "You can go back and examine the furnishings, though, if you like."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside
Floyd | the apartment to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x furnishings" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURNISHINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | As you try to examine your furnishings like some noob player, David
Floyd | says, "I heard that Timmy's brought Dutchies back."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, really? I love those things. But I thought they were
Floyd | discontinued."
Floyd |
Floyd | "They were, but now they're back to celebrate Canada Day."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask david about dutchies" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DAVID ABOUT DUTCHIES
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart asks (of Alex), "What is a dutchie?"
		Roger says, "You got to pass the Dutchies on the left hand side"
		DavidW says, "Sorry, no ask/tell in release 1."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "ask david about timy" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DAVID ABOUT TIMY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "search furniture" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Dutchies are a delicious square donut with raisins."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "search furnishings" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FURNISHINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "ask david about timmy" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DAVID ABOUT TIMMY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sparkle says, "East."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get furnishings" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FURNISHINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Yeah let's go east"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside
Floyd | the apartment to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "Shameless self-insertion fanfic"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "loiter" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOITER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dessert Island
Floyd | The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only
Floyd | thing of interest is a lone palm tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did that say Dessert Island?" you ask. "Shouldn't that be
Floyd | Desert Island?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, looks like a typo," David agrees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small motorboat is parked at the edge of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what a palm tree looks like. You suppose you could climb up
Floyd | it if you really wanted to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x motorboat" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOTORBOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this boat, and
Floyd | long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring
Floyd | enough gas for a return trip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up the palm tree...
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of a Palm Tree
Floyd | Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | These large leaves could be hiding anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "distill fuel from leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISTILL FUEL FROM LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Your search of the large leaves yields nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "eat leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "interrogate leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INTERROGATE LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "pick leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "dang I thought for sure it was cluing us to search the leaves"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "eat leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "maybe we need to hide here"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "hide in leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIDE IN LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "aww man you can't make fuel from leaves"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of a Palm Tree
Floyd | Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of a Palm Tree
Floyd | Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I really do need to clue this island better."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x coconut" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COCONUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "give leaves to david" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE LEAVES TO DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the large leaves)
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to Floyd), "david, climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DAVID, CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "wear leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the large leaves)
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "rip leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIP LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "eat ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "tear leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TEAR LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "maybe we need LOOK BEHIND/UNDER/etc"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "break leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look under leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "look behind leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "l behind leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L BEHIND LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I always thought those all did the same thing"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "take coconut\" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE COCONUT\
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sparkle says, "Searching stuff is good, though."
		BrianK says, "But then again I think I just code all my games to do the same thing"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a red ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Brian), "They do by default, yes."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put ketchup on leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KETCHUP ON LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the large leaves would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "do it anyway" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DO IT ANYWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get sand" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb back down the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dessert Island
Floyd | The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only
Floyd | thing of interest is a lone palm tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small motorboat is parked at the edge of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "We could search the boat"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get sand" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put ketchup in boat" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KETCHUP IN BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this boat, and
Floyd | long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring
Floyd | enough gas for a return trip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "search boat" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your search of the motorboat yields nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Hidden in the shade of the palm tree, you find a can of gasoline. You
Floyd | take it. Why are things always in the last place you look?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "whaaaaaat"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x island" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ISLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "drink gas" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK GAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), ";" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ;
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "wait wot"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dessert Island
Floyd | The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only
Floyd | thing of interest is a lone palm tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small airplane is parked at the edge of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "smell gas\" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL GAS\
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "smell gas" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL GAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take gas" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "smell can" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "That's one shady tree"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "l under tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L UNDER TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb asks, "an airplane??"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get can" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "shake tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "I'm guessing if we searched things in a different order it would always be in the last place we looked?"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "fill bost" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL BOST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Brian), "That's correct."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x airplane" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AIRPLANE
Floyd |
Floyd | David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this plane, and
Floyd | long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring
Floyd | enough gas for a return trip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "fuel boat" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FUEL BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "DW is sneaky like that"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dessert Island
Floyd | The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only
Floyd | thing of interest is a lone palm tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small airplane is parked at the edge of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put gas in plane" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GAS IN PLANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "x plane" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANE
Floyd |
Floyd | David wanted to go on another adventure, so he rented this plane, and
Floyd | long story short, now you're stuck here. Somehow he "forgot" to bring
Floyd | enough gas for a return trip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put gas in airplane" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GAS IN AIRPLANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK asks, "try gasoline?"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "enter boat" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand over the can of gasoline. "Oh, well done," says David.
Floyd | "That's just what we need to get home. Now I can refill the airplane.
Floyd | Er... what's wrong?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wasn't that airplane a motorboat before?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, like in Shade, when the potted hyacinth turned into a cactus?
Floyd | That was really spooky!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling a headache coming on, you follow David into the plane for the
Floyd | trip home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lakeshore Drive
Floyd | It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guess what?" David asks. "I found some white chocolate on the plane
Floyd | on the way back. It was in a second hidden compartment inside the
Floyd | first hidden compartment. Here. I think you might need it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what are we doing tomorrow?" you ask, looking east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno. We'll think of something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm so fixing this for release 2"
		Lionheart says, "It's one of those boat-planes"
		Taleslinger asks (of davidW), "What's the deal with that dessert island thing?"
		BrianK says, "It was a typo"
		Sparkle asks, "What are the leaves for?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "It was another possible hiding place for the gasoline :P"
		DavidW says, "The leaves are one of the three possible searching spots."
		DavidW says, "If you searched the boat and the tree first, then the leaves would have the gas."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put ketchup on chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KETCHUP ON CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the white chocolate would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The whole area is based on Shade by Zarf."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "eat chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | White chocolate is better than no chocolate, but it's hardly that
Floyd | appealing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "smell chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "give david chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DAVID CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | David doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "we probably should have touched more stuff"
		Taleslinger says (to dw), "Boo hiss"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lakeshore Drive
Floyd | It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I like white chocolate though"
		Areeb asks, "lets go east?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x future" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pasta Aisle
Floyd | It seems like you guys decided to do a bit of grocery shopping.
Floyd | There's a lot of different pastas and sauces here. The ends of the
Floyd | aisle are to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gnocchi," David intones solemnly. "I haven't had any gnocchi
Floyd | since.... Rome."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop that," you say. "Just... just stop."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "ha ha ha"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get pastas" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PASTAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get sauce" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAUCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "x pasta" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PASTA
Floyd |
Floyd | You peruse the pastas. "Macaroni, spaghetti, spaghettini, bow-ties,
Floyd | egg noodles,... there's no gnocchi here," you tell David.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Clare isn't here either," he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who's Clare?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who do you want her to be?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Is every room a reference? This is the first one I got"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take soaghettini" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SOAGHETTINI
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take spaghettini" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SPAGHETTINI
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get bow-tie" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOW-TIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Brian), "Not every room, no."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x clare" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Ah okay"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Pasta Aisle
Floyd | It seems like you guys decided to do a bit of grocery shopping.
Floyd | There's a lot of different pastas and sauces here. The ends of the
Floyd | aisle are to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart says, "Aw. Bow-ties are cool;/"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white chocolate
Floyd |   a red ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why did I bring food into a grocery store?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what you're worried about?" David asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's not like I have a receipt for these things you keep giving me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pick up the phone booth" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PICK UP THE PHONE BOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't put in many synonyms in the pasta. Sorry. Something I'll add in release 2."
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "put ketchup on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KETCHUP ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get pasta" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PASTA
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "Nah, you don't need to do anything with this stuff."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "eat pasta" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PASTA
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "Nah, you don't need to do anything with this stuff."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Sparkle has missed some of the gameplay. 		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Pasta Aisle
Floyd | It seems like you guys decided to do a bit of grocery shopping.
Floyd | There's a lot of different pastas and sauces here. The ends of the
Floyd | aisle are to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sauce" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get gnocchi" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GNOCCHI
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "south" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "So we're not going to buy anything?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't say that," David says. "Aisle meet you outside."
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot
Floyd | isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were
Floyd | and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here ya go," says David, handing you some blue berries.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And these will be useful when?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tomorrow", he says, pointing east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "Aisle..."
		BrianK says, "a parking lot is a liminal space"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "eat berries" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tucker_ says, "if you go west does it just replay what we did"
Areeb slowly claps 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x berries" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find blueberries very appealing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "wait a minute...."
		BrianK asks, "red ketchup, white chocolate, blue berries?????"
		Lionheart says, "I've never peeled a blueberry."
		Genevieve exclaims, "Stars and stripes forever!"
		Lionheart says, "I thought we were in Canada. There's no blue on their flag."
		BrianK says, "but... Canada Day! D:"
		Roger says, "green clovers, purple horseshoes"
		Areeb asks, "wasn;t this Canadian independence day?"
		DavidW says, "Canada Day was July 1st. You're in July 3rd."
		Genevieve says, "Frosted lucky charms: they're magically delicious."
		Areeb says, "O"
		BrianK says, "Ohhhh"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | One more step into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Tater Island
Floyd | I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this
Floyd | "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really
Floyd | sure which state you're in.  But it's different, you gotta give it
Floyd | points for originality. The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A potato peeler is just lying on the ground here!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lunar map here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "A propos of absolutely nothing: that leprechaun had the worst Irish accent I've ever heard."
Sparkle is confused but understands the game. 		BrianK says, "Oh that's right we're going into the future with every roo"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "x peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a perfectly ordinary handheld potato peeler, suitable
Floyd | for peeling potatoes, carrots, or whatever else needs peeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | Wow. You've never found a potato peeler before. "I don't have to shave
Floyd | a yak with this thing, do I?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course not, you peel things with it," David says, as if
Floyd | this ought to be obvious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "take peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel chocolate with peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL CHOCOLATE WITH PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "white" off the white chocolate!
Floyd |
Floyd | David asks, "That's neat. Can you put the colour back on it too?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel yak" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL YAK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb exclaims, "Ayy! We have regular chocolate now!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the chocolate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x white" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the essence of whiteness that you peeled off the chocolate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take white" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WHITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "blue" off the blue berries!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blue peel
Floyd |   a white peel
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |   some plain berries
Floyd |   a plain chocolate
Floyd |   a red ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup with peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP WITH PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "red" off the red ketchup!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "It's whiter than Pat Sajak"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put blue on ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLUE ON KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat. You now have a blue ketchup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel blueberries with peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL BLUEBERRIES WITH PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "muahahahahahaha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x blue ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLUE KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue ketchup? Oh, that's just wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup with peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP WITH PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "blue" off the blue ketchup!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "MUAHAHAHAHAHAH- darn it"
		Areeb asks, "oh no, how are we gonna make the flag now?"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "put blue on ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLUE ON KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool. You now have a blue ketchup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a red peel
Floyd |   a white peel
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |   some plain berries
Floyd |   a plain chocolate
Floyd |   a blue ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "put white on ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WHITE ON KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | But the blue ketchup is already blue!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put red on chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RED ON CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. You now have a red chocolate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x red chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RED CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's like red velvet cake but without the cake part.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "squirt ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUIRT KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "peel potatoes" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL POTATOES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "peel potatoe" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL POTATOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "peel potato" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't peel the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I'm down for red velvet chocolate"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup and chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP AND CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "peel peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't peel the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Tater Island
Floyd | I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this
Floyd | "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really
Floyd | sure which state you're in.  But it's different, you gotta give it
Floyd | points for originality. The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David and a lunar map here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put white on berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WHITE ON BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool. You now have a white berries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "You need a meta-peeler for that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x white berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHITE BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Careful. If these white berries are from mistletoe, they'll be very
Floyd | poisonous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel map" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't peel the lunar map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tucker_ says, "Yea thats part of the DLC"
		says (to Floyd), "x peeler"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat white berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT WHITE BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The centerpiece of the musuem is a relief map of the Moon's surface,
Floyd | lovingly rendered in mashed potatoes. You fancy you can hear those
Floyd | musical notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the
Floyd | background.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the map, in the Sea of Tranquility, there is a faded
Floyd | colourless flag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh that's what we do with i"
		BrianK says, "The colors, that is"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "blue" off the blue ketchup!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "red" off the red chocolate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "put red on flag" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RED ON FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You add the red peel to the faded flag, restoring some of its old
Floyd | glory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Roger has connected. 		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put red on map" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RED ON MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "peel berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "white" off the white berries!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "put white on flag" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WHITE ON FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You add the white peel to the faded flag, restoring some of its old
Floyd | glory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "put blue on flag" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLUE ON FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You add the blue peel to the faded flag, restoring some of its old
Floyd | glory.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flag, fully restored to its old glory, proudly displays the Red,
Floyd | White, and Blue for everyone to see. You hear fireworks explode in the
Floyd | sky above.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Filfre: gratuitous fireworks," David whispers in your ear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shh," you whisper back.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Happy Fourth of July! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Areeb asks, "how does adding white to a faded flag make a difference?"
		Genevieve says, "There we go."
		BrianK says, "Well, if it's like old parchment and yellow, then you can paint it white"
		Genevieve nods.
		Roger says, "I enjoyed; thanks"
		DavidW says, "yay"
		Areeb exclaims, "I'll suspend my disbelief, Nice Game David!"
		BrianK says, "The color mechanic is great"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Tater Island
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "I'm sorry. Would you like some tea? Here you go." He
Floyd | hands you a green tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "green" off the green tea!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I borrowed the color mechanic idea from Emily's game Indigo."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put green on tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. You now have a green tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger says, "David has such a charming way with puzzles. You should check out his other games."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Green tea, eh? How distressingly healthy. Did they flavour this with
Floyd | lawn clippings?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put green on david" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on David would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "peel tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "green" off the green tea!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put green on flag" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "No, that's not the right colour for this flag."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put green on chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat. You now have a green chocolate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x green chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GREEN CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. Green chocolate smells like pistachio nuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Lionheart says, "Was going for the St. Patrick's Day ending"
		Roger says, "or Mexico"
Peregrine arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Peregrine exclaims, "hi!"
		Lionheart exclaims, "happy cinco de mayo!"
		BrianK says, "I imagine the problem with a larger game is that the combinations of color and item would blow up like crazy"
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "Good timing."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a plain tea
Floyd |   a blue peel
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |   some plain berries
Floyd |   a green chocolate
Floyd |   a plain ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "green" off the green chocolate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put green on ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool. You now have a green ketchup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Is green ketchup made from green tomatoes?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Wooo ooo."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put red on berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RED ON BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "peel red" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel flag" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't peel the faded flag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "put berries on red" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BERRIES ON RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I guess it's too late since we put it on the flag already"
		DavidW says, "yes, I'm sorry"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "green" off the green ketchup!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "peel flag" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't peel the faded flag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put green on berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. You now have a green berries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The green berries don't look very ripe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "heheh"
		DavidW says, "I hope to make release 2 a bit more friendly."
		Sparkle says, "Interesting..."
		Areeb says, "oh gosh, green ketchup was an actual thing"
		DavidW says, "oh yes"
Genevieve, apparently having had enough of public life, disappears back to her Parisian retreat. 		
Genevieve arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		Genevieve says, "Sorry folks. MUD client ran out of time. I really need to buy it."
		Sparkle asks, "What's our next game?"
		Peregrine says, "Well, I hope you're peeling lucky..."
		DavidW says, "The third game is called "Peeling Lucky" by Peregrine Wade."
		Peregrine asks (of DavidW), "is this the most recent version?"
		Peregrine says, "well, we'll see"
		DavidW asks, "uh, I hope so?"
Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

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

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Once upon a time...
Floyd |
Floyd | Peeling Lucky
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170708 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a potato peeler (empty) and some diamonds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're Snow White, in case you were wondering. And no, you don't bite
Floyd | people or try to drink their blood, whatever Miss Short may claim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "David, you have a very charming way with words. The game mechanics are also excellent. All the object interactions made sense. The only thing I think could have been a bit more embellished was the leaves in the palm tree. People tried to interact with them in ways that made sense, but which didn't work. Just a suggestion though. Overall, I really enjoyed that."
		Areeb exclaims, "what's with all the potato peelers!"
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "Thanks. I agree."
		BrianK says, "It was a potato-peeler-themed speed-IF :P"
		Genevieve says, "That was the object requirement for this Speed IF competition."
		DavidW says (to Areeb), "That was the main premise. All games have a potato peeler."
		DavidW says, "I found an actual potato peeler two weeks ago on the sidewalk."
		Areeb says (to DavidW), "ah, I knew it couldn't be a coincidence"
		BrianK says, "Wish I had been on to participate"
		DavidW says, "So I decided it had to be put into a game or three."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "drink blood" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a funner operated by a crank. You put a potato inside, turn the
Floyd | crank, and the potato comes out at the other end, magically peeled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "Did you keep it?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x diamonds" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIAMONDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The dwarves (or dwarfs) spend their days hard at work mining this
Floyd | stuff, but then they just leave it hanging around the place and never
Floyd | sell it. Go figure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take diamonds" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DIAMONDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I'm tempted to put the diamonds into this peeler."
		Peregrine says, "argh, thunderstorm"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "peel diamond" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL DIAMOND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There might be stuff in other rooms, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Crank: turned. Good job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "use peeler on diamond" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE PEELER ON DIAMOND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "put diamonds in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DIAMONDS IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the diamonds into the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "aww man I have to go, cya guys"
		Peregrine says, "me too"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Crank: turned. Good job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "bye Areeb"
Areeb goes home. 		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "l in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | The potato peeler is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "aw geez. bye."
		Peregrine says, "thunderstorm threatening my internet"
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. 		
Sparkle has enjoyed her time here. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x diamonds" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIAMONDS
Floyd |
Floyd | These diamonds look slightly scratched now. That potato peeler, no
Floyd | doubt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "get diamonds" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DIAMONDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "The potato peeler must use diamonds to peel"
		DavidW asks, "Should we peel them some more? Or are they just not the things to use?"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a potato peeler (empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Aww, I'm sorry Peregrine had to go."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a potato peeler (empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "North or south?"
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "take peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's far too heavy a contraption to carry around. You'd rather not
Floyd | drop it on your foot, lest the pain be inconvenient.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I had a feeling that would be too heavy."
		BrianK says, "South"
		Tucker_ says, "lets go south first"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can still hear the sound of drunken dwarves (or dwarven drunks)
Floyd | snoring solemnly from within the confines of the living room. Best not
Floyd | to bother them now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "South is a no go."
		BrianK says, "okay, north it is"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | There is no door to the north, because in Airy Fairy Dairy Tralalala
Floyd | Forest the sun always shines -- even at midnight, which is somewhat
Floyd | inconvenient, but never mind. The kitchen lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An utterly evil witch is waiting for you, patiently holding out a
Floyd | bright red apple. Her arm looks stiff from all that waiting, as far as
Floyd | you can judge from the irritated and bored expression on her ugly
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | The witch tries to grab the diamonds, but your reflexes are too fast
Floyd | for her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x witch" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks somewhat malevolent, albeit a tad bored. In her hand is an
Floyd | apple.
Floyd |
Floyd | The witch appears to have a fixation upon those diamonds of yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x apple" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the apple.
Floyd |
Floyd | The witch is now staring at the diamonds that you carry around so
Floyd | boldly upon your person.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ask witch about apple" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WITCH ABOUT APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we need to retreat."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "give diamonds to witch" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DIAMONDS TO WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ says (to Floyd), "attack witch" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence. Tut, tut, tut.
Floyd |
Floyd | The witch tries to grab the diamonds, but your reflexes are too fast
Floyd | for her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe the witch will follow us, like a dog following a steak."
		Tucker_ says, "lets see"
		BrianK says, "I think this is the not-the-most-recent version that Peregrine was asking about"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a potato peeler (empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | The utterly evil witch arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "since he mentioned elsewhere that he was fixing a but regarding making the witch a person"
		BrianK says, "a bug*"
Sparkle disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out tentatively. "At last!" the witch cackles with relief.
Floyd | "Any longer and I would have been late for my breakfast!" She gives
Floyd | you the apple and vanishes in a puff of black smoke. The birds stop
Floyd | singing for a moment, allowing some invisible musician to play on his
Floyd | strident organ with notes of doom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I wonder if that was a mistake."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Sparkle arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put diamonds in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DIAMONDS IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the diamonds into the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | The witch tries to grab the diamonds, and you swiftly push her into
Floyd | the potato peeler. Despite all her efforts, she remains stuck inside
Floyd | it. "Damn you, Snow White!" she curses.
Floyd |
Floyd | The witch wiggles and shakes her fist angrily, but remains resolutely
Floyd | stuck inside the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a gruesome sound as you promptly perform both magicide and
Floyd | regicide in one turn of the crank. The witch being no more, you become
Floyd | the rightful Queen of Lalaland, and reign for many years.
Floyd | Crank: turned. Good job.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve hahaha! Nice! I was just going to try that. 		DavidW says, "okay, that's probably the best ending, but there's gotta be others."
Sparkle has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Once upon a time...
Floyd |
Floyd | Peeling Lucky
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170708 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a potato peeler (empty) and some diamonds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | There is no door to the north, because in Airy Fairy Dairy Tralalala
Floyd | Forest the sun always shines -- even at midnight, which is somewhat
Floyd | inconvenient, but never mind. The kitchen lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An utterly evil witch is waiting for you, patiently holding out a
Floyd | bright red apple. Her arm looks stiff from all that waiting, as far as
Floyd | you can judge from the irritated and bored expression on her ugly
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take apple" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out tentatively. "At last!" the witch cackles with relief.
Floyd | "Any longer and I would have been late for my breakfast!" She gives
Floyd | you the apple and vanishes in a puff of black smoke. The birds stop
Floyd | singing for a moment, allowing some invisible musician to play on his
Floyd | strident organ with notes of doom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat apple" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You bite into it.  Alas, it is poisoned. You drop down and fall into a
Floyd | coma, from which you are awakened by an ugly prince with boils on his
Floyd | nose. You take the nearest axe and bean him over the head: serves him
Floyd | right for sexual harassment.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** And another cheerful day goes by... ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Ugly prince, eh?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put apple in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT APPLE IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve grins. "I love this, even though the witch isn't classified as animate."
		DavidW says, "The peeler is south."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a potato peeler (empty) and some diamonds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put apple in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT APPLE IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the apple into the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Tucker_ says, "i gotta go. goo'bye"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Crank: turned. Good job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Tucker_ goes home. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been peeled. Yay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You bite into it. Tasty, and without the slightest trace of poison in
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I liked that."
		* Sparkle has left the channel.
		Genevieve says, "Yeah, I had feeling that peeling it would get rid of the poison."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You utter the magic word. The fabric of reality transmutates into
Floyd | cosmic doughnuts, celestial waffles and baffled Canadians. You hear a
Floyd | mystic voice mutter, "150. That is the answer. Not 42, you brainless
Floyd | numbskulls."
Floyd |
Floyd | And then all returns to normal once more. Whew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve exclaims, "Niiice!"
		DavidW says, "yay gratutious references."
		DavidW says, "All three games defined XYZZY. So nice."
		DavidW says, "well, that's been all three games. I think we may be done unless we want to try out stuff in any of them."
		BrianK says, "Well personally I want to go back to your game and look at all the remaining color combinations"
		DavidW says, "There's a few other minor bits in my game too."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we do that then?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

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

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Happy Canada Day!", says your friend David. Oh, that's right. It's
Floyd | Canada's 150th anniversary today. You suppose you should go do
Floyd | something Canadian to mark the occasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's go to Tim Hortons for donuts!" suggests David. Sure. That'll
Floyd | do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Four Days of Summer
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by David Welbourn
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170707 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because they are not donuts. If you want
Floyd | any donuts, yummy yummy donuts, you'll have to leave the apartment to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see David and your pet hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hair is a maze of twisty little protein strands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pet" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PET
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the spiky critter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "comb hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | (with your pet hedgehog)
Floyd | You carefully comb your hair, using your hedgehog as a substitute
Floyd | comb. "I can't believe I'm doing this," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you get my 'Humbug' clue?" David asks. "You have to comb your
Floyd | hair with a hedgehog in that game."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pointedly ignore him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you head out the door, you ask "So why did I have to have nice hair
Floyd | to go to Timmy's? Isn't that a bit silly?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not as silly as watching you try to comb your hair with a hedgehog,
Floyd | eh?" says David, grinning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon the two of you are enjoying a nice breakfast of donuts and
Floyd | double-doubles. But alas, breakfast eventually ends and now you're
Floyd | both standing outside the restaurant, thinking about the future.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "Oh, um, here's a red ketchup I 'borrowed' from the
Floyd | restaurant. You might find it useful later."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dessert Island
Floyd | The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only
Floyd | thing of interest is a lone palm tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did that say Dessert Island?" you ask. "Shouldn't that be
Floyd | Desert Island?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, looks like a typo," David agrees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small motorboat is parked at the edge of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can't just walk off the island," says David impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't see why not. We walked east from Tim Hortons to get here,
Floyd | didn't we?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, that was yesterday. All sorts of things happened
Floyd | between then and now. And we rented a boat to get here, remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look, see if you can find some fuel around here. Search everything.
Floyd | There's bound to be something that can help us," David says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search boat" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your search of the motorboat yields nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your search of the palm tree yields nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up the palm tree...
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of a Palm Tree
Floyd | Goodness there's a lot of large leaves up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Palm Tree                                   July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind a cluster of particularly large leaves, you find a can of
Floyd | gasoline. You take it. Why are things always in the last place you
Floyd | look?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Dessert Island                                       July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb back down the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dessert Island
Floyd | The desert island you find yourself on is pretty desolate. The only
Floyd | thing of interest is a lone palm tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small airplane is parked at the edge of the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give can to david" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CAN TO DAVID
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand over the can of gasoline. "Oh, well done," says David.
Floyd | "That's just what we need to get home. Now I can refill the airplane.
Floyd | Er... what's wrong?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wasn't that airplane a motorboat before?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, like in Shade, when the potted hyacinth turned into a cactus?
Floyd | That was really spooky!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling a headache coming on, you follow David into the plane for the
Floyd | trip home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lakeshore Drive
Floyd | It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guess what?" David asks. "I found some white chocolate on the plane
Floyd | on the way back. It was in a second hidden compartment inside the
Floyd | first hidden compartment. Here. I think you might need it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what are we doing tomorrow?" you ask, looking east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno. We'll think of something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pasta Aisle
Floyd | It seems like you guys decided to do a bit of grocery shopping.
Floyd | There's a lot of different pastas and sauces here. The ends of the
Floyd | aisle are to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gnocchi," David intones solemnly. "I haven't had any gnocchi
Floyd | since.... Rome."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop that," you say. "Just... just stop."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Darn, I wanted to see the IF reference on the furniture."
		Genevieve says, "Oh well... I can always look another time."
		DavidW says, "There wasn't a ref there. That's where I mentioned Dutchies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Pasta Aisle                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white chocolate
Floyd |   a red ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why did I bring food into a grocery store?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what you're worried about?" David asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's not like I have a receipt for these things you keep giving me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I think the "second hidden compartment" line would only make sense if you found the gasoline in the motorboat"
		DavidW says (to BrianK), "I agree."
		Genevieve says, "Mm, good point."
		DavidW says, "But I was rushing to get the game done."
		Roger says, "You could find red herrings in the first two locations"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | "So we're not going to buy anything?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't say that," David says. "Aisle meet you outside."
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot
Floyd | isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were
Floyd | and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here ya go," says David, handing you some blue berries.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And these will be useful when?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tomorrow", he says, pointing east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Just suggestions for a release 2"
		Roger says, "the thing that you ordered from etsy that you don't know what it is"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | One more step into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Tater Island
Floyd | I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this
Floyd | "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really
Floyd | sure which state you're in.  But it's different, you gotta give it
Floyd | points for originality. The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A potato peeler is just lying on the ground here!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a lunar map here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | Wow. You've never found a potato peeler before. "I don't have to shave
Floyd | a yak with this thing, do I?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course not, you peel things with it," David says, as if
Floyd | this ought to be obvious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "I'm sorry. Would you like some tea? Here you go." He
Floyd | hands you a green tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask david about IF" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DAVID ABOUT IF
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "By the way, we can still walk all the way back to the apartment."
		BrianK says, "Ooh"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "ask david about Humbug" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DAVID ABOUT HUMBUG
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Can we peel things in the past"
		DavidW says, "You can peel things if you have the peeler, but there's only four peelables: ketchup, chocolate, berries, and tea."
		BrianK says, "Ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the past...
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot
Floyd | isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were
Floyd | and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the past...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lakeshore Drive
Floyd | It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into the past...
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside
Floyd | the apartment to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see your pet hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pet" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PET
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the spiky critter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lakeshore Drive
Floyd | It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot                                          July 3rd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot
Floyd | isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were
Floyd | and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | One more step into the future...
Floyd |
Floyd | Tater Island
Floyd | I gotta say, the United States has some weird tourist traps. Take this
Floyd | "Tater Island", a weird potato museum in... well, you're not really
Floyd | sure which state you're in.  But it's different, you gotta give it
Floyd | points for originality. The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a lunar map here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put pet on map" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PET ON MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the lunar map would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The whole time thing I borrowed from an obscure game called Eschew if you were She."
		Taleslinger says, "e"

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't peel your pet hedgehog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Taleslinger asks, "does putting the green on anything do something we missed?"
		DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "no, but I have an idea for release 2 for the green."
		Genevieve says, "Nope. Someone already tried that."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "red" off the red ketchup!
Floyd |
Floyd | David asks, "That's neat. Can you put the colour back on it too?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "white" off the white chocolate!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "blue" off the blue berries!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "green" off the green tea!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put red on tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RED ON TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Neat. You now have a red tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like hibiscus tea. Very herbal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drink tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | David stops you from possibly making the game unwinnable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger says, "Okay, gtg" 		
Taleslinger goes to commerical. 		
Taleslinger has disconnected. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel tea. put white on tea. x tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL TEA. PUT WHITE ON TEA. X TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "red" off the red tea!
Floyd |
Floyd | Amazing. You now have a white tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh nice. You've never had white tea before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel tea. put blue on tea. x tea" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL TEA. PUT BLUE ON TEA. X TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "white" off the white tea!
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. You now have a blue tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You frown. The blue tea smells like elderberries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve laughs!
		DavidW says, "Arsenic and Old Lace ref."
		Genevieve exclaims, "Also... Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail ref!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel tea. put white on ketchup. x ketchup" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL TEA. PUT WHITE ON KETCHUP. X KETCHUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "blue" off the blue tea!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool. You now have a white ketchup.
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoever heard of white ketchup? Is this ranch dressing now?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve snerks.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "peel ketchup. put blue on chocolate. x chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL KETCHUP. PUT BLUE ON CHOCOLATE. X CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You peel the "white" off the white ketchup!
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. You now have a blue chocolate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the blue chocolate with horror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "put red on berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RED ON BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Cool. You now have a red berries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "x berries" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BERRIES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not strawberries or raspberries. They're some other sort of
Floyd | red berries that you don't recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I think we hit up all the combinations now"
		DavidW says, "I think so."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put green on hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on your pet hedgehog would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve asks, "Did we put the green on the chocolate, and if so, what did it look like?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put blue on hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Tater Island                                         July 4th
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BLUE ON HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on your pet hedgehog would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the only thing we skipped was a weird bit if you drop the ketchup on the Dessert Island."
		BrianK says, "It smelled like pistachioes"
		Lionheart says, "Trying to make Sonic"
		Genevieve says, "Oh, that's right. Thank you."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w. w." 		

Floyd ]  Lakeshore Drive                                      July 2nd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W. W.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the past...
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | No one deliberately goes to a parking lot for itself. A parking lot
Floyd | isn't a destination. It's an in-between place between where you were
Floyd | and where you're going. Which would be west and east, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step into the past...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lakeshore Drive
Floyd | It's the end of another day. The past is to the west. The future is
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into the past...
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Oh we can't access the island anymore"
		DavidW says, "not now, no."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside
Floyd | the apartment to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "Hm. You've already got tea, so I'll have to give you no
Floyd | tea." He then somehow hands you no tea which makes the tea you were
Floyd | carrying vanish.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You wouldn't believe how useful a lack of common sense can be,
Floyd | sometimes," David remarks as if quoting a guide book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "The past is a foreign, unimplemented country."
		DavidW says, "ah, the Hitchhiker ref"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a white peel
Floyd |   a green peel
Floyd |   your pet hedgehog
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |   some red berries
Floyd |   a blue chocolate
Floyd |   a plain ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "I'm sorry. Would you like some tea? Here you go." He
Floyd | hands you a green tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a plain tea
Floyd |   a white peel
Floyd |   a green peel
Floyd |   your pet hedgehog
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |   some red berries
Floyd |   a blue chocolate
Floyd |   a plain ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop tea" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Tim Hortons
Floyd | Loitering outside a Timmy's isn't a habit you want to get into. You
Floyd | might start questioning why there isn't an apostrophe in "Tim Hortons"
Floyd | and such questions lead to madness. Or maybe just to Quebec. Speaking
Floyd | of ways to go, your apartment is back west and an uncertain future is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I incorrectly assumed the tea would be green when you xyzzy it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | David says, "I'm sorry. Would you like some tea? Here you go." He
Floyd | hands you a green tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a plain tea
Floyd |   a white peel
Floyd |   a green peel
Floyd |   your pet hedgehog
Floyd |   a potato peeler
Floyd |   some red berries
Floyd |   a blue chocolate
Floyd |   a plain ketchup
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "feed chocolate to hedgehog" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Tim Hortons                                  July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FEED CHOCOLATE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | your pet hedgehog doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Nice of game-David to get my tea that I left in the past for me"
		Genevieve asks, "Sorry for being so stupid, but where's the reference in the apartment, David?"
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "It really wasn't the apartment itself that had a reference, but your hair is a "twisty maze" of protein strands before combing."
Doug arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Genevieve says, "Oh, my bad. Somehow I thought there was one in the apartment itself. Very cool reference though. Thanks."
		DavidW says, "The only things in the apartment are you, David, the hedgehog, furnishings, and a comb."
		BrianK asks, "There's an actual comb?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Apartment
Floyd | Your apartment has all sorts of nice furnishings, but right now you
Floyd | don't care about any of them because the rest of the game is outside
Floyd | the apartment to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No, but there's a comb object to say there's no comb."
		BrianK says, "Ah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x comb" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMB
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't actually own a comb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I want a Dutchy now."
		DavidW says, "oh, and your hair is part of you."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hair is all nicely combed. Well done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "pull hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "uncomb hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNCOMB HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "mess up hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MESS UP HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put green on hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GREEN ON HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on your hair would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "tousle hair" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUSLE HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes, I'll let you have green hair for release 2."
		BrianK says, "Teehee"
		Genevieve says, "You and Peregrine are both very clever. I'm really impressed. I enjoyed the ending of Leaner's game, too, although I have to confess that a lot of it didn't really make sense to me."
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		DavidW says, "I think this may be my best game so far, but I'll have to see how well it does on IFDB to be sure."
		Genevieve says, "It's a good thing I don't have to judge these, because I don't know whose I like better: yours or Peri's."
Sparkle arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Sparkle has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		DavidW says, "I wonder if Sparkle wants to use Floyd to play another game."
		DavidW says, "I'm very pleased how this speed turned out. I'll have to try this again the next time I find something on the sidewalk."
Areeb arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Genevieve says, "I love that Peri invented a unique potato peeler for his game. The writing is also really strong. But the clever references and wording in yours are amazing, too."
		DavidW says, "I'd like to thank everyone for playing and especial thanks to Leaner and Peregrine for their games."
		DavidW says, "I understand that Peregrine intends to enter both IntroComp and the IF Comp."
		Genevieve says, "This makes me wonder if I should have been spending my time trying to learn Inform rather than Jotacode... although I'm honestly terrible at writing puzzle-oriented stuff."
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "So write something puzzleless."
		Genevieve asks, "Huh. Most IF is all about puzzles though, isn't it?"
		DavidW says, "Yes, but it's not mandatory by any means."
		Genevieve says, "I want to write... something where you have to wander around dungeons and fight things. Yes, I know, how cliche. :-) But it's what I wish I could do."
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "You know what you could do. You could come up the ideas and gameplay and get someone else to help do the coding or do all the coding."
		Genevieve says, "Yeah, I could, but it would be nice to be able to find a way of doing it myself."
		DavidW says, "Of course."
		DavidW says, "Are you on #i7? That's the channel for asking help about Inform 7."
		Genevieve says, "I'd make it possible to find and use various weapons, certain weapons working better on certain monsters. And you'd have to have a lamp in dark rooms, and find more fuel to use when your fuel burns low. And I think I'd make hunger something you'd have to contend with, too, but you could search the dungeons for food."
		DavidW says, "And you can make little test games for yourself before trying to make the big game."
		Genevieve says, "Oh, definitely."
		Doug says, "I think people get intimidated by the word 'puzzle'. Puzzles don't have to be hard. Even something that makes you stop and think for 5 seconds counts as a puzzle."
Peregrine arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "Welcome back."
		Doug says, "I noticed a few recent games that explicitly claimed to be 'puzzleless' but they still had puzzles, IMO, just very easy ones (or optional ones)."
		Peregrine asks (of DavidW), "how was my game received?"
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "Quite well, I think."
		Genevieve exclaims, "I loved it!"
		Peregrine says, "Thanks."
		DavidW says, "We found three endings."
		Doug says, "which makes me think it's actually kind of hard to avoid putting puzzles in an IF game. They just happen naturally as a result of interactivity."
		Peregrine says, "There are six endings, actually. But you probably found the 3 most interesting ones."
		Genevieve says, "I don't even know if I'd be able to pick up Inform. But I'm going to try a few of my ideas out here before I go about doing that, because I know how I would implement them."
		DavidW asks, "SIX?"
		Peregrine says, "Yep."
		DavidW says, "We ground up the witch. We ate the poisoned apple. And we ate the peeled apple."
		jenrexrode asks, "any action on the diamonds?"
		Peregrine says, "nah, sorry"
		DavidW says, "I guess we could've given the diamonds or dropped the diamonds so the witch took them."
		Peregrine says, "Nope, actually"
		Genevieve says, "Also, we never tried to lead the witch into the room with the drunken dwarfs... or dwarves. :-) If it would let us."
		jenrexrode asks, "red herring?"
		DavidW says, "hm. We didn't try leaving the cottage."
		Peregrine says, "that's one."
		DavidW asks, "or leading the witch to the sleeping dwarves?"
		Peregrine says, "the other two involve interacting with scenery"
		DavidW says, "oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Your Apartment                                       July 1st
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "that should have been in the game, actually. I'll update it sometime."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

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

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Once upon a time...
Floyd |
Floyd | Peeling Lucky
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170708 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a potato peeler (empty) and some diamonds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "I didn't have the time to come up with that good idea"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hang on, need to check this is the right version"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | There is no door to the north, because in Airy Fairy Dairy Tralalala
Floyd | Forest the sun always shines -- even at midnight, which is somewhat
Floyd | inconvenient, but never mind. The kitchen lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An utterly evil witch is waiting for you, patiently holding out a
Floyd | bright red apple. Her arm looks stiff from all that waiting, as far as
Floyd | you can judge from the irritated and bored expression on her ugly
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "witch, hello" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WITCH, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't talk to the utterly evil witch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "ah, yes. This is the version where the witch isn't a person :P"
		DavidW says, "oops. Sorry."
		Peregrine says, "no problem"
		Genevieve says, "I'm calling the witches' Rights Tribunal on you! ;-)"
		Peregrine says, "I'll probably update it further, anyway"
		DavidW says, "I plan to update mine."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk off into the woods, alone, and meet a werewolf, a woodcutter
Floyd | and a wailing woman walking on water.  The rest of the story is
Floyd | somewhat complicated, and also alliterative.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "be prepared to see an extended edition in the forseeable future! muahaha"
		Genevieve says, "By the way, Peri, I loved that you invented a unique potato peelere for this game and didn't have the player use an ordinary one."
		Genevieve says, "Love all the fairy tale references, too."
		Peregrine says (to Genevieve), "I am flattered :-)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit witch" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence. Tut, tut, tut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | There is no door to the north, because in Airy Fairy Dairy Tralalala
Floyd | Forest the sun always shines -- even at midnight, which is somewhat
Floyd | inconvenient, but never mind. The kitchen lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An utterly evil witch is waiting for you, patiently holding out a
Floyd | bright red apple. Her arm looks stiff from all that waiting, as far as
Floyd | you can judge from the irritated and bored expression on her ugly
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x arm" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "another thing to implement"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | This is a kitchen specifically designed for seven dwarfs (or dwarves,
Floyd | as the pedants would put it). Hence, the ceiling is somewhat low, and
Floyd | everything is kind of old and rusty. Even the table looks rusty,
Floyd | despite being made of wood. The hallway is to the north and the living
Floyd | room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a potato peeler (empty) and some diamonds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The utterly evil witch arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's above your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "take apple; throw apple at witch" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE APPLE; THROW APPLE AT WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims (at DavidW), "you're really close!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | A single blow is enough to send it crashing down on top of you. Some
Floyd | time later, you emerge from the debris, your lovely dress all ruined.
Floyd | You figure this is a great way to fake your death, so you promptly
Floyd | leave the forest and become a pirate on the high seas. The evil Queen
Floyd | is none the wiser.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "climb on table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Incidentally what channel should I follow for future speed IFs? or did this just take place in the lounge"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "Oops, sorry. Was too slow."
		DavidW says, "#speed"
		Peregrine says, "I think this covers all the endings."
		DavidW says, "Haven't we missed one? You said there were six."
		Peregrine says, "I was mistaken and miscounted."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Peregrine says, "The sixth ending was never implemented, I just noted it down."
		Peregrine says, "but ran out of time and patience"

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "take apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out tentatively. "At last!" the witch cackles with relief.
Floyd | "Any longer and I would have been late for my breakfast!" She gives
Floyd | you the apple and vanishes in a puff of black smoke. The birds stop
Floyd | singing for a moment, allowing some invisible musician to play on his
Floyd | strident organ with notes of doom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "hence why I'd love to eventually release a Deluxe edition of this game"
		DavidW says, "ah, there's the breakfast mention."
Genevieve says (to floyd), "throw apple at witch" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW APPLE AT WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "feed apple to witch" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FEED APPLE TO WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "eat breakfast" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BREAKFAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "ah there's xyzzy"
		DavidW says, "Walrus cries."
		DavidW says, "We did try xyzzy."
		Peregrine says, "okay, so that's everything"
		Peregrine says, "you can do whatever you like now"
		DavidW says, "Every game did something for xyzzy."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put apple in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT APPLE IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the apple into the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "get diamonds" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DIAMONDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Areeb), "Turn the crank to peel something."
		Areeb asks, "whats the command for the peeler?"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Crank: turned. Good job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "give diamonds to witch" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DIAMONDS TO WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve says (to floyd), "offer diamonds to witch" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OFFER DIAMONDS TO WITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a funner operated by a crank. You put a potato inside, turn the
Floyd | crank, and the potato comes out at the other end, magically peeled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "the witch is gone"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "eat diamonds" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DIAMONDS
Floyd |
Floyd | What you'd simply kill for is an apple. A nice, red, juicy apple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "The witch left when we took the apple."
		Genevieve says, "Oh, duh."
		Genevieve says, "Sorry, wasn't paying attention."
		Peregrine says, "that's all right"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "take apple from peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE APPLE FROM PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb asks, "i peeled the apple, but where did it go?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some diamonds
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "on the table"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are an apple and a potato peeler (empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve asks, "Is it possible to peel things multiple times?"
Areeb says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |   some diamonds
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Nope. It's a magical peeler, 100% efficiency."
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been peeled. Yay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put diamond in apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DIAMOND IN APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "But thanks for giving me ideas for the DeLuxe Edition, heh"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "put diamonds in apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DIAMONDS IN APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I think we've covered all the bases here."
		Peregrine says, "Yep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crank" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the potato peeler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SELF IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking yourself)
Floyd | You are always self-possessed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "enter peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Areeb says, "I want to try making one now"

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SELF IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking yourself)
Floyd | You are always self-possessed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "x potato" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POTATO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a funner operated by a crank. You put a potato inside, turn the
Floyd | crank, and the potato comes out at the other end, magically peeled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		asks, "Is someone whispering to Floyd?"
		Peregrine says, "unimplementation showing through"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Looks like a rogue whisperer is loose!"
		Genevieve says, "That would be me. Sorry."
		Peregrine says, "You are acquitted of all malice."
		Genevieve says, "Fingers got ahead of me."
		DavidW says, ">make apple brown betty"
Genevieve says (to floyd), "cook apple" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COOK APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Areeb says (to Floyd), "put hand in peeler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HAND IN PEELER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "...Ow. That would hurt. Heh."
		Areeb says, "haha, that reminds me of a movie trailer I watched a few years back"
		DavidW says, "I avoid gorey movies."
		DavidW says, "It's not so bad when it's just text like this, though."
		Areeb says, "Yeah so do I, they are rather sickening"
Peregrine enters a generic vehicle. 		
Peregrine gets out. 		
Peregrine exits the vehicle. 		Areeb says, "I watched Monty Python and the Meaning of Life a few weeks back and I felt like throwing up"
		Genevieve says, "I'll have a wafer-thin mint, please."
		Areeb says, "haha, that scene was so disgusting"
Genevieve enters a generic vehicle. 		DavidW) MrCreosote says, "I'm full. I'm absolutely stuffed."
Genevieve gets out. 		
Genevieve exits the vehicle. 		
Genevieve says, "Hrmph. That's all well and good, but one can't move said vehicle." 		DavidW asks, "hm. perhaps it was supposed to work like your taxi phone but Guest0 didn't code that part?"
		Genevieve says, "Could be."
		DavidW says, "It really should take you somewhere."
		Genevieve says, "One can't even cuddle the cuddly walrus in here. What good are these objects anyway? :-P"
		DavidW says, "oh, wait. There's a lock on it."
		DavidW says, "Looks like it's supposed to take you to a place called In Vehicle where there's a guestbook."
Areeb enters a generic vehicle. 		Genevieve says, "Oh, yes, you can get in there alright, but you can't move the vehicle when you're inside."
		DavidW says, "oh I see."
		Genevieve says, "Which reminds me: if you see that I haven't implemented an action in one of my areas that you think should be there, do let me know. I think it's possile to interact with most of the furniture now: sit/lie on it, look at it, that sort of thing."
Areeb gets out. 		
Areeb exits the vehicle. 		Genevieve says, "I haven't made objects for everything because that would be time-consuming and silly, but I do have some generic actions."
		Genevieve says, "So even if you just see furniture in the room description, and not actual objects, you should be able to interact with most of it. The stuff that makes sense, anyway."
		DavidW says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "I remember an old ADRIFT game where it was almost entirely coded in terms of actions but without most of the objects."
		DavidW says, "So it would say there's a cat in a tree with a ladder leaning against it and a woman who wants her cat, but the cat isn't implemented, nor is the woman."
		Genevieve nods.
		Genevieve says, "Oh, and I want to play Humbug now, but I don't think I can. I hate you. :-P"
		DavidW says, "Aw, sorry!"
		DavidW says, "I haven't played Humbug in ages and ages."
		DavidW says, "But that hedgehog thing, that I remembered."
		Genevieve says, "I'm just yanking your chain, David. :-) I do want to play Humbug, but I can't imagine actually hating you. You're far too nice."
		DavidW :blush:
		Areeb asks, "Why can't you play?"
		Genevieve says, "That game drove me crazy years ago! I always wanted to win it, and I never could."
		DavidW says, "It's an old DOS game, I think."
		Genevieve says, "That it is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "list h" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "hadeanlands halloweve halothane hamper handthatrocksthepumpkin hangar22 happy harmonic hauntedhouse hauntedhouse2017 headingeast headless heated heist heliopause hell help10 hero1r3 heroes heroine hi hi.zip hill160 hillridge hipponewyear hockey hollywood holyrobotempire home hoosegow horrorofrylvania house houseofdreamofmoon howtowinatrockpaperscissors htgessay hugoclock hugoclockworkboy hugocwb hugorn hugospin hugowb hugozork hummingbird hungerdaemon hunterdarkness" 		DavidW asks, "Humbug isn't on the list. I don't know if Floyd can do DOS games or not?"
		Genevieve says, "Oh man, if someone could make Graham Cluley's games Floydable, I would be, like, eternally grateful."
		Genevieve says, "Not to mention absolutely ecstatic."
		DavidW asks, "What was CosmoServe written for?"
		DavidW asks, "Or was that a port?"
		Areeb says, "A quick google search for "Humbug game" revealed multiple websites with DOS emulators on them"
		DavidW says (to Areeb), "There's an extra complication. Genevieve is blind."
		Genevieve says, "Thing is though, Dos emulators are not very accessible with my screen reading software."
		Genevieve says, "Not accessible at all, more like."
		Genevieve says, "CosmoServe was written for the Masters edition of AGT."
		Areeb says, "Oh, that definitely makes matters more complicated"
		says, "I could try to upload Humbug to Floyd regardless, but I don't know if Floyd can deal with a DOS game at all."
		Genevieve says, "Yep... Believe me, I've looked into this. :-) There are some old Dos games that I still adore, simplistic though they are by today's standards, and would love to play again. And I think you may be right, David."
		Areeb asks, "How does Floyd function?"
		Genevieve says, "Even after having played tons of IF, I still say Graham Cluley's are the best games I've ever played... even if they don't always make much sense. :-) They're just so clever."
		DavidW says (to Areeb), "I'm not completely sure on the details, but there has to be a bot program behind Floyd."
		Genevieve says, "Like, the premise of Jacaranda Jim is really quite ridiculous, but the game had such endearing qualities for me that I didn't care."
		DavidW says, "I think either Jota or vimes (or both?) know how Floyd works."
		Genevieve says, "Mind you, I continue to maintain that the best-written game I ever played was Anchorhead by Michael Gentry."
		Peregrine says, "A game which I keep meaning to play and always forget to. :P"
		Genevieve says, "I really liked the writing in So Far by Andrew Plotkin though, too."
		Areeb says (to DavidW), "Yeah a bot makes sense. I don't think it would have a dos emulator on hand though. That would take a ton of resources."
		Genevieve says, "Oh my gosh, you really, really should play Anchorhead. It's soooo good. If you don't mind being scared out of your pants, that is :-)"
		Genevieve says, "Also, the game does deal with really sensitive subjects like rape and incest. But I think they're understandable given the subject matter of the game. They're not nice, but they make sense to me."
		Peregrine says, "I'm not easily shocked these days, heh"
		Genevieve says, "Well, I had pretty fundamentalist Christian views at the time when I played the game, and I wasn't shocked, so it can't be that bad. :-P"
		Genevieve says, "First played, I should say. It was nearly twenty years ago."
		Peregrine whistles.
		Genevieve says, "It did give me quite a few spine-chilling moments though: especially close to the end."
		Genevieve says, "Little Blue Men, the other game I know of by Gentry, is very different. Not scary at all."
Areeb goes home. 		Peregrine asks, "I've heard it's misanthropic, though?"
		Genevieve says, "Um, yes. Very."
		Genevieve says, "Also, the language is not for small fry."
		Peregrine says, "*?!#"
		Genevieve asks, "SO, I assume we're done in here?"
		DavidW says, "yes, I think so."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Foo Foo by Buster Hudson
As played on ifMUD on July 16, 2017

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 Foo Foo written by Buster Hudson. 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 foofoo" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |           Little bunny Foo Foo went hopping through the forest,
Floyd |           scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
Floyd |           Down came the good fairy, and she said,
Floyd |           "Little bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Floyd |           scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
Floyd |           I'll give you one more chance, or I'll turn you into a
Floyd | goon!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | -   author unknown
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any key to begin.
Floyd |

		
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tremendous pounding disturbs you from your slumber. For the love of
Floyd | Gaia. How much did you drink last night?
Floyd |
Floyd | You piece the evening back together. A late day at work, a rainy
Floyd | commute, ramen for dinner, a plotless bodice-ripper for dessert. You
Floyd | were too long between the steamy parts when you fell asleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | So, nothing. Not even the usual two-count of mint schnapps in your
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock. Knock. Knock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh. It's the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio Apartment
Floyd | You climb out of bed into your own little slice of heaven. Maybe
Floyd | someday you'll get out of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain is heavy against the window.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Also, I almost forgot."
Sparkle pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | >Please try a command.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "For those new to ClubFloyd, the rules for our little 'club' are here:"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Lionheart says, "Aw, I hate when mysteries give away the baddie in the first scene :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Please read them."
		Guenni says, "DamnK real life wants something."
Guenni goes home. 		Jacqueline asks, "Shall we answer the door?"
		Sparkle says, "Whoops."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Also, would you recommend a Driver for this game?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or does it matter?"
		DavidW says, "It mostly doesn't matter except for one fight scene. The game is quite friendly for Floyders, I think."
		* Sparkle has left the channel.
Sparkle has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, huh. That was a quick departure."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "answer door" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Really."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >You fumble with the locks until you get the door open. A very wet
Floyd | rabbit shivers on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really, Foo Foo?" You make no attempt to hide your frustration.
Floyd | "Couldn't this wait 'til morning?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops inside, pushing past your outstretched arm.
Floyd | "P-p-p-p-please, Miss Fairy," he begs. "You're my only hope."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "That's Detective Fairy to you."
Floyd | 2) "Tell me you didn't bop again."
Floyd | 3) "You're dripping all over my carpet."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I like 2"
		BrianK says, "Let's do 2"
		Jacqueline says, "We do generally agree on dialog before choosing."
		Jacqueline asks, "Who else is playing besides Brian and I?"
		Lionheart exclaims, "A twist! There's a second bopper behind the grassy knoll!"
		Jacqueline says, "(Just want to know who we need to hear from before we proceed)"
		Jacqueline says (to Lh), "hee"
		Jacqueline asks (of Lh), "Did you want to weigh in on our response?"
		Lionheart says, "I like 2"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"Tell me you didn't bop again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "D-d-d-d-don't turn me in." Foo Foo struggles to hold himself
Floyd | together. "It's just like the last time. One minute, I'm hopping down
Floyd | Lumpen Lane, and the next, I'm in the Forest, looking down at a..."
Floyd | His brittle words crumble into full-fledged sobs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reluctantly hand him a tissue. He blows it to shreds.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Someone's got to know what happened to you. What we need is a
Floyd | witness, and I know just where to look."
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Someone's got to know what happened to you. What we need is a
Floyd | witness, and I know just where to look."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                               *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By morning, the summer sun is busy hiding the evidence of the previous
Floyd | night's storm. You step through a lingering puddle and over the police
Floyd | barricade to where Murphy is waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good, you're here," he says. That's your name. Good Fairy, Senior
Floyd | Detective. Though it's good that you're here, too. Makes for awkward
Floyd | moments when your arrival is not so good.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We got an anonymous tip that Foo Foo's hiding in this part of
Floyd | Fieldtown," Murphy continues before popping in a few more sticks of
Floyd | chewing gum. He's the kind of rookie who chews more gum than he can
Floyd | handle, and no, that's not just an expression. There's way too much
Floyd | gum in his mouth right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fe schreet'sh a dead end, an fere'sh no way he'sh gettin by me an Big
Floyd | Chommy." He pats his magic wand and grins lopsidedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key to continue.)
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Digging the writing."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Buster Hudson
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 160401 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right. Not much has changed, except maybe that poster. That's
Floyd | new.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. Usually. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meanwhile, Murphy leans against a public postbox, chewing loudly. You
Floyd | know you can open the postbox anytime to bring the investigation to a
Floyd | premature close. Nobody at headquarters knows you hid the rabbit, and
Floyd | you intend to keep it that way for as long as it takes to prove his
Floyd | innocence.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Murphy sings, "o/~ I've gosh a she-ory, ish could bunnies!""
		BrianK says, "Oh it's the same author as Oppositely Opal"
		BrianK says, "I loved Oppositely Opal"
		DavidW says, "If you love Ryan Veeder's games too, this'll be an extra treat."
		Jacqueline says, "Ack. Cat emergency. Need to step away for a sec/few. Please carry on. I'll catch up."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to murphy" 		

Floyd | >He stands at attention. "Yesh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "What do we know so far?"
Floyd | 2) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"What do we know so far?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anofer field moush wash" He stops to adjust the gum in his mouth and
Floyd | keep from drooling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Spit it out, Murphy," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I shaid, anofer field moush wash"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, no, I meant the gum. It's impeding your speech." You hold up
Floyd | your hand in front of his mouth, and he complies, spitting out an
Floyd | obscenely large ball of gum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yikes. You knew this case would get your hands dirty, but this is
Floyd | something else. Not wanting to litter, you shove the ball into your
Floyd | coat pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy begins again. "Another field mouse was scooped up from the
Floyd | Forest and bopped on the head. Sabado called it in, so you might check
Floyd | with him on the details. He owns the bar at the end of the street."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right. Not much has changed, except maybe that poster. That's
Floyd | new.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >What can you say? You're Good Fairy, Senior Detective, and you know
Floyd | how to look the part. You keep your midnight blue hair short beneath
Floyd | your bowler hat. Your trench coat, while tailored to accomodate your
Floyd | unusually large wings, hangs clumsily from your shoulders. Maybe you
Floyd | lost weight. You don't remember the last time you checked.
Floyd |
Floyd | As for the glass heels, well, they're a reminder of those twee days
Floyd | when you flit about granting wishes to sick children. Sometimes, you
Floyd | think these shoes are all that's left of the woman you once were.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fieldtown'll do that to you.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd | >It's a picture of a smiling, well-dressed couple holding hands and
Floyd | leaning into one another. The two are emerging from a white townhouse
Floyd | on a tree-lined, cobblestone road papered with autumn leaves. Large,
Floyd | elaborate cursive reads: "Coming soon to Lumpen LaneAlabaster
Floyd | Estates. Contemporary luxury. Comfortable living."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		Roger says, "mail the gum"
		Lionheart says, "Ha ha"
		BrianK says, "who would we address it to"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "mail gum" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x gum" 		

Floyd | >It's a big, pink, wet ball of chewed gum. You don't like looking at
Floyd | it.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "It's amusing that we have this, though, since it means we'll need it later"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x badge" 		

Floyd | >Your police badge. "FPD * GOOD FAIRY * SENIOR DETECTIVE".
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x mugshot" 		

Floyd | >It's a photo of Foo Foo from the second time you brought him in then
Floyd | let him go with a warning. He claimed he had no memory of bopping
Floyd | anyone, and like the do-gooder you are, you believed him.
Floyd |
Floyd | The problem is, you staked your reputation on those extra chances, and
Floyd | now he's gone and bopped again. The Chief promised the whole affair
Floyd | would go away if you make the rabbit a goon* by sundown. But that
Floyd | won't have to happen if you can prove his innocence first.
Floyd |
Floyd | * Fairies no longer turn criminals into goons as punishment. The
Floyd | practice was archaic and, more often than not, counter-productive. Now
Floyd | criminals are sensibly put in prison, but the old fairy phrasing
Floyd | stuck.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | >By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x postbox" 		

Floyd | >It's a large red postbox, meant to collect the mail for all the
Floyd | residents and businesses on this street.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess we can follow the story for now"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ask murphy about foo foo" 		

Floyd | >You might try talking to Murphy instead.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to murphy" 		

Floyd | >He stands at attention. "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >Murphy grunts but does as requested. You wait until he's around the
Floyd | corner to open the postbox. Foo Foo flops out onto the ground as
Floyd | dramatically as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How much longer are you keeping me in there?" he asks between
Floyd | exaggerated gasps.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just a little longer. Keep it together."
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo exhausts his complaints, and you settle him back into the
Floyd | postbox. Just in time too. Murphy walks back around the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | "All clear," he says. "No sign of the rabbit. Need anything else?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 2) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "So we gotta talk to Sabado at the end of the street"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >Good old Fieldtown. It was once a field, but now it's a town.
Floyd | Fieldtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | You stroll down the sidewalk past the derelict rowhouses to a small
Floyd | joint called Get Your Nibbles. Come to think of it, you've been up
Floyd | most of the night. Maybe they serve coffee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance is to the north, while the road continues east.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "At the very least."
		BrianK asks, "Should we go in here or keep going east?"
		DavidW says, "Up to you. Either works."
		BrianK asks, "Lionheart?"
		Lionheart says, "I vote to explore"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | No coffee. Should have grabbed a cup of the slop they call coffee back
Floyd | at the station.
Floyd |
Floyd | You scope out the joint. If it weren't for the display case of
Floyd | whatever they do serve here... possibly mud logs, you'd have mistaken
Floyd | this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery yellow and
Floyd | lined with shelves full of toys. Cuddly toys.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait a minute. The stuffed rabbits along one of the shelves look
Floyd | curiously like Foo Foo. You are about to lean in for a closer look
Floyd | when a green fairy appears from behind the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice shoes, stranger," she says, smirking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I had help picking them out," you say, tipping your hat. Of course
Floyd | she's still as good looking as ever. What's it been, ten years since
Floyd | you were both on wish duty? Play it cool, Good. Play it cool.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "How you been?"
Floyd | 2) "So. What kind of tea party you got going on here?"
Floyd | 3) "I'm looking for a rabbit."
Floyd |

		BrianK asks, "Is her name, like, first name Good last name Fairy?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		BrianK says, "Interesting"
		Lionheart says, "Let's catch up before getting to the point."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"How you been?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is Fieldtown. You know how it is. I do what I can." She moistens
Floyd | her lips. "How about you? I heard you joined the FPD."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Keeping tabs on me?" you ask, leaning in closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As I recall, it used to be the other way around."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Times change."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, they do." She looks away at something that isn't you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "So. What kind of tea party you got going on here?"
Floyd | 2) "I'm looking for a rabbit."
Floyd | 3) "I've got work to do."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"So. What kind of tea party you got going on here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She closes her eyes and opens them slowly, like curtains before the
Floyd | next big act. "I happen to sell the best nibblets this side of
Floyd | Fieldtown." Her smile wavers when your reaction is little more than a
Floyd | blank stare, but only for a moment. "Why don't you try a sample? We
Floyd | have vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, key lime, mint, and salted
Floyd | caramel."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look down at the mud logs in the display.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Are you sure they're edible?"
Floyd | 2) "I'll try the vanilla."
Floyd | 3) "I'll try the chocolate."
Floyd | 4) "I'll try the strawberry."
Floyd | 5) "I'll try the key lime."
Floyd | 6) "I'll try the mint."
Floyd | 7) "I'll try the salted caramel."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "ha ha I get the reference"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Are you sure they're edible?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nope. They're actually full of poison, and now that you know my
Floyd | secret, I'll have to get rid of you too." She wiggles her fingers
Floyd | threateningly at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I think I'll pass, but thanks."
Floyd | 2) "I'll try the vanilla."
Floyd | 3) "I'll try the chocolate."
Floyd | 4) "I'll try the strawberry."
Floyd | 5) "I'll try the key lime."
Floyd | 6) "I'll try the mint."
Floyd | 7) "I'll try the salted caramel."
Floyd |

		Genevieve says, "Sorry I can't join you folks. Doing laundry. I'll have to look at the transcript later."
		BrianK says, "Incidentally for a long time I always liked vanilla ice cream but recently I've started liking strawberry more"
		Lionheart says, "I'm leaning toward mint, myself. But if it matters we'll probably be able to get another."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd | >"I'll try the mint."
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly snaps on some gloves and reaches beneath the counter. She breaks
Floyd | off the corner of a mud log, which she hands to you. It can't be as
Floyd | bad as it looks, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key for regret.)
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "ha"
		Lionheart says, "Ho ho"
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Wow, that was revolting. Not even a hint of mint, just wheat grass and
Floyd | pine nuts and maybe actual mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you think?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "It's, uh, I don't think it's my flavor."
Floyd | 2) "It's pretty bad. Sorry."
Floyd | 3) "It's great! I'll take one to go."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I'm down for 3 if it gives us an inventory item for future use"
		Lionheart says, "I suppose we would sit here all day trying all the regrettable flavors, but I'm OK with 3 and moving on."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"It's great! I'll take one to go."
Floyd |
Floyd | She blinks in surprise. "Um, really?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't hide the truth in your face, and she laughs. "I know, I
Floyd | know, they're terrible," she says. "Only field mice actually eat
Floyd | nibblets. I don't know why I thought you would like them, but I
Floyd | haven't made a single sale this week, and I'm behind on my lease
Floyd | payments, and I thought, hey, a girl's got to try."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I take it business isn't going well."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I shouldn't be bothering you with my problems," she says, shaking her
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, bother me." You hit her with the puppy dog eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | She groans and playfully shoves your shoulder. "Fine. I gave up
Floyd | selling stuffed animals after that mouse opened his felt dinosaur
Floyd | store down the street, and I chose nibblets because the neighborhood
Floyd | is ninety percent field mice. Or it was a few weeks ago. Where did
Floyd | everyone go?" She pauses. "It's like no matter what kind of store I
Floyd | open, my business is doomed to fail."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks around, then drops her voice from conversational to
Floyd | conspiratorial. "Sometimes, I think the other stores are out to get
Floyd | me. They could be part of some kind of animal cult, collaborating for
Floyd | their own advantage at the expense of outsiders. I mean, it's
Floyd | possible, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Anything's possible."
Floyd | 2) "That sounds more like a game about crime."
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "2's a bit meta but I like it"
		BrianK says, "I get the reference :P"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"That sounds more like a game about crime."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, it does, doesn't it." She busies herself rubbing a dirty spot
Floyd | on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey now," you say. "Tell you what. I'll be checking out a few of the
Floyd | nearby stores, and I'll let you know if I come across anything
Floyd | cult-ish."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't have to do that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to do that."
Floyd |
Floyd | She grins. "At least try to find out where all the field mice have
Floyd | disappeared to. It'd be nice to have customers again. And as a reward,
Floyd | you can have all the free nibblets you want."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Gee, thanks," you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm looking for a rabbit."
Floyd | 2) "I've got work to do."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "And we meet back up in the main dialogue tree"
		Lionheart says, "Only one branch left."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm looking for a rabbit." You hand her the mugshot of Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks it over briefly before returning it to you, shaking her
Floyd | head. "Sorry, I haven't seen him. That's Foo Foo, right? I heard what
Floyd | happened. It's all over the papers. Those poor, poor mice..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have reason to believe he's in the area."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll be sure to let you know if I see him," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I've got work to do."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I've got work to do."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, okay." As you turn to leave, she grabs your coat. "Hey, look.
Floyd | Just... Let's talk again soon, okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod. "I'd like that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, and a closed door to the north connects to
Floyd | what must be the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly smiles at you from behind the counter.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rabbits" 		

Floyd | >Definitely not real, but the resemblance to Foo Foo is uncanny.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rabbit" 		

Floyd | >You pick up a Foo Foo look-alike.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not for sale, Good," Holly warns like a mother with her misbehaving
Floyd | toddler.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put it back. "I was only admiring how lifelike it is. You were
Floyd | always so good with your hands." She turns away, blushing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >(first opening the kitchen door)
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Unless you're in the health department or have a search warrant, you
Floyd | can't go in there," Holly says. "I pride myself on a clean kitchen."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you saying I'm dirty?" you ask, but she only smiles and winks at
Floyd | you.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "the flirting is real"
		DavidW says, "oh yes. It is."
		BrianK says, "Anyway off we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The road passes in front of a pawn shop to the north before curving
Floyd | southeast. You stop and stare at the storefront.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, still a dump.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the first cases you closed as a detective involved busting the
Floyd | owner, Domingo, for the distribution of illegal cheeses. The
Floyd | Prohibition has lasted nearly a decade now, and most of what your
Floyd | department does anymore is take down the budding cheesemongers hoping
Floyd | to make a quick dollar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not looking forward to a reunion with this particular crime
Floyd | rat.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Domingo and Sabado"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former.
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo looks up from his book, which he shoves into his desk as you
Floyd | approach. "I'd like to say it's good to see you, Good, but we both
Floyd | know better. Also, your name is confusing. Have you thought about
Floyd | changing it yet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you given up the cheese racket yet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ouch. That's a deep cut, Good. Haven't touched the stuff since my
Floyd | release. Scout's honor." He holds a few fingers up in the air, then
Floyd | draws them across his neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think that's how" you begin, having been a fairy scout in
Floyd | your tender years, but you're swiftly interrupted.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't care what you think. They didn't come from me, and if you so
Floyd | much as lay a blue little finger on me, I'll have my lawyers" Now
Floyd | it's your turn to interrupt him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take it easy, pops. What didn't come from you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cheese!" he roars, slamming his fists onto the desk. "That's why
Floyd | you're here to arrest me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are, in fact, not here to arrest him, and your stunned silence is
Floyd | the only correcting he seems to need. His snout stretches into a
Floyd | nervous smile. "Uh, nice weather we're having, ain't it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Now I've got to ask. What's this about cheese?"
Floyd | 2) "Have you seen this rabbit?"
Floyd | 3) "You knew a lot of the local field mice. Know what happened to
Floyd | them?"
Floyd | 4) "I'm going to take a look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Now I've got to ask. What's this about cheese?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo pulls out a rubix cube and works on solving it. "I don't know
Floyd | what you're talking about."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Enough with the games, Domingo."
Floyd |
Floyd | He puts away the cube. "All right. Word on the street is there's a new
Floyd | cheesemonger. Calls himself the Verde. How am I supposed take that?
Floyd | Me, Domingo Verdeterre! He's rubbing it in my face that I'm out of the
Floyd | game. You got to take him down, Good."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm on a different case."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Case, shmase. You bested me. Now you best him. It's only fair."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll see what I can do."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Have you seen this rabbit?"
Floyd | 2) "You knew a lot of the local field mice. Know what happened to
Floyd | them?"
Floyd | 3) "I'm going to take a look around."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Ah it's a reference to Captain Verdeterre"
		DavidW says, "The captain's portrait is on the wall, if I recall."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Have you seen this rabbit?" You hand him the mugshot of Foo Foo, but
Floyd | he barely glances at it before throwing it back at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know what it is with rabbits," he says. "Why they all got to
Floyd | look the same? Don't misunderstand me, some of my closest friends are
Floyd | rabbits."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sure they appreciate your sentiments." He ignores your remark.
Floyd |
Floyd | "All I'm saying is I get lots of customers, so I can't give you a
Floyd | definitive yes or no at this point in time." Classic Domingo.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you do see him and let us know, the FPD would be very grateful."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I got a few parking tickets..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't push it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He shrugs. "It was worth a shot."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "You knew a lot of the local field mice. Know what happened to
Floyd | them?"
Floyd | 2) "I'm going to take a look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"You knew a lot of the local field mice. Know what happened to them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You on missing persons now too?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A favor for a friend."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some friend. Look Good, I'll be square with you. I loved the field
Floyd | mice, even before I got into cheese. Fun drinking buddies, great for
Floyd | local gossip. But most of Fieldtown don't like 'em and don't like
Floyd | giving 'em jobs. Maybe they just wised up and got out. Went somewhere
Floyd | where good cheese isn't a vice. That's what I hope for 'em anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod your head, having nothing more to add.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm going to take a look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm going to take a look around."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You break it, you buy it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former, though you never
Floyd | know. There could be something of use around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo eyes you from his desk beneath a portrait of a pirate rat.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x portrait" 		

Floyd | >The oil painting depicts a rat pirate. Or a pirate rat. Whichever is
Floyd | the appropriate term.
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo catches you looking up at it. "That's my
Floyd | great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather Captain Verdeterre.
Floyd | Sank every ship he ever sailed and still turned a profit. Now that's
Floyd | how you run a business." He salutes the portrait before returning to
Floyd | his work.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd | >You survey the piles of junk for items of interest. Let's see,
Floyd | there's an old goblet, an ornate vase, a faded tapestry, a painted
Floyd | idol, and a curved dagger stuck in a wall.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x goblet" 		

Floyd | >You think it's pewter, but that's mostly a guess. Should have spent
Floyd | more time antiquing with grandma.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x goblet" 		

Floyd | >You think it's pewter, but that's mostly a guess. Should have spent
Floyd | more time antiquing with grandma.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd | >It's white with blue flowers and vines and leaves. Looks expensive.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tapestry" 		

Floyd | >It's a picture of a rat getting speared by a human. Possibly
Floyd | religious, definitely weird.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x idol" 		

Floyd | >The wooden doll is painted in bright colors.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x dagger" 		

Floyd | >It's too fancy a knife for your tastes. The blade is curved.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get goblet" 		

Floyd | >"It's a communion chalice recovered from the Crusades," Domingo says,
Floyd | "blessed by Rat Pope Asiago X-V-I-I himself. A very unique piece. I'll
Floyd | let you have it for a mere 737 dollars."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe another time."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get vase" 		

Floyd | >Domingo yells out in warning when you get too close. "Careful! That's
Floyd | a Ming! If you even chip it, you owe me, uh, 708 dollars."
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep your distance.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get tapestry" 		

Floyd | >"That's of particular significance to a devout Rat Catholic like
Floyd | myself," Domingo says. "The rat is Saint uhthe name's not important.
Floyd | He was martyred after scaring the farmer's wife. For you, only 712
Floyd | dollars."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Doesn't match my decor," you say.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get idol" 		

Floyd | >"Having trouble with your love life?" Domingo asks. "Try an African
Floyd | fertility idol. I'll give you a discount623 dollars."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks, but my love life is just fine," you lie, quickly putting it
Floyd | back.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "man we're missing out on some sweet em-dash action here"
		DavidW says, "mm"
		Lionheart says, "Ah, so that's what's going on."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get daagger" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get dagger" 		

Floyd | >"It's a rare sacrificial dagger from, uh, the Mayans," Domingo says
Floyd | as you inspect the dagger. "Definitely the Mayans. Anyway, since we're
Floyd | such good friends and all, I'll let you have it for free. Of course,
Floyd | that's if you can pull it from the wall. Since there's a roughly
Floyd | one-in-eighteen chance you can do it, I ain't too worried about losing
Floyd | it." His smile lingers a little too long.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "aha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull dagger" 		

Floyd | >As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge. Domingo stifles a laugh.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull dagger" 		

Floyd | >You yank on the dagger, but it doesn't come out. Domingo covers his
Floyd | mouth.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull dagger" 		

Floyd | >Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck. Domingo chokes on a snort.
Floyd |
Floyd | This isn't working. You'll never get it out this way. Maybe there's
Floyd | another way about this.
Floyd |

		Lionheart asks, "Try 18 times?"
		BrianK says, "wait, I have an idea"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put gum on dagger" 		

Floyd | >You don't see any point in sticking the gum there.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "or not"
		DavidW says, "There's a way to get it but not right now."
		BrianK says, "I guess the problem isn't really that it's slippery"
		BrianK says, "Well, moving on"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sun hangs heavy in the eastern sky, hot and oppressive. The shade
Floyd | of an old, boarded-up rowhouse offers you some relief. The road wraps
Floyd | around it to the east.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd | >This rowhouse is in terrible shape. The front door is all boarded up,
Floyd | but you don't know why they bothered. Fieldtown's drifters wouldn't
Floyd | even squat in here.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop to the north brings some charm to this part of
Floyd | Lumpen Lane. That is, aside from what might be the remains of the
Floyd | shop's front door littering the sidewalk. The awning above you reads
Floyd | "Finch & Fern's Cameracopia" next to a picture of a cornucopia
Floyd | overflowing with various types of cameras and camera accessories.
Floyd |
Floyd | The road in front runs east and west.
Floyd |

		BrianK exclaims, "So many places to explore!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | As you enter the shop, your shoe crunches on broken glass. A finch in
Floyd | an apron turns from where she's busy sweeping.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's about time," she says with an exasperated chirp. "I called for
Floyd | help hours ago!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry," you say. "I'm on a different case."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Different case? What could be more important than this?" She points
Floyd | to the mess. It's not pretty. Every camera, every shelf, every glass
Floyd | case, everything that could be smashed, was. "Go ahead and get
Floyd | started, and let me know if you need anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Listen, uh, Mrs. Finch..." you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | She rolls her eyes. "No, honey, I'm Fern. This is Finch." She motions
Floyd | to the potted fern on the counter. That's not confusing.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "What happened here?"
Floyd | 2) "I'm actually looking for a rabbit."
Floyd | 3) "Rumor has it the field mice are disappearing. You know where they
Floyd | went?"
Floyd | 4) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"What happened here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're the expert," she says, noisily scooping a large piece of glass
Floyd | into her dustpan. "Maybe you can tell me."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm actually looking for a rabbit."
Floyd | 2) "Rumor has it the field mice are disappearing. You know where they
Floyd | went?"
Floyd | 3) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm actually looking for a rabbit." You hold out the mugshot of Foo
Floyd | Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at it, confused. "What does that have to do with the ghost?"
Floyd | she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink. "What ghost?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The ghost that terrorized us last night!" She flails her wings in the
Floyd | air, then stops all at once. Her eyes widen in realization. "You're
Floyd | not the exorcist I called for, are you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No ma'am. Good Fairy, Senior Detective." You flash your FPD badge.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, great," she says. You get the feeling she's not that happy about
Floyd | it. "Don't think I'm going to stop cleaning so you can do your CSI cop
Floyd | thing. This mess will take me all day."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I won't get in your way."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Tell me about this ghost."
Floyd | 2) "Rumor has it the field mice are disappearing. You know where they
Floyd | went?"
Floyd | 3) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Tell me about this ghost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A real Jacob Marley if you ask me," Fern says. "Heard its chains
Floyd | rattling and rattling, like it was going to rattle the whole building
Floyd | down. We were here late, developing film for one of our customers, and
Floyd | after destroying our poor shop, it tried to get into our dark room to
Floyd | get us! If it wasn't for Finchy scaring it away with that old Edgerton
Floyd | flash he was fixing up, I don't know what would have happened to us."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you see it?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only briefly, in the light of the flash. Endless loops of pure white.
Floyd | What do you think?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think you should file a police report."
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern frowns. "It won't matter once the exorcist gets here, but you do
Floyd | what you want. Finch owns the building, and he's been under a lot of
Floyd | pressure to sell. There's a vaguely threatening note about it around
Floyd | here somewhere. If we don't get the ghost problem resolved, this might
Floyd | be the final nail in the coffin for us."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Rumor has it the field mice are disappearing. You know where they
Floyd | went?"
Floyd | 2) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		BrianK asks, "The... potted fern owns the building?"
		DavidW says, "Yes"
		BrianK says, "Is this a reference I'm not getting"
		Lionheart says, "Maybe we should interview the fern"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Rumor has it the field mice are disappearing. You know where they
Floyd | went?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not a rumor, honey. The mice are getting run out. I'd put my money on
Floyd | Sabado, if I had any."
Floyd |
Floyd | You arch an eyebrow. "The bar owner? Why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He doesn't just own the bar. Been buying up all the property on
Floyd | Lumpen Lane. Field mice don't have great prospects in general. I'm
Floyd | sure they're taking whatever he offers. Our shop might be the last
Floyd | building not owned by him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Seems you owe Sabado a visit.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I don't know which game this references either."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm going to look around."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know where to find me. And watch you don't cut yourself on any
Floyd | glass while you're poking around," she says before returning to her
Floyd | cleaning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to finch" 		

Floyd | >Finch doesn't respond to any attempts at conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He was up late after the ghost attack. Let him sleep a bit longer,"
Floyd | Fern says.
Floyd |

		
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | >You search through the debris for some clues about the attacker. From
Floyd | beneath a pile of broken cameras you pull out a small handwritten
Floyd | note.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sabado gave me that note about a week ago," Fern says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can I have it?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | She waves a wing. "I don't care what you do with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You brush off the dust and bits of glass.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | >It says: "Finch & Fernmy offer still stands. I suggest you take it.
Floyd | Sabado."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell note" 		

Floyd | >You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "The I'm Fern this is Finch joke reminds me of a Ghostbusters joke, I don't know what else might be reffed."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x parts" 		

Floyd | >You sure hope everything was insured.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "search for clues" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x debris" 		

Floyd | >You sure hope everything was insured.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counter" 		

Floyd | >The counter is one of the few items that wasn't destroyed.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Aw man I forgot to examine all the characters"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x fern" 		

Floyd | >She's a golden finch, an usual sight so close to the ground, but this
Floyd | is Fieldtown after all. She wears a blue gingham apron over her floral
Floyd | dress, which she uses to wipe her wings with as she cleans.
Floyd | Occasionally, she makes a clicking sound with her beak as if
Floyd | disapproving of everything.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x fern" 		

Floyd | >She's a golden finch, an usual sight so close to the ground, but this
Floyd | is Fieldtown after all. She wears a blue gingham apron over her floral
Floyd | dress, which she uses to wipe her wings with as she cleans.
Floyd | Occasionally, she makes a clicking sound with her beak as if
Floyd | disapproving of everything.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x finch" 		

Floyd | >Finch is a potted fern. A camera flash sticks out of his pot beside
Floyd | him.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x flash" 		

Floyd | >It's a flash without the camera. There's a small button on one side.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd | >"Can I have this?" you ask, pointing to the flash.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you think it'll help," Fern says. "Be sure to give it back when
Floyd | you're done. Finch spent a lot of time fixing it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | >A high-pitched whir sounds. The flash goes off, and the area briefly
Floyd | illuminates in a harsh light. Yikes. You blink away the spots.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "coolio"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >(first opening the side door)
Floyd | You try the door, but it's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's our dark room. We're developing film right now, so we have to
Floyd | keep the door closed," Fern says.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "All right, I think we hit up everything of note"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get glass" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get glass" 		

Floyd | >You might cut yourself. Might be better to leave it alone.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Seemed like a potential useful item."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The shop's large bay window forces a colorful prehistoric scene onto
Floyd | the street. Felt dinosaurs are posed whimsically around pieces of
Floyd | cardboard painted to look like palm trees and boulders. A sign above
Floyd | the display reads: "Welcome to Dinosaur Island!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The shop's entrance is open to the north. Lumpen Lane continues east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x entrance" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shop" 		

Floyd | >Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been hung in the rear of the shop to resemble a
Floyd | waterfall. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x dinosaurs" 		

Floyd | >You admire one of the dinosaurs. It's sewn out of red-orange felt,
Floyd | about eight fairy-inches in size, with a flat head and a few nubby
Floyd | teeth. It's posed like it's playing hide-and-seek.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x dinosaurs" 		

Floyd | >You admire one of the dinosaurs. It's sewn out of coral blue felt,
Floyd | about five fairy-inches in size, with three horns and googly eyes.
Floyd | It's posed like it's trying to climb a tree.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x dinosaurs" 		

Floyd | >You admire one of the dinosaurs. It's sewn out of royal purple felt,
Floyd | about seven fairy-inches in size, with a series of plates down its
Floyd | spine and a skinny tail. It's posed like it's looking for food.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x dinosaurs" 		

Floyd | >You admire one of the dinosaurs. It's sewn out of lime green felt,
Floyd | about five fairy-inches in size, with wheels for legs and spikes on
Floyd | the end of its tail. It's posed like it's trying to climb a tree.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x curtain" 		

Floyd | >The blue silk sways in an unseen draft. A decent enough waterfall.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "A felt thagomizer"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter curtain" 		

Floyd | >That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search curtain" 		

Floyd | >You push the curtain aside, revealing a secret tunnel.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "There we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tunnel" 		

Floyd | >The tunnel is more like a doorframe with the door removed. Above the
Floyd | header, someone painted the words "Secret Tunnel to Trex's Workshop"
Floyd | and an arrow pointing inside.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "enter tunnel" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mouse sits in silence, staring at a dinosaur on the workbench. His
Floyd | nametag says his name is Trex.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x trex" 		

Floyd | >Brown fur, short whiskers, a pleasant but anxious disposition. That
Floyd | last one isn't so typical for a field mouse, the way the beat cops
Floyd | talk.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x felt" 		

Floyd | >You think this Trex character ought to clean up after himself a
Floyd | little more.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd | >One of the legs is bent, giving the large cabinet a terrible lean.
Floyd | There's a hole in the side not pressed against the wall.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd | >You peer inside the hole. It's mostly full of felt. A small bottle of
Floyd | something has rolled to the far side of the cabinettoo far to reach.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd | >The doors won't budge, like they're jammed or broken.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shake cabinet" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "well, let's talk to Trex"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "fix leg" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "bend leg" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x leg" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to trex" 		

Floyd | >The field mouse hasn't acknowledged you barging into his workshop.
Floyd | The fellow must be off. You clear your throat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Trex, I presume?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | He twitches and blinks several times, as if waking from a daydream.
Floyd | "Oh, hello," he says. "Sorry. I haven't been myself lately. Did you
Floyd | want to buy a dinosaur?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head and pull out your badge. "Good Fairy, FPD."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Have you seen this rabbit?"
Floyd | 2) "A lot of the other field mice from the neighborhood have gone
Floyd | missing. Know anything about it?"
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Have you seen this rabbit?" You hand him the photo of Foo Foo. He
Floyd | looks it over intensely.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I do believe so," he says, handing it back.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you be more specific?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex rubs his paws together nervously. "Oh dear. It was last night
Floyd | just after sundown. I was closing my shop, and I could see him through
Floyd | the window talking with someone, but I couldn't see who. I'm not in
Floyd | trouble, am I?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not unless you're withholding any information. Did you hear the
Floyd | conversation?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex shakes his head. "No, I was too far away." He smiles with a
Floyd | sudden thought. "My dinosaurs would have. Doohickey was in the window
Floyd | all night." He points to the red dinosaur on the workbench.
Floyd |
Floyd | Great.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "A lot of the other field mice from the neighborhood have gone
Floyd | missing. Know anything about it?"
Floyd | 2) "I'll show myself out."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"A lot of the other field mice from the neighborhood have gone
Floyd | missing. Know anything about it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex looks around and bites his paws. "No, ah, no. I don't really know
Floyd | the neighbors too well."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not from here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was born in Fieldtown, but my parents carted us kids off to live
Floyd | among the humans when I was young. They believed it'd be easier to
Floyd | feed us stealing scraps off the kitchen floor than begging for scraps
Floyd | on the street corner. We lucked out and ended up with a nice guy who
Floyd | happened to keep a filthy kitchen and no cat. He sewed felt dinosaurs
Floyd | for a living."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Like the dinosaurs you make?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, exactly. I learned by watching him over the years. Except he had
Floyd | magic, which is rare for a human. He could bring them to life. I can't
Floyd | do anything like that." He looks longingly at the dinosaur on the
Floyd | workbench. "If only I could bring my Doohickey to life, even for one
Floyd | day."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I have an idea that'll help us both."
Floyd | 2) "I'll show myself out."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I have an idea that'll help us both. You see, I, uh, used to be a
Floyd | wish fairy. No funny remarks, all right? I get enough lip from
Floyd | everyone at heaquarters about it already." You point a very
Floyd | intimidating index finger, and he swallows hard and nods many times.
Floyd | "So I worked with a partner, and one of our specialties was bringing
Floyd | toys and stuffed animals to life. It's not permanent, mind you. But
Floyd | maybe your Doohickey here can be a witness in my case."
Floyd |
Floyd | The mouse claps his paws together. "I like that idea. What do you need
Floyd | me to do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nothing at the moment. First I need some wish powder and a wand."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't have any of those things," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry about it. I'll be back with what I need." Of course, you
Floyd | haven't had any wish powder in ages, and your wand is in the shop
Floyd | thanks to that incident with the frog in the sewers. Still, you're
Floyd | determined to think of something. You need that witness.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll show myself out."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll show myself out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have a good day."
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex sits in silence, staring at one of his creations on the
Floyd | workbench.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x doohickey" 		

Floyd | >It's sewn out of bright red felt, at least eighteen fairy-inches in
Floyd | length, with six legs and savage claws. Its tongue hangs out over an
Floyd | assortment of jagged teeth.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to doohickey" 		

Floyd | >You ought to leave it alone for now. Trex seems to like the company.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "I am caught up!"
		BrianK says, "Welcome back Jacq"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look in hole" 		

Floyd | >You peer inside the hole. It's mostly full of felt. A small bottle of
Floyd | something has rolled to the far side of the cabinettoo far to reach.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get bottle" 		

Floyd | >It's out of reach.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "naturally"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "tip cabinet" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "pick up cabinet" 		

Floyd | >It's too heavy to move.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "objectives: talk to sabado, get wish powder and wand for dinosaur witness / other puzzles: dagger in the pawn shop, bottle in the cabinet"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put gum under cabinet" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "push cabinet" 		

Floyd | >It's too heavy to move.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull cabinet" 		

Floyd | >It's too heavy to move.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "shake cabinet" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "I was thinking to put something under the weak leg to tip it the other way"
		BrianK says, "I don't think we have what we need to do anything yet"
		DavidW says, "I suggest exploring elsewhere for now."
		Lionheart says, "Sure, just getting the lay of the land, learning about all the subplots"
		BrianK exclaims, "All right, let us move forth!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road ends at a tavern to the east, its facade a collage of tree
Floyd | trunks, branches, and leaves. The sign above the open entrance says
Floyd | "The Forest".
Floyd |
Floyd | An alley disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd | >It says "The Forest".
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tavern" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "(gasp)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >The Forest
Floyd | Your first few steps into the dimly-lit space sink into dirt. And here
Floyd | you are wearing your nice heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Turns out the floor is completely hidden beneath a layer of dark soil,
Floyd | who knows how deep, giving the air a damp and loamy odor. Above you,
Floyd | the ceiling is a canopy of intertwined branches and dead leaves. The
Floyd | columns supporting the roof are thick, bark-covered trunks. The
Floyd | Forestthey weren't kidding.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barkeep looks up from where he's stacking glasses behind the bar.
Floyd | "We're closed a few more hours," he grunts. "Even the earliest drunks
Floyd | don't get here until noon." He sounds like the kind of guy angry with
Floyd | the world for no good reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good Fairy, FPD," you say, holding up your badge. "I'm only here for
Floyd | answers."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sabado," he replies. "Make it quick. I already told you guys
Floyd | everything I know."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm looking for a rabbit."
Floyd | 2) "I've heard the local field mice have been vanishing."
Floyd | 3) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm looking for a rabbit."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado looks at the photo and scrunches his face like he bit into
Floyd | something sour. "Yeah, that's Foo Foo. I'm the one who reported him
Floyd | last night. The maroon came into my bar and bopped one of my customers
Floyd | on the head. Hard enough doing business without renegade rabbits
Floyd | scaring away my customers. So you going to do your job and find him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "One way or another."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well he's not here. Do me a favor, would you? If you catch him, bring
Floyd | him to me first. Would love to give him a taste of his own medicine."
Floyd | He winks at you in precisely the way you hate being winked at.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I've heard the local field mice have been vanishing."
Floyd | 2) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I've heard the local field mice have been vanishing."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course they've been vanishing," Sabado says. "It's that Gaiadamned
Floyd | Foo Foo. Bopped field mice three times already. Three times! No wonder
Floyd | they've all left town. Nobody in their right mind wants to sit around
Floyd | waiting to get bopped on the head."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "A little birdie told me you're buying up all of Lumpen Lane. Might
Floyd | not be Foo Foo chasing the field mice away after all."
Floyd | 2) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"A little birdie told me you're buying up all of Lumpen Lane. Might
Floyd | not be Foo Foo chasing the field mice away after all."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado shrugs. "So what if I am? What happens to the mice ain't my
Floyd | problem."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What happens to your customers should be your problem."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The whole plan's been approved by the City Commission. Who, I might
Floyd | add, were thrilled to have this dump of a street made respectable. So
Floyd | unless my legal financial transactions have become police business,
Floyd | I'm done with this line of questioning."
Floyd |
Floyd | So much for that approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "oh, wait, a little birdie because it was literally a bird that told her"
		BrianK says, "pfft"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when we're open."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shovel leans against one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sabado" 		

Floyd | >He's tall for a rat, graying in broad patches, joints that bend at
Floyd | sharp angles. You're not sure if he has an expression besides scowl.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shovel" 		

Floyd | >Smaller than your average shovel but larger than a spade. The handle
Floyd | is maybe two or three fairy-feet in length.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd | >"Can I borrow this?" you ask, picking up the shovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado spits into something behind the bar. You take that as a yes.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig in soil" 		

Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to dig.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >You thrust the shovel into the dirt. Sabado immediately objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey!" he shouts. "I let you borrow the shovel. Not tear my place up."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry," you reply. "Won't happen again." Not while he's here, anyway.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x jukebox" 		

Floyd | >Not in great condition. Looks like it only carries songs by cult rock
Floyd | group They Might Be Humans. There's a single coin slot in front.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >You can't get behind the bar with Sabado around.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "hit sabado with shovel" 		

Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to hit Sabado.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "hit sabado" 		

Floyd | >You prefer avoiding violence if you can.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Hmm there was surprisingly less to do here than I thought there'd be"
		BrianK says, "oh wait the note"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "give note to sabado" 		

Floyd | >Anything that might interest Sabado would likely come up in
Floyd | conversation.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | >It says: "Finch & Fernmy offer still stands. I suggest you take it.
Floyd | Sabado."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to sabado" 		

Floyd | >"What now?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when we're open."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess it's not that important"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bar" 		

Floyd | >A plain wooden bar. You can't investigate much more with Sabado
Floyd | behind it.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Guess we can move on"
		DavidW says, "You still have an alleyway unexplored."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Sharp Turn
Floyd | The alley skirts along the wall of the bar from the south before
Floyd | turning sharply west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind Cameracopia
Floyd | The alley runs east and west behind the rowhouses and shops. An empty
Floyd | dumpster is not quite pushed up against the wall opposite the store.
Floyd |
Floyd | The closed door to the south is likely a rear entrance to Cameracopia.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >(first opening the back door)
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x dumpster" 		

Floyd | >It's empty.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I am underwhelmed"
		BrianK says, "who places a dumpster in a game and leaves it empty :("
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse
Floyd | A door to the south leads into an abandoned rowhouse. Leaning against
Floyd | the house is a dented trashcan. The alley curves northwest and east.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "An author who wants to save your life."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, maybe it won't be empty later."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x trashcan" 		

Floyd | >It gives off a strong odor of cheese, but there's no cheese inside.
Floyd | Not anymore.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >(first opening the back door)
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | The alley arrives from the southeast and ends at a wall. There's a
Floyd | rear entrance to Get Your Nibbles to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >(first opening the back door)
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Or maybe it's a dumpster behind a business much like most apartments in IF have under-implemented bathrooms."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd | >It's taller than you and separates the alley from the rowhouses the
Floyd | next street over.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Aw, it doesn't loop around? It would've made navigation easier"
		DavidW says, "Sorry, it doesn't loop back to Murphy. I agree that would've been nice."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse
Floyd | A door to the south leads into an abandoned rowhouse. Leaning against
Floyd | the house is a dented trashcan. The alley curves northwest and east.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind Cameracopia
Floyd | The alley runs east and west behind the rowhouses and shops. An empty
Floyd | dumpster is not quite pushed up against the wall opposite the store.
Floyd |
Floyd | The closed door to the south is likely a rear entrance to Cameracopia.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Sharp Turn
Floyd | The alley skirts along the wall of the bar from the south before
Floyd | turning sharply west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. The
Floyd | rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shiny coin draws your attention.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "huh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd | >Heads. Must be your lucky day.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Shiny!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get coin" 		

Floyd | >No sooner than you pick up the coin, a loud bang echoes through the
Floyd | empty street. Your hat is knocked off your head. You turn to see
Floyd | movement in the second-story window of the rowhouse just before the
Floyd | shutters snap shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | Talk about a lucky break. If you hadn't bent over, the bullet that
Floyd | went through your bowler hat would have went through your face. Which
Floyd | you happen to like the way it is. Someone doesn't want you snooping
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | You replace your hat and flutter your wings. Nobody takes shots at
Floyd | Detective Good Fairy and gets away with it. That is, if you can find a
Floyd | way inside.
Floyd |

		BrianK asks, "Ehhhh???????"
		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd | >To be worn at the most striking angle. A pair of holes were left
Floyd | behind by the bullet meant for your head.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rowhouse" 		

Floyd | >This rowhouse is in terrible shape. The front door is all boarded up,
Floyd | but you don't know why they bothered. Fieldtown's drifters wouldn't
Floyd | even squat in here.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | >The window is obscured by a closed pair of shutters.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd | >You spread your wings and leap into the air, coming to rest on the
Floyd | window sill.
Floyd |

		BrianK exclaims, "now we're thinking in three dimensions!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd | >The shutters are closed and locked, barring entrance to the room
Floyd | inside. You can barely make out the latch in the small gap between the
Floyd | wooden slats. If you had something flat and hooked, you think you
Floyd | might be able to open them.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I loved how the game teaches the player that they can fly."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wings" 		

Floyd | >Your wings are blue and leathery, too large for your body. You don't
Floyd | like them.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >You descend back to the street.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | a shiny coin
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		BrianK asks, "I guess we can use the coin in the jukebox?"
		Jacqueline says, "hm, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Or buy another log."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, and a closed door to the north connects to
Floyd | what must be the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly smiles at you from behind the counter.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x holly" 		

Floyd | >She's a green fairy, and not the kind you see after too much
Floyd | absinthe. Or in your case, exactly the kind. She haunts your dreams
Floyd | less frequently when you're sober.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her long olive hair is half-falling out of her bun, and her apron is
Floyd | covered in a brownish food product. Her wings, two large sprigs of
Floyd | holly, remain delicately folded.
Floyd |
Floyd | Also, no ring. Maybe she didn't move on.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to holly" 		

Floyd | >"Hey there," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Know where I can get some wish powder?"
Floyd | 2) "I've got work to do."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Or we can get that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Know where I can get some wish powder?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Feeling sentimental for old times?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Something like that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I might have some lying around. Be a good girl and don't go nowhere."
Floyd |
Floyd | She disappears into the kitchen and returns a few minutes later. "Your
Floyd | lucky day," she says as she hands you a small pouch. "It's enough for
Floyd | two spells, but no more, so use it wisely."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks Holl. I owe you one."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I've got work to do."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I've got work to do."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, and a closed door to the north connects to
Floyd | what must be the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly smiles at you from behind the counter.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x murphy" 		

Floyd | >Murphy joined the FPD straight out of Academy less than a year ago
Floyd | after a failed attempt at professional soothsaying. He's a good kid
Floyd | who tries too hard, and you can't really blame him. A narrow frame,
Floyd | curly red hair, and a pair of ladybug wings won't inspire fear in the
Floyd | criminals of Fieldtown. Might be why he sprang for the biggest wand he
Floyd | could find, Big Tommy, which he keeps holstered at his waist.
Floyd |
Floyd | His premonitions could be helpful, even if they are vague.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "right, he's a fairy too"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get wand" 		

Floyd | >That seems to belong to Murphy.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to murphy" 		

Floyd | >He stands at attention. "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Can I borrow Big Tommy?"
Floyd | 2) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 3) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 4) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Can I borrow Big Tommy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy looks down at his feet. "You sure you need it, Good? I mean...
Floyd | it's just I'm on guard duty and all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's only for a little while. Besides, I know you can handle any
Floyd | trouble, with or without your wand."
Floyd |
Floyd | He brightens. "You think so?er, I mean, of course I can. You can
Floyd | count on me." He unstraps his wand and hands it to you with a flash of
Floyd | his pearly whites. What a great kid.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "That solves that puzzle"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former, though you never
Floyd | know. There could be something of use around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo eyes you from his desk beneath a portrait of a pirate rat.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x domingo" 		

Floyd | >He's a portly rat with graying whiskers and shifty eyes, which you
Floyd | feel are his better qualities. Those creepy smiles are his way of
Floyd | showing off his gold teeth. They match the gold watch that hangs from
Floyd | his breast pocket.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get gold watch" 		

Floyd | >That seems to belong to Domingo.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x gold watch" 		

Floyd | >It catches the light too easily. Domingo must polish it daily.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x gold teeth" 		

Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the gold watch.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | Big Tommy
Floyd | a pouch of wish powder
Floyd | a shiny coin
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "oh wait"
		BrianK says, "I think the window mentioned needing something curved and flat, which would be the cutlass from the pawn shop"
		DavidW says, "Good catch."
		BrianK says, "The question is how we'd get it"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah"
		DavidW says, "Solve another problem first."
		Lionheart asks, "Can we get to the other side of that wall?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | Big Tommy
Floyd | a pouch of wish powder
Floyd | a shiny coin
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		BrianK asks, "Which wall?"
		Lionheart says, "since we can go out back other two shops"
		Lionheart says, "The one with the blade stuck in it"
		BrianK says, "I think we were behind the pawn shop earlier and it didn't specifically mention it"
		BrianK says, "If it is even stuck on the back wall and not, like, the side wall"
		BrianK says, "Oh never mind, when we were behind all the shops it went straight from the rowhouse to Holly's place and skipped the pawn shop"
		DavidW says, "There is no back wall to the pawn shop. The alley goes directly from "Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse" to "Behind Get Your Nibbles"."
		Lionheart says, "No hammering it thru from the other side then"
		BrianK says, "I guess we can go do the dinosaur thing, since it's the closest"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. That's what you meant."
		Jacqueline asks, "Yeah, let's do these one at a time. We have what we need for the dino, right?"
		BrianK says, "Yep, the wish powder and the wand"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex sits in silence, staring at one of his creations on the
Floyd | workbench.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to trex" 		

Floyd | >"Something I can help you with?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I have what we need."
Floyd | 2) "I'll show myself out."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I have what we need."
Floyd |
Floyd | "How can I help?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stand back and watch."
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex bounces up and down with excitement as he awaits your wish magic.
Floyd | His enthusiasm is infectious, and you soon discover a smile spreading
Floyd | across your own face. Your old job didn't solve the world's problems,
Floyd | but you never felt more satisfied than in moments like this.
Floyd | Sometimes, you wonder why you left the wish squad at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's right. Holly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake her from your thoughts. You've got a spell to cast. First
Floyd | thing's first, you need to put some wish powder on the dinosaur.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put wish powder on dinosaur" 		

Floyd | >You sprinkle some powder on the stuffed dinosaur. All that's left is
Floyd | to point your wand at it.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "point wand at dinosaur" 		

Floyd | >You point your wand at Doohickey. "Flippity, floppity, foo," you
Floyd | chant with the required intonation. Yeah, it's embarrasing to say out
Floyd | loud, but what can you do. Nobody said wish magic was glamorous.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dinosaur blinks and stretches his six legs. His tongue flops
Floyd | around the corners of his mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh Miss Fairy! You did it!" Trex cries. He gathers the felt dinosaur
Floyd | in his arms. "Doohickey, my friend. You're alive! How do you feel?"
Floyd | Doohickey wags his tail and barks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, crap. So much for having a witness.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He can't talk?" Trex asks, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It takes a lot of skill to get them to talk," you say. "I'm what you
Floyd | might call out of practice."
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex wipes the mist from his eyes. "It's okay. We can still be good
Floyd | friends anyway." He nuzzles the fidgety dinosaur before handing him to
Floyd | you. "A deal's a deal."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold Doohickey up in front of your face and get licked softly and
Floyd | dryly, because his tongue is made of felt. "Hey, boy. Can you help me
Floyd | find whoever was talking with a rabbit last night?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He barks enthusiastically in response. Maybe this'll work after all.
Floyd | You take him with you, for now.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "aw man I suddenly want a barking felt dinosaur with a floppy tongue"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x doohickey" 		

Floyd | >He's sewn out of bright red felt, at least eighteen fairy-inches in
Floyd | length, with six legs and savage claws. Its tongue hangs out over a
Floyd | motley scraggle of teeth.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Ok, well, I imagine we have to go see everyone with Doohickey in tow until we find the right person"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to sabado" 		

Floyd | >"What now?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when we're open."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to doohickey" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to doohickey" 		

Floyd | >He barks at you happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >He barks at you happily.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "pet doohickey" 		

Floyd | >Doohickey wags his tail.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "adorable"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "lick doohickey" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "We can fiddle with the jukebox while we're here"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x jukebox" 		

Floyd | >Not in great condition. Looks like it only carries songs by cult rock
Floyd | group They Might Be Humans. There's a single coin slot in front.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put coin in jukebox" 		

Floyd | >You insert the coin into the slot. It falls with a distinctive clink
Floyd | into an unemptied bucket of coins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine whirs to life, lifting a record onto the turntable and
Floyd | then lowering the spindle. A melancholic accordian begins a song.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		
BrianK clears the save counter. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Maybe shoulda done before spending the coin"
		BrianK says, "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >The Forest
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Unemptied bucket. Not that we'd break into it for funds. We're the po-po."
		BrianK says, "I mean, it's a pretty friendly game which is why I never even thought about saving until now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put coin in jukebox" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "oops I guess I never undid to that"
		Jacqueline asks, "You maybe still can?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | Doohickey
Floyd | Big Tommy
Floyd | a pouch of wish powder
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue ate my fly (fly), the statue ate my fly (fly),
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I think you're fine, regardless."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay"
		BrianK says, "Yeah I don't think it'll punish us"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to sabado" 		

Floyd | >"What now?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |
Floyd | With a condiment of mustard it chewed my pet alive.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when we're open."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue made me cry (cry), the statue made me cry (cry),
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Is... is this just an easter egg"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | It said my pet would kill me, but that was all a lie.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "It's likely yet another ref to a Ryan Veeder game."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is what just an easter egg? The music?"
		Lionheart says, "There might be a clue in ther esomewhere"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing 'The Statue Got Me High'."
		Lionheart says, "Yeah, obviously a parody of that song"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x jukebox" 		

Floyd | >Not in great condition. Looks like it only carries songs by cult rock
Floyd | group They Might Be Humans. There's a single coin slot in front.
Floyd |
Floyd | My phone, it rang at me (and now I know the lies it told would never
Floyd | be).
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd | >You hate singing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lesson that I learned (a statue's love won't last, it can and should
Floyd | be spurned).
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd | >You hate dancing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I thought I once preferred a granite figure's company.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "For what it's worth, a list of Veeder's games on IFDB: [LINK]"
		BrianK says, "Well, it doesn't look like it really has an effect"
		Lionheart says, "I'd like to hear the rest of the lyrics"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fact that there are humans will no longer bother me.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | >An upbeat rock jam plays from the jukebox.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue ate my fly (fly), the statue ate my fly (fly),
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "If you need a hint what puzzle to work on next...?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I ever meet the sculptor I will punch them in the eye.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "listen to jukebox" 		

Floyd | >An upbeat rock jam plays from the jukebox.
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue gave me hives (hives), the statue gave me hives (hives),
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | My poor pet it cooked to death within a spinach pie.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Well I figure we could just keep meeting people until Doohickey gives us something to work with"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | My phone, it rang at me (and now I know the lies it told would never
Floyd | be).
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lesson that I learned (a statue's love won't last, it can and should
Floyd | be spurned).
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And as I swung the sledgehammer up through the air,
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | I knew to hide the evidence beneath my basement stairs.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "That could be a clue"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And what they found was just some rubble left where the statue ate my
Floyd | fly.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And what they found was just some rubble left where the statue ate my
Floyd | fly.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now you know to hide (to hide when a statue asks if you need a
Floyd | ride).
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lesson you should learn (you must refuse to share its love or you'll
Floyd | get burned).
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And as I swung the sledgehammer up through the air,
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | I knew to hide the evidence beneath my basement stairs.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And what they found was just some rubble left where the statue ate my
Floyd | fly.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And what they found was just some rubble left where the statue ate my
Floyd | fly.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The song comes to an abrupt end.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Coolio"
		BrianK says, "cool beans"
		BrianK says, "Let's go talk to some folks then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to fern" 		

Floyd | >"What is it?" she chirps.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm going to look around."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know where to find me," she says before returning to her
Floyd | cleaning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to finch" 		

Floyd | >Finch doesn't respond to any attempts at conversation.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former, though you never
Floyd | know. There could be something of use around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo eyes you from his desk beneath a portrait of a pirate rat.
Floyd | Doohickey barks sharply as you approach. Could the rat be the one
Floyd | you're looking for? Only one way to find out.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Here we go"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to domingo" 		

Floyd | >"What do you want now?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Tell me again about Foo Foo, but this time, tell me the truth."
Floyd | 2) "I'm going to take a look around."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Tell me again about Foo Foo, but this time, tell me the truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know what you're talking about."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have a witness." You lean on the desk and stare him down, giving
Floyd | the words time to sink in. You need him to take the bait.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're lying," he squeaks. His eyes are all pupil. They twitch back
Floyd | and forth. So he is involved.
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean even closer. "Last night. In front of Dinosaur Island. The
Floyd | witness was in the store and heard everything you said." You prod him
Floyd | in the chest. "You going to come clean? Or are we doing this the hard
Floyd | way?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Domingo slowly rises to his feet. "Looks like I've got no other
Floyd | choice. Fortunately, my lawyer's arrived just in time."
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn to look where Domingo's pointing, and are surprised to see no
Floyd | one. While you're distracted, he ducks around you and scrambles out
Floyd | the door. For an older rat, he sure can move. You try to give chase,
Floyd | but it's difficult to maneuver around the piles of junk in the store,
Floyd | especially with your large wings getting in the way. Before you know
Floyd | it, he's gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You scold yourself for being so careless. The worst part of it is,
Floyd | you've been had by the oldest trick in the book. Maybe Murphy had
Floyd | better luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >By the Postbox
Floyd | You arrive at the barricade to find Murphy slumped against the wall.
Floyd | With a little help, he staggers to his feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, Good," he says, brushing himself off. "Domingo came out of
Floyd | nowhere. Like a surprise kiss from someone you've only ever considered
Floyd | a friend and never sent any signals that indicated otherwise. I mean,
Floyd | not that I'd know anything about that. Anyway, what'd you do to piss
Floyd | him off?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Faked a witness. Nothing out of the ordinary."
Floyd |
Floyd | He unwraps a stick of gum and tosses it into his mouth. "Okay, now
Floyd | what? You have enough for a case?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hindering an investigation and assaulting a police officer. That's a
Floyd | month in the slammer, tops."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. Fieldtown." Murphy chuckles.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Domingo is involved with Foo Foo somehow. What we need is hard
Floyd | evidence."
Floyd | 2) "Before he left, Domingo wanted me to catch a new cheesemonger
Floyd | called the Verde. Now I'm wondering why."
Floyd | 3) "Domingo won't stay gone for long. May take a few days, but we'll
Floyd | wrangle a confession out of him."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Wait wait wait"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I guess we could give chase."
		Jacqueline asks, "But isn't this also an opportunity to 'procure' the dagger?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah, I think we can double back and take it"
		Lionheart says, "Well, we could have done that any time if we had a way to pull it out"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, true. That's right."
		Jacqueline says, "But at least now he won't giggle at us."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Domingo is involved with Foo Foo somehow. What we need is hard
Floyd | evidence."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe there's something in his store," Murphy says. "I can get you a
Floyd | warrant in a few hours."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't have a few hours." Now that you think about it, you don't
Floyd | need a few hours. "You know Murphy, it's a shame Domingo left in such
Floyd | a hurry. He forgot to close up shop."
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy gives you a knowing smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "But you could, of course XXXXXX the XXXXX or XXXXX the XXXXX."
		BrianK says, "Aw man that was a choice and not a "we'll talk about all three of these"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >By the Postbox
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"Before he left, Domingo wanted me to catch a new cheesemonger called
Floyd | the Verde. Now I'm wondering why."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You think there's a connection to Foo Foo?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not sure. But there's only one way to find out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you say so." He digs his toe into the sidewalk. "Anything else?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Did you mean we could of course GAG the DAVIDW or TELL the DW not to try to hint?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >By the Postbox
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"Domingo won't stay gone for long. May take a few days, but we'll
Floyd | wrangle a confession out of him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy frowns. "Which brings us back to Foo Foo."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look over at the postbox. "I know, I know. He needs to be a goon
Floyd | by sundown." If only there were another way.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | >You should pick something to say.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right."
		BrianK says, "Well the first option was the most telling, since it's hinting us to search the shop again"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >You send Murphy off again and peer into the postbox. "Still doing
Floyd | okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo responds with a miserable frown. Yep, he's doing fine. You
Floyd | close the postbox back up and wait for Murphy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No sign of the rabbit," he says, clearly bothered by this routine.
Floyd | "Need anything else?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 2) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "When we're out of dialog mode I'm just curious if it's keeping track of time. I suspect it's not."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Thanks"
		Lionheart says, "No "a connection to Foo Foo" "But there's only one way to talk out.' (checks on foo foo) Foo foo has nothing to say."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e. e. n." 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former, though you never
Floyd | know. There could be something of use around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty desk sits in the rear of the shop beneath a portrait of a
Floyd | pirate rat. The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get dagger" 		

Floyd | >As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope, still not working. You don't think you'll pull it out like this.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get dagger.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g.g." 		

Floyd | >Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You yank on the dagger, but it doesn't come out.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the handle of the dagger, but it remains stuck in the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You yank on the dagger, but it doesn't come out.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the handle of the dagger, but it remains stuck in the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the handle of the dagger, but it remains stuck in the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the handle of the dagger, but it remains stuck in the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You yank on the dagger, but it doesn't come out.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Try as you might, the dagger stays stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You yank on the dagger, but it doesn't come out.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |
Floyd | As much as you pull, the dagger won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is definitely not the way to go about getting the dagger. You
Floyd | have a very strong feeling you need to do something else first.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "OK, now it has been tried 18 times"
		BrianK says, "uhhhhh that was something that did not really need to be done"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was cool with it."
		Jacqueline says, "He said 1 in 18 times. It was worth a shot."
		BrianK says, "We probably need some sort of lubricant"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | >Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former, though you never
Floyd | know. There could be something of use around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty desk sits in the rear of the shop beneath a portrait of a
Floyd | pirate rat. The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | >It's bare and has a single drawer. Of course there's only one drawer.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "oh thank you"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd | >You open the drawer, revealing a book and some papers.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd | >It's called "Hypnotism and Snake Charming For Dummies".
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd | >There's a note written on the inside cover: "DomingoPage 95. One
Floyd | debt clean per mouse. You have my word."
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip to page 95. It describes the process for hypnotizing someone
Floyd | into bopping someone else on the head. Geez. They put this kind of
Floyd | stuff in books?
Floyd |
Floyd | So Domingo was hypnotizing Foo Foo all along. Seems he owed someone
Floyd | money. But who?
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip back to the handwriting on the inside cover. Handwriting
Floyd | you've seen before. You pull out Sabado's note to Finch and hold it up
Floyd | against the writing. Well what do you know. It's Sabado's all right.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "And even if it didn't work, it might have given a different response the 18th time."
		BrianK says, "that's a weirdly specific hypnosis procedure"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd | >A bunch of gambling debts. Blackjack, craps, roulette. Someone should
Floyd | tell Domingo to stick to the penny slots.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read papers" 		

Floyd | >A bunch of gambling debts. Blackjack, craps, roulette. Someone should
Floyd | tell Domingo to stick to the penny slots.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get book and papers" 		

Floyd | >book: You already have that.
Floyd | papers: Taken.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "This feels sort of Zootopia."
		Lionheart says, "I like the handwriting comparison bit."
		BrianK says, "So now we want to confront Sabado"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e.e." 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to sabado" 		

Floyd | >"What now?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I got your number, Sabado. You're behind the boppings."
Floyd | 2) "I'll leave you alone now."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I got your number, Sabado. You're behind the boppings."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh yeah? Where's your evidence?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave the hypnotism book around. His smile doesn't budge. "That
Floyd | could mean all kinds of things," he says. "Besides, you're still
Floyd | missing a motive." He picks some dirt out from beneath his nails. "You
Floyd | can't be saying I had my own customers bopped. That'd be bad for
Floyd | business."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know what's bad for business? Having all those field mice around
Floyd | when you're trying to buy up the street. Bar sales are peanuts
Floyd | compared to the money you've got behind you. Enough to pay off all of
Floyd | Domingo's debts and then some. So where's it coming from?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're right," Sabado admits after a brief pause. He hovers close to
Floyd | your face, breath like stale beer. "I got a lot of money behind me.
Floyd | Probably more than you'll ever see on an FPD salary. Let me guess. You
Floyd | have a cozy little studio somewhere. Maybe half your meals are ramen
Floyd | noodles. Maybe more. You could have a nicer place, you know. A much
Floyd | nicer place."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Reject the bribe.
Floyd | 2) Consider the offer.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "well, this is definitely a choice"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "any thoughts"
		Jacqueline says, "Wait"
		Jacqueline says, "Wait wait wait"
		Jacqueline asks, "No is not a choice?"
		Lionheart says, "Well, though 1's the most likely to bring about an abrupt ending, I vote 1"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I misread."
		BrianK says, "Reject the bribe :P"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I read that as ACCEPT, probably because I was horrified."
		Jacqueline laughs.
		Jacqueline says, "So, don't ask me. I'm a goody-two-shoes"
		BrianK says, "It could be one of those fake choices where "consider the offer" is just considering it and then rejecting it"
		Jacqueline says, "If y'all want to consider it, consider it."
		Lionheart says, "That's right, let's live up to our name"
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"My apartment's perfect the way it is. Updated appliances, great
Floyd | location. Oh, and not obtained with bribe money."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Bribery?" The rat feigns disbelief like a debutante clutching her
Floyd | pearls. "Now you're just flinging accusations. I conduct all my
Floyd | business legally. You should be after the cheesemongers, not me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One investigation at a time. Right now, it's about you making Foo Foo
Floyd | bop some mice."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. Foo Foo." Sabado wraps his teeth around the rabbit's name. "You
Floyd | may or may not have heard about the Verde, but he's the latest in a
Floyd | string of wannabe kingpins. Foo Foo's one of his best dealers. The
Floyd | buyers call him Little Bunny."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pride yourself on your poker face, but this time, you're caught
Floyd | off guard. If Foo Foo's a dealer, he has you played.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado smirks. "Cat got your tongue? I thought you'd have known that
Floyd | already, Detective," he says. "My lawyers are holding onto evidence to
Floyd | prove Foo Foo's a dirty dealer, should it be necessary. If you put
Floyd | Little Bunny on the stand against me, I could easily discredit him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn. He's got you there. "What do you want, Sabado?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want you to do your job. Find Foo Foo, put him in prison, and throw
Floyd | away the key. Alternatively, you could bring him to me. No harm would
Floyd | come to him. I'm just looking for some informationinformation that's
Floyd | valuable to me, and could be valuable to you as well. The choice is
Floyd | yours." He picks up a glass and rubs off a smudge, as if to say this
Floyd | conversation is over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fine. Foo Foo's the one you need to speak with anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm heading out."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm heading out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when you've got something for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		Lionheart asks, "OK, wnt to go back and see the other response?"
		BrianK says, "I guess we could"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I'm listening."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado smiles broadly. "You may or may not have heard about the Verde,
Floyd | but he's the latest in a string of wannabe kingpins. Foo Foo's one of
Floyd | his best dealers. The buyers call him Little Bunny."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pride yourself on your poker face, but this time, you're caught
Floyd | off guard. If Foo Foo's a dealer, he has you played.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado smirks. "Cat got your tongue? I thought you'd have known that
Floyd | already, Detective," he says. "My lawyers are holding onto evidence to
Floyd | prove Foo Foo's a dirty dealer, should it be necessary. All you need
Floyd | to do is find Foo Foo, put him in prison, and throw away the key.
Floyd | Alternatively, you could bring him to me. No harm would come to him.
Floyd | I'm just looking for some information. Then we can talk about making
Floyd | your living arrangements a little more comfortable." He picks up a
Floyd | glass and rubs off a smudge, as if to say this conversation is over.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fine. Foo Foo's the one you need to speak with anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm heading out."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Well, that was enlightening"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm heading out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when you've got something for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "There's also the puzzle of getting Sabado out of the bar so that we can investigate, but that might come naturally as part of the story"
		Lionheart says, "Guess we've got a bunny to talk to"
Peregrine arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Peregrine disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.w." 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w. nw. w. w. w." 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The investigation is still underway. Finishing your romance novel will
Floyd | have to wait.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "ah I went one west too far" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "er whoops"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to murphy" 		

Floyd | >He stands at attention. "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Send him away briefly to check on Foo Foo.
Floyd | 2) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 3) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >Once Murphy is out of sight, you open the postbox and yank Foo Foo
Floyd | out by his ears. "Why didn't you tell me you were dealing cheese?" you
Floyd | spit. You want answers and you want them now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm a detective. You think I wouldn't find out?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo twiddles his paws together. "They were going to evict...
Floyd | mother and I. We needed the money. Then I sort of stuck with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "For crying out loud, Foo Foo, this is Fieldtown. We always need the
Floyd | money. You're making me look like a half-wit with all those extra
Floyd | chances." You close your eyes and count to ten. Long enough to let the
Floyd | anger drain from your blood. "Sabado wants me to bring you to him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you going to do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Keep him hidden. Get answers yourself.
Floyd | 2) Deliver him to Sabado.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "This looks choicey"
Peregrine arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Peregrine asks, "what's all this?"
		BrianK says, "We're playing Foo Foo"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd | >You should pick something to say.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >Once Murphy is out of sight, you open the postbox and yank Foo Foo
Floyd | out by his ears. "Why didn't you tell me you were dealing cheese?" you
Floyd | spit. You want answers and you want them now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm a detective. You think I wouldn't find out?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo twiddles his paws together. "They were going to evict...
Floyd | mother and I. We needed the money. Then I sort of stuck with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "For crying out loud, Foo Foo, this is Fieldtown. We always need the
Floyd | money. You're making me look like a half-wit with all those extra
Floyd | chances." You close your eyes and count to ten. Long enough to let the
Floyd | anger drain from your blood. "Sabado wants me to bring you to him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you going to do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Keep him hidden. Get answers yourself.
Floyd | 2) Deliver him to Sabado.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Well, this is the dark timeline where we considered the offer"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Lionheart asks, "So maybe play the corruption angle all the way?"
		Peregrine asks, "Who is Sabado? A bad guy?"
		BrianK says, "Did that choice matter? We kind of got blindsided by the Foo Foo reveal anyway"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "Sabado is a tavern owner."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I'm taking you to him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo insists it's a ploy to wring more information from him all the
Floyd | way up to the bar's doorstep. That's when he starts to beg, but by
Floyd | then it's too late.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado joins you by the entrance in better spirits than usual. "Good!
Floyd | You brought Foo Foo. How... unexpected, but I'm no less delighted. I
Floyd | might even let you stick around if you stopped acting like a man all
Floyd | the time. Roughness doesn't suit a lovely creature like yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | You refuse to let him get to you. "Funny, I was about to tell you the
Floyd | same thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | He snatches the now-frightened rabbit by the ears and drags him toward
Floyd | the door marked for employees. "Just keep an eye on the bar for me
Floyd | while I'm gone. This shouldn't take long."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't work for you," you say, but the retort falls flat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado stops. He turns his head round, looks you up and down, then
Floyd | lifts the rabbit slightly off the ground as if to show you his prize.
Floyd | "Don't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Several hours pass before Sabado returns, tossing the rabbit at your
Floyd | feet. "He's all yours, Detective." Foo Foo seems shaken but unharmed.
Floyd | He says nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about my" you start, but the rat cuts you off.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He had nothing for me, so I have nothing for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it then. You put all your chips on black, and got green. Serves
Floyd | you right, you suppose. Not much left to do now but bring Foo Foo to
Floyd | Murphy.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key to continue.)
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "I wouldn't put it past this game to track our responses."
		BrianK says, "Hmm true"
		Peregrine asks, "Who is Murphy?"
		Lionheart says, ""Don't you?" He got us there."
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "If you'd really like, you can @recap #clubfloyd 5000 or something."
		DavidW says, "The ladybug co-worker."
		Peregrine says (to Jacq), "wooot"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, it's just that we've been playing 2 hours. It's a lot to catch up on."
		BrianK says, "And you gotta recap floyd himself"
		Peregrine says, "Understood."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right."
		BrianK says, "To get all the game text"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, @recap #Floyd 5000"
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "Thanks."
		Lionheart says, "OK, let's earn our bad ending, then"
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |                               *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The next few months are brutal. You become the subject of a full
Floyd | internal review after Foo Foo filed a complaint. The committee
Floyd | assigned to your case keeps calling you in for more questions. They
Floyd | can't make heads or tails of what you were thinking. You were
Floyd | instructed to bring him in, only to hide him in a postbox? Then you
Floyd | identified a new suspect, but turned the rabbit over to him instead?
Floyd | Sabado never does give you any compensation, but it's not like you
Floyd | could have ever held him to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't dare step foot onto Lumpen Lane again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio Apartment
Floyd | You finish one of your potboilers and turn out the light. The rain is
Floyd | heavy against the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thoughts creep into your skull and refuse to let you sleep. Thoughts
Floyd | about Holly, Foo Foo, Sabado, and the field mice.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake them off. Nothing to worry over at all. You've managed to
Floyd | keep your job, and there's always tomorrow to look forward to.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not like you could have made much more of a difference. It's
Floyd | fine. Everything ended up fine.
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?

		Peregrine says, "I think I'll just have a shower and come back to see if you won."
		Jacqueline asks, "This is fine as in the meme This is Fine?"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's do the happy ethical time line now"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "restore" 		DavidW says, "You can definitely do better."
		Lionheart says, "More of a guilty conscience everything is fine."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "er" 		

Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?

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

Floyd | > Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll handle Sabado. I need to figure out why he wants you. In the
Floyd | meantime, if you're dealing, then you know who the Verde is."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't lie to me, Foo Foo."
Floyd |
Floyd | He holds up a paw. "I swear to Gaia, I get the cheese from a dead drop
Floyd | in an alley behind a rowhouse."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What about the money from the sale? You leave it there too?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks around nervously. "I give the proceeds to the green fairy who
Floyd | runs a nearby food place. Honest."
Floyd |
Floyd | No. It can't be.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy's footsteps approach from around the corner. Without another
Floyd | word, you push Foo Foo back into the postbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No sign of the rabbit," Murphy says once he's returned to your side.
Floyd | "Everything okay? You don't look so good."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm fine. Thinking of an old friend."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't confront her. Not yet. Not until you have something more
Floyd | concrete. You need to keep searching for clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 2) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Whoa"
		BrianK says, "Man this story is getting better and better"
		DavidW says, "This story has all sorts of twists and turns."
		Lionheart says, "So noir."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess we can visit the cheesy trashcan"
		Lionheart nods.
		BrianK says, "the game doesn't want us to talk to Holly just yet so..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | some papers
Floyd | a book
Floyd | Doohickey
Floyd | Big Tommy
Floyd | a pouch of wish powder
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | a chewed gum ball
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Sorry, I had to step away again for a sec. Did we deal with the shooter?"
		DavidW says, "Not yet."
		Jacqueline nods.
		Lionheart says, "We figured we needed the dagger first"
		BrianK says, "Not yet, that's part of the cutlass questline"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd | >You beat your wings and lift up into the sky. Thankfully, the weather
Floyd | is good for it. Nor are there any owls. You hate owls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from Murphy at the barricade, the length of Lumpen Lane is
Floyd | empty. You descend back down to the ground.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Darn I was hoping we could fly over the buildings"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "There's also the puzzle of the mysterious bottle in the cabinet in Cameracopia"
		BrianK says, "If anyone has ideas for that"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n.n." 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		DavidW mmphs
		BrianK says, "er wait"
		BrianK says, "it's the dinosaur store"
		Lionheart asks, "Put gum on the wand and use it to get the bottle?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex sits at his workbench, working diligently on his next creation.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "The gum has to be useful for something."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put gum on wand" 		

Floyd | >You don't see any point in sticking the gum there.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "bah"
		Lionheart says, "Something else sticklike then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put gum on shovel" 		

Floyd | >You take the gum ball from your pocket and squish it onto the end of
Floyd | the handle. Gross.
Floyd |

		BrianK exclaims, "aha!!!!"
		Lionheart exclaims, "Bingo!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put shovel in cabinet" 		

Floyd | >That can't contain things.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "The wand really ought to work too."
		BrianK says, "what's the correct syntax for this"
		DavidW says, "Try hole, not cabinet."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put shovel in hole" 		

Floyd | >You carefully guide the shovel through the hole in the cabinet, and
Floyd | pressing the sticky end onto the bottle, you pull it back out. It's a
Floyd | bottle of Presto Remove-O.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can I borrow this?" you ask as you unstick the bottle.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure," Trex says. "I'm careful with my felt, so don't often need it."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd | >The label says "Got something stuck? Get it unstuck! Removes stains
Floyd | and adhesives from carpets, clothes, furniture, and walls! Removes
Floyd | other things too! Warning: Do not ingest. May cause dizziness,
Floyd | fatigue, dry mouth, or death."
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Aha"
		Lionheart says, "Dagger removeer"
		BrianK says, "I guess it must be glued onto the wall"
		Jacqueline says, "yup"
		Lionheart says, "It's all falling into place"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w.w.nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former, though you never
Floyd | know. There could be something of use around here.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty desk sits in the rear of the shop beneath a portrait of a
Floyd | pirate rat. The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put bottle on dagger" 		

Floyd | >You squeeze some of the Presto Remove-O onto the dagger. The orange
Floyd | gloop runs down the blade to where it meets the wall, and you swear
Floyd | you see the dagger give a little.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "pull dagger" 		

Floyd | >With a mighty tug, you wrench the dagger from the wall. Bingo was his
Floyd | name-O. You slide the dagger into your coat.
Floyd |

		Lionheart exclaims, "To the second story window!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door, a second-story window is obscured by a pair
Floyd | of wooden shutters. The rat's pawn shop is back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd | >You spread your wings and leap into the air, coming to rest on the
Floyd | window sill.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open window with dagger" 		

Floyd | >That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "open shutter" 		

Floyd | >You slide the dagger in between the shutters and lift the latch.
Floyd | Piece of cake. The shutters swing open, and you leap inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Empty Bedroom
Floyd | It's clear this place hasn't been occupied in awhile. Mold creeps
Floyd | along the dirty walls and the sunken floorboards. The northeastern
Floyd | wall is partially missing, exposing a rotting staircase to the lower
Floyd | level. The open window leads back out to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | A paper bag sits conspicuously in the center of the room.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "all right then"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd | >The bag is printed with the words "Feckless Pawn" and a picture of a
Floyd | smiling pirate rat. You notice some dirt stuck to the side of the bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the paper bag is some cheese.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd | >Taken.
Floyd |

		Lionheart exclaims, "To the Fieldtown Pawnshop Depository!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cheese" 		

Floyd | >Looks like gouda, of the illegal variety.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I don't want to live in a world where gouda is illegal."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "taste cheese" 		

Floyd | >That's evidence. Wouldn't want to tamper with it.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I don't quite understand why cheese is illegal in the first place"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell cheese" 		

Floyd | >That's evidence. Wouldn't want to tamper with it.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "It's a narcotic for mice."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x dirt" 		Jacqueline says, "Missed oportunity to say: You can smell the cheese."

Floyd | >There's not much. Still, headquarters could probably determine where
Floyd | it came from. Maybe even get a fingerprint.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Oh"
		BrianK asks, "Like, in real life?"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "It's FOOD for mice, isn't it? Oh, or are they supposed to eat grains and stuff?"
		Lionheart says, "Pretty easy to guess where that's from"
		DavidW says, "Well, I'm guessing the rationale is ala catnip with cats. Like a drug."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Flooded Kitchen
Floyd | You make your way into a derelict kitchen long since stripped of its
Floyd | appliances. The floor is lost beneath a fairy-inch of standing water,
Floyd | either from a burst pipe or a leaky roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | A staircase leads up to the bedroom. Daylight leaks through cracks in
Floyd | the door to the north.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I think we're probably reading too deeply into this fictional world."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd | >You'd prefer to interact with the dirty water as little as possible.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Like, there are fairies and talking animals, and we're concerned with why cheese is illegal."
		Jacqueline says, "But still."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >You open the door and step through the threshold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse
Floyd | A door to the south leads into an abandoned rowhouse. Leaning against
Floyd | the house is a dented trashcan. The alley curves northwest and east.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "smell trashcan" 		

Floyd | >You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "apparently there's a real life drug called "cheese" so perhaps it's like a pun with that"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x trashcan" 		

Floyd | >It gives off a strong odor of cheese, but there's no cheese inside.
Floyd | Not anymore.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Flooded Kitchen
Floyd | You make your way into a derelict kitchen long since stripped of its
Floyd | appliances. The floor is lost beneath a fairy-inch of standing water,
Floyd | either from a burst pipe or a leaky roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | A staircase leads up to the bedroom. Daylight leaks through cracks in
Floyd | the door to the north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Empty Bedroom
Floyd | It's clear this place hasn't been occupied in awhile. Mold creeps
Floyd | along the dirty walls and the sunken floorboards. The northeastern
Floyd | wall is partially missing, exposing a rotting staircase to the lower
Floyd | level. The open window leads back out to the street.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "oho. Interesting."
		BrianK says, "Anyway I think we can take the bag and get it forensicked"
		Lionheart says, "Looks like tere's nothing else to see here"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "jump out window" 		

Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >You unfurl your wings and leap from the window, landing gently on the
Floyd | street below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to murphy" 		

Floyd | >He stands at attention. "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Can you get the dirt on this bag analyzed?"
Floyd | 2) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, ">DUFFY, ANALYZE BAG"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Can you get the dirt on this bag analyzed?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure thing, Good." Murphy takes the bag and utters an incantation.
Floyd | The bag disappears in a flash of light. "I'll let you know when the
Floyd | results are in from the lab."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess the whole "bend in the road" thing is somewhat realistic to real-life roads but it sure deters us from spamming "west" or "east" to get to the other end of the road"
		DavidW says, "I can't believe how much rain is suddenly falling."
		DavidW says, "ilac"
		BrianK says, "all right, what are our options"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | a curved dagger
Floyd | a bottle of Presto Remove-O
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | some papers
Floyd | a book
Floyd | Doohickey
Floyd | Big Tommy
Floyd | a pouch of wish powder
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "We have a fairy implicated to confront"
		Jacqueline asks, "I was going to suggest we just wait?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "z" 		Lionheart says, "Or we could go see if we can get anything more from Sabado now"
		Jacqueline asks, "Don't we need the evidence to confront?"

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Yeah."
		BrianK says, "I think the fact that we don't get the evidence immediately means that there's still a story lock"
		Lionheart says, "I'm wondering if we're gonna use the wish powder to make one of the stuffed bunnies a witness next."
		DavidW says, "The cheese might be the evidence; I don't remember."
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "Hm, true"
		Lionheart says, "Since we still have another charge left"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, right. We have two uses!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i=e" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, and a closed door to the north connects to
Floyd | what must be the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly smiles at you from behind the counter.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I can think of something yet untried, but I suspect it's not implemented."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put powder on rabbit" 		

Floyd | >Not while Holly's looking.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to holly" 		

Floyd | >"Hey there," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I've got work to do."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I've got work to do."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, and a closed door to the north connects to
Floyd | what must be the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly smiles at you from behind the counter.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess we can go back to Sabado"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e.se.e.e.e." 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "talk to sabado" 		

Floyd | >"What now?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm heading out."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm heading out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come back when you've got something for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado mutters to himself as he wipes down the bar.
Floyd |

		Lionheart asks (of David), "OK, what's your idea?"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "use flash" 		

Floyd | >A high-pitched whir sounds. The flash goes off, and the area briefly
Floyd | illuminates in a harsh light.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "The portrait in the pawn shop. Could there be a safe behind it?"
		Lionheart says, "Oh, worth a look"
		DavidW says, "I don't think there is, but I'd still look."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I'd also check with Murphy right away about the dirt."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | The dusty shop is chock full of useless junk, or valuable antiques,
Floyd | depending on your point of view. Yours is the former.
Floyd |
Floyd | An empty desk sits in the rear of the shop beneath a portrait of a
Floyd | pirate rat. The entrance to the south leads back to the street.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x portrait" 		

Floyd | >The oil painting depicts a rat pirate. Or a pirate rat. Whichever is
Floyd | the appropriate term.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "move it" 		

Floyd | >It's too far away.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "look behind it" 		

Floyd | >It's too far away.
Floyd |

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

Floyd | >That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "go behind desk" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "okay, that's a no go."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd | >It's bare and has a single drawer.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd | >You try not to make a habit of flying indoors. Not good for the head.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "also, if you're feeling kind, try giving Doohickey back to Trex."
		Jacqueline says, "Aw, yeah. Let's"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex sits at his workbench, working diligently on his next creation.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "give doohickey to trex" 		

Floyd | >Trex's eyes light up as you hand over the dinosaur. "Thank you
Floyd | again," he says, hugging his new pet tightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take my advice, kid, and don't get too attached," you say. "He won't
Floyd | last too long. Nothing ever does."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'll show myself out."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "AW"
		Lionheart (
		Lionheart:(
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'll show myself out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have a good day."
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | The back room could use some tidying. Scraps of felt are everywhere. A
Floyd | crooked cabinet leans against a wall in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret tunnel to the south leads to the retail area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trex plays with Doohickey on the floor.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | The display from the window continues throughout the store's interior,
Floyd | surrounding the space with a jurassic menagerie. The walls are covered
Floyd | with shelves upon shelves of felt dinosaurs. Incredibly, you can't
Floyd | find any two that look exactly alike. No wonder Holly's stuffed animal
Floyd | shop went under.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue curtain has been pushed aside to reveal a secret tunnel to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane is back to the south.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "use flash" 		

Floyd | >A high-pitched whir sounds. The flash goes off, and the area briefly
Floyd | illuminates in a harsh light.
Floyd |

		BrianK asks, "Does talking to Fern give any new text?"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		BrianK says, "She hasn't really been a part of the story that much"

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to fern" 		

Floyd | >"What is it?" she chirps.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I'm going to look around."
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I'm going to look around."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know where to find me," she says before returning to her
Floyd | cleaning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere. Someone, or something, wasn't
Floyd | happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is a closed door. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern is busy sweeping up broken glass. Finch is sitting quietly on the
Floyd | counter nearby.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "talk to finch" 		

Floyd | >Finch doesn't respond to any attempts at conversation.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "analyze glass" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >Someone made sure no one gets in this way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd | >You spread your wings and leap into the air, coming to rest on the
Floyd | window sill.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yeah, you need to talk to Murphy again."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd | >Empty Bedroom
Floyd | It's clear this place hasn't been occupied in awhile. Mold creeps
Floyd | along the dirty walls and the sunken floorboards. The northeastern
Floyd | wall is partially missing, exposing a rotting staircase to the lower
Floyd | level. The open window leads back out to the street.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Flooded Kitchen
Floyd | You make your way into a derelict kitchen long since stripped of its
Floyd | appliances. The floor is lost beneath a fairy-inch of standing water,
Floyd | either from a burst pipe or a leaky roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | A staircase leads up to the bedroom. Daylight leaks through cracks in
Floyd | the door to the north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "use flash" 		

Floyd | >A high-pitched whir sounds. The flash goes off, and the area briefly
Floyd | illuminates in a harsh light.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Nothing shiny underwater"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Empty Bedroom
Floyd | It's clear this place hasn't been occupied in awhile. Mold creeps
Floyd | along the dirty walls and the sunken floorboards. The northeastern
Floyd | wall is partially missing, exposing a rotting staircase to the lower
Floyd | level. The open window leads back out to the street.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "use flash" 		

Floyd | >A high-pitched whir sounds. The flash goes off, and the area briefly
Floyd | illuminates in a harsh light.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >You unfurl your wings and leap from the window, landing gently on the
Floyd | street below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >By the Postbox
Floyd | Murphy flags you down as you approach. "Hey, Good. I got the results
Floyd | from the bag and dirt for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could use some good news," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, there's no fingerprints, unfortunately. Was probably wearing
Floyd | gloves. The interesting part is that it's not dirt at all, but a
Floyd | mixture of water, wheat, barley, soy, pine nuts, corn starch, and a
Floyd | trace amount of mint. Some kind of food product. Not one that I've
Floyd | ever seen."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Leaves a bad taste in your mouth, actually." He cocks an eyebrow but
Floyd | says nothing. Holly has some explaining to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anything else?" Murphy asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Ask for a hint.
Floyd | 2) "I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Oh"
		Lionheart asks, "So was giving doohickey back what it was waiting fofr?"
		BrianK says, "Nah I think we just needed to go and come back"
		DavidW says, "no"
		BrianK says, "Like when you revive a fossil in Pokemon"
		Lionheart asks, "If we had picked a different one, would we get a trace amount of vanilla or whatever?"
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
		BrianK says, "Most likely"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I'll check in with you later."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck catching the perp."
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Well, anyway, now we have something to talk to Holly about"
		BrianK says, "Yup, that's the evidence we need"
		Jacqueline says, "yep"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | Nearly noon by now. The air isn't circulating so well through the
Floyd | store. You loosen your coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly is there waiting for you. The ambient light shimmers off her
Floyd | greenness. Green. The Verde. "Hey.  You doing okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "You know Foo Foo."
Floyd |

		DavidW straps in for the ride.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"You know Foo Foo."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What?" She stiffens.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move closer. "I said, you know Foo Foo. You knew him all along."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know what"
Floyd |
Floyd | You point at the toys on the walls. "The mouse down the street makes
Floyd | his dinosaurs from his imagination. But you"you point back at
Floyd | her"prefer them lifelike. That's why your stuffed rabbits look like
Floyd | Foo Foo. He was a regular visitor here. You didn't even realize you
Floyd | were modeling your toys after him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence, prolonged. Holly tiptoes around the counter, adjusts the
Floyd | collar of your shirt, gently smooths a wrinkle in your coat. Her
Floyd | bottom lip is quivering. She tries to calm it with her teeth, even
Floyd | smiles a little. "Please, Good. You've got it all wrong."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "You were worried I'd find out about you, so you sent me after
Floyd | Domingo."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "man we're missing out on all the em-dashes"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"You were worried I'd find out about you, so you sent me after
Floyd | Domingo."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why are you saying these cruel"
Floyd |
Floyd | You slam a palm down on the counter. She flinches. "You flew into an
Floyd | abandoned rowhouse while I was investigating the other stores, dropped
Floyd | a coin you knew I'd pick up, and shot at me to lead me to the bag of
Floyd | cheese. Where'd you stash the revolver? Should I search the kitchen?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly collapses to her knees, hands pressed to her ears, shaking.
Floyd | "No... you mustn't..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "There was one flaw, Holl. You left a bit of the nibblet on the bag
Floyd | you planted. The same nibblet you broke apart to give me a sample. The
Floyd | mint-flavored one, remember? You hadn't made a single sale all
Floyd | morning."
Floyd |
Floyd | She buries herself in her hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Domingo was a former cheesemonger," you continue. "An easy target.
Floyd | Sure, it was a shaky setup at best. But once a criminal, always a
Floyd | criminal, am I right? I busted him before, and there was bad blood
Floyd | between us. I was bound to pursue him until I stumbled onto something
Floyd | new."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please..."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "You're the Verde."
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "(sorry em-dashes are my favorite punctuation)"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Mine too!"
		Lionheart says, "I love the PC's detectivework"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"You're the Verde."
Floyd |
Floyd | At this, she reaches up and grabs the bottom of your coat. "No. No I'm
Floyd | not." She's still shaking, but more resolute. Her face is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The field mice are disappearing," you say. "The cheese business is
Floyd | suffering. And your best dealer is scooping up your customers and
Floyd | bopping them on the head. Everything's falling apart. Then who shows
Floyd | up but me, your old fling. Maybe I can solve your problems. Find the
Floyd | mice, throw Foo Foo in prison where he can't do any more harm. Get
Floyd | things back to the way they were, get the money flowing again. Sabado
Floyd | wants his rent after all."
Floyd |
Floyd | She grips your coat more tightly now, her green knuckles white. "Yes,"
Floyd | she says, barely above a whisper. "Yes, Sabado wanted his money. I
Floyd | sank everything I had into the toy store, and lost it all. His loan
Floyd | gave me a new start, but the interest was too high. The Verde offered
Floyd | me a way out. She" She stops herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sink down to the floor beside her. Tension wanes. It hurts that
Floyd | you made her cry, hurts real bad. You had to get the truth out of her,
Floyd | but you still hate that you did it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her hands are warm under yours. You release them from your coat, one
Floyd | finger at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "She?"
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "This is very noir."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"She?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't. I'm sorry." She lifts the corner of her apron and wipes the
Floyd | tears from her cheeks, leaving a smudge of brown food product behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out to wipe it away, reaching out like you used to, but that
Floyd | was a decade ago, before you knew yourself and what you wanted, what
Floyd | you didn't realize you'd miss so much. "You got some mud stuff here,"
Floyd | you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | She laughs a little. "Mud stuff. Is that what you think of my food?"
Floyd | You can only smile. She grabs your hand. "Why did you leave me, Good?
Floyd | Where did I do wrong?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "That time at the holiday party. You and her." An obvious lie.
Floyd | 2) "I realized I wasn't in love with you." A severing lie.
Floyd | 3) "There were little things. The little schemes of yours. I left the
Floyd | wish squad because of them. I needed space." The truth.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Yeah I see why this is up for Best Game :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Truth"
		BrianK says, "My vote is for truth"
		DavidW says, "I also vote truth"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "save" 		Jacqueline says (to LH), "That's not how we save."
		DavidW says, "Now you'll have to give a savefile name."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf50" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to Lh), "You just type 'press save'"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"There were little things. The little schemes of yours. I left the
Floyd | wish squad because of them. I needed space."
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly releases your hand. "I was a different fairy then, did things
Floyd | I'm not proud of. But I'd have given you what you needed, if you only
Floyd | asked. I'd have done anything for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know. We didn't talk. Not like we're talking now."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks into your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) Kiss her.
Floyd | 2) Let it go.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "It's automated and keeps the files in sequence."
		BrianK says, "I usually type 'push save' :>"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Let it go. She's a criminal, unfortunately."
		Lionheart asks, "How hardboiled are we?"
		Jacqueline says, "We're Good."
		Peregrine says, "I vote for kiss"
		Peregrine says, "But then I'm a hopeless romantic :P"
		Jacqueline says, "I may be the dissenting vote here."
		Jacqueline says, "But kissing her is not appropriate."
		Lionheart says, "I vote for being Stoic McGoodyGoody."
		Jacqueline says, "We just saved, though, so whatever."
		BrianK says, "I also vote let it go"
		Peregrine says, "aw"
		BrianK says, "since I feel like that's more in character for Good"
		Lionheart says, "Guess the 2's have it."
		Lionheart says (to Pere), "We can return to cf5 later"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >You turn and lean back against the counter, wrapping your arms around
Floyd | your knees. "We had a good time, you and me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, we did." A break in the conversation. Holly straightens her
Floyd | legs and leans against the counter next to you. She's the first to
Floyd | speak again. "Listen, Good, you have to believe me. I wasn't ever
Floyd | going to shoot you. I couldn't shoot you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I didn't want to do any of it. I had to. She told me to."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Who told you to?"
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "There's only one other She in this game.........."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Who told you to?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly doesn't answer your question. She takes your hand, presses
Floyd | something into it. A key. "This'll get you in. You swiped it from me
Floyd | when I wasn't looking."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Holl"
Floyd |
Floyd | She puts a finger on your lips. "Take my revolver. It's under the
Floyd | loose tile in the kitchen. You're going to need it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can protest, she stands and opens the door to the kitchen.
Floyd | You rise to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, the kitchen to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly smiles at you from behind the counter.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Ooh, nice buildup of tension"
		Peregrine says, "this is the end"
		DavidW says, "Shame you can't count the pages to the end."
		Lionheart says, "Yeah, feels like we're nearing the climax"
		Peregrine exclaims, "gunfight!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | You're surprised to see only a small portion of the space is set aside
Floyd | for food preparation. The rest is dedicated to the construction of
Floyd | stuffed animals, mid-production, as if operations had never stopped.
Floyd | It's likely they didn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large bucket of wish powder stands in the corner. The tiled floor is
Floyd | stained purple where hastily scooped quantities were spilled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The retail area is directly south, and the back door to the place is
Floyd | north.
Floyd |

		Peregrine exclaims, "find that loose tile!!!"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get more powder" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get powder" 		

Floyd | >(the pouch of wish powder)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search tiles" 		

Floyd | >You step on the tiles one by one until you find the one that shifts
Floyd | under your weight. Lifting it slightly, you reach underneath and pull
Floyd | out a small revolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Five bullets, one missing. You grin, thinking of Holly, your hat in
Floyd | her sights. You're glad her aim wasn't low.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "So blaze'."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" 		

Floyd | >You haven't seen that much wish powder in a long time. Maybe not
Floyd | ever. How did Holly get all this? It's probably worth a fortune.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your pouch has enough wish powder for another spell, so you won't need
Floyd | any more.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x animals" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Yeah, but we could have an army of animated Foo foos"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >You unlock the door and step into the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | The alley arrives from the southeast and ends at a wall. There's a
Floyd | rear entrance to Get Your Nibbles to the south.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse
Floyd | A door to the south leads into an abandoned rowhouse. Leaning against
Floyd | the house is a dented trashcan. The alley curves northwest and east.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind Cameracopia
Floyd | The alley runs east and west behind the rowhouses and shops. An empty
Floyd | dumpster is not quite pushed up against the wall opposite the store.
Floyd |
Floyd | The closed door to the south is likely a rear entrance to Cameracopia.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" 		

Floyd | >The key turns in the lock, the door opens.
Floyd |
Floyd | About a dozen surprised cuddly toys halt their activities to look at
Floyd | you. Several of them were pushing a large wheel of cheddar through a
Floyd | band saw. Several more were weighing and sorting smaller chunks of
Floyd | various cheeses into plastic bags. A zebra in a visor with thick
Floyd | spectacles was counting a pile of banknotes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize them as the same makes from the shelves in Holly's shop.
Floyd | Lions, tigers, and bears, all beautifully crafted, lifelike. Malice
Floyd | flashes in their beady plastic eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | They reach into their own stuffing and withdraw a handgun each. They
Floyd | start shooting. Bullets fly. You duck behind a nearby dumpster, just
Floyd | in time. Their shots impact the wall next to you in scattered puffs of
Floyd | cement dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cock your revolver. This could get ugly.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "SAVE"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "well"
		Lionheart says, "o_o"
		Peregrine says, "Five bullets. Half a dozen henchmen. We're screwed."
		Lionheart says, "See? See? I told you we needed a platoon of Foo Foos"
		Jacqueline says, "What Lionheart emoted."
		DavidW says, "This is what the dumpster's for. Cover from gunshots."
		BrianK says, "great foreshadowing"
		BrianK asks, "So... any ideas?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we use wishes?"
		Peregrine says, "Identify our targets first."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x toys" 		

Floyd | >Lions and tigers and bears, bearing pistols.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "shoot zebra" 		

Floyd | >You peek around the dumpster and fire at the closest toy. A bear,
Floyd | making his way toward the door. The shot catches him square in the
Floyd | head. He goes tumbling into a pile of his own stuffing.
Floyd |
Floyd | One down, only 4 bullets left. The math isn't in your favor. You'll
Floyd | need to think of something else.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "we're not great shots"
		Peregrine says, "well, we're good but..."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "shoot band saw" 		

Floyd | >You don't think that'll do you much good.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "We just got a headshot, I think we're pretty good shots :P"
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, but we wanted the zebra specifically, not a random bear :P"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "push dumpster south" 		

Floyd | >The dumpster cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Can we, like, examine the environment somehow"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | >Behind Cameracopia
Floyd | You're taking shelter behind a dumpster in the narrow alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the open door to the south, a gang of pistol-wielding cuddly
Floyd | toys attempts to pump you full of lead. Not the kind of day you were
Floyd | expecting to have.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around for anything that can help. Cheese wheels, stacks of
Floyd | cash, a chandelier. You're going to have to improvise.
Floyd |

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd | >It hangs from the ceiling, flickering.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "aha"
		BrianK says, "Aha"
		Peregrine says, "this is the old classic"
		Peregrine says, "drop the chandelier, burn the toys"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Awesome"
Sparkle arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "shoot chandelier" 		

Floyd | >You take aim at the chandelier and fire. Your shot finds the cord
Floyd | perfectly, and the entire thing crashes onto the table below. You got
Floyd | one, maybe two toys trapped underneath, but the rest keep firing.
Floyd | Fortunately, they're terrible shots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Think, Good. There's got to be something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take another look. With the chandelier out of the way, you can now
Floyd | see the nozzle of an overhead sprinkler jutting out from the ceiling.
Floyd |

		
Sparkle asks, "Are you guys playing a game right now?" 		
Peregrine says, "Yes" 		
Lionheart says, "Yep, same one we started when you elft earlier" 		
BrianK says, "Talk in the channel guys :P" 		Lionheart says, "Think we're near the end tho"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x sprinkler" 		

Floyd | >It's just barely visible through the doorway, jutting out from the
Floyd | ceiling.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I guess we can just shoot the sprinkler now"
		Peregrine says, "You're sure about this? It seems too easy."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "shoot sprinkler" 		

Floyd | >The target is small, so you're careful. You pull the trigger, the
Floyd | nozzle is torn off. Water sprays out over the room, running down the
Floyd | walls, covering the cheese. The animals scramble to protect
Floyd | themselves, but it's too late. Their wish powder washes off,
Floyd | collecting into purple puddles on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One by one the animals drop, lifeless. The water decreases to a steady
Floyd | stream, and then a slow trickle. Finally, silence, punctuated by the
Floyd | occasional drip.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key to step inside.)
Floyd |

		
Sparkle says, "You guys are still playing this game? I thought that you finished it. I guess not. Well, I will come back later." 		Jacqueline says, "AHA"
		Lionheart says, "Ohhhh"
		Peregrine says, "that was easy"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Cheese Room
Floyd | The room is smaller than it looked through the doorway. You cross it
Floyd | swiftly, careful not to touch anything. CSI can handle this mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | The inside door is abruptly kicked in. You raise your revolver and
Floyd | find a shotgun pointed at your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fern. She's still wearing her apron. Her eyes shine a brilliant green.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Drop your gun," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You first, Verde," you reply. "There could still be a ghost around."
Floyd |
Floyd | She laughs. "I hope you didn't actually believe that. The last thing I
Floyd | wanted was the police sniffing around." She motions for you to put
Floyd | your weapon on the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Neither of you move. When she speaks again, her words are marinated in
Floyd | irritation. "You should have left it alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Not my fault you're breaking the law."
Floyd | 2) "Someone needs to keep the cheese off the streets."
Floyd | 3) "Putting cheesemongers away is my idea of fun."
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "What's this about cheese being illegal? lol"
Sparkle has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "That is the quote of the game: 'Someone needs to keep the cheese off the streets.'"
		Peregrine says, "I vote for 2)"
		Lionheart says, "I like 2 too"
		BrianK says, "I wonder what it would be like if we had used our last shot for the sprinkler"
		Lionheart asks, "Same, but we'd be bluffing?"
		DavidW says, "I think this choice is whatevs. The next two choices will be more tricky."
		BrianK says, "Yeah that would be the simplest solution"
Peregrine rabbit punches the dummy. 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"Someone needs to keep the cheese off the streets."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ha!" Fern chirps mockingly. "Do you really think the Mayor and his
Floyd | cronies don't enjoy a plate of cheese with their wine at the end of a
Floyd | long day's work? The Prohibition only punishes the lowest among us, by
Floyd | design. I'm here to level the field."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look over at the piles of cash on the table. "You're a regular
Floyd | bleeding heart. Then all this cash must be... what? Appropriate
Floyd | compensation? Tell me again who's taking advantage of the lowest among
Floyd | us."
Floyd |
Floyd | She shakes her head. "I'm going to buy back this street. Make it a
Floyd | home for the field mice again. Sabado won't sell, but his backers
Floyd | willcapitalists can always be bought if the price is right." She
Floyd | tightens her grip on her gun. "I'm going to ask you this once. Are you
Floyd | with me, or against me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "You made your point, and I hear it." With her.
Floyd | 2) "I don't make the law. I enforce it." Against her.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "oh it's Prohibition"
		Peregrine says, "cheese = alcohol"
		DavidW says, "Fermentation"
		Lionheart asks, "And alcohol = cheese?"
		Peregrine asks, "She's got a gun to our head. Are we seriously going against her?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		Lionheart says, "Yeah"
		BrianK asks, "Well, we also have a gun pointed at her don't we?"
		Peregrine says, "No, she made us put it down"
		BrianK says, "whoops not reading carefully enough"
		Lionheart exclaims, "Stoic McUncompromiseypants will never bend to evil!"
		Peregrine asks, "wait, it's not clear if we still have the gun?"
		BrianK says, "Hmm it says "neither of you move" so we might still have the gun"
		Peregrine says, "hmhm"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Enforce the law!!!!"
		Lionheart says, "She demanded we put it down. We chose not to."
		Jacqueline asks, "Regardless, we aren't going to break the law, are we?"
		Peregrine says, "Enforce it"
		BrianK says, "All right, 2 it is"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"I don't make the law. I enforce it."
Floyd |
Floyd | She clicks her tongue disapprovingly. "Then I'm afraid this is where
Floyd | we must part. Goodbye, Detective. It's been"
Floyd |
Floyd | BONG!
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly bops Fern over the head with a frying pan, and the bird crumples
Floyd | to the floor in an undignified heap. She must have snuck in through
Floyd | the front.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look into each other's eyes, seconds stretched to little
Floyd | eternities. You want to thank her for saving your life, but the right
Floyd | words won't come.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I had to know," she says. "When you write your report, are you going
Floyd | to turn me in? For my part in all this, I mean."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I... have to be honest. I'm sorry." Turn her in.
Floyd | 2) "My report might be missing a few details." Let her off.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Now here's a harder choice."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Let her off!!!!!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "For f***'s sake, she saved us!"
		Jacqueline says, "Nope. Still 1."
		Peregrine shoots Jacqueline.
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, I used to be a cop, so possibly you all should ignore my idealism."
		Lionheart says, "Sorry Pere. We'll go back to cf5 later for the love conquers all ending"
		DavidW says, "You'll want to see both sides of this choice, I think."
		Peregrine says, "That's all right."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah. I agree."
		Lionheart says, "I say turn her in"
		BrianK says, "I suppose we can save here"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I... have to be honest. I'm sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly nods, bites her lip, forces a smile. "It's okay. I always
Floyd | admired your personal code of honor. I'm... glad I could see you one
Floyd | last time." She turns to leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Holly, wait!" you shout after her, but she's already through the door
Floyd | and out onto the street, spreading her wings and taking off. You slow
Floyd | once you reach the sidewalk, watching as she disappears into the great
Floyd | blue distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You already know you won't see her again. You hope she'll go far away
Floyd | from Fieldtown. Maybe she'll find the field mice, find the right woman
Floyd | who can make her happy, make a nice life for herself. Maybe you ought
Floyd | to do the same thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not much left to do now except open the postbox and end this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | By the Postbox
Floyd | Aging rowhouses, broken sidewalk, flickering street lamp. It's Lumpen
Floyd | Lane all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | A police barricade keeps onlookers out, and more importantly, everyone
Floyd | else in. The road heads east from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy leans against a public postbox, keeping watch.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open postbox" 		

Floyd | >You open the postbox and pull out a frightened Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He was in there the whole time?" Murphy exclaims, slapping his
Floyd | forehead. "How did you know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Doesn't matter, he's innocent." You toss Murphy the book. "Check the
Floyd | note on the inside cover. Foo Foo was hypnotized."
Floyd |
Floyd | Murphy takes a minute to look through the pages. "So it was Domingo
Floyd | all along?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrug. "Sabado, but we'll leave it to the DA to put a case
Floyd | together. Even if we catch Domingo, he'd never squeal. At least we can
Floyd | spare the innocent party." You both look at the rabbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does this mean I'm free to go?" Foo Foo asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You chuckle. "Yes, you're free to go. But if I see you again, it's
Floyd | Goontown for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit thanks you profusely, and waving goodbye, he hops down the
Floyd | lane.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press any key to continue.)
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Murphy munches on another stick of gum. "I guess everything turned out
Floyd | all right."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head. "Have headquarters send the boys over to the
Floyd | camera shop. They'll find the latest cheesemonger out cold, along with
Floyd | enough cheese and cash to buy the city."
Floyd |
Floyd | You've stunned Murphy once again. A notable feat, considering he can
Floyd | see shades of the future. "What's happened, Good?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've had all I can take of Lumpen Lane. You take it from here." Hands
Floyd | in pocket, you head home. You want to savor your last memories with
Floyd | Holly over a nice glass of mint schnapps.
Floyd |
Floyd | They might be all you'll ever have.
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?

		BrianK says, "Hmmm"
		DavidW says, "Now try letting Holly off."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | > Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"My report might be missing a few details."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Good. You don't know how much this means to me." She bends down
Floyd | to check on Fern, make sure she's breathing. "I can't ask you to do
Floyd | anything else for me. It wouldn't be right."
Floyd |
Floyd | You tighten your jaw. This is the Holly you were trying to forget.
Floyd | "What is it Holl?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Fern made my loan payments to Sabado for me, provided I kept up
Floyd | a steady supply of cheap labor. But she also had to buy all that wish
Floyd | powder, which meant no money for principal until business ramped up.
Floyd | If you can find the contract I signed at Sabado's, we can rip it up,
Floyd | and I can be free of him forever."
Floyd |
Floyd | "To do that, I'd have to find a way inside. He's only interested in
Floyd | Foo Foo."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles prettily. "Maybe you can fool him into thinking you found
Floyd | Foo Foo. I don't know, you'll think of something. I can wait for you
Floyd | here, and keep on eye on the bird."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And if I don't?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then I'll just have to manage." She picks up the shotgun and finds a
Floyd | comfortable spot to sit. "Also, I saw the rat bury a spare key in the
Floyd | dirt by the bar. He didn't realize I was spying. You may need to keep
Floyd | digging for it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheese Room
Floyd | The room was a distribution center for the Verde's illegal cheese
Floyd | ring. Large wheels of cheddar and swiss are stacked in the corner near
Floyd | a band saw for slicing. Scale weights, plastic bags, and inventory
Floyd | logs are scattered about the large table in the center of the room,
Floyd | along with cubes of various cheeses. In one corner is a small table,
Floyd | where stacks of cash are arranged into neat piles next to a counting
Floyd | machine. Everything is soaking wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bodies of a dozen or so stuffed animals lie strewn across chairs
Floyd | or on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holly keeps watch over the unconscious Fern near the door to the west.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "aha"
		Lionheart says, "Oh! More game"
		BrianK says, "I knew the dirt in the bar was something"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get cubes" 		

Floyd | >Better to leave everything in here alone. Let CSI handle it.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get money" 		

Floyd | >Let CSI handle it.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind Cameracopia
Floyd | The alley runs east and west behind the rowhouses and shops. An empty
Floyd | dumpster is not quite pushed up against the wall opposite the store.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cheese room is through the doorway south.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse
Floyd | A door to the south leads into an abandoned rowhouse. Leaning against
Floyd | the house is a dented trashcan. The alley curves northwest and east.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Flooded Kitchen
Floyd | You make your way into a derelict kitchen long since stripped of its
Floyd | appliances. The floor is lost beneath a fairy-inch of standing water,
Floyd | either from a burst pipe or a leaky roof.
Floyd |
Floyd | A staircase leads up to the bedroom. Daylight leaks through cracks in
Floyd | the door to the north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind an Abandoned Rowhouse
Floyd | A door to the south leads into an abandoned rowhouse. Leaning against
Floyd | the house is a dented trashcan. The alley curves northwest and east.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Behind Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | The alley arrives from the southeast and ends at a wall. There's a
Floyd | rear entrance to Get Your Nibbles to the south, the door left open.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Where are you going :P"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Only a small portion of the space is set aside for food preparation.
Floyd | The rest is dedicated to the construction of stuffed animals,
Floyd | mid-production, as if operations had never stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large bucket of wish powder stands in the corner. The tiled floor is
Floyd | stained purple where hastily scooped quantities were spilled.
Floyd |
Floyd | The retail area is directly south, and the alley is north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | If it weren't for the display case of muddy nibblet things, you'd have
Floyd | mistaken this place for a toy store. The walls are painted a cheery
Floyd | yellow and lined with shelves full of cuddly toys. The stuffed rabbits
Floyd | look curiously like Foo Foo.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit is to the south, the kitchen to the north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put powder on doll" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "put powder on rabbit" 		

Floyd | >You sprinkle some powder on a stuffed rabbit.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yaaas"
		BrianK says, "Oh right"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "wave wand at rabbit" 		

Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to wave Big Tommy.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "wave wand" 		

Floyd | >You wave Big Tommy.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "point it"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "point wand at rabbit" 		

Floyd | >Here goes nothing. You point your wand at the stuffed rabbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Flippity, floppity, foo," you chant. With a sharp intake of air, the
Floyd | stuffed rabbit comes to life. He's disoriented for only a moment
Floyd | before he falls in line behind you, wiggling his nose happily.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" 		

Floyd | >His resemblance to Foo Foo is uncanny.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Get Your Nibbles
Floyd | A small food joint is sandwiched between the derelict rowhouses, its
Floyd | entrance to the north. Lumpen Lane runs east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" 		

Floyd | >His resemblance to Foo Foo is uncanny.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "kiss rabbit" 		

Floyd | >He's fine the way he is.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Feckless Pawn
Floyd | You stand outside your least favorite pawn shop. The entrance to the
Floyd | store is north. The road in front curves west and southeast.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Bend In the Road
Floyd | The sidewalk wraps around an old rowhouse and continues east. High
Floyd | above the boarded-up door is an open window. The rat's pawn shop is
Floyd | back to the northwest.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >The Forest
Floyd | You enter the bar and its earthy smells. A hint of decay clings to the
Floyd | air. You wonder what people see in this place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado joins you by the entrance in better spirits than usual. "Good!
Floyd | You brought Foo Foo. How... unexpected, but I'm no less delighted. I
Floyd | might even let you stick around if you stopped acting like a man all
Floyd | the time. Roughness doesn't suit a lovely creature like yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | You refuse to let him under your skin. "Funny, I was about to tell you
Floyd | the same thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | He snatches the now-frightened rabbit by the ears and drags him to the
Floyd | area marked for employees. "Just keep an eye on the bar for me while
Floyd | I'm gone. This shouldn't take long."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't work for you," you say, but the retort falls flat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado stops. He turns his head round, looks you up and down, then
Floyd | lifts the rabbit slightly off the ground as if to show you his prize.
Floyd | "Don't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He leaves through the door and is gone, closing it firmly behind him.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >You thrust the shovel into the dirt and unearth some kind of bone. A
Floyd | rib, you guess. Digging again, you uncover more ribs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thought crosses your mind. You stumble backwards, away from the
Floyd | bones. Your stomach turns. These couldn't belong to the field mice,
Floyd | could they?
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "whaaaaaaaat"
		Peregrine says, "sudden twist"
		DavidW says, "So many twists in this game."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >You force yourself to dig somewhere else. Even more bones.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Indeed"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >Bones. Is this a bar or a graveyard? You're not sure you want to
Floyd | know.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >Huh. They're all ribs.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "...wait they're just ribs"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >This time, you discover a small metal object. You pick it up and
Floyd | clean off the dirt. It's a key, large and cast in iron.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "that is weird"
		Peregrine asks, "why just ribs?"
		BrianK says, "No as in, BBQ ribs"
		DavidW says, "Thursday Night special."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		BrianK says, "Haha they totally led us on"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search bar" 		

Floyd | >A plain wooden bar. There's a letter tucked in with the barware.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get letter" 		

Floyd | >Taken.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd | >You were hoping this would be the contract Holly was looking for to
Floyd | spare you some trouble. It's not. Trouble never lets you off that
Floyd | easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's addressed to Sabado Verdeterre and signed by Hannibal Sistrum as
Floyd | Executive Vice President of Diamond Inc. You skim through the
Floyd | legalese. It announces a Real Estate Investment Trust for the creation
Floyd | of Alabaster Estates to be built over the existing Lumpen Lane.
Floyd | There's a whole lot of money in it for Sabado, provided he can get
Floyd | ownership of the entire street and get rid of the cheese to improve
Floyd | the neighborhood's reputation.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you can't find the provider, you eliminate the buyers. Perhaps by
Floyd | bopping them on the head during a transaction. Proof of a motive,
Floyd | though still tenuous at best.
Floyd |

		Peregrine exclaims, "evidence!!"
		Peregrine says, "now find that effing contract before things turn sour"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | >You don't want to dig any more.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | >The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while a closed door to the north behind the bar
Floyd | reads "Employees Only". A lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | With Sabado gone, the bar counter stands alone.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd | >An iron key.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >It's locked.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd | >The key turns, and you open the door a crack. The light from torches
Floyd | mounted on the wall dances across a stone staircase, spiraling
Floyd | downwards. You're reminded of what Holly said earlier about an animal
Floyd | cult.
Floyd |
Floyd | No. It was a bunch of nonsense. Though you swear you can hear a
Floyd | rattling sound, coming from down below.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "eerie"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >Below the Forest
Floyd | You descend the stairs slowly, making as little noise as possible. The
Floyd | rattling sound grows louder. Reaching the bottom, you keep crouched by
Floyd | the stairs and glance around the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone archway opens into a large vaulted chamber, barely lit by
Floyd | torches on the wall. Across the room, a great white beast twists and
Floyd | bucks about wildly, hissing and rattling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rattlesnake. Here, in Fieldtown. You hold your breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado stands close to the snake, chanting in an unknown language. In
Floyd | the far corner lies the stuffed rabbit, lifeless once again.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "this game has every crime-related trope"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "bop sabado" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		Genevieve says, "Sounds like I've missed a good one."
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd | >A great beast, thrashing about. The bone-white segments on the end of
Floyd | the tail rattle incessantly.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sabado" 		

Floyd | >He's tall for a rat, graying in broad patches, joints that bend at
Floyd | sharp angles. You're not sure if he has an expression besides scowl.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" 		

Floyd | >A lifeless stuffed rabbit.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "I'm not totally sure what the game wants us to do"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | >You shift your weight for a better position and knock a piece of
Floyd | brick off the wall. It clatters noisily to the floor. Both snake and
Floyd | rat turn to look at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado ceases his chanting. "Get the rabbit out of here!" he shouts at
Floyd | you. "Get rid of anything with wish powder on it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why?" you shout back.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shut up and do it!"
Floyd |

		Genevieve says, "It wants you to give me all your money. ;-)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get rabbit" 		

Floyd | >You run for the rabbit, but the snake twists directly into your path.
Floyd | You duck as a coil strikes the wall above you, leaving a spider's web
Floyd | of cracks behind. The beast could crush you with ease.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't get to the rabbit!" you shout.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm doing what I can," Sabado replies. "You have to find a way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | How are you going to back the snake away from the rabbit? He's asking
Floyd | the impossible.
Floyd |

		Genevieve says, "Oh, and to help you with coding. :-P Sorry, couldn't resist."
		Lionheart says, "Hypnotize it"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "hypnotize snake" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd | >The note on the inside cover reads: "DomingoPage 95. One debt clean
Floyd | per mouse. You have my word."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd | >It's called "Hypnotism and Snake Charming For Dummies".
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "charm snake" 		

Floyd | >I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

		BrianK says, "Oh, wait, there's an object we haven't used yet"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "use flash" 		

Floyd | >You activate the flash. The light is nearly blinding in the dimness
Floyd | of the chamber, but the effect is immediate. The snake recoils into
Floyd | the opposite corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now's your chance.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Ahh"
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "get rabbit" 		

Floyd | >You grab the rabbit, turn, and get out of there, deciding that if you
Floyd | live through the day, you're finally going to trash these heels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake resumes thrashing about the chamber, the effects of the
Floyd | flash worn off.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |

		
Lionheart says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while the door to the north is open slightly. A
Floyd | lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | With Sabado gone, the bar counter stands alone.
Floyd |

		Peregrine asks, "OK so Sabado fed those field mice to the snake?"
		DavidW says, "I can't say yet."
		BrianK says, "I think we can drop the rabbit here and go back down"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop rabbit" 		

Floyd | >Dropped.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >Below the Forest
Floyd | You return to the chamber at the bottom of the stairs. The snake
Floyd | continues a violent dance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I said, get rid of everything with wish powder on it!" Sabado shouts
Floyd | before returning to his chant.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "1 mouse per debt is what it said"
		BrianK says, "do we have anything else with wish powder"
		DavidW says, "The pouch."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while the door to the north is open slightly. A
Floyd | lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | With Sabado gone, the bar counter stands alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a stuffed rabbit here.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd | a letter
Floyd | an iron key
Floyd | a revolver
Floyd | a curved dagger
Floyd | a bottle of Presto Remove-O
Floyd | a shovel
Floyd | some papers
Floyd | a book
Floyd | Big Tommy
Floyd | a pouch of wish powder
Floyd | an Edgerton flash
Floyd | a handwritten note
Floyd | your badge
Floyd | a mugshot
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "drop pouch" 		

Floyd | >Dropped.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Also, if we still had Doohickey."
		Peregrine says, "I'm baffled by Sabado's reaction to our presence."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >Below the Forest
Floyd | Returning to the subterranean chamber, you find the albino rattlesnake
Floyd | now docile, coiled up the corner. Sabado looks worn down, but still
Floyd | grumpy. They speak to each other in hushed tones. You hear the words
Floyd | "trespassed illegally".
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. You work yourself up
Floyd | into a mock rage. "Just what in Gaia's name is going on down here?"
Floyd | you shout, stomping across the stone floor, waving a fist in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake shrinks away apologetically. Sabado isn't as easily cowed,
Floyd | but he decides to play nice. "Detective, I'd like you to meet my
Floyd | business associate, Mr. Sistrum. Mr. Sistrum, Detective Good Fairy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pleassse, call me Hannibal," the snake says. He bows slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Forgive me if I forget my manners," you say. "It sometimes happens
Floyd | when I'm almost crushed to death."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hannibal suffers from allergies," says Sabado. "His most severe being
Floyd | wish powder. Even being in the same room is enough to send him into a
Floyd | fit." He thrusts a finger at you. "And it was your dirty,
Floyd | powder-covered trick which caused this latest attack."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hannibal rests his rattle on the rat's shoulder. "Peace, friend. She
Floyd | couldn't have known about my allergy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to know why she tried to fool us in the first place," Sabado
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "You didn't give me the impression you weren't going to hurt Foo
Floyd | Foo."
Floyd | 2) "I wanted to find out what you were after."
Floyd | 3) "I wasn't planning on handing over Foo Foo. I only wanted a way
Floyd | in."
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Let's play it as if we're two steps ahead, and go 3"
		Peregrine says, "3"
		Jacqueline says, "okay"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"I wasn't planning on handing over Foo Foo. I only wanted a way in."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado smirks. "And here you are. With a warrant, I'm sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We were only trying to determine the identity of the Verde," Hannibal
Floyd | cuts in. Sabado throws him a sharp look, but the snake continues. "The
Floyd | neighborhood is important to us. We want to help facilitate the
Floyd | removal of the cheessse. Surely you want the same."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "All taken care of. Fern is the Verde. She'll be in police custody
Floyd | shortly."
Floyd | 2) "All taken care of. The Verde will be in police custody shortly."
Floyd | 3) "Not any of my business, actually."
Floyd |

		Peregrine asks, "2?"
		BrianK says, "sounds good"
		Lionheart says, "1's not too smart, but it would be interesting to see his reaction."
		Lionheart says, "But 2's the way to go I think."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd | >"All taken care of. The Verde will be in police custody shortly."
Floyd |
Floyd | Both of them look surprised. "Who is it?" Sabado asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll have to read the papers tomorrow to find out," you reply. "Now
Floyd | it's my turn for a question." Hannibal inclines his head toward you.
Floyd | Sabado crosses his arms and scowls.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "I've heard from several sources that the field mice are vanishing.
Floyd | Then I dig up some bones buried upstairs. And now I find there's a
Floyd | snake in Fieldtown."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"I've heard from several sources that the field mice are vanishing.
Floyd | Then I dig up some bones buried upstairs. And now I find there's a
Floyd | snake in Fieldtown."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hannibal uncoils and rears his head like a cobra, bares his fangs.
Floyd | Maybe he does have a violent side. You feel for the revolver beneath
Floyd | your coat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hannibal is an old friend," Sabado says. Odd that he would cut the
Floyd | tension, unless he knows when the snake isn't playing around. "I don't
Floyd | appreciate unfounded accusations against friends."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me about the bones."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Every Tuesday is scavenger night," he says with a resigned huff. "All
Floyd | you can eat spare ribs. It's gotten popular." You narrow your eyes,
Floyd | and he looks offended. "What? They were dead already. And no, they
Floyd | weren't the field mice."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then what happened to the field mice?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Now he's angry. "I don't know what you want me to say. They packed up
Floyd | and left. Gaia Almighty, all you complainers are looking for some kind
Floyd | of big bad villain to blame. Well guess what, there isn't one. Blame
Floyd | Fieldtown. Blame everybody. We're all to blame, because we're all
Floyd | looking out for numero uno." He raps his chest proudly. "Ourselves.
Floyd | You don't like it, go do something about it. Otherwise, shut your
Floyd | Gaiadamned mouth."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hannibal grins and settles back into his coils. "For the record, I
Floyd | strictly eat eggs. Unfertilized ones."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Any more questions?" asks Sabado.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Were you behind the attack at the camera shop last night?"
Floyd | 2) "What did you do to the rabbit?"
Floyd | 3) "Let's talk about the contract you have with Holly."
Floyd | 4) "No more questions."
Floyd |

		Peregrine asks, "3?"
		DavidW says, "ah, Tuesdays, not Thursdays."
		Jacqueline says, "I rather like Hannibal"
		BrianK says, "It seems like we can hit up all of these"
		Jacqueline says (to Brian), "Yeah"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >"Let's talk about the contract you have with Holly."
Floyd |
Floyd | The two look at each other. "What contract?" Hannibal asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The contract in which Sabado lent her a sum of money to rebrand her
Floyd | store. There're laws against usury. I'd like to double check the rate.
Floyd | Make sure it's all square." You outline a square in the air with your
Floyd | finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Honestly Detective, I have no idea what you're talking about," Sabado
Floyd | replies. "I didn't give her no money. In fact, she's all paid up
Floyd | through the end of the year. Now I have to figure a way out of our
Floyd | lease agreement."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're lying," you say unconvincingly. You both know he was telling
Floyd | the truth. So why would she lie about this? A terrible sinking feeling
Floyd | settles in your stomach.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whatever," Sabado says, brushing you off.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Were you behind the attack at the camera shop last night?"
Floyd | 2) "What did you do to the rabbit?"
Floyd | 3) "No more questions."
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "oh noooo"
		BrianK says, "Aw man holly"
		Lionheart says, "Yeah, that's what happens when you trust a femme fatale in a noir thriller"
		Jacqueline says, "I told y'all not to let her off."
		Jacqueline shakes her head.
		BrianK says, "pfft"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Were you behind the attack at the camera shop last night?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid I went to speak with the proprietor, to propose a more
Floyd | generousss offer, and suffered one of my fits while I was there,"
Floyd | Hannibal says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I swear she's up to something," says Sabado.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave that one alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "What did you do to the rabbit?"
Floyd | 2) "No more questions."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"What did you do to the rabbit?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He fell over as soon as Hannibal's allergies started acting up,"
Floyd | Sabado says. "Must have scared him lifeless."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's possible. Not something you've ever tested. "You didn't think to
Floyd | get him out of here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado talks through gritted teeth. "If you didn't notice, I was
Floyd | chanting."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It calmsss me down," Hannibal adds. "Another hour, I'd have been fine
Floyd | again."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's why Sabado had a book on Snake Charming in the first place.
Floyd | Though an hour isn't exactly a quick turnaround.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "No more questions."
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"No more questions, for now. You're still on the hook for getting
Floyd | those mice bopped."
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado smiles. "If you had enough to arrest me, you'd have done it
Floyd | already. Now get the hell out of my bar."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was lovely meeting you," Hannibal says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You doff your hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Below the Forest
Floyd | The stairway from the south opens to a large vaulted chamber, barely
Floyd | lit by torches on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sabado stands with his arms crossed and a terrible pout.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hannibal rests in the corner, a pile of white coils, his forked tongue
Floyd | taking little tastes of the air.
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "pout pout"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x hannibal" 		

Floyd | >He's an albino rattlesnake, the faintest of diamond patterns showing
Floyd | on his scales. He seems completely at ease with his nakedness, which
Floyd | you assume must be a snake thing. You imagine clothes to be difficult
Floyd | for snakes.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Well. Holly's watching Fern, or so we presumed."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | The Forest
Floyd | The corner tavern resembles an old forest more than a bar. Even the
Floyd | ground is covered in a thick layer of soil. The western exit leads
Floyd | back to the street, while the door to the north is open slightly. A
Floyd | lit-up jukebox looks rather out of place in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | With Sabado gone, the bar counter stands alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You left a pouch of wish powder and a stuffed rabbit here.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | East End of Lumpen Lane
Floyd | The road from the west ends at The Forest to the east. An alley
Floyd | disappears behind the rowhouses to the north.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Dinosaur Island
Floyd | A prehistoric window display stands beside the shop's entrance to the
Floyd | north. Lumpen Lane continues east and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Outside Cameracopia
Floyd | A small camera shop is open to the north. The road in front runs east
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Inside Cameracopia
Floyd | You'd say the store was trying to convey church basement-chic, except
Floyd | it looks like a tornado went through it. There's broken glass and
Floyd | camera parts and debris everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the cheese room. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finch sits quietly on the counter.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >Cheese Room
Floyd | The room was a distribution center for the Verde's illegal cheese
Floyd | ring. Large wheels of cheddar and swiss are stacked in the corner near
Floyd | a band saw for slicing. Scale weights, plastic bags, and inventory
Floyd | logs are scattered about the large table in the center of the room,
Floyd | along with cubes of various cheeses. In one corner is a small table,
Floyd | where...
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around in disbelief. Holly's gone, along with all the cash.
Floyd | Near the counting machine is a piece of paper with a little green
Floyd | heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | You think back to everything that happened. New possibilities emerge.
Floyd | The Verde may not have been one woman, but two, a partnership that
Floyd | turned sour. One of them planned to blow all the money on some junk
Floyd | real estate for the field mice. The other waited for the right
Floyd | opportunity to make a move against her. There's a sucker born every
Floyd | day, you guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the little green heart and crush it between your fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Three months later...)
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "you were right Jacq"
		DavidW says, "One more scene."
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |                               *   *   *   *   *
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A tremendous pounding disturbs you from your slumber. For the love of
Floyd | Gaia. What now?
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio Apartment
Floyd | You climb out of bed into your own little slice of heaven. Maybe
Floyd | someday you'll get out of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rain is heavy against the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock. Knock. Knock.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Now I wonder if spilling about Fern wouldn't have been a better choice"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are wearing your pajamas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock. Knock. Knock.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pajamas" 		

Floyd | >Deep red, with little dancing penguins all over them. You've worn
Floyd | them to holes, but you don't care. They're the most comforting thing
Floyd | you own
Floyd |
Floyd | Comfortable. You mean they're the most comfortable thing you own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock. Knock. Knock.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd | >It's dark outside. The rain obscures everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock. Knock. Knock.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd | >Wide enough for two. Rarely does it hold that many.
Floyd |
Floyd | Knock. Knock. Knock.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Is somebody going to answer that door?"
		BrianK says, "hee hee"
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding)"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >You fumble with the locks until you get the door open. A very wet
Floyd | rabbit shivers on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | This has got to be one of those recurring nightmares. "I thought I
Floyd | told you the next time I saw you, I'd turn you into a goon," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit limps inside. "I won't be around that long. Heck, I
Floyd | probably won't last the night." He sounds more controlled, more
Floyd | confident. He doesn't sound like himself at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Foo Foo, what's going on?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He opens his coat and reveals a tear where his right arm meets his
Floyd | shoulder. The ends of the fabric are frayed. Cotton is starting to
Floyd | push through.
Floyd |
Floyd | He was stuffed all along.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) This can't be.
Floyd |

		Lionheart says, "Do me a favor, open the door. Let em in"
		BrianK exclaims, "!!!"
		Peregrine says, "omg"
		Lionheart exclaims, "What a twist!"
		Peregrine says, "this twist beats them all"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"You're stuffed?" you ask incredulously. "How is that possible?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mother was skilled," Foo Foo replies. "More than you realized. She
Floyd | worked on me for years. I've been alive for years, while my siblings
Floyd | only last days."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But you're soaking wet!" You stand over him. Anger swells. Yes, you
Floyd | were betrayed. Yes, you were fooled. But surely not to this degree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo lowers his eyes and sags to the floor. "I have a heart, you
Floyd | know. She made one out of red felt and filled it with wish powder.
Floyd | Simple, yet effective. Makes you wonder why no one thought of it
Floyd | before. Anyway, it's almost all used up."
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) No. You can't believe it.
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"But you're heavy... and your speech..." You sit down on the edge of
Floyd | your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "'Sticks and stone shall be my bones, and words will ever guide me.'
Floyd | Mother made that up for me, I think to help me understand what I was.
Floyd | She said I learned to talk the fastest out of all her creations. I
Floyd | spoke as soon as I was brought to life, repeating the last word of her
Floyd | spell over and over again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Flippity, floppity, foo," you whisper.
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods. "'Foo! Foo!' I had shouted. I apparently named myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | You still have questions.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "How were you even hypnotized?"
Floyd | 2) "So all those times I gave you extra chances..."
Floyd | 3) "Why are you here, Foo Foo?"
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"How were you even hypnotized?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wasn't, but I had to pretend that I was, otherwise I'd have been
Floyd | found out. Questions would have been raised. Mother didn't exactly
Floyd | acquire all that wish powder legally."
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course she didn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "So all those times I gave you extra chances..."
Floyd | 2) "Why are you here, Foo Foo?"
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"So all those times I gave you extra chances..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Foo Foo finishes your sentence, as much as it pains you to hear it.
Floyd | "...was to get you to investigate, without tipping you off. Domingo's
Floyd | attempts at hypnotism were the perfect excuse. All you had to do was
Floyd | show." He smiles. "You have a good heart, Good. Holly wasn't even
Floyd | expecting you to give me so many chances. She admired you for it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Must be why she did what she did," you say sarcastically.
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Why are you here, Foo Foo?"
Floyd |

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >"Why are you here, Foo Foo?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He furrows his brow and presses his lips together. "I loved her, so
Floyd | much. I believe she loved me too, even though I was a means to an end.
Floyd | But you... she loved you most of all." He climbs onto the bed and sits
Floyd | next to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn away. "She didn't love me. She ruined me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "She never told me why she carried out this last scheme," Foo Foo
Floyd | says, "but I think she wanted to become the villain you wanted her to
Floyd | be. A reason for the both of you to move on, even after all those
Floyd | years. She never saw herself as good enough for you. I suppose she
Floyd | never thought she could be a good person."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You never answered my question."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks up into your eyes. "Did you love her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) "Yes."
Floyd | 2) "No."
Floyd |

		Peregrine says, "1"
		Lionheart says, "1"
		Jacqueline says, "Definitely 1"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd | >You nod. "Yes, Foo Foo. Very much."
Floyd |
Floyd | He beams. "That's what I hoped you'd say." He puts his paw on your
Floyd | hand. You take it. "Mother used to cuddle with me at night sometimes,
Floyd | like I was still a toy. I... wonder if that'd be all right."
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile gently. "Sure. It'd be all right."
Floyd |
Floyd | You wrap your arms around him and pull him with you onto the bed. He's
Floyd | still cold and wet, but you keep him close anyway. It isn't long
Floyd | before he's merely warm and damp, and by the time you fall asleep,
Floyd | it's hard to tell where the rainwater ends and where the tears begin.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The morning brings a pale light through the window. You wake feeling
Floyd | refreshed, like you finally slept after years of trudging through life
Floyd | in a weary haze. In your arms is a lifeless stuffed rabbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's smiling.
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?

		Jacqueline says, "Man, what a story."
		Peregrine says, "whoa"
		Lionheart says, "Wow."
		Peregrine says, "this earned its xyzzy"
		Jacqueline says, "So yeah, remember to vote, peeps."
		BrianK says, "Well it earned its nomination"
		Peregrine says, "nightnight to you all"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. This didn't make the cut for best writing."
		Jacqueline says, "That is a travesty."
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, my favorite game of the year got zero nominations."
		BrianK asks, "Which game was that?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I mean, I nominated it, but it didn't make the cut."
		Lionheart says, "I am very impressed by the dialogue in this game"
		Peregrine says, "Me too"
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. 		Roger says, "yep, good stuff"
		Lionheart says, "So in retrospect it explains a bit about that first ending we got."
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "It's a non-Floydable game. Ms. Lojka or: In Despair to Will to Be Oneself. It's very dark. In fact, best played in the dark, with headphones. And possibly red wine. I can see why it didn't make the cut. I don't think it's most people's cup of tea. Played through to the end it's very powerful / distubing / mood altering."
		Jacqueline asks (of Lh), "Yeah?"
		Lionheart says, "Sabado's attitude toward us after we did his bidding the first time. Of course he wasn't going to keep up his end of the bargain."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, folks. This has been great. Worth going over 2 hours. See y'all next week, hopefully."
		DavidW says, "Thanks all."
		Lionheart asks, "Sure. Want to see if Sparkle's still around and play some Arrival?"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Lionheart says, "Perhaps another day, then."
		BrianK says, "Twas fun"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Child's Play by Stephen Granade
As played on ifMUD on July 30, 2017

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 Child's Play written by Stephen Granade. 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 childsplay" 		

Floyd ]  Smothered in Darkness                                Score: 0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Smothered in Darkness
Floyd | It is dark and stuffy and you are covered over, something is all
Floyd | draped over you, it is enough to make you crazy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, there we go."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Smothered in Darkness                                Score: 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are trying not to breathe fast, it is hard when you are so closed
Floyd | in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "To enter commands, just begin the command with an f ."
		DavidW says, "Like: f yell"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 0
Floyd |
Floyd | > YELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly the darkness is gone, and it is so light, you are blinded for
Floyd | just a second. You blink and blink and then you can see the mom
Floyd | holding the blanket she was covering you with. "Oh, kid, I'm so sorry,
Floyd | I thought you were having fun," she says. "We'll do something else."
Floyd |
Floyd | That'll teach her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Child's Play
Floyd | A child, a toy, and a rival by Stephen Granade
Floyd | Copyright © 2007-2008 by Stephen Granade
Floyd | All rights reserved.
Floyd | Type ABOUT for more information.
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 080105 / Inform 7 build 5J39 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/11N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. But it
Floyd | would be bigger and vaster if there weren't all these pillows and
Floyd | stuff in a big ring around you. The mom is totally all paranoid and
Floyd | whatever, she is a new mom.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it looms over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom is playing with you and is all excited about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a squishy ball, a plush book, and your favorite toy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You eye your favorite toy and the mom sees you doing it and scoops it
Floyd | up. "No, no, we're going to try pulling up!" She is all the time
Floyd | trying to build your character or something. She waves the toy at you.
Floyd | "Look! Look where I'm putting it!" She drops the toy on the footstool
Floyd | where you can't see it unless you're all pulled up, that is just no
Floyd | fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Is there a certain person who will enter commands today?"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		DavidW says, "Sometimes we designate a player as the driver and sometimes we just let everyone play at the same time. It depends on the game's situation."
		DavidW says (to Callista), "Since you wanted to play this game the most, I'd suggest you should be the driver. Assuming we need a driver in the first place."
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on footstool" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON FOOTSTOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself up and it is one hand and another hand which is hard
Floyd | because the footstool is all unstable and rocks some but then you are
Floyd | all on your feet so yay you! And now that you are up here you can see
Floyd | your favorite toy on the footstool.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom applauds, "Way to go!" She looks at her watch and is all
Floyd | "Whoops! Playgroup's about to arrive. You hang out here while mom goes
Floyd | and gets ready." She stands up and steps over all of those pillows and
Floyd | you are stuck here now by yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl asks, "I don't think the game is finicky enough to need one, no?"
		Callista asks, "Are there any command suggestions?"
		lastplaneout asks, "Are we old enough to walk?"
		DavidW says (to genericgeekgirl), "Later on, it might make a difference. Not so much right now."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are as baby-like as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "I don't think so, given that we're at the pulling up stage."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "walk" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > WALK
Floyd |
Floyd | That is a developmental milestone you will reach someday but not
Floyd | today.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to lastplaneout), "We can walk. We can't carry much, though. And standing is tricky, since we need to do that pull up on things trick."
		genericgeekgirl says, "So no"
		Callista says (to Genericgeekgirl), "Actually, there are some parts that are timeed, in a way."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, we can worry about that later then."
		lastplaneout says, "Well, we should get that darn toy then."
		DavidW says, "oh, I thought we could walk. Maybe we crawl, then."
		genericgeekgirl says, "Probably"
		DavidW says, "I remember going from one place to another in this game."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot reach your favorite toy because you are standing and if you
Floyd | let go with one hand you would just plop down before you could get it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Nooooooo"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 5
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You make some noise but it doesn't really do anything for you right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "shake footstool" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE FOOTSTOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You push on the footstool and it rocks and you pull on the footstool
Floyd | and it rocks and then you hear stuff fall off it! But the stuff fell
Floyd | outside the ring of pillows.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Heh. Awesome."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "crawl to pillows" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRAWL TO PILLOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "crawl" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRAWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can crawl around and all but to really get somewhere you have to
Floyd | pick a direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x pillows" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILLOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The ring is a bunch of pillows and stuff piled around in a circle so
Floyd | you can't go crawling away when the mom is all distracted. The whole
Floyd | thing is taller than you even when you are sitting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey wait, what is Alfadog doing wedged in the pillows like that?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x alfadog" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ALFADOG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is Alfadog, your alphabet-knowing toy and it is all wedged under
Floyd | some pillows. He is about as long as you and he is about as tall as
Floyd | you when you are crawling, it is as if he is your brother only he is a
Floyd | dog. He has this switch on him that makes him run and say the alphabet
Floyd | and such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "We can let go of the footstool now."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit down on your diaper and it is good that it is all padded and
Floyd | stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. But it
Floyd | would be bigger and vaster if there weren't all these pillows and
Floyd | stuff in a big ring around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it looms over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a squishy ball, a plush book, and Alfadog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "turn on alfadog" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON ALFADOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You are all fumbly on the switch but then you get it turned on and
Floyd | look out! Alfadog lights up and his paws start digging in and he is
Floyd | barking out "A! B! C! D! EFG!" It looks like he may be stuck under
Floyd | those pillows but then "L! M! N! O! P!" pillows tumble out of
Floyd | his way and he is free, zipping off to the east! You hear him winding
Floyd | down, "W X Y and Zeee....." And now there is this big gap in the
Floyd | pillows to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | That Alfadog is very powerful, he should probably be recalled.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you are already sitting you can't sit again or maybe it's like
Floyd | you've already succeeded at sitting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "A+ sitting"
		lastplaneout says, "Heh."
		genericgeekgirl asks, "Shall we east?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue and brown and white and it has teeth marks on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chew ball" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the squishy ball)
Floyd | You shove the squishy ball in your mouth and start chewing on it and
Floyd | that leaves your hands free.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "E" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Alfadog and your favorite toy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take toy" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 15
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a ding-dong and the mom comes clattering in all "Hang on! I'm
Floyd | coming!" She opens the door and there is Marion Kinmundy here for
Floyd | playgroup. She is carrying that little red haired girl Zoe who started
Floyd | coming to playgroup a couple of whiles ago. Zoe sees your favorite toy
Floyd | and her eyes light up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom must be psychic or something because she whirls around and
Floyd | snatches up your favorite toy. "Oh, no," she says with a little laugh,
Floyd | "we're not having you two fight over this thing again. I'll tuck it
Floyd | away where it'll be safe." And Marion laughs too, which is cool, that
Floyd | way they don't notice you and the little red haired girl glaring at
Floyd | each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | She wants your toy? And the mom wants to lock the toy away? Bring it
Floyd | on.

		lastplaneout says, "I'm enjoying this protagonist."
		Callista says, "Oh. Whoops, we had not decided yet."
		Benjamin asks, "Decided what?"
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x zoe" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapter 1
Floyd | Playtime
Floyd |
Floyd | Right behind Marion and Zoe the little red haired girl is Lisa who is
Floyd | Cassie's mom. Lisa is carrying Cassie all carefully but Cassie is
Floyd | squirming to get down. "Hi Farina, hi Marion--hang on Cassie, mommy's
Floyd | going to put you down," Lisa says and then she steps over the baby
Floyd | gate and dumps Cassie by the couch to the south of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meanwhile the mom is putting all the pillows back on the couch and
Floyd | loveseat. As she finishes she asks Marion, "Can I put this toy in
Floyd | Zoe's backpack for now?" Marion is all "Sure!" as she puts Zoe on the
Floyd | floor over by the rocking chair and sits on the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare off into space in that timeless baby way that makes you look
Floyd | all smart or constipated or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "watch tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > WATCH TV
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV is dark and that makes you sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TV
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not have the remote control that the parents use to make the TV
Floyd | turn on or off or show different things like Sesame Street or Baby
Floyd | Feynman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Benjamin), "We weren't sure if we wanted to go east yet."
		DavidW says, "The goal in this game is to obtain your favourite toy, and do whatever it takes to get it."
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a ding-dong! and the mom goes and opens the front door. It is
Floyd | Becca and her son Jemison and some strange guy is there holding Watson
Floyd | Mason. "Come on in, everyone," the mom says. She turns to the strange
Floyd | guy, "I'm glad you could make it, Parry."
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry shrugs and smiles and says, "I always wondered what everyone did
Floyd | during playgroup."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Drink mimosas!" Becca says over her shoulder to Parry and there is
Floyd | polite laughter and Parry smiles like he is kinda unsure about all of
Floyd | this.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why don't you put Watson in here with the others?" the mom asks and
Floyd | Parry nods. He ends up putting Watson by Jemison over by the loveseat.
Floyd | Then all the standing adults sit down so now I guess they are sitting
Floyd | adults.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Baby Feynman is a good joke."
		Callista says, "Haha."
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | That baby gate is completely in your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry's feet keep leaving the floor as he rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind
Floyd | the rocking chair next to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a smooth rock here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe is sitting in a fog of grump on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x zoe" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ZOE
Floyd |
Floyd | Grr, Zoe Kinmundy. That little red-haired girl has this sundress-like
Floyd | jumper thing, it's not like you know fashion or anything so you're not
Floyd | sure exactly what it is but it leaves her arms and legs bare for speed
Floyd | and evil. Her red hair is in pigtails, like that will fool anyone into
Floyd | thinking she is nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe clenches her tiny fists and complains loudly about life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "complain louder" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > COMPLAIN LOUDER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull pigtail" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL PIGTAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That would certainly knock Zoe over but that would get everyone in an
Floyd | uproar so it's best not to do it unless you really need to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Heh."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom found this one one of your walks, well it wasn't really a
Floyd | walk, more like the mom driving you around in a stroller, anyway she
Floyd | found this rock and gave it to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe screws up her face and bursts into wails. That makes Marion sigh
Floyd | and she says, "Parry, if you don't mind?" So Parry stops rocking long
Floyd | enough for Marion to reach the backpack under the rocking chair and
Floyd | then she digs around and pulls out a soft foam block and closes the
Floyd | backpack and she gives the soft foam block to Zoe. Then Zoe sees that
Floyd | it's not your favorite toy, ha ha to her, and she fusses and tries to
Floyd | shove the soft foam block away but Marion says, "Shh, Zoe, be calm,"
Floyd | and makes Zoe take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the smooth rock)
Floyd | You shove the smooth rock in your mouth and start chewing on it and
Floyd | that leaves your hands free.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe looks at the soft foam block and she sighs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "open backpack" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BACKPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You would but Parry is rocking, rocking, rocking, and you can't reach
Floyd | under the rocking chair to get to the backpack while he is rocking,
Floyd | rocking, rocking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put rock under chair" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROCK UNDER CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be a good way to stop the rocking chair from rocking but it
Floyd | is a gliding rocking chair and so even if you put something under
Floyd | there it could keep gliding.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gives the soft foam block a brief chew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Clever."
		Benjamin says, "Intelligent baby."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You pop the smooth rock out of your mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout asks, "Maybe we need to check out more of the room?"
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry's feet keep leaving the floor as he rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind
Floyd | the rocking chair next to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has hold of a soft foam block but she looks like she doesn't like
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The dad likes to sit in the chair and rock back and forth and back and
Floyd | forth and back and forth which is okay for napping (not that you need
Floyd | naps) but is not so good when you are trying to pull up on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa all of a sudden busts out with "I know I asked this last time but
Floyd | does anyone else's boobs hurt? Because here lately feeding Cassie is
Floyd | murder."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west except that a baby gate is in the way. There is the rocking
Floyd | chair to the east as well, that is always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs of Marion dangle from the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mine don't," Parry says quietly, but Becca is all "That's why I got
Floyd | Jemison on solids as soon as I could."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		genericgeekgirl says, "Way to make it all about you, Mr Parry."
		Callista says, "We can't use the rock to stop the chair."
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite marion" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE MARION
Floyd |
Floyd | It is no good kicking or biting a parent, it is better to rebel in
Floyd | less obvious ways.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom asks Lisa, "Have you tried lanolin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "At least not yet."
		DavidW says, "I got the impression that the rock was a partial solution."
		DavidW says, "And maybe you need to stop the gliding first, then use the rock to stop the rocking."
genericgeekgirl disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		lastplaneout asks, "Or maybe we need to push something under Parry's feet?"
		Callista says (to Genericgeekgirl), "Haha."
		Benjamin says, "We should explore the room."
		Callista says, "Or, we can find Jemison. He will watch us with the rock."
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are Becca's legs by the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Watson are here. Jemison watches you watching him. Watson
Floyd | sits all sad and dumpy on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson gingerly picks up the rattly car. When Jemison sees Watson take
Floyd | the rattly car, he gets all excited and he starts watching the rattly
Floyd | car and thus Watson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You and your remedies, Farina," Lisa says. "Lanolin this and cabbage
Floyd | leaves that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x jemison" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JEMISON
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison Thorsby's name is not one you would want, that is for sure. He
Floyd | is stylish in his blue onesie and he has a small mouth and these big
Floyd | eyes that are watching, always watching, it is kinda creepy. He is
Floyd | clearly all interested in the rattly car.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It makes me glad Zoe was so good at latching on," Marion says. Grr,
Floyd | Zoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Haha. Why is Watson always so sad?"
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x watson" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson Mason has this big round face that is perfect for commercials
Floyd | and baby food labels, only his face is always tear-streaked so maybe
Floyd | he is not cut out for show-biz. Maybe he is sad because he is dressed
Floyd | like a teeny tiny engineer in his polo onesie with a collar and
Floyd | because he smells like baby powder. He is clutching a rattly car.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa sighs and says, "Maybe I'll try the lanolin," and the mom says,
Floyd | "Let us know how it works."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson puts the rattly car down. Jemison suddenly sees that the rattly
Floyd | car is available and he scoops it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "show rock to Jemison" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW ROCK TO JEMISON
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison gets all excited and drops a rattly car and starts watching
Floyd | you and the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson pulls up on Becca who says "Watch the pants, kid!" and she
Floyd | laughs and puts him back on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "He is dissatisfied with his parents' fashion sense, obviously."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a smooth rock
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison cannot look away from you and the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west except that a baby gate is in the way. There is the rocking
Floyd | chair to the east as well, that is always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs of Marion dangle from the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison cannot look away from you and the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Aha."
		DavidW says, "Looks like you can move Jemison to somewhere else this way."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry's feet keep leaving the floor as he rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind
Floyd | the rocking chair next to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has hold of a soft foam block all sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "I've played until right after this part, and it's difficult."
		Benjamin says, "I don't want to give it away."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "put rock under chair" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROCK UNDER CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be a good way to stop the rocking chair from rocking but it
Floyd | is a gliding rocking chair and so even if you put something under
Floyd | there it could keep gliding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't remember how this all works, but I know I've played it all before."
		Benjamin says, "We've seen one of the babies pull up on one of the adults before."
		Callista says, "Sorry. I took a short break to eat a snack."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "give rock to parry" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE ROCK TO PARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | He is too busy with talking and adults and other stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison stares at you and waits for you to drop the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "pull up on parry" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON PARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stuff in your hands and you will need those hands to pull
Floyd | yourself up so drop something I guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on Parry" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON PARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You have stuff in your hands and you will need those hands to pull
Floyd | yourself up so drop something I guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison cannot look away from you and the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "chew on rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW ON ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the smooth rock in your mouth and start chewing on it and
Floyd | that leaves your hands free.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe puts the soft foam block in her mouth and gnaws it some but then
Floyd | she lets it fall out of her mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison cannot look away from you and the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "drop rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (popping the smooth rock out of your mouth first)
Floyd | When you drop the smooth rock Jemison is all over that and he snatches
Floyd | it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "There we go."
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on Parry" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON PARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | As soon as you have pulled up on the gliding rocking chair Parry looks
Floyd | down and says "Hey, there, you want to be picked up?" and he lifts you
Floyd | into his lap and stops rocking. If you were on the ground you could
Floyd | get to the backpack now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry is holding you and so you are too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, I just realized," Becca says all loud, "Your name is Parry
Floyd | Mason!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Oh. Whoops."
Callista says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You wriggle and fuss a bit and Parry says, "Okay, down you go," and he
Floyd | gently lowers you to the floor and starts rocking again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um, yes?" Parry says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson wanders in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry's feet keep leaving the floor as he rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind
Floyd | the rocking chair next to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson and Jemison and Zoe are here. Watson sits all sad and dumpy on
Floyd | the floor. Jemison is playing with the smooth rock. Zoe has hold of a
Floyd | soft foam block but she looks like she doesn't like it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cool, just like the detective!" Becca says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "get block" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe shrieks at you and yanks back the soft foam block. Marion sees
Floyd | that and she reacts in a flash and says "No, Zoe, no!" and stops doing
Floyd | whatever parent thing she was doing and jumps up and pulls Zoe away
Floyd | from you. "I'm sorry, Farina," she tells the mom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "My name's actually spelled--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, I think the original Perry Mason was a lawyer," Lisa says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pulls at the soft foam block but then she stops, she is so bored
Floyd | with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison stares at a smooth rock, he is all fascinated with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Ah, Jemison has it. Looks like I will have to show him something else."
		Benjamin says, "It's hardly her fault."
Callista says (to Floyd), "take block from Zoe" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLOCK FROM ZOE
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has a grip that is like steel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry clears his throat. "The lawyer spells his name with an e--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Right, lawyer, that's what I meant," Becca tells Lisa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Zoe might trade for it?"
		Callista asks, "Should we find something?"
		Benjamin says, "There was the car."
		Callista says (to DavidW), "Trade with what? We haven't got anything to trade."
		DavidW says, "I don't know which something she would want."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a plush book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let Parry finish," the mom says, but Parry just goes, "No, that's
Floyd | okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Benjamin), "Yes, the car rattle."
		Benjamin asks, "Or this book?"
		Callista says (to Benjamin), "Yes, maybe the book."
Callista says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up and it takes two hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry's feet keep leaving the floor as he rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | A backpack with bears on and your favorite toy in it is shoved behind
Floyd | the rocking chair next to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson and Jemison and Zoe are here. Watson is holding the smooth
Floyd | rock. Jemison is all staring at the smooth rock which Watson is
Floyd | holding. Zoe has hold of a soft foam block loosely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "give book to watson" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOOK TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the plush book to Watson)
Floyd | You show the plush book to Watson and he kinda flinches and looks
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "show book to Jemison" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BOOK TO JEMISON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the plush book to Jemison)
Floyd | Jemison gets all excited and starts watching you and the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson puts down the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison cannot look away from you and the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop book" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | When you drop the plush book Jemison is all over that and he snatches
Floyd | it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison chews on the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "The rock can now be taken."
		Benjamin says, "Take it."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get rock then eat rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROCK THEN EAT ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | When Jemison sees you take the smooth rock, he gets all excited and he
Floyd | gets rid of a plush book and starts watching the smooth rock and thus
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gives the soft foam block a brief chew before spitting it out with
Floyd | a "buh" noise.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the smooth rock in your mouth and start chewing on it and
Floyd | that leaves your hands free.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "(I wouldn't leave such a small stone around a child.)"
		lastplaneout says, "Should we climb up again"
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on Parry" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 30
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON PARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | As soon as you have pulled up on the gliding rocking chair Parry looks
Floyd | down and says "Hey, there, you want to be picked up?" and he lifts you
Floyd | into his lap and stops rocking. And then Jemison pulls up on the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair and looks up at you and grunts softly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Seems like we want to get Parry to pick up Jemison."
		DavidW asks, "Maybe give the rock to Parry?"
		Callista says, "Now we can drop the rock."
		DavidW says, "or try that, sure."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "drop rock" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 30
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (popping the smooth rock out of your mouth first)
Floyd | The smooth rock falls into Parry's lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop rock then down" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 30
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROCK THEN DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't got that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pulls at the soft foam block but then she stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wriggle and fuss a bit and Parry says, "Okay, down you go," and he
Floyd | gently lowers you to the floor. He then is all "And now it's your
Floyd | turn" and he picks Jemison up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson gingerly takes the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "aha."
		Benjamin says, "Nice."
		DavidW asks, "Can we get at the bag now?"
		DavidW asks, "open bag?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "open backpack then move white onesie" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 35
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BACKPACK THEN MOVE WHITE ONESIE
Floyd |
Floyd | When you open the backpack all you can see in it is this white onesie
Floyd | that is totally in your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you open that backpack and she gets agitated and tosses the
Floyd | soft foam block aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the onesie and it comes part of the way out of the
Floyd | backpack and then it gets hung on the backpack zipper. Great. Now it
Floyd | is blocking the backpack and it is also stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion asks Parry, "How is Shari doing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson hugs the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "er open backpack"
		DavidW says (to Callista), "That was weird."
		DavidW asks, "How did you know there was a onesie in there?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull white onesie" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 35
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL WHITE ONESIE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on that stupid onesie but it is stuck in the stupid backpack's
Floyd | stupid zipper.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, my God, Parry and Shari!" laughs Becca. "I hadn't realized
Floyd | that--that's just too precious."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe shrieks angrily and bounces up and down and flails her arms in the
Floyd | general direction of the backpack that you opened. Marion says "Okay,
Floyd | Zoe, okay" and laughs and says "Excuse me, Parry, I need to get a toy
Floyd | from Zoe's backpack. Again." So Marion reaches the backpack under the
Floyd | rocking chair and she sees the white onesie stuck in the backpack.
Floyd | "Geez," she says and pulls out a little doll and dumps it in Zoe's
Floyd | lap. Zoe gets all upset but Marion says, "Shh, Zoe, be calm, I can't
Floyd | fix the backpack if you're fussing." Parry says, "Here, I'll empty out
Floyd | the backpack and fix that for you" but Marion says "No, thanks," and
Floyd | she sits down and starts trying to get the onesie out of the backpack.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "Okay, down you go" to Jemison who scrabbles around and
Floyd | grabs the smooth rock. Parry gently lowers Jemison to the floor and
Floyd | starts rocking again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to DavidW), "Just from playing it."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get doll" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 40
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DOLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe shrieks at you and yanks back the little doll. Marion sees that
Floyd | and she reacts in a flash and says "Parry, here," and shoves the
Floyd | backpack at Parry who takes it. "Can you get that onesie out of the
Floyd | way?" Parry just nods and digs in the backpack and pulls out your
Floyd | favorite toy and dumps it in his lap! Then he starts tugging the
Floyd | onesie this way and that to free it from the implacable jaws of the
Floyd | backpack zipper. Meanwhile Marion shushes Zoe before sitting back on
Floyd | the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She's feeling better," Parry says. "She's keeping food down now, at
Floyd | least."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson plays with the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "take toy" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 40
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry has a grip that is like steel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion asks, "Oh, are you two expecting?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on Parry then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 40
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON PARRY THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | As soon as you have pulled up on the gliding rocking chair Parry looks
Floyd | down and says "Hey, there, you want to be picked up?" and he lifts you
Floyd | into his lap and stops rocking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry is all, "Oh, no, no, no. No. It's just the flu."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson fiddles with the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "Okay, down you go," and he gently lowers you to the
Floyd | floor, right next to Zoe. Zoe looks over and sees what you have in
Floyd | your hands and she goes totally nuts, she is shrieking and waving her
Floyd | fists and if she had Force powers you would totally be choked right
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | And of course Zoe acting out gets Marion and the mom to pay attention
Floyd | and Marion is all "Hey, hey, Zoe, calm down!" and the mom is all "Oh,
Floyd | gosh, they managed to get that toy out of the backpack." So the jig is
Floyd | up where by "the jig" I mean the toy and by "up" I mean going away.

		DavidW says, "heh heh. push space"
		DavidW says, "I think it's a new chapter starting."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapter 2
Floyd | Snacktime
Floyd |
Floyd | And it's just like you expected. The mom scoops you and the toy up and
Floyd | the two of you dangle in mid-air while she removes the baby gate by
Floyd | the loveseat and goes around behind the loveseat. There's a cabinet
Floyd | back there, she pushes down the baby lock at the top of the cabinet
Floyd | door and opens the door and in goes your toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You would be all into getting the toy back except everyone decides now
Floyd | is the time to have a snack so a bunch of toys get piled in that small
Floyd | open area in the living room and you and Zoe and Cassie and Watson and
Floyd | Jemison are dragged into the kitchen and out comes the food.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the Table
Floyd | Your high chair is not way super high since it only gets you up to the
Floyd | level of the kitchen table but that is still pretty high. It lets you
Floyd | see around the table which is better than when you are on the floor
Floyd | and cannot even see the top of the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom is hovering around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | In front of you is this spoon full of food that the mom wants you to
Floyd | eat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Becca, Parry, Lisa, and Marion here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Watson and Cassie and Zoe are here. They are all being
Floyd | fed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Uh oh."
		DavidW says, "oh, you like food. Everyone likes food."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to eat?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Open the hanger door. here comes the airplane."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "food" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your mouth and the mom spoons in the prunes. Yeuch. And if
Floyd | that isn't bad enough, the spoon goes away and comes back with more
Floyd | prunes! You are just like Sisyphus here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca says, "Farina, I know you're not feeding that child chopped-up
Floyd | people food." Meanwhile, Jemison is taking bits of food and dropping
Floyd | them over his high chair and then watching them hit the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "eat food" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your mouth and the mom spoons in the prunes. Yeuch. And if
Floyd | that isn't bad enough, the spoon goes away and comes back with more
Floyd | prunes!
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's no different than canned baby food," the mom tells Becca.
Floyd | Meanwhile, Watson is spitting up and Parry is looking sad that he's
Floyd | going to have to change Watson's clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to DavidW), "This baby doesn't like food that much."
		Benjamin asks, "So we have to get her to stop?"
		DavidW says, "So, spit it out."
		DavidW says, "knock the spoon away"
		DavidW says, "cry"
		DavidW says, "You have options."
Callista says (to Floyd), "spit up" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to spit up but the mom is right there wiping up your spit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really?" Lisa says. "I'd be worried that I'd give Cassie something
Floyd | that'd hurt her." Meanwhile, Zoe is demanding more food. Grr, Zoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to spit up but the mom is right there wiping up your spit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kids can eat nearly anything you can if it's pureed," says Marion.
Floyd | Meanwhile, the mom is saying, "Here! Take a bite!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "We can't spit up because our mom's right there to stop us."
		DavidW asks, "So try something else. Hit the spoon?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "eat food" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your mouth and the mom spoons in the prunes. Yeuch. And if
Floyd | that isn't bad enough, the spoon goes away and comes back with more
Floyd | prunes!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Weird," Becca says. "Then why buy special baby food at all?"
Floyd | Meanwhile, Cassie is trying to climb out of her chair so she can fall
Floyd | to the floor and Lisa is restraining her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "hit spoon" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for it but the mom moves it away and says "Ah ah ah! No
Floyd | hands! Eat it, don't play with it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," says Parry, "Sometimes it's really convenient to have a jar
Floyd | for Mason so--whoops!" And then you stop paying attention to him
Floyd | because he spilled a teeny bowl of Cheerios and you and all the other
Floyd | babies are all staring at the spray of Cheerios.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oooo"
		DavidW says, "Cheerios!"
		Callista says, "Haha."
		DavidW says, "I think I remember Cheerios being important in this scene."
Callista says (to Floyd), "eat food" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your mouth and the mom spoons in the prunes. Yeuch. And if
Floyd | that isn't bad enough, the spoon goes away and comes back with more
Floyd | prunes!
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson looks at the Cheerios all sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "eat Cheerios" 		

Floyd ]  At the Table                                         Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT CHEERIOS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pile of Cheerios)
Floyd | With you strapped into your high chair you cannot reach the pile of
Floyd | Cheerios.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie rocks hard in her seat, maybe she thinks she can tip over to
Floyd | get to the Cheerios.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Whoever gets to the Cheerios first wins! Fight, babies! Fight!"
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "rock" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | You rock and rock and try to tip your chair over but it is too safely
Floyd | designed. The mom must read Consumer Reports or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison reaches for the Cheerios but they are way too far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally all of this feeding is over and the Cheerios get put away and
Floyd | everyone gets wiped up with baby wipes before getting dumped back in
Floyd | the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Aw. We can't eat the Cheerios."
		DavidW says, "oh well."
Callista says (to Floyd), "look at Cheerios" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK AT CHEERIOS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe next time."
		lastplaneout says, "Hmmmm."
		Callista says, "Well, now that the feeding is over, let's do something else."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is blue and it is about as wide as you are and tall as your head is
Floyd | high when you are pulled up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear Watson cry loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The toy is in the cabinet now."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "pull up on block" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room (pulled up on the tall plasScore: 50)
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull up on the tall plastic block and get to your feet and you are
Floyd | all steady except for the occasional sway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista.Floyd push block east 		DavidW says, "Don't forget we need to get our toy."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Push block east" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLOCK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | (the tall plastic block east)
Floyd | (first letting go of the tall plastic block and plopping on the
Floyd | ground)
Floyd | You shove and shove at the tall plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the east and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson sits on the floor and his face is all screwed up and red.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson thumps his fists on the floor and then he gives a loud cry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "What a convenient block.."
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a short plastic block, a teeny squeezy book, a
Floyd | much-loved kangaroo, a teething ring, a plastic cup, a little doll, a
Floyd | smooth rock, and a plush book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has her eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Oh. Oops."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x short block" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHORT BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is red and it is about as wide as you are and as tall as your head
Floyd | is high when you are crawling around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe grabs the smooth rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Uh, sorry."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x teeny squeezy block" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TEENY SQUEEZY BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the teeny squeezy
Floyd | book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Isn't that enough?"
		DavidW says, "It's a book not a block."
		Callista asks, "Oh. Whoops. Do you all mind if I get off the MUD? Is there a way for me to do other things but not leave the MUD?"
		Benjamin says, "Haha. My mistake."
		DavidW says (to Callista), "Just stay logged in. You don't have to do anything to stay logged in."
		DavidW says, "Like, I've been reading Twitter all along and also playing another game in a third window."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x squeezy book" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SQUEEZY BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | This is not really a book, it is more like a very small toy that looks
Floyd | kinda like a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson sits on the floor and his face is all screwed up and red.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson holds his breath and his eyes bug out and then he gives a loud
Floyd | cry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV is dark and that makes you sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Shall we try to turn it on?"
		lastplaneout asks, "Can we turn it on?"
		DavidW says, "sure. try it."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "pull up on block" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV (pulled up on the tall plastic block) Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull up on the tall plastic block and get to your feet and you are
Floyd | all steady except for the occasional sway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV (pulled up on the tall plastic block) Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TV
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the television from up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson grimaces horribly and then he gives a loud cry. Then Parry
Floyd | says, "Farina, I'm going to borrow your swing and see if that calms
Floyd | Watson down." He goes clomping around and you can see him come back
Floyd | with a baby swing. He comes over to you and Watson and the TV and puts
Floyd | the swing down and picks up Watson. He straps Watson in the swing and
Floyd | turns it on before he goes back, I hope that makes Watson feel better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. The swing."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x swing" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV (pulled up on the tall plastic block) Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWING
Floyd |
Floyd | It is this a-frame thing with a swing in the middle and a speed switch
Floyd | way up there. When the speed switch is all the way up boy does that
Floyd | swing go high, nearly high enough to kick a parent in the head if you
Floyd | were that kind of baby. It is supposed to be this cheerful baby plaid
Floyd | but instead it is this weird lumberjack-like plaid. Watson is all
Floyd | dangly from the swing as it is swings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "I wonder whether we can reach that speed setting."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "pull up on swing" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV (pulled up on the tall plastic block) Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON SWING
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the baby swing from up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "sit. pull up on swing" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT. PULL UP ON SWING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit down on your diaper and it is good that it is all padded and
Floyd | stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings.
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot get in the baby swing yourself, that is something the
Floyd | parents do for you when they are bored of you or you are upset.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca is still all sipping on a mimosa and she says, "Hey, hospitals
Floyd | should give us mimosas to go with our epidurals."
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shadow falls on you, it is Parry. He turns off the swing and he
Floyd | unstraps Watson and puts Watson on the floor by you and then Parry
Floyd | goes back to sit down. Watson looks all calm again, that is good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Our turn! Our turn in the swing!"
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You let out this sobbing wail and the mom says, "Shh, it's okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom laughs, "Becca, you didn't even get an epidural."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "pull up on swing" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON SWING
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot get in the baby swing yourself, that is something the
Floyd | parents do for you when they are bored of you or you are upset.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca just smiles while Lisa says, "I still can't believe you did
Floyd | that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | When you cry again the mom says, "Shh. Calm down."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It wasn't too hard," Becca says. "I just screamed a lot and hit Kurt
Floyd | when the pain got really bad."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson wanders off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | This time you add a lot of tremolo to your crying and the mom says,
Floyd | "You're not going to calm down, are you, kiddo? Do you need the
Floyd | swing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "The trick," Marion says, "is to relax into the pain instead of
Floyd | anticipating it and tensing up."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, kiddo, let's check you and make sure," the mom says and scoops
Floyd | you up. "Diaper's okay. You're not hungry. To the swing!" You're
Floyd | airlifted into the swing and the mom straps you in. She turns it on,
Floyd | click click click, and then you are swinging.
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV (in the baby swing)
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa sighs and says, "My epidural stopped working."
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the north and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Now where's that speed switch?"
		lastplaneout says, "Didn't really think about what we would do once we were up here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switch" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | In one way you are close to the speed switch now that you are in the
Floyd | baby swing but in another way you are not that close because the swing
Floyd | straps hold you in, you will have to change the speed switch from
Floyd | outside the swing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What?" Becca asks. "I hadn't heard that."
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says (to lastplaneout), "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TV
Floyd |
Floyd | With you strapped into the swing you cannot reach the television.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah", says Lisa, "I got my epidural and then they turned me on my
Floyd | side. The next thing I knew I was feeling everything, and I mean
Floyd | everything, on my left side."
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry pipes up, "You know, it's a shame that the anesthesiologist
Floyd | makes you hunch forward so he can slide the needle into your spine
Floyd | just when contractions make you want to flatten out."
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You are way high in the baby swing and are all swinging, you are not
Floyd | some stunt baby who is used to taking falls.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the other parent people stare and Parry and he sits back quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks off to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You have already gotten in the baby swing, crying will do you no good
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Mom will leave us in this swing forever."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "kick block" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the medium plastic block from up
Floyd | here.
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the tall plastic block from down
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings, and the whole world
Floyd | tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look up and there is the mom, you are swinging toward her face and
Floyd | away, toward and away. She turns off the swing and gets you down and
Floyd | puts you on the floor before going back to her seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Maybe we need to continue exploring?/"
		Benjamin says, "Let's do that."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the East
Floyd | You are where the couch ends here at the east, at least where it ends
Floyd | at one end. North is the TV and west is more couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs of Marion dangle from the sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Go ahead."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all staring at the velcro jangly balls. The velcro jangly
Floyd | balls hang off of him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison reaches around to the jangly balls and pats at them and they
Floyd | jangle quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "I'm enjoying this NPC."
		lastplaneout asks, "West again?"
		Benjamin says, "Ok."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Parry or at least his legs over by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is right next to the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can just see some paper beyond the footstool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a tiny folded piece of paper. It is tucked behind the footstool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The folded piece of paper is tucked behind the footstool and so is way
Floyd | too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "pull up on stool" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull up on the footstool and get to your feet and you are all
Floyd | steady except for the occasional sway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "get paper" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The folded piece of paper is tucked behind the footstool and so is way
Floyd | too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista goes home. 		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "rock stool" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > ROCK STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Heh."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "move stool" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It does not move, it is too close to the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Any other ideas?"
		lastplaneout says, "Let's scope out the rest of the room."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is Parry on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is all close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first letting go of the footstool and plopping on the ground)
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a medium plastic block and a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, that baby gate that blocked your way west is all gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the east and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've all picked out preschools, right?" Becca says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Perhaps we have to build a staircase."
		lastplaneout asks, "Yeah, that sounds possible. To where though? The couch? The TV? The cabinet?"
		Benjamin asks, "Well, aren't we trying to get into the cabinet?"
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Loveseat
Floyd | Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is
Floyd | kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there
Floyd | is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but
Floyd | there is a baby gate in the way there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the east and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry is all, "Not really."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout asks, "Which part of the room has the cabinet in it?"
		Benjamin says, "In the room behind that door to the west."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x west" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh my God, it's almost too late!" Lisa says, and Becca chimes in,
Floyd | "Competition for the good preschools is fierce."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, it's behind the loveseat, if I remember correctly."
		lastplaneout says, "So we also have to get the door open."
		DavidW says, "You have to get to the north end and go around."
		DavidW says, "Get this door or that gate open."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Plastic and it is wedged in there so you cannot go anywhere which is
Floyd | totally not right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "We've looked at some, but really we're just after
Floyd | somewhere where Watson can have more socialization."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "push gate" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cassie is in preschool one day a week," says Lisa. "I can already
Floyd | tell that she's learning faster because of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "We could possibly get *over* the gate."
		lastplaneout says, "So this must be where our stairs go."
		Benjamin says, "I think so."
		lastplaneout asks, "Who wants to drive?"
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca agrees, "I'm going to make sure Jemison has three or four legs
Floyd | up educationally."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Go for it."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a medium plastic block and a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can totally hear Marion's frown when she says, "I'm not interested
Floyd | in pushing Zoe like that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "move block north" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE BLOCK NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the medium plastic block the north)
Floyd | You shove and shove at the medium plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the north and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a medium plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has her eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's not pushing," Becca sniffs. "It's making sure our kids live up
Floyd | to their potential."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "move block west" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE BLOCK WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | (the medium plastic block the west)
Floyd | There is this bump in the rug that totally catches the medium plastic
Floyd | block and keeps you from pushing it west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Still," Marion says, and the conversation kinda peters out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe the pattern on the rug looks fine when you are all tall and
Floyd | parenty but when you are on your hands and knees it mainly makes your
Floyd | eyes water. There is this bump in it that runs in a north-south line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Hmm."
		lastplaneout asks, "Must be a cord?"
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "pull rug" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bump" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "look under rug" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too large for you to really move it and see under it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Can we come around from a different direction? I should have been making a map."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Loveseat
Floyd | Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is
Floyd | kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there
Floyd | is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but
Floyd | there is a baby gate in the way there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has her eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Cabinet
Floyd | The cabinet that is also like an endtable for the loveseat and the
Floyd | couch is here. You can go north back to behind the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Way up on top of the cabinet you see a heavy tumbler.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't believe the mom just shoved your favorite toy in that
Floyd | cabinet so you couldn't have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the north and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Oh, wait, is this the cabinet?"
		lastplaneout says, "Oh wait. I guess it's right here."
		lastplaneout says, "The gate must be a different puzzle."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet is wood like a lot of other furniture in here because the
Floyd | parents like wood or something, maybe they are tree huggers but only
Floyd | if the trees have been cut down and planed and shaped. Anyway it has
Floyd | this door in it which is closed and on top is a heavy tumbler.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on the door but it has one of those baby lock things on it
Floyd | that you have to push down to open the door and you cannot reach it at
Floyd | all so the door opens a tiny bit and you can barely see your favorite
Floyd | toy in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then Zoe falls forward and pushes against the door and it slams shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa looks over the couch at you and at Zoe and she says, "Awwww,
Floyd | they're playing together! How cute!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout asks, "So maybe stairs here to reach the baby lock?"
		Benjamin says, "How to get the blocks over the bump is the question though."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x tumbler" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TUMBLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The tumbler is thick glass and it holds water, it is left over from
Floyd | Parry snacking. It is way up on the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "pull up on cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't pull up on the wood cabinet to stand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "push cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is pretty firmly on the ground right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "rock cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > ROCK CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Callista says, "Ooh! While I was gone I lost track of time! I'm so sorry."
		Benjamin says (to Callista), "Hey, no problem."
Callista says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Cabinet
Floyd | The cabinet that is also like an endtable for the loveseat and the
Floyd | couch is here. You can go north back to behind the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Way up on top of the cabinet you see a heavy tumbler.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has her eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks (of Benjamin), "where are you in the game?"
		Benjamin says, "We are trying to get the cabinet open somehow."
Callista says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are all empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cassie is really pulling up well," the mom tells Lisa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "We were thinking of building a staircase of the blocks."
		Callista asks (of Benjamin), "Have you tried pushing the blocks into Cassie's area, and taking the balls from Jemison?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Loveseat
Floyd | Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is
Floyd | kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there
Floyd | is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but
Floyd | there is a baby gate in the way there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, thanks," Lisa says. "She's probably too good at pulling up and
Floyd | climbing, to tell you the truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "No."
Callista says (to Floyd), "E" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a medium plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We've been working on pulling up," the mom says, boy is she going to
Floyd | be surprised by all the practice you're getting today.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout asks, "I guess we can circle around the other direction?"
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "push block south" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLOCK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the medium plastic block south)
Floyd | You shove and shove at the medium plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the south and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a medium plastic block and a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca snorts. "I love how all of you take credit for your kids'
Floyd | development. Like you're the one pulling up."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "I'm trying to find Cassie."
lastplaneout says (to Floyd), "push block east" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLOCK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | (the medium plastic block east)
Floyd | You shove and shove at the medium plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the east and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a medium plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa says, "You're just annoyed that Jemison just sits there--" but
Floyd | Becca keeps on talking, "So your kid pulls up or cruises or whatever.
Floyd | Big deal!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "You could >examine Cassie."
		Callista says, "We need to get a hold of the tumbler, because that is what helps us open this cabinet."
Callista says (to Floyd), "push block Ne" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLOCK NE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the medium plastic block northeast)
Floyd | You shove and shove at the medium plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the northeast and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a medium plastic block, a teething ring, a teeny
Floyd | squeezy book, a plastic cup, a smooth rock, a short plastic block (on
Floyd | which is Cassie), a much-loved kangaroo, a little doll, and a plush
Floyd | book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson sits all sad and dumpy on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "Kids develop at different speeds. It's not as if I'll
Floyd | still be helping Watson pull up when he goes to college."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie climbs onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson wanders off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Hang on. I think there's one more thing we need to do."
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As long as Zoe doesn't fall too far behind, I'm not worried," Marion
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the East
Floyd | You are where the couch ends here at the east, at least where it ends
Floyd | at one end. North is the TV and west is more couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs of Marion dangle from the sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah," Parry says. "It won't bother me if Watson is like many boys
Floyd | and is slower to talk."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista exclaims, "Alert! Timed section coming up!"
		Callista says, "Just letting you all know."
		Benjamin asks, "Do we need to save or something?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all staring at the velcro jangly balls. The velcro jangly
Floyd | balls hang off of him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As long as Cassie is ahead of where she's supposed to be, I won't
Floyd | worry either," Lisa says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 50
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, it's saved"
		Callista asks, "Do you think we should save right here?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Parry or at least his legs over by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is right next to the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on footstool" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON FOOTSTOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull up on the footstool and get to your feet and you are all
Floyd | steady except for the occasional sway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "We haven't gotten to the timed part yet, but I know we're getting very close to it."
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first letting go of the footstool and plopping on the ground)
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the east and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "west" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "This part is kind of hard."
		lastplaneout asks, "What are we trying to do?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Space by the Couch (pulled up on the footstoolScore: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | There is just enough space for you to slide between the footstool and
Floyd | the couch so you cruise along the couch past the footstool and into
Floyd | the tiny space back there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Space by the Couch
Floyd | There is not a lot of room back here behind the footstool, you fill
Floyd | most of the space between the footstool and the couch and this wood
Floyd | cabinet that is acting like an endtable.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is all close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this tiny folded piece of paper shoved under the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Lastplaneout), "There's something under the cabinet that we need to take."
		DavidW says, "oo, secret space"
		lastplaneout says, "Ah, I see what the trick is now. We make the cabinet cobbly."
Callista says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Space by the Couch                            Score: 50
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit down on your diaper and it is good that it is all padded and
Floyd | stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		lastplaneout says, "Wobbly, rather."
		Benjamin says, "Interesting."
		Callista says (to Lastplaneout), "Exactly."
Callista says (to Floyd), "chew on paper" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Space by the Couch                            Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW ON PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the folded piece of paper)
Floyd | You tug and tug and tug and then you see Parry's hand reach over you
Floyd | and remove the tumbler from on top of the cabinet where it was and
Floyd | pop! the folded paper comes out from under the wood cabinet and the
Floyd | cabinet goes rock rock rock. It is a good thing Parry was thirsty
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the folded piece of paper in your mouth and start chewing on
Floyd | it and that leaves your hands free.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess if the cabinet is wobbly, then the tumbler of water can fall? Is that the goal?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "pull up on footstool then east" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West (pulled up on the footstool)       Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON FOOTSTOOL THEN EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull up on the footstool and get to your feet and you are all
Floyd | steady except for the occasional sway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide back out into the big wild world.
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is all close to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is Parry on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a heavy tumbler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh wait, the tumbler is gone now."
		Callista says, "Okay. Here comes the timed part."
Callista says (to Floyd), "E" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first letting go of the footstool and plopping on the ground)
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all staring at the velcro jangly balls. The velcro jangly
Floyd | balls hang off of him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the west and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Where was that tall plastic block?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "west" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "In front of the TV."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Benjamin), "Oh. Okay. I need some help getting to it from here."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has her eye on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "I couldn't quite remember where it was."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tall plastic block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista.Floyd E 		Callista says, "Okay, we should save it here, just in case."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 55
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 55
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "push tall block north" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TALL BLOCK NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove and shove at the tall plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the north and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tall plastic block, a medium plastic block, a
Floyd | teething ring, a teeny squeezy book, a plastic cup, a smooth rock, a
Floyd | short plastic block (on which is Cassie), a much-loved kangaroo, a
Floyd | little doll, and a plush book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca says to the mom, "Nice job on those mimosas."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks," the mom replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the southwest and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie climbs onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Okay, this will be difficult."
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop paper" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (popping the folded piece of paper out of your mouth first)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa says, "It's nice, they help me calm down."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie climbs onto the tall plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Sw" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the northeast and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And they're good for you," Marion says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You suddenly hear this heavy thud which must be Cassie leaping off the
Floyd | tall plastic block. Cassie shrieks, it is the loudest you have ever
Floyd | heard her be. I guess she is not the super-tough baby she thinks she
Floyd | is. Anyway Lisa leaps up and runs to Cassie and Parry leaves his
Floyd | tumbler and runs to Cassie too, they scatter the plastic blocks around
Floyd | the room in their haste. "Baby, baby, it's okay, shh," you hear Lisa
Floyd | saying and then Parry is saying, "I think she's okay, she's just
Floyd | scared. Her pupillary response is just fine."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "All right, here goes..."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa is still saying "It'll be okay, Cassie, it'll be okay" and Parry
Floyd | is saying "Breathe, Cassie, breathe" and Cassie is now taking big
Floyd | hiccuping breaths.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the southeast and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "west then chew on tumbler" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEST THEN CHEW ON TUMBLER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then chew on tumbler" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN CHEW ON TUMBLER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Loveseat
Floyd | Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is
Floyd | kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there
Floyd | is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but
Floyd | there is a baby gate in the way there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the east and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie finally is all better and is laughing some and Lisa says,
Floyd | "Thanks, Parry, I appreciate your help" and Parry says, "No problem."
Floyd | And they go back to their seats.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Where is the tumbler?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "E" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Well, I'll have to do the timed section again, so here we go."
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Parry or at least his legs over by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is right next to the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a heavy tumbler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

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

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 55
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "All right, here we go again."
Callista says (to Floyd), "N" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a medium plastic block, a teething ring, a teeny
Floyd | squeezy book, a plastic cup, a smooth rock, a short plastic block (on
Floyd | which is Cassie), a much-loved kangaroo, a little doll, and a plush
Floyd | book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom asks the other parent people, "Do any of you have a suggestion
Floyd | for a baby sitter?" W. T. F.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the southwest and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie climbs onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "Hahaha."
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "This is a hard game."
		Benjamin says, "I agree."
Callista says (to Floyd), "push tall block N" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TALL BLOCK N
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove and shove at the tall plastic block and eventually you get
Floyd | it moving to the north and then you follow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a tall plastic block, a medium plastic block, a
Floyd | teething ring, a teeny squeezy book, a plastic cup, a smooth rock, a
Floyd | short plastic block (on which is Cassie), a much-loved kangaroo, a
Floyd | little doll, and a plush book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca says to the mom, "Nice job on those mimosas."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks," the mom replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie climbs onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Okay. Now I think I can do it, knowing where the heavy tumbler is."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Sw" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the south and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa says, "It's nice, they help me calm down."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all staring at the velcro jangly balls. The velcro jangly
Floyd | balls hang off of him.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And they're good for you," Marion says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You suddenly hear this heavy thud which must be Cassie leaping off the
Floyd | tall plastic block. Cassie shrieks, it is the loudest you have ever
Floyd | heard her be. I guess she is not the super-tough baby she thinks she
Floyd | is. Anyway Lisa leaps up and runs to Cassie and Parry leaves his
Floyd | tumbler and runs to Cassie too, they scatter the plastic blocks around
Floyd | the room in their haste. "Baby, baby, it's okay, shh," you hear Lisa
Floyd | saying and then Parry is saying, "I think she's okay, she's just
Floyd | scared. Her pupillary response is just fine."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison reaches around to the jangly balls and pats at them and they
Floyd | jangle quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Okay, I should be able to do it this time."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is right next to the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a heavy tumbler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa is still saying "It'll be okay, Cassie, it'll be okay" and Parry
Floyd | is saying "Breathe, Cassie, breathe" and Cassie is now taking big
Floyd | hiccuping breaths.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "chew on tumbler" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW ON TUMBLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You would but your mouth is all full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop paper" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 55
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (popping the folded piece of paper out of your mouth first)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "chew on tumbler" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHEW ON TUMBLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your mouth on the edge of the glass but there is no way you
Floyd | will tip it enough to drink but at least you slobbered all over it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie finally is all better and is laughing some and Lisa says,
Floyd | "Thanks, Parry, I appreciate your help" and Parry says, "No problem."
Floyd | And they go back to their seats. You see Parry pick up his tumbler for
Floyd | a drink and he lifts it to his lips and says "Ugh! My tumbler's damp!"
Floyd | and everyone laughs at Parry. Becca says, "That's why you don't put
Floyd | things where the kids can chew all over them!" And Parry sighs and you
Floyd | see him put the tumbler way up on the wood cabinet in the corner
Floyd | between the couch and the loveseat and definitely out of your reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista exclaims, "Yay!"
		Benjamin says, "Nice."
Callista says (to Floyd), "E" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all staring at the velcro jangly balls. The velcro jangly
Floyd | balls hang off of him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison jiggles the jangly balls and they go jangle jangle jangle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "get balls" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on the velcro jangly balls and you tug some more and they come
Floyd | off of Jemison with a rrrrrrrip sound and Jemison looks at you with
Floyd | sad sad eyes and then stares at the velcro balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then N" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN N
Floyd |
Floyd | You are all jangle jangle jangle as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Parry or at least his legs over by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a red footstool, it is right next to the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a folded piece of paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the velcro jangly balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are all jangle jangle jangle as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the velcro jangly balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the east and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "How come I'm the only one entering all these commands?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Jemison are here. Zoe has her eye on you. Jemison is all
Floyd | staring at the velcro jangly balls which you are holding.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe totally takes the rattly car.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
lastplaneout goes home. 		
Callista says (to Floyd), "N then W" 		

Floyd ]  Behind the Loveseat                                  Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > N THEN W
Floyd |
Floyd | You jangle your way out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the south and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the velcro jangly balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are all jangle jangle jangle as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the Loveseat
Floyd | Back here is the back of the loveseat casting a shadow over you, it is
Floyd | kind of cold. You can go south and east. You could go west but there
Floyd | is totally a door in your way. You could go north in the hall but
Floyd | there is a baby gate in the way there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the east and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the velcro jangly balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Is it because I am the driver?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 60
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are all jangle jangle jangle as you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Cabinet
Floyd | The cabinet that is also like an endtable for the loveseat and the
Floyd | couch is here. You can go north back to behind the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Way up on top of the cabinet you see a heavy tumbler.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe stalks in from the north and settles near you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after you and settles close by you and looks
Floyd | pointedly at the velcro jangly balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison stares at you and waits for you to drop the velcro jangly
Floyd | balls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Mostly, I guess. I'm not that invested in this game as you are."
		Benjamin says, "Sorry, I just had a huge bug in my room that I had to remove."
Callista says (to Floyd), "stick balls on Zoe" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 65
Floyd |
Floyd | > STICK BALLS ON ZOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the velcro end of the balls against Zoe high on her back
Floyd | where she can't reach and the velcro sticks!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  By the Cabinet                                       Score: 65
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for the door and Zoe moves to stop you but Jemison gets in
Floyd | front of Zoe and reaches for the jangly balls. While she is all
Floyd | dealing with him you tug on the door and the baby lock catches, making
Floyd | the entire cabinet rock towards you. And as it does so the tumbler
Floyd | tumbles, hitting the baby lock and pushing it down before springing
Floyd | off of the lock and over your head. The cabinet door pops open and
Floyd | your favorite toy rolls out and into your lap!
Floyd |
Floyd | Then you hear the crying. When you turn you see a very wet Zoe and a
Floyd | very wet Jemison and the empty tumbler is next to them. Jemison takes
Floyd | it like a toddler, he is fine, but Zoe is angry like a wet evil cat.
Floyd | Heads pop over the top of the loveseat staring down at all of you, one
Floyd | of them is Parry and he looks really embarassed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're probably not going to get to keep the toy.

		Benjamin says, "I don't really know what we are doing, though."
		DavidW says, "You just finished another chapter."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  On the Couch                                         Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapter 3
Floyd | Picturetime
Floyd |
Floyd | It is like you are psychic because you don't get to keep the toy. The
Floyd | mom storms around the couch and scoops you up and grabs the toy. "It's
Floyd | okay, Farina," Marion says, "accidents happen. Zoe and Jemison don't
Floyd | look hurt, just wet." Several of the other parents are glaring at
Floyd | Parry, he looks all sheepish.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Since the kids have to be changed anyway, let's take pictures!"
Floyd | Marion says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, works for me," Lisa says, and just like that everyone is
Floyd | getting their onesies taken off and instead they are being put in
Floyd | these Halloween costumes, and that would be okay except your squid
Floyd | costume is totally restrictive.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the Couch
Floyd | You don't get up on the couch all that much but now you are up here
Floyd | with everyone else so you can have your pictures taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca is all ordering everyone around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry is standing back a bit watching the picturetime commotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa is staying near Cassie in case she makes a break for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion is calm in the face of all this chaos.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom is trying to get all of you together for a picture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Watson and Cassie and Zoe are here. Jemison is all dressed
Floyd | like a bumblebee. Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
Floyd | Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable. Zoe hunkers
Floyd | in a ladybug costume like a wolf in cute sheep's clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We are now dressed like a squid."
Callista pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  On the Couch                                         Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare off into space in that timeless baby way that makes you look
Floyd | all smart or constipated or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista exclaims, "I don't want you to feel as if you can't enter commands!"
		Benjamin says, "Ok, I just don't want to disturb your plan."
		Benjamin says, "You know what you are doing."
Callista says (to Floyd), "wait then wait then wait then wait" 		

Floyd ]  On the Couch                                         Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT THEN WAIT THEN WAIT THEN WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom says, "That's an interesting costume Watson's wearing." Watson
Floyd | must know he's being talked about, he ducks his head and looks sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We made it ourselves," Parry replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca laughs all loud. "It's not very cheerful--whoops, hold on there
Floyd | Jemison." Zoe must've pushed Jemison because he starts to topple
Floyd | sideways before Becca rescues him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry is all huffy, "We wanted something different from the usual."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Wait more?"
		Callista says (to Benjamin), "Well, I have played this before. But even so, you can try things if you feel like it."
		Benjamin says, "Sure."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  On the Couch                                         Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does that thing have buttons? That'll make it fun to take off if he
Floyd | spits up on it," Becca laughs again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "wait then wait then wait then wait" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT THEN WAIT THEN WAIT THEN WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie bounces up and down next to you and you try to back away from
Floyd | her but your tentacles get in your way. "Keep the kids together!" Lisa
Floyd | calls, pointing a small camera at all of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry and the mom get you all in place on the couch. The mom dangles
Floyd | your favorite toy in front of all of you! You and Zoe stare raptly at
Floyd | it and then Parry says "Now!" and it is like a thousand suns explode
Floyd | in front of you and all you can see are these white and red spots.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the spots clear you see Watson has pitched face first into the
Floyd | couch. Zoe is busy tugging on Jemison's wings and Cassie is chewing on
Floyd | one of your tentacles. "Hope no one wanted another picture!" Becca
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parents give up and take you all off the couch. As the mom puts
Floyd | you down she stops by the bookcase and puts your toy up there. "Maybe
Floyd | next year they'll sit still," Lisa sighs, and Parry just snorts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Where is our toy now?"
		DavidW says, "On the bookcase."
		Callista exclaims, "We have one fourth of this game left, so here we go!"
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a brix blox bucket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson wanders in from the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "push bucket" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your tentacles on the bucket and it wobbles and then it
Floyd | wobbles more and look out! it comes crashing down, spilling these
Floyd | dayglo blox everywhere and dumping an instruction booklet out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Mabye the booklet can teach us how to build a robot!"
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "read booklet" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOKLET
Floyd |
Floyd | It must be nice to read, the mom and the dad are always doing it, but
Floyd | you do not yet know how.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson flops the instruction booklet open and it opens to a page that
Floyd | shows you how to build a helicopter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to DavidW), "hee hee."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x booklet" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKLET
Floyd |
Floyd | The booklet tells you how to build stuff out of the blox, you've never
Floyd | really used it. It is flopped open right now and is showing this
Floyd | helicopter. It involves these complex blades and gears and stuff on
Floyd | the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast
Floyd | they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly
Floyd | Watson has built a helicopter. He looks at it and then drops it, he is
Floyd | so going to grow up to be an engineer and like online games and in his
Floyd | spare time I bet he will LARP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "spit up" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach deep down inside you and bring up some of those stupid
Floyd | prunes the mom was feeding you and spit them up on the squid costume,
Floyd | making it all dirty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison goes off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe there's a robot on another page."
		Callista says (to DavidW), "I never saw one last time I played this. But there is something important that Watson can build for us."
		DavidW says, "It seems obvious that Watson can build something for us. I don't remember what."
		DavidW says, "I'd turn the pages in the booklet until I found something likely, and show the booklet to Watson."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 75
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Cassie are here. Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd | Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie babbles happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to DavidW), "That is a good plan, but we have to get this costume off first, which is why I entered the "pit up" command. And I have to go. Lunch time."
		Callista says, "I will still be logged in. Pull up on one of the parents and then you shouldn't have the costume on any more."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "pull up on lisa" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL UP ON LISA
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub up against the legs of Lisa, who sees that you are dirty and
Floyd | says "Uh, Farina," and hands you over to the mom. The mom takes you
Floyd | and says, "Oh, oh, your costume is all dirty, kiddo," and the next
Floyd | thing you know you are back on the ground and free of that evil squid
Floyd | costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie looks up at Lisa to orient herself and crawls off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison follows Cassie.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa's legs are hanging off of the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a building instructions booklet (open to some
Floyd | helicopter instructions), a pile of dayglo blox, and a brix blox
Floyd | bucket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Cassie and Watson are here. Jemison is all dressed like a
Floyd | bumblebee. Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
Floyd | Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a rolly car thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast
Floyd | they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly
Floyd | Watson has built a rolly car thing. He looks at it and then drops it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison goes off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a nuclear reactor model.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Good grief. I doubt we want a nuclear reactor built by a baby."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a poosh stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, Parry," Lisa says, "Watson seems a little out-of-sorts today. I
Floyd | saw you had to put him in the swing when he was crying."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie crawls off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson picks up the rolly car and takes it apart and dumps the brix
Floyd | into the big pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I wonder if that's the one we want."
		DavidW asks, "Would a poosh stick help us get the toy from the cabinet?"
		DavidW asks, "er from the bookcase?"
		Benjamin says, "Possibly..."
		DavidW asks, "Or turn on the tv with it?"
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x watson" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson Mason has this big round face that is perfect for commercials
Floyd | and baby food labels, only his face is always tear-streaked so maybe
Floyd | he is not cut out for show-biz. Maybe he is sad because he is dressed
Floyd | in this costume that is supposed to be a scary bat but instead is like
Floyd | a sad dumpy bat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry sighs. "Shari's parents were here this weekend."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "show booklet to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BOOKLET TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the building instructions booklet (open to some poosh
Floyd | stick instructions))
Floyd | You scoop up the booklet and it flops all closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You show the building instructions booklet to Watson and he kinda
Floyd | flinches and looks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me guess," says the mom, "they carried Watson everywhere and
Floyd | played with him and wouldn't leave him alone, and now he's upset
Floyd | you're not doing the same."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie zips in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "open booklet" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOOKLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot open the booklet as long as it's being carried.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Exactly!" Parry exclaims. "How'd you know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "drop it. open it" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP IT. OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Detox!" Lisa and Becca and Marion chorus.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson flops the instruction booklet open and it opens to a page that
Floyd | shows you how to build a poosh stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is already open, maybe you want to turn the page instead?
Floyd |
Floyd | "You must not talk to many other parents," Becca says. "It's nice when
Floyd | the grandparents visit and give you a break, but when they leave, oh
Floyd | boy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The booklet closed when you picked it up."
		DavidW says, "But yay, it's open again."
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a helicopter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "I can't believe the same thing happens to all of you! How
Floyd | do you keep it from happening?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie zooms off to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison follows Cassie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "He doesn't want to build anymore."
		DavidW asks, "no, it's because you showed him a closed booklet. Also, where are the blox now?"
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | So which do you mean, the pile of dayglo blox, or the brix blox
Floyd | bucket?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "pile" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "x pile of blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILE OF BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A big pile of dayglo blox from the brix blox bucket. Some are one hand
Floyd | wide and some are two hands wide and some are three hands wide and I
Floyd | guess they go together in various ways but whatever, you are no
Floyd | engineer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can keep your parents from visiting Watson," Marion says.
Floyd | "Otherwise, no, there's no real prevention."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast
Floyd | they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly
Floyd | Watson has built a helicopter. He looks at it and then drops it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "turn page" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a rolly car thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom says, "Be glad they love Watson as much as they do."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson picks up the helicopter and takes it apart and dumps the brix
Floyd | into the big pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a nuclear reactor model.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. Yeah!" Parry says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast
Floyd | they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly
Floyd | Watson has built a wall. He looks at it and then drops it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Benjamin says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages by scrabbling at them until you are looking at this
Floyd | blocky diagram of a poosh stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "I have to go."
		Benjamin says, "If anyone else wants to play, go ahead."
		DavidW says, "See you, Benjamin. Thanks for playing."
		Genevieve says, "Nice to have a new face."
Callista says (to Floyd), "show booklet to Watson" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BOOKLET TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the building instructions booklet (open to some poosh
Floyd | stick instructions))
Floyd | You scoop up the booklet and it flops all closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You show the building instructions booklet to Watson and he kinda
Floyd | flinches and looks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "I finished lunch. It was great."
		DavidW says, "No, that CLOSES the booklet!"
		DavidW says, "You need to leave it open."
		Genevieve says, "Don't close the booklet, or I'll throw the book at you! ;-)"
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A big pile of dayglo blox from the brix blox bucket. Some are one hand
Floyd | wide and some are two hands wide and some are three hands wide and I
Floyd | guess they go together in various ways but whatever, you are no
Floyd | engineer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson picks up the wall and takes it apart and dumps the brix into
Floyd | the big pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls in from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A big pile of dayglo blox from the brix blox bucket. Some are one hand
Floyd | wide and some are two hands wide and some are three hands wide and I
Floyd | guess they go together in various ways but whatever, you are no
Floyd | engineer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x booklet" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKLET
Floyd |
Floyd | The booklet tells you how to build stuff out of the blox, you've never
Floyd | really used it. It is flopped open right now and is showing this poosh
Floyd | stick. I guess they think kids need to build things to push things
Floyd | around with on the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "That was a mistake. Okay, let's just wait and see what Watson does. I think this is what we will need."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x watson" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson Mason has this big round face that is perfect for commercials
Floyd | and baby food labels, only his face is always tear-streaked so maybe
Floyd | he is not cut out for show-biz. Maybe he is sad because he is dressed
Floyd | in this costume that is supposed to be a scary bat but instead is like
Floyd | a sad dumpy bat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A big pile of dayglo blox from the brix blox bucket. Some are one hand
Floyd | wide and some are two hands wide and some are three hands wide and I
Floyd | guess they go together in various ways but whatever, you are no
Floyd | engineer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls in from the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "spit up" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT UP
Floyd |
Floyd | That would get your clothes all dirty and you do not need to do that
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "point to blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > POINT TO BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blox" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You would take a blox or two but they are annoying to deal with and
Floyd | their edges are just sharp enough to be annoying and besides, the mom
Floyd | might see you with them and then she'd expect you to play with them.
Floyd | And blox are boring.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson looks at the instruction booklet and his hands move so fast
Floyd | they are almost blurry and the dayglo blox go together and suddenly
Floyd | Watson has built a poosh stick. He looks at it and then drops it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stick" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up and it takes two hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did anyone see last night's episode of "Beat"?" Parry says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson tries to build a poosh stick but he doesn't have enough blox.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, either this is for the tv or for the bookcase."
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing."
Callista says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is that the Boston cop show?" Becca asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the East
Floyd | You are where the couch ends here at the east, at least where it ends
Floyd | at one end. North is the TV and west is more couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs of Marion dangle from the sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh my God, who has time for TV?" Lisa asks. "Besides, I can't watch
Floyd | something that violent when Cassie's up, even if she'd let me leave
Floyd | her alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom says, "I don't have a lot of time for TV either. Besides
Floyd | Sesame Street, that is," and the parents all laugh, why are they
Floyd | dissing the Street?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Where's the tv?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV is blocked by this baby swing that is in the way. It is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca sighs. "I always feel guilty when I set Jemison in front of the
Floyd | TV so I can get some work done."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't allow Zoe to watch much television," Marion says, "though she
Floyd | does watch some."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tv with stick" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TV WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TV
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not have the remote control that the parents use to make the TV
Floyd | turn on or off or show different things like Sesame Street or Baby
Floyd | Feynman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says, "We did consider not letting Watson see any TV until he's
Floyd | two or so."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | The TV is blocked by this baby swing that is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not one of those no-TV nuts, are you?" Lisa says all
Floyd | sharpishly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tv with stick" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TV WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is all far away and if you could stand up and were taller then you
Floyd | could reach it but you aren't so you can't.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're not nuts," Parry says, you can tell he's annoyed. "In fact,
Floyd | they make a lot of sense."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit tv with stick" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT TV WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is all far away and if you could stand up and were taller then you
Floyd | could reach it but you aren't so you can't.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whatever," Lisa sniffs, and the mom says, "Remember, watch what you
Floyd | say about religion, politics, and TV."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, it's not that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Books sleep here when they are not being read by the parents. The
Floyd | books do not really taste all that good and besides you cannot reach
Floyd | any of them now that the bottom bookcase shelves are all empty. From
Floyd | down here it is even hard to see the books, they are way up there.
Floyd | Your favorite toy is up next to the books about a half a parent high.
Floyd | It is in that small open area to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Okay..."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Ne" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | About half a parent high in the bookcase is your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a smooth rock, a teeny squeezy book, a tall plastic
Floyd | block (on which is Zoe), a short plastic block, a medium plastic
Floyd | block, a teething ring, and a plush book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Cassie are here. Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd | Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gets onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit toy with stick" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT TOY WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The long stick is hard to control and the shelves keep getting in the
Floyd | way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gets onto the short plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie holds the much-loved kangaroo first in one hand and then in the
Floyd | other hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "push switch to hi" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH TO HI
Floyd |
Floyd | The speed switch is over by the TV to the south and so is way too far
Floyd | away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe climbs down off of the short plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh sorry"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this baby swing right in front of the TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "okay, better?"
		Callista says, "Whoops. Looks like we'll have to go south to get to the speed switch. If we turn the swing's switch to hi and then get in the swing, we will be close to the toy on the bookcase."
Callista says (to Floyd), "S then push switch to hi" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the East                                    Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > S THEN PUSH SWITCH TO HI
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the East
Floyd | You are where the couch ends here at the east, at least where it ends
Floyd | at one end. North is the TV and west is more couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The legs of Marion dangle from the sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | The speed switch is over by the TV to the north and so is way too far
Floyd | away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to DavidW), "It's okay. You were just trying something, which I think is perfectly fine."
Callista says (to Floyd), "push switch to hi" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH TO HI
Floyd |
Floyd | You push on the switch with the poosh stick and turn it to hi.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "cry then cry then cry then cry" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY THEN CRY THEN CRY THEN CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You let out this sobbing wail and the mom says, "Shh, it's okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | When you cry again the mom says, "Shh. Calm down."
Floyd |
Floyd | This time you add a lot of tremolo to your crying and the mom says,
Floyd | "You're not going to calm down, are you, kiddo? Do you need the
Floyd | swing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls in from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, kiddo, let's check you and make sure," the mom says and scoops
Floyd | you up. "Diaper's okay. You're not hungry. To the swing!" You're
Floyd | airlifted into the swing and the mom takes away the poosh stick and
Floyd | straps you in. She turns it on, click click click, and then you are
Floyd | swinging really high.
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV (in the baby swing)
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a poosh stick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe watches you swing back and forth, back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista exclaims, "Oh whoops! There was something else we had to do. Sorry!"
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then N" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are Becca's legs, they are by the rocking chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a soft foam block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then W" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "get remote" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET REMOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The remote control is over by the north end of the loveseat to the
Floyd | north and so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Oh."
Callista says (to Floyd), "N then get remote" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > N THEN GET REMOTE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shoved half-under the loveseat is a remote control.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are Parry's feet dangling from the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are all full, maybe if you drop something you could get the
Floyd | remote control.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop stick then get remote then give remote to Parry then get stick" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP STICK THEN GET REMOTE THEN GIVE REMOTE TO PARRY THEN GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Say, how's Watson's rash doing?" Lisa asks Parry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry clears his throat. "He's much better, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom says, "Did you use zinc oxide cream?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the remote control in your mouth and go to pull up on Parry to
Floyd | get his attention. Parry looks down and sees you with the remote in
Floyd | your mouth and his eyes get a little wide. "Where'd you get that?" he
Floyd | asks, taking it out of your mouth. Then he murmurs, "That reminds me."
Floyd | He looks up and is all, "Say, Farina, I'd like to put in a Baby
Floyd | Feynman video for Watson." There is then this big pregnant pause
Floyd | before Parry says, "Uh, if that's okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom is quiet, she is probably communicating with the other moms
Floyd | using only her eyes and mom-telepathy because wasn't Parry anti-TV for
Floyd | kids before? And then she says, "Sure!" So Parry heads over to the TV
Floyd | and drags the baby swing out of the way of the TV and over by the
Floyd | bookcase and turns the TV on.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In a roundabout way," Parry says, "We used Boudreaux's butt paste."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up and it takes two hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ew," Becca laughs, "that is the grossest name for a product."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There really is such a thing as Boudreaux's butt paste, or was at the time."
		Callista says, "Okay, I think we can try the swing now."
Callista says (to Floyd), "cry then cry then cry then cry" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRY THEN CRY THEN CRY THEN CRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You let out this sobbing wail and the mom says, "Shh, it's okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion tells Becca, "Given what we have to deal with from our
Floyd | children, a name like that is the least of our worries."
Floyd |
Floyd | When you cry again the mom says, "Shh. Calm down."
Floyd |
Floyd | This time you add a lot of tremolo to your crying and the mom says,
Floyd | "You're not going to calm down, are you, kiddo? Do you need the
Floyd | swing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay, kiddo, let's check you and make sure," the mom says and scoops
Floyd | you up. "Diaper's okay. You're not hungry. To the swing!" You're
Floyd | airlifted into the swing and the mom takes away the poosh stick and
Floyd | straps you in. She turns it on, click click click, and then you are
Floyd | swinging really high.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area (in the baby swing)
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | About half a parent high in the bookcase is your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a plush book, a little doll, a plastic cup, a teeny
Floyd | squeezy book, a tall plastic block (on which is Zoe), a short plastic
Floyd | block, a medium plastic block, and a teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Cassie are here. Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd | Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it. At the top of the
Floyd | swing you are way close to your toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe watches you swing back and forth, back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie shoves the much-loved kangaroo in her mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison picks up the little doll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Hmm."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch for the toy but it is just barely out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it. At the top of the
Floyd | swing you are way close to your toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe watches you swing back and forth, back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie throws the much-loved kangaroo at the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess we don't have the stick with us?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch for the toy but it is just barely out of reach, grf, that
Floyd | is very frustrating.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it. At the top of the
Floyd | swing you are way close to your toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe watches you swing back and forth, back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Right now we don't have the stick. But we have to find it because we'll need it again."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch for the toy but it is just barely out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it. At the top of the
Floyd | swing you are way close to your toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe watches you swing back and forth, back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie falls forward onto her hands and then she is crawling off to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "push toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 80
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it. At the top of the
Floyd | swing you are way close to your toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe watches you swing back and forth, back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry comes wandering by with his water glass but he stops when he
Floyd | sees you swinging. He looks at your favorite toy. He looks at you. He
Floyd | looks at your toy. He looks at Zoe. He looks at how close you get to
Floyd | your favorite toy. When he is all done with his looking he casually
Floyd | leans against the bookcase and taps your toy. It totally falls a bit
Floyd | closer! He winks at you and heads on by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, Parry made it closer!"
		Callista says, "I guess Parry doesn't want Zoe taking the toy either."
		DavidW says, "take it!"
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch your arms but they are still too much like teeny T. Rex
Floyd | arms so then you scrunch down in your swing and stretch out a leg and
Floyd | as you swoop up again you just are able to kick the toy! It flies into
Floyd | the air and onto your lap! But as you swing back Zoe leans over from
Floyd | the tall block and swats at the toy and you swat at her and the upshot
Floyd | is the toy goes flying again and it goes kerplunk into the playpen.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the worst playdate ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Now we will need that stick again in a second."
Callista says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby swing clicks and clacks as it swings really high, and the
Floyd | whole world tilts and turns as you swing with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gets onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie zips in from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look up and there is the mom, you are swinging toward her face and
Floyd | away, toward and away. She turns off the swing and gets you down and
Floyd | puts you on the floor before going back to her seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big old baby swing all shoved up against the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd | Through the mesh you can see your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a little doll, a much-loved kangaroo, a plush book, a
Floyd | plastic cup, a teeny squeezy book, a tall plastic block, a short
Floyd | plastic block, a medium plastic block (on which is Zoe), and a
Floyd | teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie and Jemison are here. Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin
Floyd | costume, it is adorable. Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now the yellow things are gone from the TV, instead there are all
Floyd | these crescent shapes drifting down in some thick liquid inside a
Floyd | cylinder. Maybe it is a toy or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Does anyone know where the stick is?"
		DavidW says, "No, but if you try to examine something, the game usually says which direction it is."
		Callista says, "I need help finding it. It isn't over here or in the little open area."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stick" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The parents call this a poosh stick because they think you are stupid
Floyd | and need baby talk, it is really a push stick. It is a stick for
Floyd | pushing things around. I guess the blox makers wanted easier and
Floyd | easier things to make and someone said, "Hey, I know what would be
Floyd | easy to build, a long stick." The stick is nearly two babies long,
Floyd | it's amazing that it holds together. It is over by the north end of
Floyd | the loveseat to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "get stick" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | The poosh stick is over by the north end of the loveseat to the west
Floyd | and so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "See? It's over to the west."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then get stick" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe comes in slowly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie zooms in from the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The poosh stick is over by the north end of the loveseat to the
Floyd | northwest and so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry says to Marion and the mom, "Your two kids really love that one
Floyd | toy."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "Northwest of here."
		Callista says, "Ah. This is the last little quarter of the game, and this is a bit hard. Just warning you."
Callista says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie and Zoe are here. Cassie is dressed in this pumpkin costume, it
Floyd | is adorable. Zoe hunkers in a ladybug costume like a wolf in cute
Floyd | sheep's clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom laughs. "Ever since Zoe started coming it's been that way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Genevieve has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Nw then get stick" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW THEN GET STICK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are Parry's feet dangling from the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a poosh stick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I always thought that kind of competition wouldn't happen until Zoe
Floyd | was two or so," Marion says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick it up and it takes two hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca says, "Jemison doesn't really care about other kids' toys," she
Floyd | is smoking something and it is not tobacco.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Se" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe hunkers in a ladybug costume like a wolf in cute sheep's clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know what I'll do if Cassie ends up grabbing toys from other
Floyd | kids," Lisa says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "This is the only part where you and Zoe manage to get along, I think."
Callista says (to Floyd), "hit Zoe" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT ZOE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no way the parents will believe you had nothing to do with
Floyd | hurting her, you'd better leave her alone for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion says, "You'll watch for it and redirect Cassie and the other
Floyd | kid. When Cassie's older, you'll punish her."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "look at Zoe" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK AT ZOE
Floyd |
Floyd | Grr, Zoe Kinmundy. That little red-haired girl has this ladybug
Floyd | costume on, it is supposed to be cute but you are not fooled. Her red
Floyd | hair is in pigtails, like that will fool anyone into thinking she is
Floyd | nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," Lisa says, "I couldn't spank Cassie."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Ne then push bar up" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE THEN PUSH BAR UP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big old baby swing all shoved up against the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd | Through the mesh you can see your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a little doll, a much-loved kangaroo, a plush book, a
Floyd | plastic cup, a teeny squeezy book, a tall plastic block, a short
Floyd | plastic block, a medium plastic block, and a teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't have to spank her," the mom says and Marion chimes in,
Floyd | "Farina's right. You'll figure out what Cassie's levers are and you'll
Floyd | pull them."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe comes in and sighs heavily.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the top oval from down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa sounds all puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Staircase time? Or use the stick?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "get on tall block then push bar up" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON TALL BLOCK THEN PUSH BAR UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The block is so tall and you are not high enough to get up on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion says, "As outgoing as Cassie is, you can try sending her to her
Floyd | room, or you can take away something she likes or likes to do. Figure
Floyd | out what she values. That's where you apply pressure."
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the top oval from down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, okay," Lisa says, but you can tell she is not convinced.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "We need to get onto the short block, then medium block, then tall block, unless Zoe gets there first."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get on short block then get on medium block then get on tall block" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON SHORT BLOCK THEN GET ON MEDIUM BLOCK THEN GET ON TALL BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You start out pulling up on the block but it is so short you fall
Floyd | forward onto it and then you are sitting on it a little ways above the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | (getting off the short plastic block)
Floyd | You carefully climb onto the medium plastic block, it is a ways off
Floyd | the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | (getting off the medium plastic block)
Floyd | You clamber up onto the tall plastic block, you are getting so high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista.Floyd push bar up 		
Callista says (to Floyd), "push bar up" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BAR UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You push on the side of the oval closest to you and it goes up a bit
Floyd | and clicks but when you let go it drops back into place. I guess you
Floyd | need to push up the oval at both ends of the playpen at the same time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe coughs and you look at her and she looks at you and you both look
Floyd | at the top oval of the playpen. It is like you are communicating
Floyd | telepathically and that communication is "I may despise you and all
Floyd | that you stand for but I will work with you in order to lift the oval
Floyd | and free the toy but after that it is every baby for him or herself."
Floyd | So you nod and she nods and it is a deal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca says, "That's a bad cough Zoe has. Is she getting sick?" but
Floyd | Marion says, "No, she coughs like that sometimes to get attention."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gets onto the short plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to DavidW), "We should go to the other side of our playpen, though."
Callista says (to Floyd), "down then Sw" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN THEN SW
Floyd |
Floyd | (getting off the tall plastic block)
Floyd | The tall block is way tall and you would hurt yourself if you tried to
Floyd | get down from it directly so instead you climb onto the medium block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe starts to climb up onto the medium plastic block but then since
Floyd | you are on the higher blocks she looks up at you and makes this
Floyd | annoyed face, ha ha, she can suck it. Clearly she is waiting for you
Floyd | to go down directly from the medium block.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get off the medium plastic block first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe starts to climb up onto the medium plastic block but then since
Floyd | you are on the higher blocks she looks up at you and makes this
Floyd | annoyed face. Clearly she is waiting for you to go down directly from
Floyd | the medium block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison picks up the plush book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "down then Sw" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN THEN SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big old baby swing all shoved up against the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd | Through the mesh you can see your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a smooth rock, a little doll, a much-loved kangaroo,
Floyd | a plastic cup, a teeny squeezy book, a tall plastic block, a short
Floyd | plastic block (on which is Zoe), a medium plastic block, and a
Floyd | teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe gets onto the medium plastic block.
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear this cough from Zoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Just about the only part of the game where you get along with Zoe."
Callista says (to Floyd), "push bar up" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 85
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BAR UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the top oval from down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "push bar with stick" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BAR WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You push on the oval with the poosh stick and at the same time Zoe
Floyd | pushes her end of the oval and it clicks up and then half of it falls
Floyd | down. That leaves the playpen all gaping open!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Here is where it gets very difficult."
Callista says (to Floyd), "enter playpen" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PLAYPEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the southwest part of the playpen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa suddenly says, "Parry! Are you eating Cheerios?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry sounds all sheepish, "Yeah."
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca is all "I hope you don't mind crumbs all over your loveseat,
Floyd | Farina," and everyone laughs but Parry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Ne" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move to the other part of the playpen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area (in the northeast part of the playpen)
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big old baby swing all shoved up against the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a plush book, a smooth rock, a little doll, a
Floyd | much-loved kangaroo, a plastic cup, a teeny squeezy book, a tall
Floyd | plastic block, a short plastic block, a medium plastic block, and a
Floyd | teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the northeast part of the playpen you can see your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Jemison are here. Zoe hunkers in a ladybug costume like a wolf
Floyd | in cute sheep's clothing. Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe grabs your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "This is where we earn our last five points. After that I'll have to go."
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pushes her way past babies and runs off to the west with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "W" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the northeast part of the playpen first.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom asks the other parent people, "Do any of you have a suggestion
Floyd | for a baby sitter?" W. T. F.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Your favorite toy is next to the gliding rocking chair to the west and
Floyd | so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom goes on, "We've got a Christmas party to go to in a month or
Floyd | so, and we've never used a babysitter before." No, really--W. T. F.???
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison puts his mouth all over the much-loved kangaroo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Oh, we're still in the playpen."
Callista says (to Floyd), "out then west then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT THEN WEST THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the northeast part of the playpen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big old baby swing all shoved up against the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd | The playpen is all open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a plush book, a smooth rock, a little doll, a plastic
Floyd | cup, a teeny squeezy book, a tall plastic block, a short plastic
Floyd | block, a medium plastic block, and a teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion says, "Didn't you have luck with Susan, Lisa?" Susan, that's a
Floyd | name that sounds okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are Becca's legs, they are by the rocking chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a soft foam block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | Lisa says, "I've used Susan two--no, three times. She said Cassie was
Floyd | great." Lisa pauses all thoughtful like. "Maybe she was lying to get a
Floyd | bigger tip."
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe runs off to the east with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | "I didn't think she was all that," Becca says. "I had her keep Zoe
Floyd | once. Susan and Zoe didn't get along at all." This Susan is sounding
Floyd | better all the time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "E" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Open Area
Floyd | You are east of the gliding rocking chair that is fun to ride on and
Floyd | north of the big TV that Sesame Street comes from. On the wall is a
Floyd | big bookcase full of chewy books. There is a way into the kitchen to
Floyd | the north but one of those baby gates is there, that is no fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big old baby swing all shoved up against the bookcase.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the southwest.
Floyd | The playpen is all open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a plush book, a smooth rock, a little doll, a plastic
Floyd | cup, a teeny squeezy book, a tall plastic block, a short plastic
Floyd | block, a medium plastic block, and a teething ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Jemison are here. Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY! Jemison
Floyd | is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion says, "You could have Susan visit ahead of time to look for any
Floyd | problems."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Small Open Area                                      Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pushes her way past babies and runs off to the southwest with your
Floyd | toy! SHE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | First Jemison gets rid of a much-loved kangaroo. Then he trails after
Floyd | Zoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll give her a call, then," the mom says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Callista says, "And now, you and Zoe are right back to being rivals."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Sw" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd | The playpen is all open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison and Zoe are here. Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee. Zoe
Floyd | has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pushes her way past babies and runs off to the south with your
Floyd | toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe you have to pull her pigtail?"
		DavidW asks, "Or is there some way to prevent her from running?"
		DavidW says, "I think I remember what to do, but I don't know where the item is."
Callista says (to Floyd), "south then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTH THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "This might be timed, I don't know."
Callista says (to Floyd), "south then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTH THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "S then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > S THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a building instructions booklet (open to some poosh
Floyd | stick instructions), a pile of dayglo blox, and a brix blox bucket
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Watson are here. Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY! Watson is
Floyd | gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pushes her way past babies and runs off to the northeast with your
Floyd | toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "I will try pulling her pigtail."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Ne then pull pigtail" 		

Floyd ]  In Front of TV                                       Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE THEN PULL PIGTAIL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of TV
Floyd | The entertainment center here holds the TV all towering above you and
Floyd | it has these glass doors beneath the TV that you can see stereo
Floyd | equipment through. You are near the couch to the south and the middle
Floyd | of the living room to the west and there is a small open area to play
Floyd | in to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | "GALAXIES" says the TV announcer and I guess that is what a star party
Floyd | is called.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming and she runs like the toyful coward she is!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe runs off to the west with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think I remember what to do, but I haven't seen the item recently."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd | The playpen is all open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Jemison are here. Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY! Jemison
Floyd | is all dressed like a bumblebee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pushes her way past babies and runs off to the south with your
Floyd | toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks (of DavidW), "What did you have to do?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kitchen" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KITCHEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cheerios" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHEERIOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheerios! In a cup! What a totally portable idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "S" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch in the Middle
Floyd | Here is where the middle of the couch is. If you want to play you
Floyd | should totally go north to the middle of the room where there is a lot
Floyd | of space. There is more couch to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are the mom's legs there by the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a building instructions booklet (open to some poosh
Floyd | stick instructions), a pile of dayglo blox, and a brix blox bucket
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Watson are here. Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY! Watson is
Floyd | gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cheerios" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHEERIOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheerios! In a cup! What a totally portable idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe pushes her way past babies and runs off to the west with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie crawls in from the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson tries to build a poosh stick but he doesn't have enough blox.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison crawls in from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. The game doesn't say where the Cheerios are."
		Callista says, "Oh. We'll get to it."
		Callista says, "Try doing "get cheerios""
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get cheerios" 		

Floyd ]  Couch in the Middle                                  Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CHEERIOS
Floyd |
Floyd | The cup of Cheerios is over by the north end of the loveseat to the
Floyd | northwest and so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "I think that will work."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the South                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the South
Floyd | This is the south end of the loveseat, there is more loveseat to the
Floyd | north and a big play area to the east and to the south is the couch
Floyd | that is bigger than the loveseat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rattly car here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh my God, you guys," Lisa says, "I almost forgot to tell you! This
Floyd | kid in Cassie's class bit her yesterday!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the north pink striped loveseat is a cup of Cheerios.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Parry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Becca says, "I was always worried that Jemison would be--" and here
Floyd | her voice gets real quiet, "a biter." Then she gets loud again, "But
Floyd | he never was."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cup" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You have short arms, you can't reach the cup of Cheerios from down
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mine was a biter for a little while," the mom says, that was so three
Floyd | months ago, and besides, those kids totally deserved it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Nw then push cheerios with stick" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW THEN PUSH CHEERIOS WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Parry is all, "What do you do if your child does bite other children?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach up with the stick and whack the cup and all of these
Floyd | Cheerios shower down around you in a big pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is as if the oxygen in the room goes foom like there was a flash
Floyd | fire and suddenly there are all of these babies headed your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "At this age, there's not much you can do," Marion says, "other than
Floyd | removing them from the situation." The moms are all silent for a
Floyd | moment, they're probably thinking of Allan. He used to be in the
Floyd | playgroup but then he started biting people and now he is an unperson
Floyd | like Nikolai Yezhov.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm, does that include Zoe?"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe we need to do that at a different time?"
		Callista says, "Let's see if Zoe is here."
Callista says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those sure are a bunch of Cheerios spilled everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Parry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can you keep them from even biting in the first place?" Lisa asks,
Floyd | and Parry follows up with, "It would be nice if the parents were
Floyd | controlling their child better."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie crawls in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison comes in after Cassie.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson wanders in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Where's Zoe?"
		Callista asks, "Hmmm! Where's Zoe?"
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Your favorite toy is by the west end of the couch to the southeast and
Floyd | so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's not a matter of control," Marion says, "you can't really control
Floyd | a ten-month old."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Se then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | You have to push your way past Watson, Jemison, and Cassie thanks to
Floyd | those Cheerios and that slows you down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd | The playpen is all open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mom says, "I'm just glad we aren't still dealing with this
Floyd | problem."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your favorite toy is by the west end of the couch to the southwest and
Floyd | so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Chase Zoe into the baby and Cheerios pile, if you can."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Sw then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Couch at the West                                    Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Couch at the West
Floyd | The couch is very long and this is the west part of it. There is a
Floyd | loveseat to the north and more couch to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Lisa here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe runs off to the northeast with your toy! SHE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle of the Living Room
Floyd | This is the middle of the living room, it is all big and vast. This is
Floyd | where everybody plays because it is so big. But when you get bored
Floyd | there is a bunch of other stuff you can go to like the TV to the east
Floyd | and the loveseat to the west and the couch to the south and the
Floyd | gliding rocking chair to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Part of your playpen is here, there is more of it to the northeast.
Floyd | The playpen is all open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toy" 		

Floyd ]  Middle of the Living Room                            Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe runs off to the northwest with your toy! SHE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear this rattle jingle, it is Zoe playing with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those sure are a bunch of Cheerios spilled everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Parry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Watson and Jemison and Cassie are here. Zoe has your toy! ZOE
Floyd | HAS YOUR TOY! Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee. Cassie is dressed in this
Floyd | pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson gingerly takes a single Cheerio and sniffs at it cautiously
Floyd | before finally eating it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "I think that I can do that."
Callista says (to Floyd), "Ne then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe somehow ignores the Cheerios and pushes her way past babies who
Floyd | don't move very fast because of the Cheerios and runs off to the
Floyd | southeast with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your favorite toy is in the middle of the living room to the southeast
Floyd | and so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear this rattle jingle, it is Zoe playing with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison picks up some Cheerios and munches on them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "darn, we got in each others' way. She got loose."
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "just take toy."
Callista.Floyd Ne 		
Callista says (to Floyd), "Ne" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | You so can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe somehow ignores the Cheerios and pushes her way past babies who
Floyd | don't move very fast because of the Cheerios and runs off to the south
Floyd | with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Jemison picks up a few Cheerios and munches on them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no!"
		Genevieve asks, "Meaning no disrespect, but are you folks almost done in there?"
		DavidW says, "Almost."
		Callista says, "Hmmm..."
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Callisto), "Take toy"
Callista says (to Floyd), "get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe tries to crawl away, but there are babies and Cheerios and it is a
Floyd | big train-wreck and she cannot get away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hands are all full, maybe if you drop something you could get
Floyd | your favorite toy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe somehow ignores the Cheerios and pushes her way past babies who
Floyd | don't move very fast because of the Cheerios and runs off to the
Floyd | southeast with your toy! SHE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassie grabs a handful of Cheerios and inhales them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh darn. We're still holding the stick or something."
Callista says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You'll have to drop the stick and chase her back in here."
Callista says (to Floyd), "drop stick then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP STICK THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe somehow ignores the Cheerios and pushes her way past babies who
Floyd | don't move very fast because of the Cheerios and runs off to the east
Floyd | with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Your favorite toy is next to the gliding rocking chair to the east and
Floyd | so is way too far away for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "I'm back. Sorry I had to leave earlier."
Callista says (to Floyd), "E then get toy" 		

Floyd ]  By the Rocking Chair                                 Score: 90
Floyd |
Floyd | > E THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd | (tearing yourself away from the Cheerios)
Floyd | You have to push your way past Watson, Jemison, and Cassie thanks to
Floyd | those Cheerios and that slows you down.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Rocking Chair
Floyd | The gliding rocking chair is all tall and wooden. It is where the mom
Floyd | rocks you when she thinks you need a nap even though you do not need
Floyd | naps. The loveseat is west and there is a small open area to the east
Floyd | and a big open area in the middle of the room to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are Becca's legs, they are by the rocking chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a soft foam block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe has your toy! ZOE HAS YOUR TOY!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe sees you coming for the toy! She will not let you have it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe runs off to the west with your toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Benjamin), "We're close to the end. Big chase scene."
		Benjamin says, "You all are still playing I see."
		DavidW says, "Unfortunately, Callista and I got in each others' way."
		Benjamin says (to DavidW), "Ah, I see."
		Genevieve says, "They've been in there for over five hours. That's what I call dedication."
		DavidW says, "So I'm trying to not type now."
		DavidW says (to Callista), "Keep chasing Zoe."
		Callista says, "Hee hee! Now Zoe's back in the baby and Cheerios area."
		Genevieve says, "I personally don't like the lack of good grammar in that game. But hey, if you folks are enjoying yourselves, mor power to you. I just hope I can get in there at some point tonight. I've got a hankering to play something, and Floyd is really my only accessible means of doing it."
Callista says (to Floyd), "W then get toy" 		DavidW asks (of Genevieve), "What game to go want to play?"

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 100
Floyd |
Floyd | > W THEN GET TOY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loveseat at the North
Floyd | This is the part of the loveseat that is to the north. It goes on to
Floyd | the south and you could totally slip around the end of the loveseat to
Floyd | the west. There is the rocking chair to the east as well, that is
Floyd | always fun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those sure are a bunch of Cheerios spilled everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a poosh stick and Parry here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe and Watson and Jemison and Cassie are here. Zoe has your toy! ZOE
Floyd | HAS YOUR TOY! Watson is gloomy in his sad homemade bat costume.
Floyd | Jemison is all dressed like a bumblebee. Cassie is dressed in this
Floyd | pumpkin costume, it is adorable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe tries to crawl away, but there are babies and Cheerios and it is a
Floyd | big train-wreck and she cannot get away!
Floyd |
Floyd | You lunge forward and yank on the toy and Zoe is all distracted by
Floyd | Cheerios and the toy pops out of her evil sweaty grasp! You have your
Floyd | toy!
Floyd |
Floyd | Zoe screws up her face and bursts into these loud wails, they are so
Floyd | terribly loud. She shoves at Watson who also starts crying and soon
Floyd | just about everyone is crying except you, ha ha, they are such babies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marion says, "I was afraid we were staying too late past Zoe's
Floyd | naptime. Farina, everyone, it's been fun, and glad you could come,
Floyd | Parry. See everyone next week." Hands come down and the squalling Zoe
Floyd | zips up into the air and into Marion's arms. Soon all of the babies
Floyd | are going skywards, parentwards, and out-the-doorwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | With them all gone the air kinda leaks out of you, it has been a long
Floyd | playdate. The mom gathers you and your favorite toy up. "C'mon, kid,
Floyd | let's get you to bed before you completely pass out." But you do not
Floyd | need naps, does she not understand that?
Floyd |
Floyd | Though your crib is nice and soft and your favorite toy chimes a bit
Floyd | as you curl around it and your teeny eyelids are so heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | So...heavy....
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have like 100 points out of 100. Here is how you got them:
Floyd |
Floyd |      5 for pulling up on the footstool
Floyd |      5 for knocking your favorite toy off the footstool
Floyd |      5 for smashing open the pillows with Alfadog
Floyd |      10 for getting your favorite toy the first time
Floyd |      5 for getting Jemison to pull up after you
Floyd |      5 for opening the backpack
Floyd |      5 for getting Parry to take the toy out of the backpack
Floyd |      10 for getting your favorite toy the second time
Floyd |      5 for making the cabinet unsteady
Floyd |      5 for getting the tumbler on the cabinet
Floyd |      5 for putting Jemison's velcro jangly balls on Zoe
Floyd |      10 for getting your favorite toy the third time
Floyd |      5 for getting that evil squid costume off
Floyd |      5 for accidentally getting your toy in the playpen
Floyd |      5 for opening the playpen
Floyd |      10 for gettting your favorite toy for the last time
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | see some suggestions for AMUSING things to do, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Hooray!"
		Benjamin exclaims, "Congratulations!"
Iria arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Loveseat at the North                                Score: 100
Floyd |
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | If you'd like more information about the game and its design, you can
Floyd | play through the game with the commentary track on. At any time in the
Floyd | game, type COMMENTARY ON to turn on the commentary track.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | see some suggestions for AMUSING things to do, or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Iria asks, "What game is this?"
		DavidW says, "Child's Play"
		Genevieve says, "unfortunately it looks like you missed most of it."
		Callista says, "It's been fun playing Child's Play, but I have to go. Hope you all had fun too."
		DavidW says, "Thanks, Callista."
Callista goes home. 		
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?" 		Benjamin says, "I had fun while I was here."
		DavidW says, "Thanks everyone."
		Iria says, "Well, it happens."
DavidW says (to Genevieve), "Floyd is free now." 		
Benjamin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Genevieve says, "Glad you could play, Benjamin. It's always nice to have some new folks around to offer their insights."
		Benjamin says, "Glad I could partake."
Callista arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Callista asks, "Is ClubFloyd still going?"
		DavidW says (to Callista), "No. You won. And I quit the game after you left."
		Genevieve says, "Glad you managed to win, Callista. I know you were really frustrated yesterday when your interpreter crashed."
		Callista says (to DavidW), "Yes, it was fun. I left because I thought my device had a lot less battery and needed to be charged, but it only lost about 20 percent, so I'm still good."
		Callista asks (of Genevieve), "It certainly made me mad. I kept wondering why it didn't just leave my game open?"
		Callista says (to Genevieve), "Also, it has not that good grammar because you are a baby, and babies don't know what grammar is at that age."
		Callista says (to Genevieve), "That was just a guess of mine."
		Genevieve says, "h, I realize that. But the writing in the game itself is terrible though. At least, as far as I'm concerned. Glad you enjoyed it though."
Callista goes home. 		Genevieve personally thinks that game is nothing to, erm, write home about. :-P
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "really? It does a lot of things rather well."
		Genevieve says, "Okay. Well, maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance. The horrible punctuation and bad grammar got under my skin I guess."
		DavidW says, "It's not at all easy to manage a group of NPCs in an extended way over lots and lots of turns like that."
		Benjamin says (to Genevieve), "I dislike the writing style too."
		Genevieve says, "Glad I'm not the only one. :-) But David's got a good point. And I only looked at it briefly."
		Genevieve says, "It's just not my sort of game I guess."
		Benjamin says, "But yes, that alone does not make it a bad game."
		DavidW says, "It also does an unusual amount of scoping tricks so things can be both near and far."
		DavidW says, "I don't think I even noticed any grammar issues."
		DavidW says, "But I rate author enthusiasm a lot higher than grammar."
		Genevieve says, "I did. Lots. :-P But hey, ClubFloyd is for everyone, so as long as all the people who were playing today enjoyed themselves, that's the main thing. It's not all about me. :-)"
		Benjamin says, "I didn't mean grammar issues, just the simplistic and repetitive writing style."
		Benjamin says, "It was just an observation though, it's not like it made the game unplayable."
		Genevieve says, "And I agree: author enthusiasm is very important. I'm just used to good writing in my IF, so that's what I tend to expect to see."
		Iria nods.
		Genevieve says, "Unless it's Lost Pig, in which case the writing is intentionally bad because Grunk is a dumb orc. :-)"
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "I suppose if I ever get version 2 of Four Days of Summer written, I should run it past you first."
		Genevieve says, "Well, if it makes you feel any better, I didn't notice any issues with the first version except for like one typo."
		DavidW says, "But I think I'm a weak author in general. It just isn't natural for me."
		Genevieve says, "No way! You're an excellent IF author."
		Benjamin says, "Something more positive about the writing for me was the conversations the parents were having in the background. I thought they were amusing and well done."
		DavidW says (to Benjamin), "Yeah, the parents were fun. You're so focused on the kids, it's easy to miss all the stuff that the adults are up to."
Iria has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Genevieve says, "Now that I think of it, good puzzles are a lot more important in a piece of IF than perfect writing anyway. See, if I were to publish an IF game, the writing would probably be perfectly descriptive... but the game wouldn't go anywhere. :-) The puzzles would suck. It'd be like a beautiful car without an engine."
		Genevieve is terrible at coming up with good puzzles.
		DavidW says, "So it would be an Art Show piece. Those are fine too."
		DavidW says, "Have you played any Art Show games? They're generally without any real puzzles."
		Genevieve says, "But not very interesting to most people."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Duckman by Wade
As played on ifMUD on August 6, 2017

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 Duckman written by Wade. Duckman was an entry in the 2017 IntroComp, in which it earned an Honorable Mention. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

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

Jacqueline says (to floyd), "load sleepmask ic17duckman" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Duckman
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170728 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | The dark north-south alleyway ends here with a brutal dead end. A
Floyd | blind man would break his nose against a solid brick wall, if he were
Floyd | unlucky enough to be running this way. Good thing you're not a blind
Floyd | man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		says, "I hope that the game I want to write makes it onto Floyd. I have noticed that there aren't very many cat games, so that's the type of game that I wish to write."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wow. Interesting way to start. Callista, can I ask how that intro makes you feel?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Let's face the facts: you are a giant, anthropomorphic duck wearing a
Floyd | weatherworn trenchcoat and a black sombrero. You are Duckman, or so
Floyd | the local newspapers have nicknamed you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Jacqueline), "I'd hate to be rude to the author, but that makes me feel a little insulted. Blind people don't just stumble around; that seems to be everyone's misconception. I'm just like anybody else."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was kind of wondering. Thanks for sharing that."
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline says, "I think that's good feedback for the author to have, actually."
		Jacqueline says, "So if we are an anthropomorphic duck, can we fly"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The alleyway end suddenly to the south. There are only two ways out:
Floyd | north... or up. Your choice. Isn't it all about choices, anyway? You
Floyd | can't save everyone, after all, no matter how hard you try.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Jacqueline), "Is that what you were asking about? Well, that was certainly an odd intro, I have to say."
		Jacqueline says (to Callista), "Yep, that's what I was asking about."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, did we go up or not? Maybe it was thinking we wouldn't think to go up?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | The dark north-south alleyway ends here with a brutal dead end. A
Floyd | blind man would break his nose against a solid brick wall, if he were
Floyd | unlucky enough to be running this way. Good thing you're not a blind
Floyd | man.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't think we actually went up."
		Jacqueline says, "Weird."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The alleyway end suddenly to the south. There are only two ways out:
Floyd | north... or up. Your choice. Isn't it all about choices, anyway? You
Floyd | can't save everyone, after all, no matter how hard you try.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone -- you reckon his name is Frank -- appears to be trying to
Floyd | punch down a brick wall with his bare fists. "Argh!" he groans,
Floyd | nursing his sore knuckles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says (to Jacqueline), "Yeah, I would probably have a guide dog, so I probably wouldn't run into anything."
		Jacqueline nods.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x frank" 		Benjamin says, "What an odd game."

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | A dark-haired guy wearing dirty jeans and a kingfisher T-shirt. You've
Floyd | seen him before. Maybe even heard his name? People call him Frank,
Floyd | right? Yup.
Floyd |
Floyd | Frank -- if you've got his name right -- is staring at a brick wall.
Floyd | He turns around suddenly and sees you. "Duckman! Shit! I haven't done
Floyd | anything wrong!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait a second --" you begin, but the guy in question decides to make
Floyd | a run for it, and disappears up Blind Man's Alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "follow frank]" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW FRANK]
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "follow frank" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW FRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The alleyway end suddenly to the south. There are only two ways out:
Floyd | north... or up. Your choice. Isn't it all about choices, anyway? You
Floyd | can't save everyone, after all, no matter how hard you try.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin asks, "Can we go north?"
Callista has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Jacqueline says, "So, I think that's supposed to read 'the alleyway ends suddenly' and the game implied we can go up, but I don't think we actually can."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | Blind Man's Alley heads further down to the south. Main Street lies to
Floyd | the north, a seething mass of nocturnal pedestrians and overspeeding
Floyd | cars. To the east, you can plainly see that a seedy-looking joint
Floyd | seems to be still open at this time of night. Its billboard proclaims
Floyd | it to be "The Real Thing".
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spoonatic dances around you, taunting you with his teaspoons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x spoonatic" 		

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOONATIC
Floyd |
Floyd | Your average insane supervillain, minus the actual super-powers. He
Floyd | has a formidable arsenal of silver spoons with which to stab poor
Floyd | innocent tax-paying citizens, and wears a pink wig and a scarlet
Floyd | cloak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wasn't there a movie called Duckman?"
		Jacqueline asks, "A silly movie?"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. There was a TV series, but it is not the thing I'm thinking of"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to spoonatic" 		

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SPOONATIC
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask spoonatic about spoons" 		

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SPOONATIC ABOUT SPOONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I love spoons. Don't you?" he confides in you briefly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SPOONATIC ABOUT SPOONATIC
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spoonatic merely laughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask spoonatic about me" 		

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SPOONATIC ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spoonatic merely laughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x spoons" 		

Floyd ]  Blind Man's Alley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOONS
Floyd |
Floyd | They glisten in the light with a crimson hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Benjamin), "Ideas?"
		Benjamin asks, "Go east?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Real Thing
Floyd | Yep. It's a seedy joint, all right. Filled with the wrong kind of
Floyd | people, all drinking the wrong kind of alcohol and having a thoroughly
Floyd | good time. The way out is to the west, and there are apparently toilet
Floyd | facilities to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...word's on the street that there's a new hero in town, dude..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spoonatic arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "He's following us."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy alcohol" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ALCOHOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The bartender pours some beer for you, and you dip your beak
Floyd | tentatively in the stuff. You immediately wish you hadn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I guess it would be difficult to drink from a glass if you had a duckbill."
		Jacqueline says, "You'd probably just need a straw, maybe."
		Benjamin says, "Probably."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They are so drunk, they barely notice the fact that a rather
Floyd | conspicuous anthropomorphic duck has just barged his way into their
Floyd | part of town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink beer" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, um, I'm happy to keep playing this if you want to, but I also kind of have an idea of what my vote is going to be already, which I realize is a little quick to judgment, but..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save people" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to save.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "capture spoonatic" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CAPTURE SPOONATIC
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "defeat spoonatic" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DEFEAT SPOONATIC
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attack spoonatic" 		

Floyd ]  Real Thing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK SPOONATIC
Floyd |
Floyd | With one blow of your wing, you send him flying out of sight.
Floyd | "Wheeeee!" he screams, delighted that you are finally giving him your
Floyd | full and undivided attention. You do not see him land, however you
Floyd | know that he'll be back soon enough to pester you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Benjamin says, "It's fine by me if we go on to the next one."
		Jacqueline logs into [LINK] to vote
		Jacqueline says, "I usually don't vote in introcomp, but since this is my last year organizing it, I think I will."
		Jacqueline asks, "Would you like... ack, am I alone now?"
		Jacqueline looks around.
		Jacqueline says, "Hi, Roger."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you actually here?"
		Jacqueline takes that as a no and goes to write feedback for Duckman and then she'll go back to uploading transcripts, which may in fact be finished up today, particularly since CF seems to have spontaneously fizzled.
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Guenni says, "Looks I didn't miss any floyding after all."
		Guenni says, "Did just nobody watch the clock? Or is today a general celebration of summer lazyness."
		Genevieve says, "looks like you missed one introcomp game. So did I, but for good reason. Was on the phone with my mum, whom I hadn't talked to in a week."
		Genevieve says, "Also, I didn't see that game, but I too take objection to the idea of blind people stumbling around."
		Jacqueline says, "If you recap you'll see that everyone abandoned me."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Adam and Eve Project by Brian Kwak
As played on ifMUD on August 13, 2017

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 Adam and Eve Project written by Brian Kwak. The Adam and Eve Project was an entry in the 2017 IntroComp, in which it took third place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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		Jacqueline says, "Okay. So, I was hoping we could do more IntroComp entries this week."
		DavidW says, "oh, geez, I forgot about voting for that."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It's okay. Voting is open all month."
		Jacqueline says, "Last week we played Duckman"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic17adamandeve" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Choose one of the following:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1) male
Floyd | 2) female
Floyd | 3) random
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I've played all the entries including the choice-based ones."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh! You have?"
		Jacqueline says, "You're so good."
Guenni arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "You can recap the little bit of this game that you've missed by @recap toyshop"
		Guenni says, "Sorry for being late. Had to deal with real life nonsense."
		Jacqueline says, "heh."
		Jacqueline says, "Something tells me that (3) random, is not going to bust the gender binary."
		DavidW says, "True. That something is the title of the game."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, I guess we'll just do random?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | [random]
Floyd |
Floyd | Press any key to continue. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I find myself in the middle of a dimly lit room. The room is
Floyd | adequately furnished, but my eyes focus on a safe sitting on the floor
Floyd | in a corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "examine safe" to examine the safe.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x safe" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAFE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a metal safe. It's locked, but there's some sort of touch screen
Floyd | on the front. There's also a sheet of paper on top of the safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can also use "x" instead of "examine" to examine
Floyd | things.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about myself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like I can type in a password here to open the safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "enter password" when you think you know the password to the
Floyd | safe.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a calendar printed on the front.
Floyd |
Floyd | As I pick it up, I notice something written on the back: "PW:
Floyd | 4-12-4-3".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I just realized it's the first first-person-player-game I'm playing."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now that's security at its finest."
		DavidW says, "okay, I know which gender we are."
		Jacqueline says (to Otu), "True, but I am not sure that's the actual password. Let's see."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter password" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter password:
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Guenni says (to f), "x screen" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "4-12-4-3" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 4-12-4-3
Floyd |
Floyd | The screen beeps angrily and flashes red. That must not have been the
Floyd | right password.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like I can type in a password here to open the safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "enter password" when you think you know the password to the
Floyd | safe.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Adam, presumably"
		DavidW says, "The fact that it's a calendar is relevant."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, a calendar?"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x calendar" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x front" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRONT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A calendar on the paper."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read calendar" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a calendar printed on the front.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the back is some writing that reads "PW: 4-12-4-3".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "4 - A for April"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		DavidW says, "12 - D for December"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter password" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter password:
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ADAM" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > ADAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The screen flashes green and transforms, displaying the words
Floyd | "WELCOME, ADAM". The safe clicks and swings open, revealing its
Floyd | contents.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the safe is an earpiece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take earpiece" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EARPIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those things you put into your ear to talk to someone
Floyd | without having to use your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm debating whether or not to wear it when I hear a faint voice
Floyd | coming out from it. I hurry to put it in my ear, anxious as to who
Floyd | might be on the other end. »

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take earpiece" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
Floyd [???] Hello? » 		DavidW says, "I never played the female version. I assume the solar system is used instead."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hello" 		
Floyd [???] Hello? » 		
Floyd [???] Is anyone there? » 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "say hello" 		
Floyd [???] Is anyone there? » 		
Floyd [???] Um, hello. Who is this? » 		DavidW says, "You'll need to push space a lot."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Um, hello. Who is this? » 		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm... Well, my name's Eve. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm... Well, my name's Eve. » 		
Floyd [Eve] I think. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] I think. » 		
Floyd [???] You think? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] You think? » 		
Floyd [Eve] Well, there was this safe, and when I opened it... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Well, there was this safe, and when I opened it... » 		
Floyd [???] That's what happened to me! » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] That's what happened to me! » 		
Floyd [Adam] Going by that, that would make me Adam. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] Going by that, that would make me Adam. » 		
Floyd [Eve] Adam and Eve, huh? I get it. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Adam and Eve, huh? I get it. » 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, it's not exactly subtle. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, it's not exactly subtle. » 		
Floyd [Eve] So you're like me, then? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] So you're like me, then? » 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, I suddenly found myself in this room... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, I suddenly found myself in this room... » 		
Floyd [Adam] And I can't seem to remember who I am or how I got here. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] And I can't seem to remember who I am or how I got here. » 		
Floyd [Eve] That sounds about right. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] That sounds about right. » 		
Floyd [Adam] So, uh... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] So, uh... » 		
Floyd [Adam] What happens now? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] What happens now? » 		
Floyd [Eve] Good question. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Good question. » 		
Floyd [Eve] First of all-- » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] First of all-- » 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd [???] -crackling- » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] -crackling- » 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] ! 		
Floyd [Eve] ! » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
Floyd [???] Greetings. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Greetings. » 		
Floyd [???] Many years ago, the first humans were born in paradise. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Many years ago, the first humans were born in paradise. » 		
Floyd [???] They lived a life of luxury and bliss, but curiosity got the 		

Floyd | better of them. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | better of them. »

		
Floyd [???] Upon falling into temptation and partaking of the fruit of the 		

Floyd | Tree of Knowledge, they were cast out of the place they called home.
Floyd | »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Tree of Knowledge, they were cast out of the place they called home.
Floyd | »

		
Floyd [???] This is where you find yourselves now. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] This is where you find yourselves now. » 		
Floyd [???] You can spend the rest of your lives here in this artificial 		

Floyd | Eden... »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Eden... »

		
Floyd [???] ...or you can see the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and leave 		

Floyd | here forever. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | here forever. »

		
Floyd [???] Will you resist temptation? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Will you resist temptation? » 		
Floyd [???] Or will history repeat itself once more? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Or will history repeat itself once more? » 		
Floyd [???] I look forward to seeing the results of... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] I look forward to seeing the results of... » 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Adam and Eve Project
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Brian Kwak
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170731 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | »

		
Lionheart arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
Floyd [???] Oh, and one last thing. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Oh, and one last thing. » 		
Floyd [???] If you choose to seek out the Tree of Knowledge, then know this: 		

Floyd | »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | »

		
Floyd [???] The tree only bears a single fruit. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] The tree only bears a single fruit. » 		
Floyd [???] Best of luck. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [???] Best of luck. » 		

Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] ... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] ... » 		
Floyd [Eve] ... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] ... » 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, that was weird, and also unnecessarily metaphorical. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, that was weird, and also unnecessarily metaphorical. » 		
Floyd [Eve] Ha. Are we supposed to be in "paradise" right now? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Ha. Are we supposed to be in "paradise" right now? » 		
Floyd [Adam] I can't really tell if they want us to stay or to leave. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] I can't really tell if they want us to stay or to leave. » 		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm. » 		
Floyd [Eve] This "Tree of Knowledge" might be more than just a metaphor. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] This "Tree of Knowledge" might be more than just a metaphor. » 		
Floyd [Eve] Maybe if we find it, we can actually get some answers about our 		

Floyd | situation. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | situation. »

		
Floyd [Adam] So we're gonna look for it, then? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] So we're gonna look for it, then? » 		
Floyd [Eve] I mean, if you're down for that. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] I mean, if you're down for that. » 		
Floyd [Adam] All right, let's do it. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] All right, let's do it. » 		
Floyd [Adam] Although... » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] Although... » 		
Floyd [Adam] I wonder what they meant by there being only "a single fruit". 		

Floyd | »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | »

		
Floyd [Eve] Well, we can worry about that later, when we've actually found 		

Floyd | it. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | it. »

		
Floyd [Eve] I don't know about you, but I haven't really explored the room 		

Floyd | I'm in now, so I should start with that. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | I'm in now, so I should start with that. »

		
Floyd [Adam] I'll search for things on my end, too. Let's make sure we keep 		

Floyd | each other updated. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | each other updated. »

		
Floyd [Eve] Got it. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Oh, and it looks like there's some more stuff in the safe. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Adam] Oh, and it looks like there's some more stuff in the safe. » 		
Floyd [Eve] Oh, you're right. What did you get? » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] Oh, you're right. What did you get? » 		
Floyd [Adam] I got... It looks like a map, and there's also some kind of key 		

Floyd | card. »

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | card. »

		
Floyd [Eve] I found the same things in mine. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd [Eve] I found the same things in mine. » 		
Floyd [Adam] We should compare the differences later. » 		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom

		
Floyd [Adam] We should compare the differences later. » 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "inventory" or just "i" to look at what you're holding. You
Floyd | can examine each item in further detail.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "How small is this fruit that there aren't two bites worth of it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, damn. That was quite the lengthy cut scene."
		Guenni says, "gives blister salve to jacq for her thump."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I am carrying: 		

Floyd |   my map
Floyd |   a male symbol key card
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "look" to get a broad look at the room you're currently
Floyd | in.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah that was a lot of space."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] According to the map, there are exits to the east and south. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (You can also type "switch" to switch perspectives from Adam to
Floyd | Eve.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Switch, eh?"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
Guenni says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed here in the corner, so I guess you'd call it a bedroom.
Floyd | Going by the map, it'd be the northwest corner, facing south. There's
Floyd | a wardrobe next to the bed up against the north wall, and the safe I
Floyd | opened earlier is in the corner beside it. There's a desk at the foot
Floyd | of the bed, and there's some kind of painting on the wall above the
Floyd | desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are also two doors. According to the map, they lead east and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We get to play both characters."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] There's a bed here. The mattress isn't super comfortable, and 		

Floyd | the blanket seems pretty thin.

		
Floyd [Eve] Incidentally, I thought had suddenly woken up standing in the 		

Floyd | middle of the room, but it turns out I had just gotten out of bed
Floyd | while half-asleep and only came to my senses while standing.

		
Floyd [Adam] Ha, I know what you mean. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLANKET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. This is kind of interesting"
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I find nothing of interest. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x matress" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATRESS
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] There's a desk at the foot of the bed. The desk has a single 		

Floyd | drawer. There's also a phone on the desk... but will this phone
Floyd | actually work?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I find the premise interesting, yes, but the execution leaves a bit to be desired."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It seems to be locked. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x card" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's a key card. On it is a circle with an arrow coming out of 		

Floyd | it, otherwise known as the male symbol.

		
Floyd [Eve] I guess since you're "Adam", you get the male symbol. 		
Floyd [Adam] Of course, just because I have the male symbol doesn't 		

Floyd | necessarily make me male.

		
Floyd [Eve] ...So are you male or not? 		
Floyd [Adam] Teehee. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] There's a painting of a pipe here. Underneath are the words... 		

Floyd | Um...

		
Floyd [Eve] Let me guess. "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." 		
Floyd [Adam] How'd you know? 		
Floyd [Eve] It's a pretty famous painting. It means "This is not a pipe". 		
Floyd [Adam] But... It is a pipe. 		
Floyd [Eve] Well... I'll explain it later. 		
Floyd [Eve] The real question is, why is this painting here? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] That's hardly portable. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "move it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It is fixed in place. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I find nothing of interest. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "which door first?"
		Jacqueline says, "You pick"
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "When I played, only one door was actually implemented."
		Guenni says, "Lucky guess :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x shower" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOWER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] There's a toilet here. 		
Floyd [Adam] Hmm. 		
Floyd [Eve] What is it? 		
Floyd [Adam] There's a time written in the bowl. It says "5:40". 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "flush toilet" to flush the toilet.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. A shame that more things aren't implemented."
		Guenni nods.
Guenni says (to floyd), "flush toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The water spirals down the toilet in a counter-clockwise 		

Floyd | fashion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, it's kinda thin. Like a blanket on a bed in paradise."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Guenni says, "hehe"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x wash" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WASH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x washstand" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WASHSTAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Whoever wrote it needs to learn the difference between sketching and painting."
		Jacqueline says, "This is by BrianK"
		DavidW says, "The mirror is there."
Guenni says (to floyd), "look in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see inside, since the mirror is closed. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Or, at least, I think our BrianK and Brian Kwak are the same person."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It seems to be locked. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] By the way the mirror juts out of the wall, I think it could be 		

Floyd | one of those medicine cabinets. But it won't open.

		
Floyd [Eve] Maybe it's locked? 		
Floyd [Adam] Oh, you're right. I see a keyhole on the side. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock mirror with card" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK MIRROR WITH CARD
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] That doesn't seem to fit the lock. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Violence isn't the answer to this one. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's a pretty simple wooden wardrobe. It's closed. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The wardrobe is filled with assorted pieces of clothing. 		
Floyd [Adam] Incidentally, what are you wearing? 		
Floyd [Eve] Um... are you... hitting on me? 		
Floyd [Adam] What? No! I was just curious. 		
Floyd [Eve] Ha, I'm joking. It's just a T-shirt and jeans. 		
Floyd [Adam] Yeah, same here. I think that means even the clothes we have on 		

Floyd | right now were provided by our captors.

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm... 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "search wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WARDROBE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The wardrobe is empty. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I find nothing of interest. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WARDROBE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Hmm. If I took out all the clothes, I could probably fit inside 		

Floyd | it.

		
Floyd [Eve] What, planning on using it as a portal to a fantasy world? 		
Floyd [Adam] It was just an observation. Besides, taking out all the clothes 		

Floyd | would make a mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock drawer with card" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DRAWER WITH CARD
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] That doesn't seem to fit the lock. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] According to the map, there are exits to the east and south. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Hmm still only one door."
		DavidW says, "Don't forget you can switch to Eve."
		Guenni asks, "That's what I wanted to suggest. Or is there anything in the bed or bathroom we should try?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We do seem tapped out on the Adam side."
		DavidW says, "I don't know. I didn't get very far in this game, and I suspect that there just isn't that much implemented yet."
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | If we go by the map, the bed would be in the southeast corner, with a
Floyd | wardrobe next to it against the south wall. There's a desk at the foot
Floyd | of the bed, with a clock hanging on the wall above it. The safe I
Floyd | opened earlier is in the southwest corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are also two doors that lead west and north, according to the
Floyd | map.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "True. We could switch."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x clock" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOCK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] There's a clock on the wall. I've already glanced at it a couple 		

Floyd | of times, but the hands aren't moving.

		
Floyd [Adam] Well, at least it'll be right twice a day. 		
Floyd [Eve] That doesn't really help us, though. 		
Floyd [Adam] Don't be too hard on the clock. It's doing its best. 		
Floyd [Eve] ...Anyway, it looks like the hands will turn if I move them 		

Floyd | manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "set clock to XX:XX" to set the clock to a certain
Floyd | time.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 08:39" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 08:39
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I just the actual time here."
		Guenni says, "used"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x save" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAVE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW | [Adam] There's a time written in the bowl. It says "5:40".
		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 05:40" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 05:40
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Try 17:40?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 17:40" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 17:40
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I am carrying: 		

Floyd |   my map
Floyd |   a female symbol key card
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bathroom 		

Floyd | A regular-looking bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror over it,
Floyd | a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "If the clock has hands, it should be 5:40."
		Knight_Otu says, "Unless it's coded as well."
		Guenni says, "It doesn't agree. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's a toilet. 		
Floyd [Eve] There's something written in the bowl. 		
Floyd [Adam] What does it say? 		

Floyd |  It says... "6:30".
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "flush toilet" to flush the toilet.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ah."
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 06u:30" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 06U:30
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] No, I can't set that to anything. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 06:30" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 06:30
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Might it be worth to try to combine the two times?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 06:40" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 06:40
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "set clock to 05:30" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 05:30
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wasn't able to figure out what to do with the clock. Nor was I sure if the clock puzzle was fully implemented yet."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] There's a desk at the foot of the bed. There's nothing 		

Floyd | particularly interesting about it, other than the fact that there's a
Floyd | lamp on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set clock to 6:30" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 6:30
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "06:30 - 05:40 = 00:50?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's a desk lamp. It's the only source of light in the room. 		
Floyd [Adam] Hm. That's interesting. 		
Floyd [Adam] In my room, the source of light is a light fixture on the 		

Floyd | ceiling.

		
Floyd [Eve] It's definitely easier to change the light bulb in a lamp than 		

Floyd | in a ceiling light.

		
Floyd [Adam] Don't tell me we'll be staying here long enough that we'll need 		

Floyd | to change the lights!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "We forgot to check the phone in adam's room."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "set clock to 00:50" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 00:50
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Olly steps out from behind a molecule. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's one of those wireless home phones. It looks like the 		

Floyd | display only shows four digits, so I think it's only set up to dial
Floyd | four-digit extensions.

		
Floyd [Eve] So basically, you can only make internal calls? 		
Floyd [Adam] Yep. 		
Floyd [Eve] And here I was hoping we'd be able to call for help. 		
Floyd [Adam] I doubt whoever set this up would make a mistake like that. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (To dial a number, type "dial number".)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial 0540" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 0540
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Olly disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number 0540" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER 0540
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hold on. Which toilet flushes counter-clockwise?"
		Guenni looks questioningly to the others.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The water spirals down the toilet in a counter-clockwise 		

Floyd | fashion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think Adams"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] There's a toilet here. 		
Floyd [Adam] Hmm. 		
Floyd [Eve] What is it? 		
Floyd [Adam] There's a time written in the bowl. It says "5:40". 		

Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "flush toilet" to flush the toilet.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bathroom 		

Floyd | A regular-looking bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror over it,
Floyd | a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] The water spirals down the toilet in a clockwise fashion. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's a toilet. 		
Floyd [Eve] There's something written in the bowl. 		
Floyd [Adam] What does it say? 		

Floyd |  It says... "6:30".
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "flush toilet" to flush the toilet.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set clock to 0:50" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 0:50
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set clock to 00:50" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 00:50
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Hmm, nothing happened. Was that the time I should have set the 		

Floyd | clock to?.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set clock to 12:50" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET CLOCK TO 12:50
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Whoa! 		
Floyd [Adam] What happened? 		
Floyd [Eve] The minute hand just fell off when I set the time on the clock. 		
Floyd [Adam] Great job, you broke it. 		
Floyd [Eve] No, that's not it. There's something about this minute hand... 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "aha. That's new."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x clock" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOCK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] There's a clock on the wall. It's stopped, but I can move the 		

Floyd | hands manually if I want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type "set clock to XX:XX" to set the clock to a certain
Floyd | time.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hand" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's the minute hand that fell off from the clock. 		
Floyd [Adam] Oh, that poor clock. It'll forever be one-handed now. 		
Floyd [Eve] Hm, it's shaped a little weirdly at the end. 		
Floyd [Adam] Hmm. Do you think it could be a key? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Ah. So close!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hand" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Taken. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bathroom 		

Floyd | A regular-looking bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror over it,
Floyd | a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock drawer with hand" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DRAWER WITH HAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock mirror with hand" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK MIRROR WITH HAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I unlock the Eve's mirror. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I open the Eve's mirror. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] The Eve's mirror is empty. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] The mirror juts out from the wall. I can see a keyhole on the 		

Floyd | side, so it's probably a medicine cabinet that's been locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAWER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Perhaps only adam's desk has the drawer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] There's a desk at the foot of the bed. There's nothing 		

Floyd | particularly interesting about it, other than the fact that there's a
Floyd | lamp on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says, "..floydw" 		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] There's a desk at the foot of the bed. The desk has a single 		

Floyd | drawer. There's also a phone on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So is the phone number 1250 as well then?"
		DavidW says, "Dunno."
		DavidW says, "Try it."
		Guenni says, "Me thinks the other door is between the two bedrooms."
		DavidW says, "I'm wondering if we can flush the key to Adam's toilet."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dial 1250" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 1250
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "1250" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 1250
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number 0540" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER 0540
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Gosh, I hope that's not how the toilets work."
Guenni says (to floyd), "0504" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 0504
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can only dial a four-digit number. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't know until you try."
		Jacqueline says, ">MAKE A POO. FLUSH. SWITCH. LOOK IN TOILET."
		DavidW | [Adam] I don't know how to make a poo.
		Guenni says, "This phone and I aren't compatible."
		Jacqueline giggles.
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, that giggle was for David, not you, Guenni."
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I find nothing of interest. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps the mirrors are connected instead of the toilets."
		Knight_Otu says, "That was my assumption."
		DavidW says, "Unless you can find a key in Adam's suite."
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "And more sanitary."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's most likely a medicine cabinet. There's a keyhole on the 		

Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It seems to be locked. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "brb, you know, all dthat flushing..."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Guenni says, "that was that. :-)"
		Jacqueline says, "Welcome back."
		Guenni asks, "Now what? Do we heroically accept the fact that we're stuck?"
		DavidW says, "Let me try a few things."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bathroom 		

Floyd | A regular-looking bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror over it,
Floyd | a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put key in toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN TOILET
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] That can't contain things. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put key in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I put the female symbol key card into the Eve's mirror. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "make a poo" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE A POO
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Taken. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hand in mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HAND IN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I put the minute hand into the Eve's mirror. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I close the Eve's mirror. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I open the Eve's mirror, revealing a minute hand. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hand" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Taken. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It is fixed in place. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] The Eve's mirror is empty. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "BRB - Making coffee. Proceed without me."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit painting" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT PAINTING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Violence isn't the answer to this one. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I find nothing of interest. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I feel nothing unexpected. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's a famous painting of a pipe, underneath which it claims to 		

Floyd | not be a pipe. I don't really understand it, but it might be
Floyd | important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "9193" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 9193
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3919" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 3919
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Why these numbers"
		DavidW says, "PIPE sorta looks like 9193 backwards."
		Guenni nods.
		DavidW says, "It was a stretch, but the puzzles so far suggest that sort of thinking."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIPE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Light shines down from above. The light is cold and dim. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn painting" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN PAINTING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It is fixed in place. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn light" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN LIGHT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It is fixed in place. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off light" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LIGHT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Did I miss this moqing's session, or is it still happening?"
		DavidW says, "It's still happening."
		DavidW says, "We're kinda stuck, though."
		DavidW asks, "Did Eve have a wardrobe?"
		Guenni says, "Since it already runs for a while I don't think it makes much sense for you to still join."
		Callista asks, "What are you playing?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bathroom 		

Floyd | A regular-looking bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror over it,
Floyd | a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's a pretty simple wooden wardrobe. It's closed. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "One of the introcomp games."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] The wardrobe is filled with assorted pieces of clothing. 		
Floyd [Adam] At least we'll have plenty of clothes to wear, if it ever gets 		

Floyd | to that.

		
Floyd [Eve] What if none of these clothes are your style? 		
Floyd [Adam] Ha ha. I'm sure I'll be able to manage. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WARDROBE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I don't really see a point in entering the wardrobe. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] The wardrobe is empty. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothing" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's a pretty simple wooden wardrobe. It's open, with a bunch of 		

Floyd | clothing inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "No Narnia here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] There's a bed here. The blanket seems pretty thin, and the 		

Floyd | mattress doesn't feel all that comfortable.

		
Floyd [Eve] And we're supposed to call this place "paradise"? 		
Floyd [Adam] Well, I suppose if it ever gets to it, it'll beat sleeping on 		

Floyd | the floor.

		
Floyd [Eve] You have a point, but if possible I wouldn't like to spend too 		

Floyd | much time in this place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LAMP
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn lamp off" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN LAMP OFF
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the lamp. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] That's hardly portable. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "Ah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK LAMP
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Violence isn't the answer to this one. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bathroom 		

Floyd | A regular-looking bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror over it,
Floyd | a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] That's not something I can enter. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the southeast corner; following the south wall,
Floyd | there's a wardrobe and then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at
Floyd | the foot of the bed with a clock hanging above it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the west leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON DESK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] That's not something I can stand on. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hour" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HOUR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] I find nothing of interest. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL BED
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It is fixed in place. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x safe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAFE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Eve] It's the safe I opened earlier. I don't think I need to pay 		

Floyd | attention to it anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWITCH
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON MIRROR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eve about hand" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK EVE ABOUT HAND
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eve about eve" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK EVE ABOUT EVE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bedroom 		

Floyd | There's a bed in the northwest corner. Next to it is a wardrobe, and
Floyd | then the safe I opened earlier. A desk is at the foot of the bed, and
Floyd | above it hangs some sort of painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the east leads to the bathroom, and there's another door
Floyd | going south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I can't see any such thing. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x painting" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's a famous painting of a pipe, underneath which it claims to 		

Floyd | not be a pipe. I don't really understand it, but it might be
Floyd | important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open painting" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PAINTING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It isn't something I can open. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps the painting means that something is not what it looks like it is."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps the phone isn't really a phone but something else?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We've had that with the clock hand."
		DavidW says, "oh, I guess we have there. Good point."
		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't mean it can't be the case with the phone either, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's a wireless home phone. It's only set up to dial four-digit 		

Floyd | extensions.
Floyd |
Floyd | (To dial a number, type "dial number".)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PHONE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] That's hardly portable. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial 9999" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL 9999
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial phone" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL PHONE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "9999" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 9999
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "Can I still play, even if you're in the middle of this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "5000" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 5000
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Callista), "Well, you can play with us, if that's what you mean. But you can't start a new game."
		DavidW says (to Callista), "Sure, but you've missed all the backstory."
		Guenni says, "You can watch and see if you have an idea we haven't tried yet. But you should ask on clubfloyd before just trying it out."
		Callista asks, "Is there a certain person entering commands today?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not just right now."
		Guenni says, "Right now, mainly david is typing commands."
		Knight_Otu says, "We have the minute hand, don't we? The minutes of the times we saw were 40 and 30."
		DavidW says, "But I'm out of ideas."
		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes it's easier, though, for us to talk here before we try stuff so that we don't step on one another."
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe 3040 or 4030?"
		Callista says, "Sorry, I'm using the slow web client again, only because one of my devices is currently charging."
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "sure, maybe."
Guenni says (to floyd), "5463" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 5463
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "The phone doesn't seem to be a hot-cold puzzle."
Guenni says (to floyd), "6345" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 6345
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "If those were the numbers you saw, that might work."
		Callista says, "Sounds like this is a hard game."
		Guenni shrugs
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Callista asks, "Can I try 4030?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "3040" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 3040
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, go ahead."
		DavidW says, "Maybe 2326? That's ADAM on a phone."
Callista says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Callista says (to Floyd), "4030" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 4030
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Wouldn't it make more sense to dial eve?"
		DavidW says, "yes, but this phone only takes 4-digit numbers."
		DavidW says, "Also, Eve doesn't have a phone."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe the twist is that Adam is the real Eve."
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "5235" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 5235
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista says, "An odd game, I must say."
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "5225" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 5225
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista looks like she's waiting for something. You see what she is waiting for as it comes down from the sky. The flying cat! Suddenly, she is whisked away to her home, almost knocking over the comfy chair this time as her cat flies off into the sunset. 		Guenni says, "I tried the coresponding numbers of the eve's letters in the alphabet."
		DavidW says, "ah."
		DavidW asks, "Would GOD be 7154 by that logic?"
		Guenni says, "yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7154" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 7154
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "pity."
		Jacqueline says, "We tried to call God, but had the wrong number."
		Jacqueline says, "That's deep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw, >PRAY seems like it should be implemented."
		Jacqueline goes to add that to her feedback form.
		DavidW says, "I suppose the phone number is written on something somewhere but we've just never found it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Did we try the 2326 David suggested earlier? Doesn't look like it, but I lost track a bit."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I didn't understand that sentence. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Guenni says, "If it would accept 0 as a digit A'd suggest 1204 but that probably won't work."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2326" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 2326
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I'd"
		DavidW says, "It accepts mid-zeros."
		Knight_Otu asks, "That was just initial 0, wasn't it?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "It's just fussy about leading zeroes."
Guenni says (to floyd), "1204" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 1204
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] The phone just beeps at me. I don't think that was the right 		

Floyd | number to dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It considers 0050 to be the same as 50."
		Knight_Otu asks, "What's pipe in Phone alphabet?"
		Jacqueline says, "So does that mean we *could* dial Eve? I kind of feel like not, but."
		Callista says, "I have no idea."
		Guenni says, "169165 so not an option."
		DavidW says, "7473"
		Jacqueline says, "Nor is 69,105"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial number" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIAL NUMBER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] What number should I dial? 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7473" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >>
Floyd | > 7473
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Oh! I think I heard something. 		
Floyd [Eve] What was it? 		
Floyd [Adam] It was like a click... but it didn't come from the phone. 		
Floyd [Adam] I think it came from the desk drawer. 		
Floyd [Eve] Only one way to find out. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "good lord, that was correct."
		Knight_Otu says, "Wow."
		Jacqueline says, "Whoa"
		Knight_Otu says, "That was more of a desperate suggestion."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I open the drawer, revealing a pipe. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Guenni says (to floyd), "take pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIPE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Taken. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet it ISN'T a pipe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Of course."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] It's a miniature pipe. I don't think I can smoke from this. 		
Floyd [Eve] Is that it? 		
Floyd [Adam] Actually, it's shaped a little weird at the end. 		
Floyd [Eve] Maybe it's a key! 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] Bathroom 		

Floyd | It seems like a regular bathroom. There's a washstand with a mirror
Floyd | over it, a toilet, and a shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Callista asks, "How did last week's session go?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock mirror with pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK MIRROR WITH PIPE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [Adam] I unlock the mirror. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** To be continued ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
Guenni 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?" 		Jacqueline says, "So. Do we wanna play another? That was nearly 2 hours."
		Guenni says, "No more floyding for me today."
		Jacqueline says, "I'd be good with being done as well."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we played that one together. I wouldn't have been as into it alone."
		DavidW says, "I'd like a lie down and maybe getting something lunch-like later."
		Knight_Otu says, "Either way's fine with me."
		Callista exclaims, "Two hours? I don't know. I wouldn't want to play one using the web client for two hours! Haha!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "All right, well, I'll shut Perry down then. Thanks, all!"
		Guenni nods.
		DavidW says, "I'm glad we played that one. I hadn't solved those puzzles."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Onna Kabuki: A Tale of Theatre and Revenge by Victor Ojuel
Prizon by Jason Gamble
As played on ifMUD on August 20, 2017

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 Onna Kabuki: A Tale of Theatre and Revenge written by Victor Ojuel, and Prizon written by Jason Gamble. Onna Kabuki and Prizon were entries in the 2017 IntroComp. Onna Kabuki took second place, and Prizon received an Honorable Mention. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Onna Kabuki: A Tale of Theatre and Revenge, and Prizon.

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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Onna Kabuki by Victor Ojuel
Prizon by Jason Gamble
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		Guenni asks, "is any gameplan in place for today?"
		DavidW says, "Uh, I don't know for certain, but I would guess we'll play another IntroComp entry unless people strongly want to play something else."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's been my assumption as well."
		Jacqueline says, "And I'm back. Sorry for the delay."
		DavidW asks, "Last week, we played The Adam and Eve Project. Unless I slept through last Sunday, and that was two weeks ago?"
		Jacqueline says, "No, that was indeed last week."
		Guenni says, "no problem."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask onnakabuki" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is the way of the samurai to be violent and headstrong, and it
Floyd | is natural that Your Honour should want to cut down a troublesome
Floyd | wench like this, but please be so good as to think over it a moment.
Floyd | If you cut down a woman you will have to expiate it by cutting
Floyd | yourself open afterwards, and your parents will be made to look
Floyd | ridiculous over it, while to crown all the affair will be a blot on
Floyd | the memorial tablets of your ancestral shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | And is there any woman who is worth such a price?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enomoto Torahiko, Raizan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ONNA KABUKI (Episode One)
Floyd | by Víctor Ojuel
Floyd |
Floyd | An unfinished story about theatre and revenge, made for IntroComp,
Floyd | July 2017.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author wishes to thank the kind testers, namely Ara Carrasco and
Floyd | Andrew Schultz.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type HELP for instructions on how to play.
Floyd | Type WARNING to see the content warning for this story.
Floyd | Type ABOUT to know more about the game and its author.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline says, "As ever, I wonder if HELP is general or specific to this game."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		DavidW asks, "I think it was a menu?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A mountain fastness in Chūbu, central Japan.
Floyd | Autumn of Keichō 7.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Besieged castle
Floyd | Akechi stands tall on the battlements, bloodied sword in hand. Perhaps
Floyd | just an hour before dawn, and he knows it all shall be over well
Floyd | before sunrise. The enemy soldiers are everywhere! Tokugawa's lackeys
Floyd | will have another day to brag about, starting with the accursed Lord
Floyd | Konkawa. Enemies are storming the castle from all directions except
Floyd | from the north, and to the east the tower still resists the onslaught.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air is dense with arrows and musket volleys, the ground drinks
Floyd | fresh blood avidly. The castle is lost, his Lord is lost... but
Floyd | perhaps honour can still be saved?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "warning" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WARNING
Floyd |
Floyd | This story might be triggering for some people due to:
Floyd |
Floyd | Suicide themes (non-graphic, optional)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Now I remember this game."
		Jacqueline asks, "It is apparently a menu that doesn't work on Floyd, which is find. DW, let us know if there are special commands, okay?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold the brave Akechi Nobuhide, a great warrior and loyal samurai
Floyd | retainer of the Lord Kinoshita. By all accounts, this shall be the
Floyd | last day of his life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | He is carrying:
Floyd |   samurai armor (being worn)
Floyd |   a katana
Floyd |   a tantō
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm just curious about this third person thing..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x him" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Improper of a samurai!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think there are no special commands. Just unusual names and words from Japanese culture."
		Jacqueline asks (of Guenni), "Want to pick a direction?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Improper of a samurai!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | He jumps on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's east to save ladies, north to run like a coward, any other direction to die a noble certain death."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "(noble certain death doesn't end the game)"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure where Guenni went, so..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Akechi lets go a fearsome battle cry, steeling himself for certain
Floyd | death, ready to dive into the thickest of the battle. Will he do it?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | death, ready to dive into the thickest of the battle. Will he do it?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | He charges into battle like the kami-kaze, inflicting a thousand
Floyd | wounds before death comes to him, swiftly, like silent snow. The
Floyd | bushido is honourably choosing death when life is still possible,
Floyd | nothing more, nothing less.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
ParserGirl arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Guenni says, "sorry had to read everything with a"deeviant cliant."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Moonlit forest
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A pilgrim in the snow.
Floyd | Winter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many days have passed, and even the bitterest winter comes to an end.
Floyd | Your stop for a while, interrupting the sound of steps on the crunchy
Floyd | snow. Night is falling behind the tall trees. Time to find a place to
Floyd | rest your weary bones until the morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moonlit forest
Floyd | Darkness is falling fast. The pines are darkened, and beyond them a
Floyd | river sings its bubbly song among the reeds of the northern shore.
Floyd | Lording over the whole nightscape, a castle is silhouetted in silver
Floyd | against the rising moon. The breeze sings in the branches, stirring
Floyd | the forest to its secret life. The road turns to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "For the author: 'Your stop' should be 'you stop'"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Post station by a bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Once again, you drag your sore feet along the road. After a while, the
Floyd | forest thins out and you come to a crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | Post station by a bridge
Floyd | At a crossroads, gurgling of water on stone, distant laughter. To the
Floyd | north, a bridge over a gushing river, glinting under the moon. To the
Floyd | west, muffled conversation and a warm candlelight through paper walls
Floyd | - a roadside inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Post station by a bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are nothing but a humble komusō monk, a "priest of nothingness",
Floyd | devoted to the mendicant life. Wandering around, straw basket over
Floyd | your head to erase your identity, you play your flute for alms and
Floyd | seek enlightenment on the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Post station by a bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You play the flute as well as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence seems to grow around you as you play the shakuhachi flute, a
Floyd | lonely, long ululating sound that evokes the mist in the mountains -
Floyd | the self peels away just like mist boils away at sunrise. Once done,
Floyd | you put it back in your sash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The obsequious innkeeper is serving his patrons from a great barrel of
Floyd | sake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | First things first. You should get some dinner, and a room for the
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | She's a young woman of perhaps twenty, hair haphazardly held up with a
Floyd | dissonant assortment of hair pins, kimono suggestively loose. It is
Floyd | illegal for inns of this type to employ prostitutes, so this woman is
Floyd | not an illegal prostitute, just a waitress that so happens to offer
Floyd | sexual services to travelers in exchange for money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "order dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORDER DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of course they wouldn't."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to eat?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dinner\" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DINNER\
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A bit misleading."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy room" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing is on sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shakes her head.
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask waitress about dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WAITRESS ABOUT DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'd rather communicate with TALK TO a character.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Priests do eat dinner. They just don't buy it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "talk to waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Didn't the x me say that playing the flute is what we should do?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You play the flute as well as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish your flute concert with a few prayers and blessings for the
Floyd | patrons and the master of the house. All the inn patrons show their
Floyd | appreciation, and the innkeeper in particular bows deeply. You seem to
Floyd | have made him suitably grateful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "talk to keeper" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | "A traveling monk! Welcome, you are most welcome to our humble inn.
Floyd | Have a seat, I shall bring you some food..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He fills your bowl with rice and some tempting-looking pickles. You
Floyd | devour the lot in no time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now I guess you would like a place to rest? Come with me..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He opens a sliding door, and you follow him into one of the inn's
Floyd | guestrooms. He wishes you good-night.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper gestures you to wait, goes into his chambers and comes
Floyd | back with a white flask. He presents it to you with the utmost
Floyd | reverence.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My finest sake, from Nara. To thank you for your performance and your
Floyd | blessings on my house. Please enjoy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I humbly receive..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x futon" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUTON
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin mattress stuffed with straw, scarcely enough for a winter
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe that's what's lacking?"
		Jacqueline eats breakfast and waits for other people to play.
		DavidW says, "By the way, we could've talked to others in the inn (the peasants, the soldiers)."
		Guenni says, "oh damn,"my phone just reminded of a birthday call Ineed to make. this will take a while. Just go ahead."
Guenni goes home. 		DavidW says, "And we could've examined the castle and bridge on the way to the inn."
		Jacqueline says, "Silly us, trying to advance the plot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tatami" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TATAMI
Floyd |
Floyd | The tatami on the floor is a bit coarse, but clean enough to sleep in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tatami" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TATAMI
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin mattress stuffed with straw, scarcely enough for a winter
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The normal sound of conversation,.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I need to know if my information about him is correct. The soldiers
Floyd | should know, if I can get them on a cooperative mood."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window slides open almost in perfect silence. From outside comes a
Floyd | gust of cold, damp air, and a band of silvery light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Note to author: odd ending to the response for >LISTEN"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There's good prose re:scenery."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Up close, the current seems pretty strong. Although the river is
Floyd | probably not that deep, you won't be able to cross against that
Floyd | current. You think of a way to make that current work for you...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | From this angle you can see the shape of the bridge and the soldiers
Floyd | standing guard as black profiles, like shadow puppets. You need to
Floyd | find another way across the water...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes it's a touch over the top, but generally it's just right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This was as far as I got, by the way. I could reenter the room to the south."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps we're supposed to sleep?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not with that thing on, you won't be able to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a kimono
Floyd |   a straw basket
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flask
Floyd |   flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think we're suppsed to have an issue with our room."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Well, how will you go about that?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the very shore, surrounded by the river on all sides except
Floyd | for the inn to the south, where the window to the guest room is. The
Floyd | current seems too strong to swim against; you would end up miles
Floyd | downstream before you reach the northern shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the very shore, surrounded by the river on all sides except
Floyd | for the inn to the south, where the window to the guest room is. The
Floyd | current seems too strong to swim against; you would end up miles
Floyd | downstream before you reach the northern shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the very shore, surrounded by the river on all sides except
Floyd | for the inn to the south, where the window to the guest room is. The
Floyd | current seems too strong to swim against; you would end up miles
Floyd | downstream before you reach the northern shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, whoops."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the door is the common room of the inn, with its raucous
Floyd | talking and singing. To the north, through the open window, comes the
Floyd | gurgling of the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe use the basket as a canoe?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the door is the common room of the inn, with its raucous
Floyd | talking and singing. To the north, through the open window, comes the
Floyd | gurgling of the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper brings some tea to one of his patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress keeps flirting with the soldiers, unsuccessfully trying
Floyd | to score some business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to innkeep" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper pointedly ignores you, obviously fed up with your
Floyd | constant requests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Um, that was sudden."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You play the flute as well as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence seems to grow around you as you play the shakuhachi flute, a
Floyd | lonely, long ululating sound that evokes the mist in the mountains -
Floyd | the self peels away just like mist boils away at sunrise. Once done,
Floyd | you put it back in your sash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, we could just sleep, I guess."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not with that thing on, you won't be able to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a straw basket
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flask
Floyd |   flute
Floyd |   a kimono
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove basket" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the privacy of the bedroom, you take off the basket for a moment.
Floyd | In the dim light you find a little silk pouch sewn to the inside of
Floyd | the basket, and from there you extract one ryō. It seems like some
Floyd | gold would bend a few minds around these parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not yet. You still need to know if the man you seek is where you think
Floyd | he is. His men should know that. You must find a way to loosen some
Floyd | military tongues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, this is farther than I got."
		Jacqueline says, "Wait, actually, let's try to go out there sans-kimono"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Bad idea to run around naked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Jacqueline says, "Just checking."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Not without the basket, someone could see you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A priest of nothingness would never wear nothing."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear basket" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the straw basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Odd that the only way to find that money is to remove the basket for sleep but then not sleep"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper fills another flask on the sake barrel and ceremoniously
Floyd | brings it to the soldiers.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dishevelled-looking woman takes a surreptitious look at the
Floyd | innkeeper, and has a sip of sake while he's not looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to peasant" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PEASANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You start a friendly conversation with the rustic peasants. They
Floyd | gossip about various topics, tell a few a legends and a bit about the
Floyd | local spirits and suchlike.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you seen the castle?" asks one of them, perhaps a bit more into
Floyd | his cups than the others. "It used to belong to Lord Kinoshita..." his
Floyd | friends try to shut him up, looking nervously at the soldiers on the
Floyd | other tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That was many years ago. There was a great battle, many great
Floyd | warriors died. There was a samurai called Akechi, they said he was
Floyd | illegitimately in love with a noble lady. The tale says he died
Floyd | fighting scores of samurai, and even his enemies praised him for his
Floyd | bravery after slaying him...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The others manage to make him shut up, and apologise quietly for the
Floyd | tirade. Under the table, you clench your fists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the soldiers and try to make small talk, but they are
Floyd | more interested in drinking and bragging about their dubious exploits
Floyd | rather than have a pious conversation with a monk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pray tell, good soldiers, which lord do you serve?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, the daimyō, of course! Haven't you seen his castle, on the
Floyd | northern shore?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many of you? I want to continue my pilgrimage, but the
Floyd | bridge seems to be closed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many questions? And why answer them? Leave us to our sake,
Floyd | monk, and bother us no more unless you're buying!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Would this bit change depending on the samurai's actions?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy sake for soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY SAKE FOR SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Possibly? I didn't play the other options."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pay the soldiers?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "respect"
		DavidW says, "Try give coin to soldiers"
		ParserGirl wakes up
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ryō" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RY??
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay coin to soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY COIN TO SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | They would definitely do anything for this kind of money, but a
Floyd | mendicant monk carrying so much gold would look extremely suspicious.
Floyd | There must be a subtler way to make them do your bidding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, ">Denouce Faith"
		Jacqueline goes back to her breakfast for a few.
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not the proper way to deal with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, but she might!"
		BrianK says, "Maybe give the coin to the innkeeper? And buy the sake for the soldiers"
		Jacqueline says, "Though we should at least ask."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask waitress for a kiss" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WAITRESS FOR A KISS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'd rather communicate with TALK TO a character.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay inkeep" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY INKEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pay the waitress?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "coin" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Not here in front of everybody! Find somewhere more private for the
Floyd | transaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if we should give the coin now."
		BrianK says, "I guess the coin is meant for the waitress then"
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps damage the window or mattress so we can complain about it to her?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tear mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TEAR MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not the proper way to deal with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | With some effort, you lift the cumbersome futon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mattress in river" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MATTRESS IN RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wet mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WET MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "soak mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SOAK MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Maybe if we just drop it again, it'll no longer be 'neatly arranged'"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like there should be a witty retort for >WET MATTRESS (Just kidding, not really)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the futon here for the moment being.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a futon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe put the futon in the main room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper steals a greedy look at the waitress.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress is exchanging some rather coarse banter with the
Floyd | soldiers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmm, that doesn't really imply that it's something the waitress will be concerned with"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper pointedly ignores you, obviously fed up with your
Floyd | constant requests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a futon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take futon" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FUTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With some effort, you lift the cumbersome futon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You would never get past the innkeeper while lugging the futon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nope, it's not that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Drop it outside?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Then complain you have no futon?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop futon" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP FUTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grunt, you throw the mattress into the river. The current drags
Floyd | it quickly to the east and it floats for a short while, but halfways
Floyd | to the bridge it sinks, soaked in water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Quietly, you slide the widow until it's shut again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a few compliments for each patron, the innkeeper serves sake from
Floyd | a barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment, the girl lingers in the back, propped against the wall.
Floyd | A dirty look from the innkeeper sends her on a flurry of action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dear innkeeper, thought it pains me to ask so much of your piety,
Floyd | can't you provide at least a meagre futon for your guests? My old
Floyd | bones ache in this cold..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What, isn't there a futon in your guest room?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A futon, you say? Not one, no, not a single blanket you have
Floyd | provided!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Damn that lazy wench! You, woman, did I not tell you to prepare the
Floyd | guest rooms before dinnertime? Go tend to this venerable monk, at
Floyd | once! Go to, make haste!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress gives you the evil eye as she goes fetch a futon for your
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Author: 'thought it pains me' should be 'though it pains me'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress is here, searching every nook and cranny and muttering
Floyd | something about a "damned futon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We are the Lying Monk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to girl" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | "I would need some distraction, and I think you might be able to help
Floyd | with that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Distraction? What are you up to? I want no part in anything illegal!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nothing more illegal that what you are already doing. I need that
Floyd | innkeeper to lose sight of his sake, for the general merriment of all
Floyd | patrons..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Heh, that might be fun. But what's in for me? If I do that and he
Floyd | finds out I was an accomplice, he'll kick me out, to starve in the
Floyd | snow. So, "monk", if you want my help, I need to see some money..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coin to woman" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You produce the golden coin, which attracts the waitress' gaze like a
Floyd | magnet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Get the innkeeper away from that barrel, can you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For a ryo, I can that and much more!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You give her the ryo, and she bites it to ensure it's gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A piece of advice, girl. Get out of here. Go south, to Edo, it's
Floyd | where the bakufu is these days, a great city. Ask about the kabuki
Floyd | theatre. I make no promises, but it is the only place where a woman
Floyd | can be her own."
Floyd |
Floyd | She pulls a face like you were telling her to go to the moon, but she
Floyd | seems to listen, and even bows a little. Then she's off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Someone else take the wheel please."
		Jacqueline says, "Progress"
		Jacqueline says (to Jesus), "Take the wheel."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. The tables
Floyd | are occupied mostly by local peasants, except for one where the
Floyd | soldiers keep yelling for more sake... but the innkeeper doesn't seem
Floyd | to be around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrel is full of sake... and the innkeeper is nowhere to be seen.
Floyd | Tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | All that sake makes it way too heavy to carry or push. What would be a
Floyd | good way to empty it? Ah, yes, the soldiers... that could work...
Floyd | Not yet. Before you get them completely drunk, there is some
Floyd | information you need to extract from them. Start with the finer wine
Floyd | to loosen their tongues, and go for broke only when you don't need
Floyd | them awake any more...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give wine to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE WINE TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I see. We want to use the barrel as a boat."
		Jacqueline says, "Very hobbit"
		DavidW says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "empty sake" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY SAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "empty barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x wine" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That's almost as unusual as throwing a futon in a river just to talk to a waitress"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "talk to soldiers?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the soldiers and try to make small talk, but they are
Floyd | more interested in drinking and bragging about their dubious exploits
Floyd | rather than have a pious conversation with a monk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pray tell, good soldiers, which lord do you serve?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, the daimyō, of course! Haven't you seen his castle, on the
Floyd | northern shore?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many of you? I want to continue my pilgrimage, but the
Floyd | bridge seems to be closed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many questions? And why answer them? Leave us to our sake,
Floyd | monk, and bother us no more unless you're buying!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sake to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SAKE TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the flask to the soldiers)
Floyd | "I have brought some fine sake, more worthy of great warriors like
Floyd | yourselves."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ha! Good, good, let's drink it then! To the health of our daimyō and
Floyd | his illustrious guests."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does he have guests tonight?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course, why'd you think there's so many of us around in such a
Floyd | bitter night? And very special guests indeed - the lord Konkawa, liege
Floyd | of all the region, and some say, Tokugawa's staunchest supporter in
Floyd | the whole of Chūbu."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is he indeed."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aye! He's on some tour of his vassal castles. But he departs early in
Floyd | the morning, so let us drink and be merry while we can, and damned be
Floyd | the dawn."
Floyd |
Floyd | And with that, he finishes the flask and throws it to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have *some* doubts about our *true priest*ness."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Forgot about our flask"
		Jacqueline says (to Knight), "Concur."
		DavidW says, "I also have doubts about our true identity."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give barrel to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Drunken debauchery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BARREL TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the barrel of sake)
Floyd | All that sake makes it way too heavy to carry or push. What would be a
Floyd | good way to empty it? Ah, yes, the soldiers... that could work...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good soldiers, look! That gold-hearted innkeeper has left you all his
Floyd | sake for your enjoyment! What a compassionate fellow! How he loves
Floyd | loyal soldiers!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The men cheer and waste no time in requisitioning the barrel. Needless
Floyd | to say, in a moment they are drunker than a sailor.
Floyd |
Floyd | That should take care of them for the night... and empty that barrel
Floyd | very conveniently. Time to catch some rest while you wait for them to
Floyd | pass out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Damn. Didn't take much to loosen their lips"
		DavidW asks, "I guess now we sleep?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not that I was looking for a drinking scene with a lot of >G.G.G.G.G."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we sleep, or do we steal the barrel and go for a float?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think we make like a tree and barrel over the river?"
		DavidW says, "Well, the last line seemed like a heavy hint to sleep, or at least rest."
		BrianK says, "I think the game wants us to sleep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove basket" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the straw basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is ready. You sit patiently in your chambers, getting some
Floyd | rest while you wait for the right moment for your next move...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edo, the floating world...
Floyd | Summer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The kabuki play will start soon. And yet again, time and place shall
Floyd | dissolve, identities will be confused, and an old tragedy will be made
Floyd | real again for the audience. You can hear the audience on the other
Floyd | side of the curtain, talking, laughing, drinking, almost holding their
Floyd | breath in anticipation for today's play. They have come to see
Floyd | beautiful women, brave samurai, dastardly villains, daring deeds and
Floyd | titillating innuendo. A story to take their minds off the daily toil
Floyd | and business of Edo life. A fantasy to forget the grayness of a
Floyd | military rule, or so they expect...
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | The green room is teeming with other actresses chatting, putting on
Floyd | their costumes and applying make-up in preparation for the
Floyd | performance. Not long to go until it starts, better get ready. The
Floyd | main stage is to the east, the stairs in the background climb up to
Floyd | your chambers in the upper floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the newest actresses smiles nervously at you, perhaps
Floyd | intimidated by the thought of appearing on-stage so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy wooden tansu chest sits at the foot of a huge mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | On it sits a bowl of fine white powder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another couple of bowls contain red and black paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | A third bowl is full of thick, sticky white foundation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. Another venue change."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we prepare to go on stage ourselves?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are splendidly dressed in a deliciously tactile silk yukata, light
Floyd | and fresh for the humid summers of Edo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think that answers my question"
		BrianK says, "I'm guessing our current objective is to apply makeup"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "looks like it, yes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "apply foundation" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > APPLY FOUNDATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x foundation" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNDATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick white paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are splendidly dressed in a deliciously tactile silk yukata, light
Floyd | and fresh for the humid summers of Edo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear foundation" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR FOUNDATION
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking foundation)
Floyd | You take foundation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply the white foundation over your naked skin, painting your
Floyd | face all white with a brush. Then you use a sponge to even it out,
Floyd | eliminating brush marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "paint face" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINT FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking powder)
Floyd | You take powder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gently apply white powders all over your face, carefully brushing
Floyd | away the excess. It clings to the white foundation perfectly, giving
Floyd | your face an even appearance, like fresh snow upon a field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear red paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking paint)
Floyd | You take paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you paint black eye shadows over your whitened face, and then
Floyd | some red accents indicating your character is a brave samurai.
Floyd | Finally, as befitting a warrior, you draw pronounced black eyebrows at
Floyd | a rakish angle. Checking the effect in the mirror, you are quite
Floyd | satisfied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wear makes sense, but >APPLY would be a good verb here."
		DavidW says, "I usually try standard verbs first."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tansu" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TANSU
Floyd |
Floyd | Once it belonged to a travelling merchant, but at some point he had to
Floyd | pawn everything he owned to pay for a certain lady. What a
Floyd | coincidence, his chest ended up in your possession.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great chest is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ACTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, girl? Ready for the performance?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I am so nervous, Shiratama-san! I am terrified that I would
Floyd | freeze and forget my cues!" she says, trembling slightly. You smile
Floyd | reassuringly, as expected from a seasoned actress like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be, little sister. Let's go over it one more time: in the first
Floyd | act, the noble Toji defends her lady from a band of robbers. The theme
Floyd | is bravery and fierceness. Then, when her lady dies (that is, you), he
Floyd | is overcome by grief and wanders off, wishing death. The topic of the
Floyd | second act is desperation, as he travels the world and meets a tengu.
Floyd | The tengu teaches him some magic tricks, and in the third act he
Floyd | avenges her lover (and then you appear as a ghost), finishing on a
Floyd | note of redemption. See? Not that difficult to follow."
Floyd |
Floyd | The other woman bows, with a smile of relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Shiratama-san! I shall remember that."
Floyd |
Floyd | You go back to your preparations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK takes notes
		DavidW says, "Probably should open that chest, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tansu chest, revealing a fiery red kimono, a dignified
Floyd | yellow kimono and a soft green kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RED
Floyd |
Floyd | A costume kimono, dyed a fantastic red hue like a firestorm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Red for bravery and fierceness?"
		BrianK says, "Sounds right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A costume kimono, dyed the honourable yellow of a samurai lord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's what I'd say, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A costume kimono, dyed the soft green of redemption and hope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, traffic light order?"
		BrianK says, "Seems like it"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Stage fright, girl? It is not the time to retire to your chambers, not
Floyd | until the performance is done. You should be getting ready. Once you
Floyd | are, the main stage is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   purple silk yukata
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "remove yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear red kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the fiery red kimono)
Floyd | You take the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already wearing that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aha"
		Jacqueline says, "Interesting"
		BrianK says, "Seems a little buggy"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, wear the yellow, then the green, then the red?"
		DavidW asks, "uh oh. So we want to wear the green one, then the yellow on top, then the red?"
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Kimonos often are."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   purple silk yukata
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fiery red kimono)
Floyd | You take off the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry, yes. What you said, DW."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the soft green kimono)
Floyd | You take the soft green kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already wearing that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get yellow. wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET YELLOW. WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the dignified yellow kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x fan" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The fan is a common prop in kabuki. It can represent anything, from a
Floyd | flower to a cup to a sunrise. In your role of today, it will be a
Floyd | sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of high geta sandals, made of wood and elegantly lacquered in
Floyd | black. They make a characteristic clip-clapping sound when walking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a very expensive summer yukata made of the finest silk, a
Floyd | vibrant purple colour with a motif of white kitsune foxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "what did we remove?"
		BrianK says, "The yukata"
		DavidW asks, "I mean, what is a yukata?"
		BrianK says, "It's like a kimono, but lighter"
		BrianK says, "At least that's all I know about it"
		DavidW asks, "So should that be underneath everything? Or put in the chest?"
		BrianK says, "I think it's just our personal clothes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put yukata in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT YUKATA IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put purple silk yukata into the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		BrianK asks, "Are we missing something in the makeup stage?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Hald-way?"
		Jacqueline asks, "er, Half-way?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We must be."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x face" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x makeup" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAKEUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, halfway v halfways must be a regional think like toward/towards"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | The green room is teeming with other actresses chatting, putting on
Floyd | their costumes and applying make-up in preparation for the
Floyd | performance. Not long to go until it starts, better get ready. The
Floyd | main stage is to the east, the stairs in the background climb up to
Floyd | your chambers in the upper floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the newest actresses smiles nervously at you, perhaps
Floyd | intimidated by the thought of appearing on-stage so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy wooden tansu chest sits at the foot of a huge mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a dignified yellow kimono
Floyd |   a soft green kimono
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paint on table" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAINT ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking paint off)
Floyd | You take off paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave paint here for the moment being.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of high geta sandals, made of wood and elegantly lacquered in
Floyd | black. They make a characteristic clip-clapping sound when walking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we have the order wrong? Should it be yellow on top of red?"
		BrianK says, "Ah I remember there was some bug about the game not proceeding even if we do everything right"
		DavidW asks, "oh?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wha?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Whhhha?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Well, I mean, I think I've played enough to be able to vote, show-stopping bug or not."
		BrianK says, "I'm trying to remember where it was mentioned"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it'd be good to be sure it's this game that you're thinking of."
		Jacqueline says, "brb"
		DavidW says, "I find it odd that the kimonos aren't listed in the right order in inventory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that is the direction of the main stage, but you're not ready
Floyd | yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ACTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, girl? Ready for the performance?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I am so nervous, Shiratama-san! I am terrified that I would
Floyd | freeze and forget my cues!" she says, trembling slightly. You smile
Floyd | reassuringly, as expected from a seasoned actress like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be, little sister. Let's go over it one more time: in the first
Floyd | act, the noble Toji defends her lady from a band of robbers. The theme
Floyd | is bravery and fierceness. Then, when her lady dies (that is, you), he
Floyd | is overcome by grief and wanders off, wishing death. The topic of the
Floyd | second act is desperation, as he travels the world and meets a tengu.
Floyd | The tengu teaches him some magic tricks, and in the third act he
Floyd | avenges her lover (and then you appear as a ghost), finishing on a
Floyd | note of redemption. See? Not that difficult to follow."
Floyd |
Floyd | The other woman bows, with a smile of relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Shiratama-san! I shall remember that."
Floyd |
Floyd | You go back to your preparations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | The green room is teeming with other actresses chatting, putting on
Floyd | their costumes and applying make-up in preparation for the
Floyd | performance. Not long to go until it starts, better get ready. The
Floyd | main stage is to the east, the stairs in the background climb up to
Floyd | your chambers in the upper floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the newest actresses smiles nervously at you, perhaps
Floyd | intimidated by the thought of appearing on-stage so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy wooden tansu chest sits at the foot of a huge mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off powder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You paint black eye shadows over your whitened face, and then some red
Floyd | accents indicating your character is a brave samurai. The paint glides
Floyd | too easily over your foundation, smudging the edges of the shadows
Floyd | unbecomingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply the white powder all over your face. It sticks to the red
Floyd | and black paint, messing the colours and dampening the effect. The
Floyd | result is an awful mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You gently apply white powders all over your face, carefully brushing
Floyd | away the excess. It clings to the white foundation perfectly, giving
Floyd | your face an even appearance, like fresh snow upon a field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you paint black eye shadows over your whitened face, and then
Floyd | some red accents indicating your character is a brave samurai.
Floyd | Finally, as befitting a warrior, you draw pronounced black eyebrows at
Floyd | a rakish angle. Checking the effect in the mirror, you are quite
Floyd | satisfied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | ;>X ME
		Jacqueline | ;You are: a hot mess
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Please pretend that I knew how to use @paste"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear hair" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear wig" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR WIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "There are some mentions of not being able to proceed in the introcomp hints thread on the intfiction forums"
		BrianK says, "I could've sworn seeing a post by the author about it, but maybe that was on Euphoria instead"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yellow for samurai lord. Red for firestorm. Green for hope. The kimonos might be in the wrong order, yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "If the game recognizes the order."
		Knight_Otu says, "The wearing message sounds like the order might not matter."
		Jacqueline asks, "hm. Yeah, switch it up?"
		DavidW says, "Oddly, it's complaining about the makeup, not the costume."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a dignified yellow kimono
Floyd |   a soft green kimono
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "remove yellow kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YELLOW KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the dignified yellow kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that looks like the order doesn't matter."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear yellow kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR YELLOW KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "or maybe it does."
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno."
		Jacqueline says, "That message makes it sound fine."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Seems like it's our makeup that's a hot mess"
		Jacqueline asks, "Add more powder?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, no"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear read" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR READ
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that is the direction of the main stage, but you're not ready
Floyd | yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a dignified yellow kimono
Floyd |   a soft green kimono
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off lacquered geta.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tansu chest, revealing purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put geta in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GETA IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put lacquered geta into the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that is the direction of the main stage, but you're not ready
Floyd | yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tansu chest, revealing lacquered geta and purple silk
Floyd | yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the dignified yellow kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the soft green kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking lacquered geta)
Floyd | You take lacquered geta.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on lacquered geta.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking purple silk yukata)
Floyd | You take purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you are supposed to layer the costume kimonos for your character,
Floyd | according to his changes of personality, not wear your own clothes on
Floyd | scene. Be professional!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, that's at least verified"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put yukata in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT YUKATA IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put purple silk yukata into the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear green. wear yellow. wear red." 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREEN. WEAR YELLOW. WEAR RED.
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not the proper way to deal with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is reminding me of Within a Wreath of Dewdrops"
		DavidW says, "Except every combo was valid in that game."
ParserGirl goes home. 		Jacqueline says, "Well, true. But only at certain times."
		BrianK says, "From what I can tell we can't really do anything except restart"
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we restart, or play a different IC game?"
		BrianK says, "I'm down to play another game"
		DavidW says, "I'm still awake."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, we could play a different one."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic17prizon" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged out of the medic's station bunk just before dawn by two
Floyd | burly guards. Still sore and bruised from your last beating, you're
Floyd | dizzy and can be sure of only one thing: the next beating will be your
Floyd | last. You almost died from the one that knocked you off your feet for
Floyd | the last three weeks and the only thing you did to earn that one was
Floyd | accidentally making eye contact with one of the guards in the exercise
Floyd | yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must get out of here...

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Prizon Escape!"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You must get out of here... before anyone figures out why you're in
Floyd | here.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | here.
Floyd | Your silence is the only weapon you have. Their ignorance is the only
Floyd | reason you're still alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Prizon
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Jason Gamble
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170705 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your toothbrush and your tube of toothpaste), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (closed)), your bed, a
Floyd | sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read baker" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BAKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a fantasy novel based on the famous "Age of Aeons" MMORPG called
Floyd | "the Baker of Shireton". There seems to be something hidden in the
Floyd | book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "mm. I didn't get very far in this one."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open book" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the copy of the Baker of Shireton, revealing a postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x postcaard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTCAARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's got a picture of a naked lady on one side, and the scribblings of
Floyd | a lunatic on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's got a picture of a naked lady on one side, and the scribblings of
Floyd | a lunatic on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read scribblings" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCRIBBLINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's glyphs, but it's not language. It's the nonsensical
Floyd | hieroglyphics of a maniac. Looks like he wrote it with shit. You'd
Floyd | sniff it, but you're reasonably certain it'll end up being shit. Rat
Floyd | shit. Used to be a lot of rats around until the crazy fucker that used
Floyd | to stay in your cell ate them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hieroglphics" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIEROGLPHICS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hieroglyphics" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIEROGLYPHICS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmmmmmmmm"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Aw"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cigarettes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CIGARETTES
Floyd |
Floyd | An unopened pack of smokes. You haven't opened it yet because smoking
Floyd | is bad for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | No way. They're more valuable in this condition anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall, clear Permaplastic cup. Moldproof and dishwasher safe. Rounded
Floyd | edges, and too rubbery to work as an improvised weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | In your cup are your toothbrush and your tube of toothpaste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a moldproof toothbrush. Even though it's long and thing, it can't
Floyd | be made into a shiv because it's made of Permaplastic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x toothpaste" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOOTHPASTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's empty, and the cap is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | On your shelf are your cup (in which are your toothbrush and your tube
Floyd | of toothpaste), a pack of cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of
Floyd | Shireton (in which is a postcard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Door Delta 402.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed is, of course, a standard bunk built into the far wall. No
Floyd | blanket, no pillow. Just a slab that's somehow more comfortable than
Floyd | it looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The sink is nothing special. Just a faucet and a drain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | Thanks to clever engineering when they built the prison, the
Floyd | ventilation duct is only three by three inches tall and wide. You're
Floyd | not getting out that way. Might be able to open it for storage though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | If the guards catch you messing around with that they'll beat you for
Floyd | hours.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well that covers everything for examining I guess"
		DavidW says, "not quite"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | The faucet is rustproof, stainless, shiny, voice activated, and
Floyd | broken. The knob is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The faucet is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drain" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clogged. It might be connected to the broken faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Inmate D402-JDK. At least, that's what that print on your jumpsuit
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a snug fitting onesie with rubbery soles, and you can't take it
Floyd | off. It's designed to be uncomfortable to keep inmates from having
Floyd | enough range of movement to put up much of a fight. It can also serve
Floyd | as a stabproof vest, pajamas, and thanks to clever design, functions
Floyd | as a shower and toilet. Sadly it does not have pockets out of security
Floyd | concerns. It also makes it impossible to masturbate. All of this makes
Floyd | inmates wearing them extremely agitated, limiting their ability to
Floyd | pool their talents and cause trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I always forget to examine myself"
		DavidW says, "Also, the door isn't locked at the moment."
ParserGirl arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "That is ... quite the jumpsuit"
		DavidW says, "now, it's possible that I missed something as well, because, like I said, I wasn't able to make much progress."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Just popped back in. Last I saw we were trying to lure a waitress somewhere because money"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's broken. The thing you twist on top is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to PG), "Different game now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we were incapable of wearing makeup correctly."
		ParserGirl says, "Darn monks."
		DavidW says, "We weren't a monk then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on sink with tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SINK WITH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock duct with tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DUCT WITH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct with your tube of toothpaste)
Floyd | That won't work. You need something long and thin yet sturdy for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock duct with toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DUCT WITH TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct with your toothbrush)
Floyd | You pry the toothbrush through the grating of the duct panel and
Floyd | manage to unlock the maintenance latch behind the panel. Thanks to
Floyd | your clever reasoning, you can now use the ventilation duct to store
Floyd | some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo. I didn't know that would work."
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct, revealing a three of clubs and a
Floyd | napkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the three of clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It has the name 'Layla' on it in girly handwriting, with underneath
Floyd | her phone number. Lots of twos, sevens and nines... you think. Some
Floyd | fucker put a cold glass of ice water on it or something, and it's all
Floyd | blurry. You try to read it and you think it's... 227-277-2292. Well,
Floyd | there's only 59'049 possibilities, you could try them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn over three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OVER THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Eight six seven mumble muter oh niiiiine!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close vent" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toothbrush in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOOTHBRUSH IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your toothbrush into your cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tube in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TUBE IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your tube of toothpaste into your cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is the cup our bag of holding?"
		DavidW asks, "Are we done in this room?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Er, cup of holding?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, can we *leave* the cell?"
		DavidW says, "no, the bag of holding is elsewhere. I want to get it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Door Delta 402.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, we can leave the cell."
		DavidW says, "Every other day, the cell door is open for exercise."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Guard 176), "Howdy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look west" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof access is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest we go east, since west is forbidden."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | If Guard 176 spots you as much as looking in that direction he's
Floyd | likely to beat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline vaguely wonders how anyone wearing these jumpsuits can earn the nickname 'the Masturbator'
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jack's jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACK'S JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "masturbate" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MASTURBATE
Floyd |
Floyd | If only you could, but your jumpsuit doesn't allow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see anything promising that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look north" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see anything promising that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | You can see a library bag (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a messenger bag that one can wear thanks to an adjustable strap.
Floyd | It's used to collect library books that found their way out of the
Floyd | library and return them. It could help you carry things around without
Floyd | raising suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look west" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Alpha Courtyard is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Charlie Courtyard is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Bravo Courtyard is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the library bag ... of course you start by
Floyd | opening the library bag. The library bag is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a messenger bag that one can wear thanks to an adjustable strap.
Floyd | It's used to collect library books that found their way out of the
Floyd | library and return them. It could help you carry things around without
Floyd | raising suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This bag will let us move things around, assuming we know what we want where. Which I don't."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jack about layla" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK JACK ABOUT LAYLA
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bag to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BAG TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to stick it out and brave the violent sociopaths out there
Floyd | in the prison.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (in which is a
Floyd | postcard)), your bed, a sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and
Floyd | a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You get comfy - as comfy as you can - and sleep until morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402 (on your bed)
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (in which is a
Floyd | postcard)), a sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire
Floyd | sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (in which is a
Floyd | postcard)), your bed, a sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and
Floyd | a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct, revealing a three of clubs and a
Floyd | napkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | three of clubs: Taken.
Floyd | napkin: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the three of clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It has the name 'Layla' on it in girly handwriting, with underneath
Floyd | her phone number. Lots of twos, sevens and nines... you think. Some
Floyd | fucker put a cold glass of ice water on it or something, and it's all
Floyd | blurry. You try to read it and you think it's... 792-999-9929. Well,
Floyd | there's only 59'049 possibilities, you could try them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card and napkin in duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CARD AND NAPKIN IN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | three of clubs: Done.
Floyd | napkin: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know what to do really."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in drain" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the drain ... You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Did we go to all the other courtyards? (and/or are we able to?)"
		DavidW says, "I was never able to, no."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pack in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PACK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pack of cigarettes into the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzer screeches a low drone. Time to get back to the cell. No
Floyd | running and no slacking. Violation of curfue gets you a beating.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush) and a copy of
Floyd | the Baker of Shireton (in which is a postcard)), your bed, a sink
Floyd | (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct, revealing a napkin and a three of
Floyd | clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty duct into bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY DUCT INTO BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put napkin and clubs in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NAPKIN AND CLUBS IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | napkin: (first taking the napkin)
Floyd | Done.
Floyd | three of clubs: (first taking the three of clubs)
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Inmate D402-JDK. At least, that's what that print on your jumpsuit
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Interesting"
		DavidW says, "oh, I guess worn items aren't listed in your inventory"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "remove bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a messenger bag that one can wear thanks to an adjustable strap.
Floyd | It's used to collect library books that found their way out of the
Floyd | library and return them. It could help you carry things around without
Floyd | raising suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the library bag are a three of clubs, a napkin and a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put postcard in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT POSTCARD IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the postcard)
Floyd | You put the postcard into the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put book in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOOK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | the copy of the Baker of Shireton: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A way to smuggle stuff."
		DavidW asks, "Except smuggle what to whom where?"
		DavidW asks, "maybe show the postcard to "the Masturbator"?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh. Yeah. That's unfortunately a great idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You get comfy - as comfy as you can - and sleep until morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402 (on your bed)
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), a sink (empty), a
Floyd | ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), your bed, a sink
Floyd | (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show postcard to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW POSTCARD TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the postcard)
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show lady to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LADY TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the naked lady)
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give postcard to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE POSTCARD TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show napkin to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NAPKIN TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the napkin)
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show postcard to strangler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW POSTCARD TO STRANGLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show napkin to strangler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NAPKIN TO STRANGLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Tough crowd."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show clubs to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CLUBS TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the three of clubs)
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show postcard to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW POSTCARD TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put postcard in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT POSTCARD IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the postcard into the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarettes to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CIGARETTES TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pack of cigarettes)
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarettes to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CIGARETTES TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarettes to tommy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CIGARETTES TO TOMMY
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I really really don't know what to do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a pack of cigarettes, a napkin and a library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pack, napkin in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PACK, NAPKIN IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | pack of cigarettes: Done.
Floyd | napkin: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Prizon 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), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy having teeth and ribs that aren't broken, so you rethink
Floyd | your decision to go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy having teeth and ribs that aren't broken, so you rethink
Floyd | your decision to go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy having teeth and ribs that aren't broken, so you rethink
Floyd | your decision to go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The library doesn't have any description to it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I never tried turning over the cup so see if anything's on the bottom of it."
		BrianK says, "I think we want to start a fire or something"
		BrianK says, "mainly from the fire sprinkler in the room"
		Jacqueline asks, "Sprinkler head, and all that?"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing. Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smoke cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMOKE CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | No way. They're more valuable in this condition anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "We have various flammable objects, but I dunno what we could use to light them"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Did you try giving the cigs to another inmate?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's not the cig so much as the source."
		Ellison says, "we need a lot of friction. enlist the Masturbator."
		BrianK says, "pfft"
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "I thought I did."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pack of cigarettes)
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to tommy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO TOMMY
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Guard 405 doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison asks, "I assume the pack cannot be opened?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So no cig trading."
		DavidW says, "I cannot open it."
Ellison says (to Floyd), "trade pack with wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TRADE PACK WITH WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's supposedly more valuable closed. Just not valuable enough, it seems."
		BrianK says, "It's possible this is just the extent of what we can do for now"
		DavidW says, "Or there's a hidden mechanic we haven't discovered yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Usually we would at least hit an 'ending'"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can whistle and get a rat in our room, and use the rat as a courier in the duct."
		Ellison says, "Mac 'The Mechanic' Anik"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I thought the rats were eaten?"
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "yes, but maybe there's one uneaten rat who needs a friend."
		DavidW says, "or maybe we can single others by tapping on the sink pipe or talk to the duct. I dunno."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we could try that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), your bed, a sink
Floyd | (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tap sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAP SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH IN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the ventilation duct ... The ventilation duct
Floyd | is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect your bed ... There is nothing on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the sink ... The sink is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search wall" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search buzzer" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BUZZER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the fire sprinkler ... You find nothing of
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | If the guards catch you messing around with that they'll beat you for
Floyd | hours.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Might the guard outside get distracted if we drop the cigs? Then we might be able to go the other way."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "screw tube on faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREW TUBE ON FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to screw your tube of
Floyd | toothpaste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "turn faucet with tube"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn faucet with tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN FAUCET WITH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "screw tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREW TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is locked. It won't open until morning, save for an emergency
Floyd | like a fire or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, another clue towards a fire."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You get comfy - as comfy as you can - and sleep until morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402 (on your bed)
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), a sink (empty), a
Floyd | ventilation duct (empty) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | If Guard 176 spots you as much as looking in that direction he's
Floyd | likely to beat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see a pack of cigarettes, Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the
Floyd | Masturbator' Hoff and Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that idea was a bust."
		DavidW says, "At least it was an idea. I'm pretty much empty."
Ellison says (to Floyd), "strangle jones" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STRANGLE JONES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect your jumpsuit ... You'll get in trouble if
Floyd | anything happens to the jumpsuit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Callista looks like she's waiting for something. You see what she is waiting for as it comes down from the sky. The flying cat! Suddenly, she is whisked away to her home, almost knocking over the comfy chair this time as her cat flies off into the sunset. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask wan about rats" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WAN ABOUT RATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smile" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go north, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Door Delta 402.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card in door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the postcard or the three of clubs?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the three of clubs)
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "block door with three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOCK DOOR WITH THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLD THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bend three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEND THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the three of clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play card" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn over card" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OVER CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn card over" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CARD OVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn card" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the three of clubs)
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need to visit the bathroom. back in a bit."
		ParserGirl says, "Came back from dinner. I gather we're in a jail, but not much else"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure there's much else to gather. We're kind of guessing we're supposed to start a fire somehow."
		DavidW says, "back"
		DavidW says, "I've seen no source of fire whatsoever."
		Guenni asks, "You still at it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we're getting the clues, but not the means."
		DavidW says, "well, unless someone else has an idea what to do, I'm done."
ParserGirl says, "..f" 		Knight_Otu says, "Almost two and a half hours."
ParserGirl says, "..f" 		Jacqueline says, "I could be done."
		Jacqueline asks, "We have one more, I think?"
		Jacqueline says, "But we have one more Sunday this month."
		Jacqueline says, "So we could do it next week."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Onna Kabuki: A Tale of Theatre and Revenge by Victor Ojuel
Prizon by Jason Gamble
As played on ifMUD on August 20, 2017

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 Onna Kabuki: A Tale of Theatre and Revenge written by Victor Ojuel, and Prizon written by Jason Gamble. Onna Kabuki and Prizon were entries in the 2017 IntroComp. Onna Kabuki took second place, and Prizon received an Honorable Mention. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Onna Kabuki: A Tale of Theatre and Revenge, and Prizon.

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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Onna Kabuki by Victor Ojuel
Prizon by Jason Gamble
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		Guenni asks, "is any gameplan in place for today?"
		DavidW says, "Uh, I don't know for certain, but I would guess we'll play another IntroComp entry unless people strongly want to play something else."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's been my assumption as well."
		Jacqueline says, "And I'm back. Sorry for the delay."
		DavidW asks, "Last week, we played The Adam and Eve Project. Unless I slept through last Sunday, and that was two weeks ago?"
		Jacqueline says, "No, that was indeed last week."
		Guenni says, "no problem."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask onnakabuki" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is the way of the samurai to be violent and headstrong, and it
Floyd | is natural that Your Honour should want to cut down a troublesome
Floyd | wench like this, but please be so good as to think over it a moment.
Floyd | If you cut down a woman you will have to expiate it by cutting
Floyd | yourself open afterwards, and your parents will be made to look
Floyd | ridiculous over it, while to crown all the affair will be a blot on
Floyd | the memorial tablets of your ancestral shrine.
Floyd |
Floyd | And is there any woman who is worth such a price?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enomoto Torahiko, Raizan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd | ONNA KABUKI (Episode One)
Floyd | by Víctor Ojuel
Floyd |
Floyd | An unfinished story about theatre and revenge, made for IntroComp,
Floyd | July 2017.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author wishes to thank the kind testers, namely Ara Carrasco and
Floyd | Andrew Schultz.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type HELP for instructions on how to play.
Floyd | Type WARNING to see the content warning for this story.
Floyd | Type ABOUT to know more about the game and its author.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Jacqueline says, "As ever, I wonder if HELP is general or specific to this game."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		DavidW asks, "I think it was a menu?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A mountain fastness in Chūbu, central Japan.
Floyd | Autumn of Keichō 7.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Besieged castle
Floyd | Akechi stands tall on the battlements, bloodied sword in hand. Perhaps
Floyd | just an hour before dawn, and he knows it all shall be over well
Floyd | before sunrise. The enemy soldiers are everywhere! Tokugawa's lackeys
Floyd | will have another day to brag about, starting with the accursed Lord
Floyd | Konkawa. Enemies are storming the castle from all directions except
Floyd | from the north, and to the east the tower still resists the onslaught.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air is dense with arrows and musket volleys, the ground drinks
Floyd | fresh blood avidly. The castle is lost, his Lord is lost... but
Floyd | perhaps honour can still be saved?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "warning" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WARNING
Floyd |
Floyd | This story might be triggering for some people due to:
Floyd |
Floyd | Suicide themes (non-graphic, optional)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Now I remember this game."
		Jacqueline asks, "It is apparently a menu that doesn't work on Floyd, which is find. DW, let us know if there are special commands, okay?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold the brave Akechi Nobuhide, a great warrior and loyal samurai
Floyd | retainer of the Lord Kinoshita. By all accounts, this shall be the
Floyd | last day of his life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | He is carrying:
Floyd |   samurai armor (being worn)
Floyd |   a katana
Floyd |   a tantō
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm just curious about this third person thing..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x him" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Improper of a samurai!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think there are no special commands. Just unusual names and words from Japanese culture."
		Jacqueline asks (of Guenni), "Want to pick a direction?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Improper of a samurai!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | He jumps on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's east to save ladies, north to run like a coward, any other direction to die a noble certain death."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "(noble certain death doesn't end the game)"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure where Guenni went, so..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Besieged castle
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Akechi lets go a fearsome battle cry, steeling himself for certain
Floyd | death, ready to dive into the thickest of the battle. Will he do it?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | death, ready to dive into the thickest of the battle. Will he do it?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | He charges into battle like the kami-kaze, inflicting a thousand
Floyd | wounds before death comes to him, swiftly, like silent snow. The
Floyd | bushido is honourably choosing death when life is still possible,
Floyd | nothing more, nothing less.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
ParserGirl arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Guenni says, "sorry had to read everything with a"deeviant cliant."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Moonlit forest
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A pilgrim in the snow.
Floyd | Winter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many days have passed, and even the bitterest winter comes to an end.
Floyd | Your stop for a while, interrupting the sound of steps on the crunchy
Floyd | snow. Night is falling behind the tall trees. Time to find a place to
Floyd | rest your weary bones until the morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moonlit forest
Floyd | Darkness is falling fast. The pines are darkened, and beyond them a
Floyd | river sings its bubbly song among the reeds of the northern shore.
Floyd | Lording over the whole nightscape, a castle is silhouetted in silver
Floyd | against the rising moon. The breeze sings in the branches, stirring
Floyd | the forest to its secret life. The road turns to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "For the author: 'Your stop' should be 'you stop'"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Post station by a bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Once again, you drag your sore feet along the road. After a while, the
Floyd | forest thins out and you come to a crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | Post station by a bridge
Floyd | At a crossroads, gurgling of water on stone, distant laughter. To the
Floyd | north, a bridge over a gushing river, glinting under the moon. To the
Floyd | west, muffled conversation and a warm candlelight through paper walls
Floyd | - a roadside inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Post station by a bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are nothing but a humble komusō monk, a "priest of nothingness",
Floyd | devoted to the mendicant life. Wandering around, straw basket over
Floyd | your head to erase your identity, you play your flute for alms and
Floyd | seek enlightenment on the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Post station by a bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You play the flute as well as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence seems to grow around you as you play the shakuhachi flute, a
Floyd | lonely, long ululating sound that evokes the mist in the mountains -
Floyd | the self peels away just like mist boils away at sunrise. Once done,
Floyd | you put it back in your sash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The obsequious innkeeper is serving his patrons from a great barrel of
Floyd | sake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | First things first. You should get some dinner, and a room for the
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | She's a young woman of perhaps twenty, hair haphazardly held up with a
Floyd | dissonant assortment of hair pins, kimono suggestively loose. It is
Floyd | illegal for inns of this type to employ prostitutes, so this woman is
Floyd | not an illegal prostitute, just a waitress that so happens to offer
Floyd | sexual services to travelers in exchange for money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "order dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ORDER DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Of course they wouldn't."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to eat?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dinner\" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DINNER\
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A bit misleading."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy room" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing is on sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shakes her head.
Guenni says (to floyd), "ask waitress about dinner" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WAITRESS ABOUT DINNER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'd rather communicate with TALK TO a character.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Priests do eat dinner. They just don't buy it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "talk to waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Didn't the x me say that playing the flute is what we should do?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You play the flute as well as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish your flute concert with a few prayers and blessings for the
Floyd | patrons and the master of the house. All the inn patrons show their
Floyd | appreciation, and the innkeeper in particular bows deeply. You seem to
Floyd | have made him suitably grateful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "talk to keeper" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | "A traveling monk! Welcome, you are most welcome to our humble inn.
Floyd | Have a seat, I shall bring you some food..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He fills your bowl with rice and some tempting-looking pickles. You
Floyd | devour the lot in no time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now I guess you would like a place to rest? Come with me..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He opens a sliding door, and you follow him into one of the inn's
Floyd | guestrooms. He wishes you good-night.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper gestures you to wait, goes into his chambers and comes
Floyd | back with a white flask. He presents it to you with the utmost
Floyd | reverence.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My finest sake, from Nara. To thank you for your performance and your
Floyd | blessings on my house. Please enjoy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I humbly receive..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "x futon" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUTON
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin mattress stuffed with straw, scarcely enough for a winter
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe that's what's lacking?"
		Jacqueline eats breakfast and waits for other people to play.
		DavidW says, "By the way, we could've talked to others in the inn (the peasants, the soldiers)."
		Guenni says, "oh damn,"my phone just reminded of a birthday call Ineed to make. this will take a while. Just go ahead."
Guenni goes home. 		DavidW says, "And we could've examined the castle and bridge on the way to the inn."
		Jacqueline says, "Silly us, trying to advance the plot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tatami" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TATAMI
Floyd |
Floyd | The tatami on the floor is a bit coarse, but clean enough to sleep in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tatami" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TATAMI
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin mattress stuffed with straw, scarcely enough for a winter
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The normal sound of conversation,.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I need to know if my information about him is correct. The soldiers
Floyd | should know, if I can get them on a cooperative mood."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window slides open almost in perfect silence. From outside comes a
Floyd | gust of cold, damp air, and a band of silvery light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Note to author: odd ending to the response for >LISTEN"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There's good prose re:scenery."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Up close, the current seems pretty strong. Although the river is
Floyd | probably not that deep, you won't be able to cross against that
Floyd | current. You think of a way to make that current work for you...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | From this angle you can see the shape of the bridge and the soldiers
Floyd | standing guard as black profiles, like shadow puppets. You need to
Floyd | find another way across the water...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sometimes it's a touch over the top, but generally it's just right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This was as far as I got, by the way. I could reenter the room to the south."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps we're supposed to sleep?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not with that thing on, you won't be able to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a kimono
Floyd |   a straw basket
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flask
Floyd |   flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think we're suppsed to have an issue with our room."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Well, how will you go about that?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the very shore, surrounded by the river on all sides except
Floyd | for the inn to the south, where the window to the guest room is. The
Floyd | current seems too strong to swim against; you would end up miles
Floyd | downstream before you reach the northern shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the very shore, surrounded by the river on all sides except
Floyd | for the inn to the south, where the window to the guest room is. The
Floyd | current seems too strong to swim against; you would end up miles
Floyd | downstream before you reach the northern shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the very shore, surrounded by the river on all sides except
Floyd | for the inn to the south, where the window to the guest room is. The
Floyd | current seems too strong to swim against; you would end up miles
Floyd | downstream before you reach the northern shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, whoops."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the door is the common room of the inn, with its raucous
Floyd | talking and singing. To the north, through the open window, comes the
Floyd | gurgling of the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe use the basket as a canoe?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of the door is the common room of the inn, with its raucous
Floyd | talking and singing. To the north, through the open window, comes the
Floyd | gurgling of the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper brings some tea to one of his patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress keeps flirting with the soldiers, unsuccessfully trying
Floyd | to score some business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to innkeep" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper pointedly ignores you, obviously fed up with your
Floyd | constant requests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Um, that was sudden."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You play the flute as well as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silence seems to grow around you as you play the shakuhachi flute, a
Floyd | lonely, long ululating sound that evokes the mist in the mountains -
Floyd | the self peels away just like mist boils away at sunrise. Once done,
Floyd | you put it back in your sash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, we could just sleep, I guess."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not with that thing on, you won't be able to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a straw basket
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flask
Floyd |   flute
Floyd |   a kimono
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove basket" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the privacy of the bedroom, you take off the basket for a moment.
Floyd | In the dim light you find a little silk pouch sewn to the inside of
Floyd | the basket, and from there you extract one ryō. It seems like some
Floyd | gold would bend a few minds around these parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not yet. You still need to know if the man you seek is where you think
Floyd | he is. His men should know that. You must find a way to loosen some
Floyd | military tongues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, this is farther than I got."
		Jacqueline says, "Wait, actually, let's try to go out there sans-kimono"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Bad idea to run around naked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Jacqueline says, "Just checking."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Not without the basket, someone could see you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A priest of nothingness would never wear nothing."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear basket" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the straw basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Odd that the only way to find that money is to remove the basket for sleep but then not sleep"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper fills another flask on the sake barrel and ceremoniously
Floyd | brings it to the soldiers.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dishevelled-looking woman takes a surreptitious look at the
Floyd | innkeeper, and has a sip of sake while he's not looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to peasant" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PEASANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You start a friendly conversation with the rustic peasants. They
Floyd | gossip about various topics, tell a few a legends and a bit about the
Floyd | local spirits and suchlike.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you seen the castle?" asks one of them, perhaps a bit more into
Floyd | his cups than the others. "It used to belong to Lord Kinoshita..." his
Floyd | friends try to shut him up, looking nervously at the soldiers on the
Floyd | other tables.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That was many years ago. There was a great battle, many great
Floyd | warriors died. There was a samurai called Akechi, they said he was
Floyd | illegitimately in love with a noble lady. The tale says he died
Floyd | fighting scores of samurai, and even his enemies praised him for his
Floyd | bravery after slaying him...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The others manage to make him shut up, and apologise quietly for the
Floyd | tirade. Under the table, you clench your fists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the soldiers and try to make small talk, but they are
Floyd | more interested in drinking and bragging about their dubious exploits
Floyd | rather than have a pious conversation with a monk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pray tell, good soldiers, which lord do you serve?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, the daimyō, of course! Haven't you seen his castle, on the
Floyd | northern shore?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many of you? I want to continue my pilgrimage, but the
Floyd | bridge seems to be closed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many questions? And why answer them? Leave us to our sake,
Floyd | monk, and bother us no more unless you're buying!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Would this bit change depending on the samurai's actions?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy sake for soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY SAKE FOR SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Possibly? I didn't play the other options."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pay the soldiers?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "respect"
		DavidW says, "Try give coin to soldiers"
		ParserGirl wakes up
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ryō" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RY??
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay coin to soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY COIN TO SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | They would definitely do anything for this kind of money, but a
Floyd | mendicant monk carrying so much gold would look extremely suspicious.
Floyd | There must be a subtler way to make them do your bidding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, ">Denouce Faith"
		Jacqueline goes back to her breakfast for a few.
Doug has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not the proper way to deal with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, but she might!"
		BrianK says, "Maybe give the coin to the innkeeper? And buy the sake for the soldiers"
		Jacqueline says, "Though we should at least ask."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask waitress for a kiss" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WAITRESS FOR A KISS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You'd rather communicate with TALK TO a character.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay inkeep" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY INKEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pay waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAY WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to pay the waitress?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "coin" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Not here in front of everybody! Find somewhere more private for the
Floyd | transaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if we should give the coin now."
		BrianK says, "I guess the coin is meant for the waitress then"
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps damage the window or mattress so we can complain about it to her?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the floor, neatly arranged, there is a futon mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tear mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TEAR MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not the proper way to deal with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | With some effort, you lift the cumbersome futon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mattress in river" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MATTRESS IN RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wet mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WET MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "soak mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SOAK MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mattress" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Maybe if we just drop it again, it'll no longer be 'neatly arranged'"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like there should be a witty retort for >WET MATTRESS (Just kidding, not really)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mattress" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the futon here for the moment being.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a futon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe put the futon in the main room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper steals a greedy look at the waitress.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress is exchanging some rather coarse banter with the
Floyd | soldiers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmm, that doesn't really imply that it's something the waitress will be concerned with"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to waitress" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAITRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The innkeeper pointedly ignores you, obviously fed up with your
Floyd | constant requests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a futon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take futon" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FUTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With some effort, you lift the cumbersome futon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You would never get past the innkeeper while lugging the futon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nope, it's not that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Drop it outside?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By a moonlit river
Floyd | You are standing with your back almost to the wall of the inn, just a
Floyd | couple of paces of dry land before the rapid, silver-black waters.
Floyd | Their chatter drowns all other nightly sounds. The current seems
Floyd | strong here, flowing rapidly eastwards, passing under a stone bridge.
Floyd | Further to the northeast, on the other shore, the black shape of a
Floyd | mighty castle looms ominously against the pale, full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Then complain you have no futon?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop futon" 		

Floyd ]  By a moonlit river
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP FUTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grunt, you throw the mattress into the river. The current drags
Floyd | it quickly to the east and it floats for a short while, but halfways
Floyd | to the bridge it sinks, soaked in water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You get back into the bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, an open sliding window offers a view of the
Floyd | moon and the river, and the soothing sound of running water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close window" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Quietly, you slide the widow until it's shut again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. A half-dozen
Floyd | tables, occupied mostly by local peasants. A rather dishevelled
Floyd | waitress is strutting around the table where a few boisterous soldiers
Floyd | keep drinking sake in large quantities.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a few compliments for each patron, the innkeeper serves sake from
Floyd | a barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment, the girl lingers in the back, propped against the wall.
Floyd | A dirty look from the innkeeper sends her on a flurry of action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be very unbecoming of a priest to be seen talking to a loose
Floyd | woman in a public place. You need to find a way to make her go
Floyd | somewhere more private, perhaps to get sent on some errand for the
Floyd | inn, if you found something... lacking in your accommodation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO INNKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dear innkeeper, thought it pains me to ask so much of your piety,
Floyd | can't you provide at least a meagre futon for your guests? My old
Floyd | bones ache in this cold..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What, isn't there a futon in your guest room?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A futon, you say? Not one, no, not a single blanket you have
Floyd | provided!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Damn that lazy wench! You, woman, did I not tell you to prepare the
Floyd | guest rooms before dinnertime? Go tend to this venerable monk, at
Floyd | once! Go to, make haste!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress gives you the evil eye as she goes fetch a futon for your
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Author: 'thought it pains me' should be 'though it pains me'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The waitress is here, searching every nook and cranny and muttering
Floyd | something about a "damned futon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We are the Lying Monk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to girl" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | "I would need some distraction, and I think you might be able to help
Floyd | with that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Distraction? What are you up to? I want no part in anything illegal!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nothing more illegal that what you are already doing. I need that
Floyd | innkeeper to lose sight of his sake, for the general merriment of all
Floyd | patrons..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Heh, that might be fun. But what's in for me? If I do that and he
Floyd | finds out I was an accomplice, he'll kick me out, to starve in the
Floyd | snow. So, "monk", if you want my help, I need to see some money..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coin to woman" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You produce the golden coin, which attracts the waitress' gaze like a
Floyd | magnet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Get the innkeeper away from that barrel, can you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "For a ryo, I can that and much more!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You give her the ryo, and she bites it to ensure it's gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A piece of advice, girl. Get out of here. Go south, to Edo, it's
Floyd | where the bakufu is these days, a great city. Ask about the kabuki
Floyd | theatre. I make no promises, but it is the only place where a woman
Floyd | can be her own."
Floyd |
Floyd | She pulls a face like you were telling her to go to the moon, but she
Floyd | seems to listen, and even bows a little. Then she's off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Someone else take the wheel please."
		Jacqueline says, "Progress"
		Jacqueline says (to Jesus), "Take the wheel."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roadside inn
Floyd | An inn lit by candles, and within, men lit by rice wine. The tables
Floyd | are occupied mostly by local peasants, except for one where the
Floyd | soldiers keep yelling for more sake... but the innkeeper doesn't seem
Floyd | to be around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrel is full of sake... and the innkeeper is nowhere to be seen.
Floyd | Tempting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | All that sake makes it way too heavy to carry or push. What would be a
Floyd | good way to empty it? Ah, yes, the soldiers... that could work...
Floyd | Not yet. Before you get them completely drunk, there is some
Floyd | information you need to extract from them. Start with the finer wine
Floyd | to loosen their tongues, and go for broke only when you don't need
Floyd | them awake any more...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give wine to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE WINE TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I see. We want to use the barrel as a boat."
		Jacqueline says, "Very hobbit"
		DavidW says, "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "empty sake" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY SAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "empty barrel" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x wine" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "That's almost as unusual as throwing a futon in a river just to talk to a waitress"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "talk to soldiers?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach the soldiers and try to make small talk, but they are
Floyd | more interested in drinking and bragging about their dubious exploits
Floyd | rather than have a pious conversation with a monk.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pray tell, good soldiers, which lord do you serve?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why, the daimyō, of course! Haven't you seen his castle, on the
Floyd | northern shore?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many of you? I want to continue my pilgrimage, but the
Floyd | bridge seems to be closed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And why so many questions? And why answer them? Leave us to our sake,
Floyd | monk, and bother us no more unless you're buying!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sake to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Roadside inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SAKE TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the flask to the soldiers)
Floyd | "I have brought some fine sake, more worthy of great warriors like
Floyd | yourselves."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ha! Good, good, let's drink it then! To the health of our daimyō and
Floyd | his illustrious guests."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does he have guests tonight?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course, why'd you think there's so many of us around in such a
Floyd | bitter night? And very special guests indeed - the lord Konkawa, liege
Floyd | of all the region, and some say, Tokugawa's staunchest supporter in
Floyd | the whole of Chūbu."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is he indeed."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aye! He's on some tour of his vassal castles. But he departs early in
Floyd | the morning, so let us drink and be merry while we can, and damned be
Floyd | the dawn."
Floyd |
Floyd | And with that, he finishes the flask and throws it to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have *some* doubts about our *true priest*ness."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, nice."
		Jacqueline says, "Forgot about our flask"
		Jacqueline says (to Knight), "Concur."
		DavidW says, "I also have doubts about our true identity."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give barrel to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Drunken debauchery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BARREL TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the barrel of sake)
Floyd | All that sake makes it way too heavy to carry or push. What would be a
Floyd | good way to empty it? Ah, yes, the soldiers... that could work...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good soldiers, look! That gold-hearted innkeeper has left you all his
Floyd | sake for your enjoyment! What a compassionate fellow! How he loves
Floyd | loyal soldiers!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The men cheer and waste no time in requisitioning the barrel. Needless
Floyd | to say, in a moment they are drunker than a sailor.
Floyd |
Floyd | That should take care of them for the night... and empty that barrel
Floyd | very conveniently. Time to catch some rest while you wait for them to
Floyd | pass out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Damn. Didn't take much to loosen their lips"
		DavidW asks, "I guess now we sleep?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not that I was looking for a drinking scene with a lot of >G.G.G.G.G."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we sleep, or do we steal the barrel and go for a float?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think we make like a tree and barrel over the river?"
		DavidW says, "Well, the last line seemed like a heavy hint to sleep, or at least rest."
		BrianK says, "I think the game wants us to sleep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | The inn guestrooms are spartan and small, as expected in such a remote
Floyd | part of the Empire. The tatamis are a bit old and worn out, but at
Floyd | least you will have some privacy here. From outside comes the din of
Floyd | the tavern. To the north, there is a closed sliding window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove basket" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the straw basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" 		

Floyd ]  A guestroom at the inn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REST
Floyd |
Floyd | A true priest of nothingness would never do such a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is ready. You sit patiently in your chambers, getting some
Floyd | rest while you wait for the right moment for your next move...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edo, the floating world...
Floyd | Summer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The kabuki play will start soon. And yet again, time and place shall
Floyd | dissolve, identities will be confused, and an old tragedy will be made
Floyd | real again for the audience. You can hear the audience on the other
Floyd | side of the curtain, talking, laughing, drinking, almost holding their
Floyd | breath in anticipation for today's play. They have come to see
Floyd | beautiful women, brave samurai, dastardly villains, daring deeds and
Floyd | titillating innuendo. A story to take their minds off the daily toil
Floyd | and business of Edo life. A fantasy to forget the grayness of a
Floyd | military rule, or so they expect...
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | The green room is teeming with other actresses chatting, putting on
Floyd | their costumes and applying make-up in preparation for the
Floyd | performance. Not long to go until it starts, better get ready. The
Floyd | main stage is to the east, the stairs in the background climb up to
Floyd | your chambers in the upper floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the newest actresses smiles nervously at you, perhaps
Floyd | intimidated by the thought of appearing on-stage so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy wooden tansu chest sits at the foot of a huge mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | On it sits a bowl of fine white powder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another couple of bowls contain red and black paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | A third bowl is full of thick, sticky white foundation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. Another venue change."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we prepare to go on stage ourselves?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are splendidly dressed in a deliciously tactile silk yukata, light
Floyd | and fresh for the humid summers of Edo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think that answers my question"
		BrianK says, "I'm guessing our current objective is to apply makeup"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "looks like it, yes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "apply foundation" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > APPLY FOUNDATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x foundation" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNDATION
Floyd |
Floyd | Thick white paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are splendidly dressed in a deliciously tactile silk yukata, light
Floyd | and fresh for the humid summers of Edo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear foundation" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR FOUNDATION
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking foundation)
Floyd | You take foundation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply the white foundation over your naked skin, painting your
Floyd | face all white with a brush. Then you use a sponge to even it out,
Floyd | eliminating brush marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "paint face" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAINT FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking powder)
Floyd | You take powder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You gently apply white powders all over your face, carefully brushing
Floyd | away the excess. It clings to the white foundation perfectly, giving
Floyd | your face an even appearance, like fresh snow upon a field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear red paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking paint)
Floyd | You take paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you paint black eye shadows over your whitened face, and then
Floyd | some red accents indicating your character is a brave samurai.
Floyd | Finally, as befitting a warrior, you draw pronounced black eyebrows at
Floyd | a rakish angle. Checking the effect in the mirror, you are quite
Floyd | satisfied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wear makes sense, but >APPLY would be a good verb here."
		DavidW says, "I usually try standard verbs first."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x tansu" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TANSU
Floyd |
Floyd | Once it belonged to a travelling merchant, but at some point he had to
Floyd | pawn everything he owned to pay for a certain lady. What a
Floyd | coincidence, his chest ended up in your possession.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great chest is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ACTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, girl? Ready for the performance?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I am so nervous, Shiratama-san! I am terrified that I would
Floyd | freeze and forget my cues!" she says, trembling slightly. You smile
Floyd | reassuringly, as expected from a seasoned actress like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be, little sister. Let's go over it one more time: in the first
Floyd | act, the noble Toji defends her lady from a band of robbers. The theme
Floyd | is bravery and fierceness. Then, when her lady dies (that is, you), he
Floyd | is overcome by grief and wanders off, wishing death. The topic of the
Floyd | second act is desperation, as he travels the world and meets a tengu.
Floyd | The tengu teaches him some magic tricks, and in the third act he
Floyd | avenges her lover (and then you appear as a ghost), finishing on a
Floyd | note of redemption. See? Not that difficult to follow."
Floyd |
Floyd | The other woman bows, with a smile of relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Shiratama-san! I shall remember that."
Floyd |
Floyd | You go back to your preparations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK takes notes
		DavidW says, "Probably should open that chest, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tansu chest, revealing a fiery red kimono, a dignified
Floyd | yellow kimono and a soft green kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RED
Floyd |
Floyd | A costume kimono, dyed a fantastic red hue like a firestorm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Red for bravery and fierceness?"
		BrianK says, "Sounds right"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A costume kimono, dyed the honourable yellow of a samurai lord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's what I'd say, yes."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A costume kimono, dyed the soft green of redemption and hope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, traffic light order?"
		BrianK says, "Seems like it"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Stage fright, girl? It is not the time to retire to your chambers, not
Floyd | until the performance is done. You should be getting ready. Once you
Floyd | are, the main stage is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   purple silk yukata
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "remove yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear red kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the fiery red kimono)
Floyd | You take the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already wearing that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aha"
		Jacqueline says, "Interesting"
		BrianK says, "Seems a little buggy"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, wear the yellow, then the green, then the red?"
		DavidW asks, "uh oh. So we want to wear the green one, then the yellow on top, then the red?"
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Kimonos often are."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   purple silk yukata
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "remove kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fiery red kimono)
Floyd | You take off the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry, yes. What you said, DW."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the soft green kimono)
Floyd | You take the soft green kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already wearing that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get yellow. wear it" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET YELLOW. WEAR IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the dignified yellow kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "wear red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x fan" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The fan is a common prop in kabuki. It can represent anything, from a
Floyd | flower to a cup to a sunrise. In your role of today, it will be a
Floyd | sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of high geta sandals, made of wood and elegantly lacquered in
Floyd | black. They make a characteristic clip-clapping sound when walking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a very expensive summer yukata made of the finest silk, a
Floyd | vibrant purple colour with a motif of white kitsune foxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "what did we remove?"
		BrianK says, "The yukata"
		DavidW asks, "I mean, what is a yukata?"
		BrianK says, "It's like a kimono, but lighter"
		BrianK says, "At least that's all I know about it"
		DavidW asks, "So should that be underneath everything? Or put in the chest?"
		BrianK says, "I think it's just our personal clothes"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "put yukata in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT YUKATA IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put purple silk yukata into the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		BrianK asks, "Are we missing something in the makeup stage?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Hald-way?"
		Jacqueline asks, "er, Half-way?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We must be."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x face" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "er"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x makeup" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAKEUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, halfway v halfways must be a regional think like toward/towards"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | The green room is teeming with other actresses chatting, putting on
Floyd | their costumes and applying make-up in preparation for the
Floyd | performance. Not long to go until it starts, better get ready. The
Floyd | main stage is to the east, the stairs in the background climb up to
Floyd | your chambers in the upper floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the newest actresses smiles nervously at you, perhaps
Floyd | intimidated by the thought of appearing on-stage so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy wooden tansu chest sits at the foot of a huge mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a dignified yellow kimono
Floyd |   a soft green kimono
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paint on table" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAINT ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking paint off)
Floyd | You take off paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave paint here for the moment being.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | A pair of high geta sandals, made of wood and elegantly lacquered in
Floyd | black. They make a characteristic clip-clapping sound when walking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we have the order wrong? Should it be yellow on top of red?"
		BrianK says, "Ah I remember there was some bug about the game not proceeding even if we do everything right"
		DavidW asks, "oh?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wha?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Whhhha?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Well, I mean, I think I've played enough to be able to vote, show-stopping bug or not."
		BrianK says, "I'm trying to remember where it was mentioned"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it'd be good to be sure it's this game that you're thinking of."
		Jacqueline says, "brb"
		DavidW says, "I find it odd that the kimonos aren't listed in the right order in inventory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that is the direction of the main stage, but you're not ready
Floyd | yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ACTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, girl? Ready for the performance?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I am so nervous, Shiratama-san! I am terrified that I would
Floyd | freeze and forget my cues!" she says, trembling slightly. You smile
Floyd | reassuringly, as expected from a seasoned actress like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be, little sister. Let's go over it one more time: in the first
Floyd | act, the noble Toji defends her lady from a band of robbers. The theme
Floyd | is bravery and fierceness. Then, when her lady dies (that is, you), he
Floyd | is overcome by grief and wanders off, wishing death. The topic of the
Floyd | second act is desperation, as he travels the world and meets a tengu.
Floyd | The tengu teaches him some magic tricks, and in the third act he
Floyd | avenges her lover (and then you appear as a ghost), finishing on a
Floyd | note of redemption. See? Not that difficult to follow."
Floyd |
Floyd | The other woman bows, with a smile of relief.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Shiratama-san! I shall remember that."
Floyd |
Floyd | You go back to your preparations.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | The green room is teeming with other actresses chatting, putting on
Floyd | their costumes and applying make-up in preparation for the
Floyd | performance. Not long to go until it starts, better get ready. The
Floyd | main stage is to the east, the stairs in the background climb up to
Floyd | your chambers in the upper floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the newest actresses smiles nervously at you, perhaps
Floyd | intimidated by the thought of appearing on-stage so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy wooden tansu chest sits at the foot of a huge mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off powder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You paint black eye shadows over your whitened face, and then some red
Floyd | accents indicating your character is a brave samurai. The paint glides
Floyd | too easily over your foundation, smudging the edges of the shadows
Floyd | unbecomingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You apply the white powder all over your face. It sticks to the red
Floyd | and black paint, messing the colours and dampening the effect. The
Floyd | result is an awful mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Theatre green room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear powder" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You gently apply white powders all over your face, carefully brushing
Floyd | away the excess. It clings to the white foundation perfectly, giving
Floyd | your face an even appearance, like fresh snow upon a field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear paint" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, you paint black eye shadows over your whitened face, and then
Floyd | some red accents indicating your character is a brave samurai.
Floyd | Finally, as befitting a warrior, you draw pronounced black eyebrows at
Floyd | a rakish angle. Checking the effect in the mirror, you are quite
Floyd | satisfied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | ;>X ME
		Jacqueline | ;You are: a hot mess
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Please pretend that I knew how to use @paste"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear hair" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear wig" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR WIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "There are some mentions of not being able to proceed in the introcomp hints thread on the intfiction forums"
		BrianK says, "I could've sworn seeing a post by the author about it, but maybe that was on Euphoria instead"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yellow for samurai lord. Red for firestorm. Green for hope. The kimonos might be in the wrong order, yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "If the game recognizes the order."
		Knight_Otu says, "The wearing message sounds like the order might not matter."
		Jacqueline asks, "hm. Yeah, switch it up?"
		DavidW says, "Oddly, it's complaining about the makeup, not the costume."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a dignified yellow kimono
Floyd |   a soft green kimono
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "remove yellow kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YELLOW KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the dignified yellow kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that looks like the order doesn't matter."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear yellow kimono" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR YELLOW KIMONO
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "or maybe it does."
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno."
		Jacqueline says, "That message makes it sound fine."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Seems like it's our makeup that's a hot mess"
		Jacqueline asks, "Add more powder?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, no"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear read" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR READ
Floyd |
Floyd | Unworthy of a splendid lady like yourself!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that is the direction of the main stage, but you're not ready
Floyd | yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing:
Floyd |   a dignified yellow kimono
Floyd |   a soft green kimono
Floyd |   a fiery red kimono
Floyd |   paint
Floyd |   powder
Floyd |   foundation
Floyd |   lacquered geta
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fan
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off lacquered geta.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tansu chest, revealing purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put geta in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT GETA IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put lacquered geta into the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that is the direction of the main stage, but you're not ready
Floyd | yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tansu chest, revealing lacquered geta and purple silk
Floyd | yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove red" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE RED
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the fiery red kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove yellow" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YELLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the dignified yellow kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the soft green kimono.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear geta" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GETA
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking lacquered geta)
Floyd | You take lacquered geta.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on lacquered geta.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking purple silk yukata)
Floyd | You take purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear green" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you are supposed to layer the costume kimonos for your character,
Floyd | according to his changes of personality, not wear your own clothes on
Floyd | scene. Be professional!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, that's at least verified"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove yukata" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE YUKATA
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off purple silk yukata.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put yukata in chest" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT YUKATA IN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You put purple silk yukata into the tansu chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear green. wear yellow. wear red." 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR GREEN. WEAR YELLOW. WEAR RED.
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You layer the kimonos carefully, so that they can be taken off for
Floyd | dramatic effect when your character undergoes a personal ordeal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You finish layering your kimonos for the play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand in front of the mirror and take a critical look at
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | The alluring Shiratama, one of the most celebrated kabuki actresses of
Floyd | the pleasure district of Edo, famous for her dramatic talent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dressed for your role as Toji, the vengeful samurai.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are halfways through your make-up session.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not the proper way to deal with this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is reminding me of Within a Wreath of Dewdrops"
		DavidW says, "Except every combo was valid in that game."
ParserGirl goes home. 		Jacqueline says, "Well, true. But only at certain times."
		BrianK says, "From what I can tell we can't really do anything except restart"
		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we restart, or play a different IC game?"
		BrianK says, "I'm down to play another game"
		DavidW says, "I'm still awake."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, we could play a different one."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]  Theatre green room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic17prizon" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged out of the medic's station bunk just before dawn by two
Floyd | burly guards. Still sore and bruised from your last beating, you're
Floyd | dizzy and can be sure of only one thing: the next beating will be your
Floyd | last. You almost died from the one that knocked you off your feet for
Floyd | the last three weeks and the only thing you did to earn that one was
Floyd | accidentally making eye contact with one of the guards in the exercise
Floyd | yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must get out of here...

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Prizon Escape!"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You must get out of here... before anyone figures out why you're in
Floyd | here.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | here.
Floyd | Your silence is the only weapon you have. Their ignorance is the only
Floyd | reason you're still alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Prizon
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Jason Gamble
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170705 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your toothbrush and your tube of toothpaste), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (closed)), your bed, a
Floyd | sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read baker" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BAKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a fantasy novel based on the famous "Age of Aeons" MMORPG called
Floyd | "the Baker of Shireton". There seems to be something hidden in the
Floyd | book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "mm. I didn't get very far in this one."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open book" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the copy of the Baker of Shireton, revealing a postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x postcaard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTCAARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's got a picture of a naked lady on one side, and the scribblings of
Floyd | a lunatic on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's got a picture of a naked lady on one side, and the scribblings of
Floyd | a lunatic on the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read scribblings" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SCRIBBLINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's glyphs, but it's not language. It's the nonsensical
Floyd | hieroglyphics of a maniac. Looks like he wrote it with shit. You'd
Floyd | sniff it, but you're reasonably certain it'll end up being shit. Rat
Floyd | shit. Used to be a lot of rats around until the crazy fucker that used
Floyd | to stay in your cell ate them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hieroglphics" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIEROGLPHICS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "smell postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hieroglyphics" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HIEROGLYPHICS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Hmmmmmmmm"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Aw"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cigarettes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CIGARETTES
Floyd |
Floyd | An unopened pack of smokes. You haven't opened it yet because smoking
Floyd | is bad for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | No way. They're more valuable in this condition anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall, clear Permaplastic cup. Moldproof and dishwasher safe. Rounded
Floyd | edges, and too rubbery to work as an improvised weapon.
Floyd |
Floyd | In your cup are your toothbrush and your tube of toothpaste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a moldproof toothbrush. Even though it's long and thing, it can't
Floyd | be made into a shiv because it's made of Permaplastic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x toothpaste" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOOTHPASTE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's empty, and the cap is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | On your shelf are your cup (in which are your toothbrush and your tube
Floyd | of toothpaste), a pack of cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of
Floyd | Shireton (in which is a postcard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Door Delta 402.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Your bed is, of course, a standard bunk built into the far wall. No
Floyd | blanket, no pillow. Just a slab that's somehow more comfortable than
Floyd | it looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The sink is nothing special. Just a faucet and a drain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | Thanks to clever engineering when they built the prison, the
Floyd | ventilation duct is only three by three inches tall and wide. You're
Floyd | not getting out that way. Might be able to open it for storage though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | If the guards catch you messing around with that they'll beat you for
Floyd | hours.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Well that covers everything for examining I guess"
		DavidW says, "not quite"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | The faucet is rustproof, stainless, shiny, voice activated, and
Floyd | broken. The knob is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The faucet is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drain" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clogged. It might be connected to the broken faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Inmate D402-JDK. At least, that's what that print on your jumpsuit
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a snug fitting onesie with rubbery soles, and you can't take it
Floyd | off. It's designed to be uncomfortable to keep inmates from having
Floyd | enough range of movement to put up much of a fight. It can also serve
Floyd | as a stabproof vest, pajamas, and thanks to clever design, functions
Floyd | as a shower and toilet. Sadly it does not have pockets out of security
Floyd | concerns. It also makes it impossible to masturbate. All of this makes
Floyd | inmates wearing them extremely agitated, limiting their ability to
Floyd | pool their talents and cause trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "I always forget to examine myself"
		DavidW says, "Also, the door isn't locked at the moment."
ParserGirl arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "That is ... quite the jumpsuit"
		DavidW says, "now, it's possible that I missed something as well, because, like I said, I wasn't able to make much progress."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Just popped back in. Last I saw we were trying to lure a waitress somewhere because money"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's broken. The thing you twist on top is missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to PG), "Different game now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we were incapable of wearing makeup correctly."
		ParserGirl says, "Darn monks."
		DavidW says, "We weren't a monk then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on sink with tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SINK WITH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock duct with tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DUCT WITH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct with your tube of toothpaste)
Floyd | That won't work. You need something long and thin yet sturdy for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock duct with toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DUCT WITH TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct with your toothbrush)
Floyd | You pry the toothbrush through the grating of the duct panel and
Floyd | manage to unlock the maintenance latch behind the panel. Thanks to
Floyd | your clever reasoning, you can now use the ventilation duct to store
Floyd | some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo. I didn't know that would work."
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct, revealing a three of clubs and a
Floyd | napkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the three of clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It has the name 'Layla' on it in girly handwriting, with underneath
Floyd | her phone number. Lots of twos, sevens and nines... you think. Some
Floyd | fucker put a cold glass of ice water on it or something, and it's all
Floyd | blurry. You try to read it and you think it's... 227-277-2292. Well,
Floyd | there's only 59'049 possibilities, you could try them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn over three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OVER THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Eight six seven mumble muter oh niiiiine!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close vent" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE VENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put toothbrush in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOOTHBRUSH IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your toothbrush into your cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tube in cup" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TUBE IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your tube of toothpaste into your cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is the cup our bag of holding?"
		DavidW asks, "Are we done in this room?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Er, cup of holding?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, can we *leave* the cell?"
		DavidW says, "no, the bag of holding is elsewhere. I want to get it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open Door Delta 402.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, we can leave the cell."
		DavidW says, "Every other day, the cell door is open for exercise."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Guard 176), "Howdy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look west" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof access is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest we go east, since west is forbidden."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | If Guard 176 spots you as much as looking in that direction he's
Floyd | likely to beat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline vaguely wonders how anyone wearing these jumpsuits can earn the nickname 'the Masturbator'
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jack's jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACK'S JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "masturbate" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MASTURBATE
Floyd |
Floyd | If only you could, but your jumpsuit doesn't allow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see anything promising that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look north" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see anything promising that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | You can see a library bag (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a messenger bag that one can wear thanks to an adjustable strap.
Floyd | It's used to collect library books that found their way out of the
Floyd | library and return them. It could help you carry things around without
Floyd | raising suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look west" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Alpha Courtyard is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Charlie Courtyard is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Bravo Courtyard is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the library bag ... of course you start by
Floyd | opening the library bag. The library bag is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a messenger bag that one can wear thanks to an adjustable strap.
Floyd | It's used to collect library books that found their way out of the
Floyd | library and return them. It could help you carry things around without
Floyd | raising suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This bag will let us move things around, assuming we know what we want where. Which I don't."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jack about layla" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK JACK ABOUT LAYLA
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bag to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BAG TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | You decide to stick it out and brave the violent sociopaths out there
Floyd | in the prison.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (in which is a
Floyd | postcard)), your bed, a sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and
Floyd | a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You get comfy - as comfy as you can - and sleep until morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402 (on your bed)
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (in which is a
Floyd | postcard)), a sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire
Floyd | sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush), a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes and a copy of the Baker of Shireton (in which is a
Floyd | postcard)), your bed, a sink (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and
Floyd | a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct, revealing a three of clubs and a
Floyd | napkin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | three of clubs: Taken.
Floyd | napkin: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the three of clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It has the name 'Layla' on it in girly handwriting, with underneath
Floyd | her phone number. Lots of twos, sevens and nines... you think. Some
Floyd | fucker put a cold glass of ice water on it or something, and it's all
Floyd | blurry. You try to read it and you think it's... 792-999-9929. Well,
Floyd | there's only 59'049 possibilities, you could try them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card and napkin in duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CARD AND NAPKIN IN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | three of clubs: Done.
Floyd | napkin: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know what to do really."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in drain" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the drain ... You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Did we go to all the other courtyards? (and/or are we able to?)"
		DavidW says, "I was never able to, no."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pack in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PACK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pack of cigarettes into the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzer screeches a low drone. Time to get back to the cell. No
Floyd | running and no slacking. Violation of curfue gets you a beating.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which are your cup (in
Floyd | which are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush) and a copy of
Floyd | the Baker of Shireton (in which is a postcard)), your bed, a sink
Floyd | (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct, revealing a napkin and a three of
Floyd | clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty duct into bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY DUCT INTO BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put napkin and clubs in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NAPKIN AND CLUBS IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | napkin: (first taking the napkin)
Floyd | Done.
Floyd | three of clubs: (first taking the three of clubs)
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Inmate D402-JDK. At least, that's what that print on your jumpsuit
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "Interesting"
		DavidW says, "oh, I guess worn items aren't listed in your inventory"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "remove bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a messenger bag that one can wear thanks to an adjustable strap.
Floyd | It's used to collect library books that found their way out of the
Floyd | library and return them. It could help you carry things around without
Floyd | raising suspicion.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the library bag are a three of clubs, a napkin and a pack of
Floyd | cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put postcard in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT POSTCARD IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the postcard)
Floyd | You put the postcard into the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put book in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOOK IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | the copy of the Baker of Shireton: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A way to smuggle stuff."
		DavidW asks, "Except smuggle what to whom where?"
		DavidW asks, "maybe show the postcard to "the Masturbator"?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh. Yeah. That's unfortunately a great idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IN BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You get comfy - as comfy as you can - and sleep until morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402 (on your bed)
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), a sink (empty), a
Floyd | ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), your bed, a sink
Floyd | (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show postcard to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW POSTCARD TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the postcard)
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show lady to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LADY TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the naked lady)
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give postcard to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE POSTCARD TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show napkin to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NAPKIN TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the napkin)
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show postcard to strangler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW POSTCARD TO STRANGLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show napkin to strangler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NAPKIN TO STRANGLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Tough crowd."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show clubs to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CLUBS TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the three of clubs)
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show postcard to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW POSTCARD TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put postcard in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT POSTCARD IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the postcard into the library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarettes to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CIGARETTES TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pack of cigarettes)
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarettes to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CIGARETTES TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarettes to tommy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CIGARETTES TO TOMMY
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I really really don't know what to do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a pack of cigarettes, a napkin and a library bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pack, napkin in bag" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PACK, NAPKIN IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | pack of cigarettes: Done.
Floyd | napkin: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Prizon 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), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy having teeth and ribs that aren't broken, so you rethink
Floyd | your decision to go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy having teeth and ribs that aren't broken, so you rethink
Floyd | your decision to go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You enjoy having teeth and ribs that aren't broken, so you rethink
Floyd | your decision to go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The library doesn't have any description to it."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I never tried turning over the cup so see if anything's on the bottom of it."
		BrianK says, "I think we want to start a fire or something"
		BrianK says, "mainly from the fire sprinkler in the room"
		Jacqueline asks, "Sprinkler head, and all that?"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing. Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smoke cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMOKE CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | No way. They're more valuable in this condition anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		BrianK says, "We have various flammable objects, but I dunno what we could use to light them"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Did you try giving the cigs to another inmate?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's not the cig so much as the source."
		Ellison says, "we need a lot of friction. enlist the Masturbator."
		BrianK says, "pfft"
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "I thought I did."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pack of cigarettes)
Floyd | Wan Baw McGraw doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to jack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to tommy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO TOMMY
Floyd |
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pack to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PACK TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Guard 405 doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Ellison asks, "I assume the pack cannot be opened?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So no cig trading."
		DavidW says, "I cannot open it."
Ellison says (to Floyd), "trade pack with wan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TRADE PACK WITH WAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's supposedly more valuable closed. Just not valuable enough, it seems."
		BrianK says, "It's possible this is just the extent of what we can do for now"
		DavidW says, "Or there's a hidden mechanic we haven't discovered yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Usually we would at least hit an 'ending'"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can whistle and get a rat in our room, and use the rat as a courier in the duct."
		Ellison says, "Mac 'The Mechanic' Anik"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I thought the rats were eaten?"
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "yes, but maybe there's one uneaten rat who needs a friend."
		DavidW says, "or maybe we can single others by tapping on the sink pipe or talk to the duct. I dunno."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we could try that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | You could take it easy in your cell and continue tomorrow. >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | D402
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), your bed, a sink
Floyd | (empty), a ventilation duct (closed) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tap sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAP SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You open the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH IN DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the ventilation duct ... The ventilation duct
Floyd | is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect your bed ... There is nothing on your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sink" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the sink ... The sink is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search wall" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search buzzer" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BUZZER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect the fire sprinkler ... You find nothing of
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sprinkler" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPRINKLER
Floyd |
Floyd | If the guards catch you messing around with that they'll beat you for
Floyd | hours.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Might the guard outside get distracted if we drop the cigs? Then we might be able to go the other way."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "screw tube on faucet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREW TUBE ON FAUCET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to screw your tube of
Floyd | toothpaste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "turn faucet with tube"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn faucet with tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN FAUCET WITH TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn the faucet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "screw tube" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREW TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is locked. It won't open until morning, save for an emergency
Floyd | like a fire or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, another clue towards a fire."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto your bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You get comfy - as comfy as you can - and sleep until morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | D402 (on your bed)
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402, your shelf (on which is your cup (in which
Floyd | are your tube of toothpaste and your toothbrush)), a sink (empty), a
Floyd | ventilation duct (empty) and a fire sprinkler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close duct" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S                                            D402
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DUCT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the ventilation duct)
Floyd | You close the ventilation duct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | If Guard 176 spots you as much as looking in that direction he's
Floyd | likely to beat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the Masturbator' Hoff and
Floyd | Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W                                      Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Delta Courtyard
Floyd | You can see a pack of cigarettes, Guard 405, Wan Baw McGraw, Jack 'the
Floyd | Masturbator' Hoff and Tommy 'the Strangler' Jones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that idea was a bust."
		DavidW says, "At least it was an idea. I'm pretty much empty."
Ellison says (to Floyd), "strangle jones" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STRANGLE JONES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search jumpsuit" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUMPSUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You thoroughly inspect your jumpsuit ... You'll get in trouble if
Floyd | anything happens to the jumpsuit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Callista arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Callista looks like she's waiting for something. You see what she is waiting for as it comes down from the sky. The flying cat! Suddenly, she is whisked away to her home, almost knocking over the comfy chair this time as her cat flies off into the sunset. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask wan about rats" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WAN ABOUT RATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's on edge. They'll probably beat you if you try approaching
Floyd | them. Discretion is the better part of valor plus it's nice to have
Floyd | teeth, so let's not draw any attention to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smile" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S W                                          Delta
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go north, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Door Delta 402.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor Delta 4
Floyd | You can see Door Delta 402 and Guard 176 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card in door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the postcard or the three of clubs?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the three of clubs)
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "block door with three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOCK DOOR WITH THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLD THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bend three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEND THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read three" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the three of clubs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play card" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn over card" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OVER CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn card over" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CARD OVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn card" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the three of clubs)
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need to visit the bathroom. back in a bit."
		ParserGirl says, "Came back from dinner. I gather we're in a jail, but not much else"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W                                        Corridor Delta
Floyd | 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure there's much else to gather. We're kind of guessing we're supposed to start a fire somehow."
		DavidW says, "back"
		DavidW says, "I've seen no source of fire whatsoever."
		Guenni asks, "You still at it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we're getting the clues, but not the means."
		DavidW says, "well, unless someone else has an idea what to do, I'm done."
ParserGirl says, "..f" 		Knight_Otu says, "Almost two and a half hours."
ParserGirl says, "..f" 		Jacqueline says, "I could be done."
		Jacqueline asks, "We have one more, I think?"
		Jacqueline says, "But we have one more Sunday this month."
		Jacqueline says, "So we could do it next week."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Sherlock Indomitable by Mathbrush
As played on ifMUD on August 27, 2017

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 Sherlock Indomitable written by Mathbrush. Sherlock Indomitable was an entry in the 2017 IntroComp, in which it took first place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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		Jacqueline says, "So, today is our last day to play Floydable IntroComp games."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Please remember to play all of the games and vote!"
		Jacqueline | introcomp.org
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ic17sherlock" 		

Floyd ]  Conscious Mind
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sherlock Indomitable
Floyd | A glimpse into the detective's mind by Brian Rushton
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170731 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Conscious Mind
Floyd | Time stands still in here. You are in a wide, elevated room filled
Floyd | with sunlight. You can go north to the Lesser Sciences,
Floyd | south to the Physical Sciences, or east to the Human
Floyd | Sciences.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large display case is in the middle of the room, titled "Clues". It
Floyd | is empty; it's been a long time since you've had a case.
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive banner says "This area is under construction; the part
Floyd | I'm entering to the IntroComp is just one case, which is beginning in
Floyd | four turns. That case is finished and (hopefully) polished. This
Floyd | introduction, the framing story, the other cases and the epilogue are
Floyd | not part of this intro comp entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing around here is implemented except for the placard in the
Floyd | room to the north. Anything the rooms say you can do is not true. The
Floyd | implemented portion will begin within four turns."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh this one I liked a lot."
		Genevieve says, "I'd love to join you, but my mum is coming in about half an hour, so I won't have time. Have fun everybody."
		Jacqueline says, "Safe travels, Genevieve"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "be well!"
		Genevieve says, "Thanks!"
		Knight_Otu waves.
		DavidW says (to Genevieve), "Have a very pleasant day."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Conscious Mind
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are merely an expression of Holmes' thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Genevieve says, "I will if my mother doesn't start kvetching about my weight. :-)"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, we go north toward the implemented placard?"
		Teaspoon says, "sounds good"
		DavidW says, "You only get four turns in this thought region."
		DavidW says, "So I'm not typin' nuttin'."
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lesser Sciences
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lesser Sciences
Floyd | This is a large room that is mostly bare. Each corner is labelled by
Floyd | letters in worn gold foil. The areas titled LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY,
Floyd | and ASTRONOMY are bare.  You can return to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a single bookshelf under POLITICS where you can LOOK UP clues
Floyd | related to politics.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a reminder placard here, in the only room with enough space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x placard" 		

Floyd ]  Lesser Sciences
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLACARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It says:
Floyd |
Floyd | Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could
Floyd | invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere
Floyd | commonplaces of existence. If one could fly out of a window, hover
Floyd | over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the
Floyd | queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the
Floyd | plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working
Floyd | through generations, and leading to the most outré results, it would
Floyd | make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions
Floyd | most stale and unprofitable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "someone likes Doyle's Holmes! that's nice."
		DavidW says, "This game is an adaptation of one of his published stories."
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if that's a quote or original."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm assuming a quote."
		Teaspoon says, "It's a quote"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lesser Sciences
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |    nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can see current clues by typing C or CLUES]
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a strange thumping noise; it seems to be coming from
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | ****************************************************
Floyd | You find yourself returning to the outside world...
Floyd | ****************************************************
Floyd | Your Bedroom (on your bed)
Floyd | Your bedroom seems cluttered to the untrained eye, but you know where
Floyd | every item can be found. A large tin is in the corner, a violin is
Floyd | leaned against the wall.  A wardrobe contains your various costumes.
Floyd | Your bed is sloppily made. The parlor is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a thudding sound coming from the front room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "The opening of "A Case of Identity"."
		Jacqueline says, "So, I'm not necessarily wedded to driving."
		Jacqueline says, "If no one else wants to drive, I'll go answer the door."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm out of practice, but I'll have a go if no one else wants to."
		DavidW says, "I've played this game completely, so I should not drive at all."
		Jacqueline says, "You just type F COMMAND"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your violin is well-tuned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone is knocking on your front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play violin" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your first word had a typo or was a word not anticipated by the
Floyd | author.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "aw"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Your Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand the object in that command, but I understood the
Floyd | first part.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off your bed)
Floyd |
Floyd | 221B Baker Street
Floyd | You are in a large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and
Floyd | illuminated by two broad windows. Your bedroom is to the west,
Floyd | and Watson's bedroom is to the south. The front door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is unlit, the sideboard is supplied with food, and the
Floyd | various objects you have acquired throughout your career are scattered
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone is knocking on your front door, here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think we have to go to the door. But maybe >ANSWER DOOR? (Doubt it, though)"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the front door)
Floyd | You open the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Mrs. Hudson here. She says, "There's a lady come here to see
Floyd | you, sir. Shall I send her up?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [When you don't have an active case, you can TALK TO characters to
Floyd | speak with them.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Hudson is waiting patiently for her orders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to mrs. hudson" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MRS. HUDSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Let me fetch Watson. Show her into the parlor in the
Floyd | meanwhile."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Hudson steps outside, where she is waiting for you to return with
Floyd | Watson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "I guess we go get Watson?"
		DavidW says, "mmhm. His bedroom is south."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x food" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the roast beef or the bread?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x beef" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the roast beef for clues, but find none of importance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Hudson is waiting for you to return with Watson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "that's fun. I wonder if the complete game will have sandwich implementation?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Watson's Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson's Bedroom
Floyd | Watson's bedroom has always been singularly uninteresting to you.
Floyd | Watson's bed is here. The parlor is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is asleep on his bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You knock as you enter. Watson wakes to find you standing, fully
Floyd | dressed, by the side of his bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the time is only a quarter-past seven, he blinks up at you in some
Floyd | surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment. He looks to you for an
Floyd | explanation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "explain" 		

Floyd ]  Watson's Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXPLAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (to yourself)
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to talk someone, or SAY a clue to someone.]
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Watson's Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very sorry to knock you up, Watson," you say, "but it's the common
Floyd | lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon
Floyd | me, and I on you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is it, then-a fire?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a
Floyd | considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is
Floyd | waiting now in the sitting-room. Should it prove to be an interesting
Floyd | case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset. I
Floyd | thought, at any rate, that I should call you and give you the chance."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My dear fellow, I would not miss it for anything." He gets up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "in his nightshirt, presumably."
		DavidW says, "I wouldn't presume to know how Watson is dressed or undressed."
		Jacqueline | Watson wakes to find you standing, fully dressed, by the side of his bed. He is creeped out.
		Teaspoon says, "heh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x watson" 		

Floyd ]  Watson's Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is a gentleman of a medical type, but with the air of a
Floyd | military man. His left arm has been injured; he holds it in a stiff
Floyd | and unnatural manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "very big Doyle fan, this author."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "back to Mrs Watson then!"
		DavidW says, "Mrs Hudson"
		Teaspoon says, "oh yes, sorry"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Watson's door)
Floyd |
Floyd | 221B Baker Street
Floyd | You are in a large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and
Floyd | illuminated by two broad windows. Your bedroom is to the west,
Floyd | and Watson's bedroom is to the south. The front door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is unlit, the sideboard is supplied with food, and the
Floyd | various objects you have acquired throughout your career are scattered
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lady dressed in black and heavily veiled, who has been sitting in
Floyd | the window, rises as you enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mrs. Hudson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Hudson leaves and closes the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Greeting]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Holmes is much more interested in cases than in regular conversation.
Floyd | During a case, you can see current thoughts with CLUES (or just C),
Floyd | and you can SAY a clue TO someone nearby.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "c"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd |    Greeting - "Good morning; my name is Sherlock Holmes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "that's a clue?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's how he shall work the case that is afoot."
		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently."
		DavidW says, "uh, it's a thought. Clues and thoughts."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "make sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "say c to lady" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY C TO LADY
Floyd |

		
Floyd [In this game, speech is handled by using SAY [a clue] TO [someone], 		

Floyd | where clues you know can be found by typing CLUES. In situations of
Floyd | boredom or extreme excitement, Sherlock can only TALK TO individuals.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "say greeting to lady" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING TO LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good-morning, madam," you say cheerily. "My name is Sherlock Holmes.
Floyd | This is my associate, Dr. Watson, before whom you can speak as freely
Floyd | as before myself. I shall order you a cup of hot coffee, for I observe
Floyd | that you are shivering."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is not cold which makes me shiver," says the woman as she sits.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What, then?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror." She raises her veil, and you
Floyd | can see her face.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Like most of your clients, she'll need a demonstration of your powers
Floyd | of observation.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Greeting]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | You have no pertinent clues.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x her" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HER
Floyd |
Floyd | You run her over with one of your quick, all-comprehensive glances.
Floyd | She is a lady, dressed in black clothing with an unusual pattern of
Floyd | mud splatters. A certain something is stuck in one of her gloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x lady" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | You run her over with one of your quick, all-comprehensive glances.
Floyd | She is a lady, dressed in black clothing with an unusual pattern of
Floyd | mud splatters. A certain something is stuck in one of her gloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x gloves" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see half of a return ticket in her glove.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Train]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x clothing" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's clothing is splashed with mud, exactly as if she had
Floyd | driven in a dogcart.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Dogcart]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x clue" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand the object in that command, but I understood the
Floyd | first part.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x mud" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's clothing is splashed with mud, exactly as if she had
Floyd | driven in a dogcart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x dogcart" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOGCART
Floyd |
Floyd | Dogcart - "Miss Stoner drove in a dogcart, along heavy roads."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "c or clues lists the clues"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "say dogcart to stoner" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY DOGCART TO STONER
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "You had a good drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads,
Floyd | before you reached the station."
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady gives a violent start and stares in bewilderment at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There is no mystery, my dear madam," you say, smiling. "The left arm
Floyd | of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places. The
Floyd | marks are perfectly fresh. There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which
Floyd | throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the left-hand
Floyd | side of the driver."
Floyd |
Floyd | She is beginning to believe in your mental acuity.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Dogcart]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd |    Train - "Thus Miss Stoner travelled by train early this morning."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say train to lady" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TRAIN TO LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | (Train to the lady in black)
Floyd | You say, "You have come in by train this morning, I see."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know me, then?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of
Floyd | your left glove. You must have started early."
Floyd |
Floyd | She now seems fully convinced of your powers. You can ask her about
Floyd | her story, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Testimony]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Train]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Interesting technique. I like it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "say testimony to stoner" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TESTIMONY TO STONER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Testimony]
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "And now I beg that you will lay before us everything that
Floyd | may help us in forming an opinion upon the matter."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Alas!" replies your visitor, "the very horror of my situation lies in
Floyd | the fact that my fears are so vague, and my suspicions depend so
Floyd | entirely upon small points that even my future husband looks upon all
Floyd | that I tell him about it as the fancies of a nervous woman.  But I
Floyd | have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold
Floyd | wickedness of the human heart. You may advise me how to walk amid the
Floyd | dangers which encompass me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am all attention, madam."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who is
Floyd | the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, the
Floyd | Roylotts of Stoke Moran, on the western border of Surrey. It was two
Floyd | years ago..."
Floyd |
Floyd | ****************************************************
Floyd | You listen intently to her story...
Floyd | ****************************************************
Floyd |
Floyd | Stoke Moran
Floyd | I was on the grounds of Stoke Moran, a very old manor house, and the
Floyd | ancestral house of the Roylott family, to which my stepfather
Floyd | belonged. The windows of my family's rooms all opened out onto the
Floyd | lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Shutters]
Floyd |
Floyd | The grounds extended all around me, but they held nothing except for
Floyd | brambles and the scattered tents of the gypsies, who were friends of
Floyd | my stepfather. Beyond the grounds was a stream, crossed by a small
Floyd | bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Gypsy]
Floyd |
Floyd | From somewhere nearby, I heard the inhuman screeching of my
Floyd | stepfather's baboon, and shivered. I could only go north, into
Floyd | the manor. These grounds held terrible memories for me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I do too, but it does take a bit to get used to."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts (in Sherlock's mind):
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |    Shutters - "The various windows may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The baboon is silent, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "oh!"
		Teaspoon says, "flashback, nice."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Helen Stoner, daughter of the deceased Major-General Stoner of
Floyd | the Bengal Artillery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We're the lady now."
		Knight_Otu flashbacks to last week.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x n" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X N
Floyd |
Floyd | I saw nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance Hall
Floyd | The manor-house, Mr. Holmes, is very old, and only the east wing is
Floyd | now inhabited. No servant would stay with us, and for a long time we
Floyd | did all the work of the house. The corridor to the east wing,
Floyd | and our rooms, was open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could return to the grounds to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Before Dr. Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Dr. Roylott's room
Floyd | The bedrooms in this wing all opened out into the same corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Hallway]
Floyd |
Floyd | The corridor was lit by corridor-lamps. I stood in front of Dr.
Floyd | Roylott's room, to the south. My sister's room and my own were
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Before Dr. Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Roylott had gone to his room early.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		* Kutan has joined the channel.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Before Julia's door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Julia's door
Floyd | I was in the main corridor; the door to my room was to the east
Floyd | , and my stepfather's door was to the west. I stood before my
Floyd | sister's door, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her situation had changed, recently. I have an aunt who lives near
Floyd | Harrow, and we were occasionally allowed to pay short visits at this
Floyd | lady's house. Julia had been there at Christmas, and met there a
Floyd | half-pay major of marines, to whom she became engaged.
Floyd |
Floyd | My stepfather had learned of the engagement fourteen days ago, and
Floyd | offered no objection to the marriage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Before my door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before my door
Floyd | I stood before my door, to the south. The rest of the corridor
Floyd | was to the west. An old service door leads outside, but it is
Floyd | unused.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Helen's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening my door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Helen's Room
Floyd | I had a homely little room, with a low ceiling. My window faced the
Floyd | lawn to the south, but it was now closed and bolted. my bed was plain
Floyd | but comfortable. The air was fresh in my room. My door was to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Fresh]
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment, my sister followed me into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [To speak during flashbacks, you TALK TO the character you wish to
Floyd | speak to.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia was here, deep in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to julia" 		

Floyd ]  Helen's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia sat with me, and we chatted about her wedding until the clock
Floyd | struck eleven. Julia preferred to spend time in my room, due to the
Floyd | rank smell of my stepfather's cigars that wafted from his room to
Floyd | hers.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Cigars]
Floyd |
Floyd | She rose and stood by the door, saying "Tell me, Helen, have you ever
Floyd | heard anyone whistle in the dead of the night?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never," said I.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I suppose that you could not possibly whistle, yourself, in your
Floyd | sleep?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Certainly not. But why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Because during the last few nights I have always, about three in the
Floyd | morning, heard a low, clear whistle. I am a light sleeper, and it has
Floyd | awakened me. I cannot tell where it came from-perhaps from the next
Floyd | room, perhaps from the lawn. I thought that I would just ask you
Floyd | whether you had heard it. Have you heard it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Whistle]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Kutan), "If you're interested in #ClubFloyd, please read this:"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to julia" 		

Floyd ]  Helen's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, I have not," I said. "It must be the band of gypsies in the
Floyd | plantation."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very likely," said she, "and yet if it were on the lawn, I wonder
Floyd | that you did not hear it also."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, but I sleep more heavily than you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, it is of no great consequence, at any rate." She smiled back at
Floyd | me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn in
Floyd | the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | For you see, Mr. Holmes, we had no feeling of security unless our
Floyd | doors were locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Safety]
Floyd |
Floyd | The clock struck eleven. I stifled a yawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Helen's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | Helen's Room (on my bed)
Floyd | I had a homely little room, with a low ceiling. My window faced the
Floyd | lawn to the south, but it was now closed and bolted. my bed was plain
Floyd | but comfortable. The air was fresh in my room. My door was to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | I could not sleep that night. A vague feeling of impending misfortune
Floyd | impressed me. The wind was howling outside, and the rain was beating
Floyd | and splashing against the windows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild
Floyd | scream of a terrified woman. I knew that it was my sister's voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Before my door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off my bed)
Floyd | I sprang from my bed and wrapped a shawl round me.
Floyd |
Floyd | As I opened my door I seemed to hear a low whistle, such as my sister
Floyd | described, and a few moments later a clanging sound, as if a mass of
Floyd | metal had fallen.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Clang]
Floyd |
Floyd | Before my door
Floyd | I stood before my door, to the south. The rest of the corridor
Floyd | was to the west. An old service door leads outside, but it is
Floyd | unused.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Before Julia's door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Julia's door
Floyd | I was in the main corridor; the door to my room was to the east
Floyd | , and my stepfather's door was to the west. I stood before my
Floyd | sister's door, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | My sister's door to the south was unlocked, and revolved slowly
Floyd | upon its hinges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Kutan arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Teaspoon asks, "the door did what?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's swinging back and forth"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Julia's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Julia's Room
Floyd | Julia's room was dimly lit.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the
Floyd | opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for help,
Floyd | her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to julia" 		

Floyd ]  Julia's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | I could do nothing; I had to run to my sister, but at that moment her
Floyd | knees seemed to give way and she fell to the ground. She writhed as
Floyd | one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed.
Floyd |
Floyd | At first I thought that she had not recognised me, but as I bent over
Floyd | her she suddenly shrieked out in a voice which I shall never forget,
Floyd | "Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Speckled]
Floyd |
Floyd | There was something else which she would have said, and she stabbed
Floyd | with her finger into the air in the direction of the doctor's room,
Floyd | but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  Julia's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I had to see the doctor! The door was to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | ****************************************************
Floyd | You finish listening to Miss Stoner's story...
Floyd | ****************************************************
Floyd |
Floyd | 221B Baker Street
Floyd | You are in a large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and
Floyd | illuminated by two broad windows. Your bedroom is to the west,
Floyd | and Watson's bedroom is to the south. The front door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is unlit, the sideboard is supplied with food, and the
Floyd | various objects you have acquired throughout your career are scattered
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I rushed out, calling loudly for my stepfather, and I met him
Floyd | hastening from his room in his dressing-gown. When he reached my
Floyd | sister's side she was unconscious, and though he poured brandy down
Floyd | her throat and sent for medical aid from the village, all efforts were
Floyd | in vain, for she slowly sank and died without having recovered her
Floyd | consciousness. Such was the dreadful end of my beloved sister."
Floyd |
Floyd | Thus Miss Stoner ends her tale. You prepare your questions in your
Floyd | mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Now, and in the future, you can combine clues by LINKing a clue TO
Floyd | another clue. This will be most important once you have concluded your
Floyd | investigation at Stoke Manor.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oooh, nice."
		Teaspoon says, "I like this dynamic"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Pouring brandy down the throat of an unconscious person?"
		DavidW says, "So we may find clues, we may say a clue to someone, or link one clue to another clue."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd | Clang - "Helen heard a whistle and a clang after her sister
Floyd | screamed."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Whistle - "Julia heard a whistle the night before she died."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |    Shutters - "The various windows may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm hardly a doctor, but that seems ill-advised."
		Teaspoon says, "f link fresh to cigars"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link fresh to cigars" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK FRESH TO CIGARS
Floyd |
Floyd | (Cigars)
Floyd | There must be some sort of small connection, like a ventilator,
Floyd | between Julia's room and Dr Roylott's.
Floyd | [New clue - Connected]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that's what I was about to type."
		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd | Clang - "Helen heard a whistle and a clang after her sister
Floyd | screamed."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Whistle - "Julia heard a whistle the night before she died."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |    Shutters - "The various windows may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link clang to whistle" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK CLANG TO WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, both sisters heard whistles, but only Helen heard a clang, which
Floyd | came after the whistle.
Floyd | [New clue - Whistles]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Clang]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Whistle]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |    Shutters - "The various windows may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't forget that you can say clues to either Helen or Watson."
		Kutan says, "I'm just gonna lurk this game"
		Jacqueline says (to Kutan), "Okay"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say connected to watson" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CONNECTED TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "You saw the ventilator, too?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very unusual thing to have
Floyd | a small opening between two rooms. It was so small that a rat could
Floyd | hardly pass through."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I knew that we should find a ventilator before ever we came to Stoke
Floyd | Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My dear Holmes!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, I did. You remember in her statement she said that her
Floyd | sister could smell Dr. Roylott's cigar. Now, of course that suggested
Floyd | at once that there must be a communication between the two rooms. It
Floyd | could only be a small one, or it would have been remarked upon at the
Floyd | coroner's inquiry. I deduced a ventilator."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson's esteem for you has increased.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "!"
		Teaspoon says, "Does this game have a Watson esteem tracker? Because I am all over that."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		DavidW says, "An unfortunate coding error there."
		Jacqueline says, "I did not know that was possible, for his esteem for Holmes in be any greater."
		DavidW says, "We haven't been to the manor yet."
		Jacqueline asks, "What's the coding error?"
		Teaspoon says, "this chunk of text is from the post-case wrapup."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "I see."
		DavidW says, "The response to SAY CONNECTED TO WATSON acts as if they've seen the vent."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Teaspoon says, "clearly the author didn't expect us to do it in this order"
		Teaspoon asks, "how shall we proceed, then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably telling clues to the lady."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Teaspoon says, "(I do know this story back to front, even if I haven't played the game)"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. Cool."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | 221B Baker Street
Floyd | You are in a large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and
Floyd | illuminated by two broad windows. Your bedroom is to the west,
Floyd | and Watson's bedroom is to the south. The front door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is unlit, the sideboard is supplied with food, and the
Floyd | various objects you have acquired throughout your career are scattered
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x watson" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is a gentleman of a medical type, but with the air of a
Floyd | military man. His left arm has been injured; he holds it in a stiff
Floyd | and unnatural manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't know the story until after I finished the game, then I did my own little research."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to watson" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only communicate with Watson about clues, at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to julia about cigars" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JULIA ABOUT CIGARS
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand the object in that command, but I understood the
Floyd | first part.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "say clue to person"
		Teaspoon says, "right"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say connected to julia" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CONNECTED TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand the object in that command, but I understood the
Floyd | first part.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say cigars to julia" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CIGARS TO JULIA
Floyd |
Floyd | [I didn't understand the object in that command, but I understood the
Floyd | first part.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Helen. Julia is the dead sister."
Teaspoon says, "cigars to helen" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say cigars to helen" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CIGARS TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Cigars to Miss Helen Stoner)
Floyd | You say, "If I recall, you said that Julia's room smelled of smoke?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, frequently so. Poor Julia could hardly bear it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say connected to helen" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CONNECTED TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "There are one or two very singular points about this room.
Floyd | For example, what a fool a builder must be to open a ventilator into
Floyd | another room, when, with the same trouble, he might have communicated
Floyd | with the outside air!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That is also quite modern," says the lady.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Done about the same time as the bell-rope?" you remark.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, there were several little changes carried out about that time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say speckled to helen" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SPECKLED TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "What did you gather from this allusion to a band-a speckled
Floyd | band?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sometimes I have thought that it was merely the wild talk of
Floyd | delirium, sometimes that it may have referred to some band of people,
Floyd | perhaps to these very gipsies in the plantation. I do not know whether
Floyd | the spotted handkerchiefs which so many of them wear over their heads
Floyd | might have suggested the strange adjective which she used."
Floyd |
Floyd | You have a better idea of the situation now. You can propose a visit.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Visit]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say visit to watson" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY VISIT TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Watson, would you be willing to accompany me to Stoke
Floyd | Moran?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say visit to helen" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY VISIT TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is a very deep business," you say. "There are a thousand details
Floyd | which I should desire to know before I decide upon our course of
Floyd | action. Yet we have not a moment to lose. If we were to come to Stoke
Floyd | Moran today, would it be possible for us to see over these rooms
Floyd | without the knowledge of your stepfather?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "As it happens, he spoke of coming into town to-day upon
Floyd | some most important business. It is probable that he will be away all
Floyd | day, and that there would be nothing to disturb you. We have a
Floyd | housekeeper now, but she is old and foolish, and I could easily get
Floyd | her out of the way."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Visit]
Floyd | [New clue - Farewell]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say farewell to watson" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FAREWELL TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't intend to say farewell to Watson!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "ah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say farewell to helen" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FAREWELL TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "You may expect us early in the afternoon. I have myself some
Floyd | small business matters to attend to. Will you not wait and breakfast?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She say, "No, I must go. My heart is lightened already since I have
Floyd | confided my trouble to you. I shall look forward to seeing you again
Floyd | this afternoon." She drops her thick black veil over her face and
Floyd | glides from the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Farewell]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bread" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the bread for clues, but find none of importance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take bread" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You cut a slice of beef from the joint upon the sideboard, sandwich it
Floyd | between two rounds of bread, and eat the rude meal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You exclaim, "What in the name of the devil!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Your door has been suddenly dashed open, and a huge man has framed
Floyd | himself in the aperture. So tall is he that his hat actually brushes
Floyd | the cross bar of the doorway, and his breadth seems to span it across
Floyd | from side to side.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the
Floyd | sun, and marked with every evil passion, turns from one to the other
Floyd | of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Which of you is Holmes?" asked this apparition.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Dr. Roylott's arrival has put the details of the case out of
Floyd | Sherlock's mind. You can only PROVOKE Dr. Roylott, or DISMISS him.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "provoke" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROVOKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Roylott)
Floyd | "My name, sir; but you have the advantage of me," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am Dr. Grimesby Roylott, of Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indeed, Doctor," you say blandly. "Pray take a seat."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I will do nothing of the kind. My stepdaughter has been here. I have
Floyd | traced her. What has she been saying to you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can PROVOKE Dr. Roylott or DISMISS him.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I'm just gonna keep provoking him"
		Teaspoon says, "(What a delightful command, provoke)"
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says, "It's like poke but with more rov."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Roylott)
Floyd | "It is a little cold for the time of the year," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What has she been saying to you?" screams the old man furiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can PROVOKE Dr. Roylott or DISMISS him.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Roylott)
Floyd | "But I have heard that the crocuses promise well," you continue
Floyd | imperturbably.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ha! You put me off, do you?" says your new visitor, taking a step
Floyd | forward and shaking his hunting-crop. "I know you, you scoundrel! I
Floyd | have heard of you before. You are Holmes, the meddler."
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can PROVOKE Dr. Roylott or DISMISS him.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Roylott)
Floyd | You smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | He says, "Holmes, the busybody!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can PROVOKE Dr. Roylott or DISMISS him.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "My"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Holmes Stormcrow?"
		Teaspoon says, "Original Holmes is fun."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "again" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AGAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Roylott)
Floyd | Your smile broadens.
Floyd |
Floyd | He says, "Holmes, the Scotland Yard Jack-in-office!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can PROVOKE Dr. Roylott or DISMISS him.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Roylott)
Floyd | You chuckle heartily. "Your conversation is most entertaining," you
Floyd | say. "When you go out close the door, for there is a decided draught."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I will go when I have said my say. Don't you dare to meddle with my
Floyd | affairs. I know that Miss Stoner has been here. I traced her! I am a
Floyd | dangerous man to fall foul of! See here." He steps swiftly forward,
Floyd | seizes the poker, and bends it into a curve with his huge brown hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | "See that you keep yourself out of my grip," he snarls, and hurling
Floyd | the twisted poker into the fireplace he strides out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | 221B Baker Street
Floyd | You are in a large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and
Floyd | illuminated by two broad windows. Your bedroom is to the west,
Floyd | and Watson's bedroom is to the south. The front door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is unlit, the sideboard is supplied with food, and the
Floyd | various objects you have acquired throughout your career are scattered
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is here, lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a twisted poker here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is time to take action. To the streets of London!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take poker" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE POKER
Floyd |
Floyd | "He seems a very amiable person," you say, laughing. "I am not quite
Floyd | so bulky, but if he had remained I might have shown him that my grip
Floyd | was not much more feeble than his own." As you speak you pick up the
Floyd | steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straighten it out again, and
Floyd | set it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  221B Baker Street
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | 221B Baker Street
Floyd | You are in a large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and
Floyd | illuminated by two broad windows. Your bedroom is to the west,
Floyd | and Watson's bedroom is to the south. The front door is to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is unlit, the sideboard is supplied with food, and the
Floyd | various objects you have acquired throughout your career are scattered
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is here, lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "so, north?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | Your landing is a convenient place for clients to wait before
Floyd | summoning the courage to enter. Your lodgings are to the south,
Floyd | and the streets await to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  London Streets
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | London Streets
Floyd | It is a blazing hot day in August. Baker Street is like an oven, and
Floyd | the glare of the sunlight upon the brickwork of the houses along the
Floyd | road is painful to the eye. You can take a cab south to
Floyd | Waterloo Station.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "aw, no mention of the 17 steps"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Waterloo Station
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter a cab with Watson and make your way to Waterloo Station. The
Floyd | cab rattles through the streets of London.
Floyd |
Floyd | Waterloo Station
Floyd | You arrive just in time! The train to Leatherhead is departing in a
Floyd | few moments to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You are fortunate in catching a train for Leatherhead, where you hire
Floyd | a trap at the station inn and drive for four or five miles through the
Floyd | lovely Surrey lanes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trap
Floyd | It is a perfect day, with a bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the
Floyd | heavens. The trees and wayside hedges are just throwing out their
Floyd | first green shoots, and the air is full of the pleasant smell of the
Floyd | moist earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in deep meditation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabman drives down the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x cabman" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabman was lazily surveying the countryside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabman drives down the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You review yourself; you are over six feet in height, and excessively
Floyd | lean. Your eyes are sharp and deep-set, your nose is thin and
Floyd | hawk-like. Your hands are blotted with ink and stained with chemicals.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabman drives down the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then, you see it. A heavily timbered park stretches up in a
Floyd | gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point. From amid
Floyd | the branches there jut out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a
Floyd | very old mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | It must be Stoke Moran. The cabman slows down to look; he seems to
Floyd | have something to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to cabman" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CABMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look there!" you say. "Stoke Moran?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabman says, "Yes, sir, that be the house of Dr. Grimesby
Floyd | Roylott."
Floyd |
Floyd | "There is some building going on there," you say; "That is where we
Floyd | are going."
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's the village," says the driver, pointing to a cluster of roofs
Floyd | some distance to the left; "But if you want to get to the house,
Floyd | you'll find it shorter to get over this stile, and so by the foot-path
Floyd | over the fields. There it is, where the lady is walking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "leave" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | [When Sherlock is interested in a case, he prefers to discuss clues,
Floyd | found by typing CLUES]
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Trap
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Trap
Floyd | It is a perfect day, with a bright sun and a few fleecy clouds in the
Floyd | heavens. The trees and wayside hedges are just throwing out their
Floyd | first green shoots, and the air is full of the pleasant smell of the
Floyd | moist earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to the lady.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x lady" 		

Floyd ]  Near Stile
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | You shade your eyes; as you suspected, it is Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | You call to the cabman to stop, and pay him before he leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Stile
Floyd | You are near a fenced road, with a stile leading over the fence to the
Floyd | north, toward the unseen estate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner hurries forward to meet you with a face which speaks
Floyd | her joy. "I have been waiting so eagerly for you," she cries, shaking
Floyd | hands with you warmly. "All has turned out splendidly. Dr. Roylott has
Floyd | gone to town, and it is unlikely that he will be back before evening."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to helen" 		

Floyd ]  Near Stile
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd | [When Sherlock is interested in a case, he prefers to discuss clues,
Floyd | found by typing CLUES]
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stoke Moran
Floyd | You are standing before a grey building with a high central portion
Floyd | and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | The central portion is in poor repair, but the right-hand block is
Floyd | comparatively modern, and the blinds in the windows, with the blue
Floyd | smoke curling up from the chimneys, show that this is where the family
Floyd | resides. Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and
Floyd | the stone-work has been chipped into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen at the moment of our visit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can reach the east wing to the east, or travel to the
Floyd | village to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the East Wing
Floyd | The right-hand block is comparatively modern, and the blinds in the
Floyd | windows show that this is where the family resides. These draw your
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and the
Floyd | stone-work had been broken into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen. There is something clearly wrong with the scaffolding.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small side door to the northeast. You can return to
Floyd | the central portion to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk slowly up and down the lawns, examining the outsides of the
Floyd | windows with deep attention.  You, after a careful examination through
Floyd | the open window, endeavour in every way to force the shutter open, but
Floyd | without success. There is no slit through which a knife could be
Floyd | passed to raise the bar. Then you examine the hinges, but they are of
Floyd | solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.
Floyd | [New clue - Bolted]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |    Shutters - "The various windows may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link bolted to shutters" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK BOLTED TO SHUTTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (Shutters)
Floyd | Yes, it seems unlikely that anything could have gotten through those
Floyd | shutters.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Shutters]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link hallway to bolted" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK HALLWAY TO BOLTED
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see an important connection between those clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the East Wing
Floyd | The right-hand block is comparatively modern, and the blinds in the
Floyd | windows show that this is where the family resides. These draw your
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and the
Floyd | stone-work had been broken into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen. There is something clearly wrong with the scaffolding.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small side door to the northeast. You can return to
Floyd | the central portion to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is seriously a cool dynamic. Love it."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "examine scaffolding" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXAMINE SCAFFOLDING
Floyd |
Floyd | The end wall does not seem to need repairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Needless]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link needless to connected" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK NEEDLESS TO CONNECTED
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems like the needless repair work was intended to place Miss
Floyd | Stoner in this room, rather than her own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the East Wing
Floyd | The right-hand block is comparatively modern, and the blinds in the
Floyd | windows show that this is where the family resides. These draw your
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and the
Floyd | stone-work had been broken into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen. There is something clearly wrong with the scaffolding.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small side door to the northeast. You can return to
Floyd | the central portion to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Empty Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the small side door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the Empty Room
Floyd | This whitewashed corridor leads further to the west, or you can
Floyd | return outside to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The third chamber's door is here, but it is clearly unimportant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to Dr. Roylott's door, or back
Floyd | east to the empty room's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to the hall or back east to Miss
Floyd | Stoner's room. You do not wish to see the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a door that leads south to Roylott's room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Dr. Roylott's door)
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber is larger than that of his
Floyd | step-daughter, but it is as plainly furnished.
Floyd |
Floyd | A camp-bed and a small wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a
Floyd | technical character, are the principal things which meet your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is also a large iron safe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open safe" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SAFE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The game obviously expected you to examine the middle room first."
		Teaspoon asks, "hmm, do you think we should go back then?"
		DavidW says, "no, you need clues from both rooms."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x safe" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAFE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a large iron safe with a saucer of milk on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Secured]
Floyd | [New clue - Creature]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x milk" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MILK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a large iron safe with a saucer of milk on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x saucer" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUCER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a large iron safe with a saucer of milk on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The books are primarily medical treatises.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine the bed with your magnifying glass, and find nothing. Next
Floyd | to it, though, is a small dog lash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x leash" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEASH
Floyd |
Floyd | A small dog lash hangs on one corner of the bed. The lash, however, is
Floyd | curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Dangerous]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link dangerous to creature" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK DANGEROUS TO CREATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, it must have been a dangerous creature indeed.
Floyd | [New clue - Predator]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Creature]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Dangerous]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Taste the tasty milk"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | Predator - "Some sort of dangerous creature lives in Roylott's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |    Secured - "Something important is kept in the safe."
Floyd |    Needless - "The stonework seems unnecessary."
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drink milk" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK MILK
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not thirsty at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "so much for that."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link secured to predator" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK SECURED TO PREDATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see an important connection between those clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to f), "watson, drink milk" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link speckled to predator" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK SPECKLED TO PREDATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, perhaps the dangerous creature was the speckled band; you are
Floyd | mildly certain that the creature was a snake, but you need more
Floyd | evidence.
Floyd | [New clue - Snake]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Creature]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | Snake - "You are mildly certain that the speckled band is a
Floyd | venomous snake."
Floyd | Predator - "Some sort of dangerous creature lives in Roylott's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |    Secured - "Something important is kept in the safe."
Floyd |    Needless - "The stonework seems unnecessary."
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "watson, drink milk" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATSON, DRINK MILK
Floyd |

		
Floyd [In this game, speech is handled by using SAY [a clue] TO [someone], 		

Floyd | where clues you know can be found by typing CLUES. In situations of
Floyd | boredom or extreme excitement, Sherlock can only TALK TO individuals.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "boooo-urns"
		Roger says, "What sort of detectiving is this"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "it's linking up clues and clues!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Don't drink the evidence!"
		Teaspoon says, "it's easier if you already know the answers, mind"
		Roger says, "needless stonework implies a secret room perhaps"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | Dr. Grimesby Roylott's chamber is larger than that of his
Floyd | step-daughter, but it is as plainly furnished.
Floyd |
Floyd | A camp-bed and a small wooden shelf full of books, mostly of a
Floyd | technical character, are the principal things which meet your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is also a large iron safe here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small dog lash here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "leave" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to the hall or back east to Miss
Floyd | Stoner's room. You do not wish to see the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a door that leads south to Roylott's room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to Dr. Roylott's door, or back
Floyd | east to the empty room's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Miss Stoner's door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | You enter into the second room, in which Miss Stoner's sister met her
Floyd | fate.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a homely little room, with a low ceiling. A brown chest of
Floyd | drawers stands in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in
Floyd | another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window. The
Floyd | corridor was to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There were several features of the room that stood out to me as most
Floyd | unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The bed is quite ordinary, but an odd bell-pull hangs above it, near a
Floyd | ventilator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bell-pull" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BELL-PULL
Floyd |
Floyd | The bell-pull was a thick rope, the tassel actually lying upon the
Floyd | bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Communication]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Also it'd be more realistic to finger the gypsies and then head down for a pint"
		Roger says, "replacing the bellpull with a venomous snake is just not nice"
		Teaspoon says, "did anyone tell you that Holmes is realistic? cos he's not"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd |    Communication - "Where does the bell communicate with?"
Floyd | Snake - "You are mildly certain that the speckled band is a
Floyd | venomous snake."
Floyd | Predator - "Some sort of dangerous creature lives in Roylott's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |    Secured - "Something important is kept in the safe."
Floyd |    Needless - "The stonework seems unnecessary."
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Cigars - "Julia's room smelled of strong Indian cigars"
Floyd |    Fresh - "Helen's room did not smell of cigars."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link communication to needless" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK COMMUNICATION TO NEEDLESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see an important connection between those clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Can we ring the bell or pull the pull"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link communication to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK COMMUNICATION TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see an important connection between those clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | You enter into the second room, in which Miss Stoner's sister met her
Floyd | fate.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a homely little room, with a low ceiling. A brown chest of
Floyd | drawers stands in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in
Floyd | another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window. The
Floyd | corridor was to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There were several features of the room that stood out to me as most
Floyd | unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner is waiting patiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is paying close attention to Miss Helen Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x dressing-table" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRESSING-TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see immediately that the dressing-table is unimportant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "hah!"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "Yes, you can pull the rope."
		DavidW says, "Hope someone does."
		Teaspoon says, "what a great way of describing an unimplemented object"
		Teaspoon says, "f x drawers"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x drawers" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick glance assures you that the brown chest of drawers is
Floyd | unimportant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "pull bell" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the bell-pull a brisk tug. Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see that the rope is not a bell-pull at all; it is fastened to a
Floyd | hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Fake]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Communication]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x ventilator" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VENTILATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ventilator communicates between Miss Stoner's rom and Dr.
Floyd | Roylott's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Fresh]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Cigars]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd |    Fake - "The bell-pull is fake."
Floyd | Snake - "You are mildly certain that the speckled band is a
Floyd | venomous snake."
Floyd | Predator - "Some sort of dangerous creature lives in Roylott's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |    Secured - "Something important is kept in the safe."
Floyd |    Needless - "The stonework seems unnecessary."
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "misspelled room as rom"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link fake to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK FAKE TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, the bell pull would be a perfect bridge for a snake to crawl down
Floyd | from the ventilator. You are almost convinced that the speckled band
Floyd | was a snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Fake]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link whistles to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK WHISTLES TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't see an important connection between those clues.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | Snake - "You are almost convinced that the speckled band is a
Floyd | venomous snake."
Floyd | Predator - "Some sort of dangerous creature lives in Roylott's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |    Secured - "Something important is kept in the safe."
Floyd |    Needless - "The stonework seems unnecessary."
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd | Connected - "Why did Roylott connect the two rooms with a
Floyd | ventilator?"
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Hallway - "The door may have been a means of entrance."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "link connected to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK CONNECTED TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, a snake could fit through; you are certain that the speckled band
Floyd | is a snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Connected]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Hallway]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Shutters]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This is very serious. You must catch the doctor in the act, but there
Floyd | will be great danger. You should reveal your plan to Miss Helen
Floyd | Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New clue - Plan]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say plan to helen" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PLAN TO HELEN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Finished with clue - Plan]
Floyd |
Floyd | It's time for you to reveal your plan to Miss Stoner, and to Watson.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can IMPRESS her with the seriousness, or you can ABRIDGE your
Floyd | plan.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "why would we abridge?"
		DavidW says, "I didn't."
		DavidW says, "I went for solid impress."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "impress" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (Miss Helen Stoner)
Floyd | "It is very essential, Miss Stoner," you say, "that you should
Floyd | absolutely follow my advice in every respect."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I shall most certainly do so."
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can IMPRESS her with the seriousness, or you can ABRIDGE your
Floyd | plan.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (Miss Helen Stoner)
Floyd | You say, "The matter is too serious for any hesitation. Your life may
Floyd | depend upon your compliance."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I assure you that I am in your hands."
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can IMPRESS her with the seriousness, or you can ABRIDGE your
Floyd | plan.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (Miss Helen Stoner)
Floyd | You say, "In the first place, both my friend and I must spend the
Floyd | night in your room."
Floyd |
Floyd | Both Miss Stoner and Watson gaze at you in astonishment.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can IMPRESS her with the seriousness, or you can ABRIDGE your
Floyd | plan.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Oh, Watson."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (Miss Helen Stoner)
Floyd | You say, "Yes, it must be so. Let me explain. I believe that that is
Floyd | the village inn over there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, that is the Crown."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very good. Your windows would be visible from there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Certainly."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache,
Floyd | when your stepfather comes back. Then when you hear him retire for the
Floyd | night, you must open the shutters of your window, undo the hasp, put
Floyd | your lamp there as a signal to us, and then withdraw quietly with
Floyd | everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used
Floyd | to occupy. I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could
Floyd | manage there for one night."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yes, easily."
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can IMPRESS her with the seriousness, or you can ABRIDGE your
Floyd | plan.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | (Miss Helen Stoner)
Floyd | You say, "The rest you will leave in our hands."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But what will you do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "We shall spend the night in your room, and we shall investigate the
Floyd | cause of this noise which has disturbed you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I believe, Mr. Holmes, that you have already made up your mind," says
Floyd | Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon your sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Perhaps I have.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is time to go, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "go" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO
Floyd |
Floyd | You need a direction to travel in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to Dr. Roylott's door, or back
Floyd | east to the empty room's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Empty Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the Empty Room
Floyd | This whitewashed corridor leads further to the west, or you can
Floyd | return outside to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The third chamber's door is here, but it is clearly unimportant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the East Wing
Floyd | The right-hand block is comparatively modern, and the blinds in the
Floyd | windows show that this is where the family resides. These draw your
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and the
Floyd | stone-work had been broken into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen. There is something clearly wrong with the scaffolding.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small side door to the northeast. You can return to
Floyd | the central portion to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Before the Empty Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the Empty Room
Floyd | This whitewashed corridor leads further to the west, or you can
Floyd | return outside to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The third chamber's door is here, but it is clearly unimportant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the East Wing
Floyd | The right-hand block is comparatively modern, and the blinds in the
Floyd | windows show that this is where the family resides. These draw your
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and the
Floyd | stone-work had been broken into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen. There is something clearly wrong with the scaffolding.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small side door to the northeast. You can return to
Floyd | the central portion to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Stoke Moran
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stoke Moran
Floyd | You are standing before a grey building with a high central portion
Floyd | and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | The central portion is in poor repair, but the right-hand block is
Floyd | comparatively modern, and the blinds in the windows, with the blue
Floyd | smoke curling up from the chimneys, show that this is where the family
Floyd | resides. Some scaffolding has been erected against the end wall, and
Floyd | the stone-work has been chipped into, but there are no signs of any
Floyd | workmen at the moment of our visit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can reach the east wing to the east, or travel to the
Floyd | village to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Helen Stoner walks quietly behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn to Miss Stoner. You say, "And now, Miss Stoner, we must leave
Floyd | you for if Dr. Roylott returned and saw us our journey would be in
Floyd | vain. Good-bye, and be brave, for if you will do what I have told you,
Floyd | you may rest assured that we shall soon drive away the dangers that
Floyd | threaten you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Room
Floyd | Watson and I had had no difficulty in engaging this room at the Crown
Floyd | Inn. The room is on the upper floor, and from our window we command a
Floyd | view of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House. The door was to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a long night before us. Watson seemed eager to learn more of
Floyd | the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can SAY clues TO WATSON if you would like to keep him informed,
Floyd | or WAIT for Dr. Roylott].
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh, this is where we get to impress Watson"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > C
Floyd |
Floyd | Clues and thoughts:
Floyd | Snake - "You are certain that the speckled band is a venomous
Floyd | snake."
Floyd | Predator - "Some sort of dangerous creature lives in Roylott's
Floyd | room."
Floyd |    Secured - "Something important is kept in the safe."
Floyd |    Needless - "The stonework seems unnecessary."
Floyd |    Bolted - "The windows were securely bolted."
Floyd | Whistles - "Both sisters heard a strange whistle, and Helen heard a
Floyd | clang."
Floyd |    Speckled - "Julia's last words mentioned a speckled band."
Floyd |    Safety - "The sisters locked their doors for safety at night."
Floyd |    Gypsy - "A band of gypsies was camped on Stoke Moran."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say snake to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SNAKE TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You prefer to keep your private conjectures to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "...or not?"
		DavidW says, "You can say some clues to Watson, but not all."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm guessing it is."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say predator to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PREDATOR TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You prefer to keep your private conjectures to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say gypsy to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GYPSY TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Watson, what do you think of the gypsies as the perpetrators
Floyd | of this crime?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "But what, then, did the gipsies do?" asks Watson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I cannot imagine."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see many objections to any such theory."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And so do I."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Oh. So the higher-level clues you won't talk about, but the lower level ones you can."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say needless to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY NEEDLESS TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "By the way, the stonework at the end of the wall seems
Floyd | unnecessary."
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson nods. "I agree."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That seem more or less correct."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say bolted to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY BOLTED TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "What do you make of the fact that the windows were bolted?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson says "If the lady is correct in saying that the flooring and
Floyd | walls are sound, and that the window is impassable, then something
Floyd | came through the door, or her sister must have been undoubtedly alone
Floyd | when she met her mysterious end.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hum!" you say, scratching your chin in some perplexity, "my theory
Floyd | certainly presents some difficulties. No one could pass these shutters
Floyd | if they were bolted. Well, we shall see if the inside throws any light
Floyd | upon the matter."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say secured to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SECURED TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Watson, what do you think is kept in the safe?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He answers, "Why, I would imagine it is simply his papers, deeds, and
Floyd | other items."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say speckled to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SPECKLED TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "What do you make, Watson, concerning the very peculiar words
Floyd | uttered by the dying woman concerning a speckled band?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I cannot think."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say safety to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SAFETY TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "What do you make of the fact that the Stoners" doors were
Floyd | locked?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson says, "Then, as I said, her sister must have been undoubtedly
Floyd | alone when she met her mysterious end."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Ah, Watson. You see but do not observe"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | At dusk you see Dr. Grimesby Roylott drive past, his huge form looming
Floyd | up beside the little figure of the lad who drives him. The boy has
Floyd | some slight difficulty in undoing the heavy iron gates, and you hear
Floyd | the hoarse roar of the doctor's voice and see the fury with which he
Floyd | shakes his clinched fists at him. The trap drives on, and a few
Floyd | minutes later you see a sudden light spring up among the trees as a
Floyd | lamp is lit in one of the sitting-rooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You still are waiting for a signal from Miss Stoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a long night before us. Watson seemed eager to learn more of
Floyd | the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You can SAY clues TO WATSON if you would like to keep him informed,
Floyd | or WAIT for Dr. Roylott].
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Village Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | About nine o'clock the light among the trees is extinguished, and all
Floyd | is dark in the direction of the Manor House. Two hours pass slowly
Floyd | away, and then, suddenly, just at the stroke of eleven, a single
Floyd | bright light shines out right in front of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That is our signal," you say, springing to your feet; "it comes from
Floyd | the middle window."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pass out you exchange a few words with the landlord, explaining
Floyd | that you are going on a late visit to an acquaintance, and that it is
Floyd | possible that you might spend the night there. A moment later you are
Floyd | out on the dark road, a chill wind blowing in your faces, and one
Floyd | yellow light twinkling in front of you through the gloom to guide you
Floyd | on your sombre errand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before the East Wing
Floyd | You have entered the grounds through the unrepaired breaches that gape
Floyd | in the old park wall to the south. Past the lawn is the open
Floyd | window, to the north. Before it are some laurel bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Before the East Wing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Out from the clump of laurel bushes darts what seems to be a hideous
Floyd | and distorted child, who throws itself upon the grass with writhing
Floyd | limbs and then runs swiftly across the lawn into the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My Goodness!" whispers Watson; "did you see it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are startled, then break into a low laugh, and whisper to Watson.
Floyd | "It is a nice household," you murmur. "That is the baboon."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you can enter the window to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Where's my Passepartout fanfic"
		Teaspoon says, "why do you want that, he's annoying"
Kutan goes home. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You noiselessly close the shutters, move the lamp, and cast your eyes
Floyd | round the room. All is as you saw it in the daytime; the rest of the
Floyd | house is to the north. The lamp should be turned off to avoid
Floyd | detection.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I am now tempted to leave the lamp on and see if this is a losable game."
		Teaspoon says, "probably not though"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "turn off lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn off the lamp. It is time to wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now pitch dark in here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait for hours. From outside comes the occasional cry of a
Floyd | night-bird, and once you hear a long drawn catlike whine, which tells
Floyd | you that the cheetah is at liberty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far away you hear the deep tones of the parish clock, which boom out
Floyd | every quarter of an hour.
Floyd |
Floyd | Twelve strikes, and one and two and three.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly there is the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction
Floyd | of the ventilator, which vanishes immediately, but is succeeded by a
Floyd | strong smell of burning oil and heated metal. Someone in the next room
Floyd | had lit a dark-lantern. You hear a gentle sound of movement, and then
Floyd | all is silent once more, though the smell grows stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing to do but wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait another half an hour with straining ears. Then suddenly
Floyd | another sound becomes audible-a very gentle, soothing sound, like that
Floyd | of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson strikes a match. You ready your cane. It is here, the viper!
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson is bewildered; he holds the match and peers at the bell-pull.
Floyd |
Floyd | The speckled band writhes on the bell-pull.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "hit band" 		

Floyd ]  Miss Stoner's Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You beat at it with your cane until it retreats through the
Floyd | ventilator. Its snakish temper is aroused!
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand there panting, there breaks from the silence of the night
Floyd | the most horrible cry to which you have ever listened. It swells up
Floyd | louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all
Floyd | mingled in the one dreadful shriek. It strikes cold to your heart, and
Floyd | you stand gazing at Watson, and he at you, until the last echoes of it
Floyd | die away into the silence from which it rose.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's time to see what's become of Dr. Roylott.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "so, we've kinda killed a guy now."
		DavidW says, "kinda yeah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Miss Stoner's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to Dr. Roylott's door, or back
Floyd | east to the empty room's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Miss Stoner's room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's time to see what's become of Dr. Roylott.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | This corridor leads west to the hall or back east to Miss
Floyd | Stoner's room. You do not wish to see the entrance hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a door that leads south to Roylott's room.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's time to see what's become of Dr. Roylott.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Dr. Roylott's door)
Floyd | Twice you strike at the chamber door without any reply. Then you turn
Floyd | the handle, and enter, Watson at your heels, with a cocked pistol in
Floyd | his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | A dark-lantern stands with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant
Floyd | beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which is ajar.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a wooden chair sits Dr. Grimesby Roylott clad in a long grey
Floyd | dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding beneath, and his feet thrust
Floyd | into red heelless Turkish slippers. Across his lap lays the short
Floyd | stock with the long lash which we had noticed during the day, far from

		DavidW says, "But he killed Julia the same way, remember."

Floyd | the serpent's reach but within your own.
Floyd |
Floyd | His chin was cocked upward and his eyes were fixed in a dreadful,
Floyd | rigid stare at the corner of the ceiling. Round his head was wrapped
Floyd | the swamp adder. He made neither sound nor motion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Dr Roylott and a small dog lash here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The speckled band slowly writhes around the Doctor's head. You dare
Floyd | not come within its reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "watson, shoot snake" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATSON, SHOOT SNAKE
Floyd |

		
Floyd [In this game, speech is handled by using SAY [a clue] TO [someone], 		

Floyd | where clues you know can be found by typing CLUES. In situations of
Floyd | boredom or extreme excitement, Sherlock can only TALK TO individuals.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake has noticed you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to watson" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WATSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only communicate with Watson about clues, at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | The viper seems agitated. You must hurry!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "shoot snake" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | [The first word you typed was not recognized.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "hit snake" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the speckled band)
Floyd | You need something...the dog lash is far from the adder. You could
Floyd | take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The adder is ready to strike!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take lash" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LASH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake leaps forward! Watson tries to shoot it, but his shot goes
Floyd | wild.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have been bitten. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "geez!"
		DavidW says, "huh. You can lose the game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Bit late, Watson."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "I though Watson would shoot it!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%undo" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Before Roylott's Door
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Before Roylott's Door
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay then."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Dr. Roylott's door)
Floyd | Twice you strike at the chamber door without any reply. Then you turn
Floyd | the handle, and enter, Watson at your heels, with a cocked pistol in
Floyd | his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | A dark-lantern stands with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant
Floyd | beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which is ajar.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a wooden chair sits Dr. Grimesby Roylott clad in a long grey
Floyd | dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding beneath, and his feet thrust
Floyd | into red heelless Turkish slippers. Across his lap lays the short
Floyd | stock with the long lash which we had noticed during the day, far from
Floyd | the serpent's reach but within your own.
Floyd |
Floyd | His chin was cocked upward and his eyes were fixed in a dreadful,
Floyd | rigid stare at the corner of the ceiling. Round his head was wrapped
Floyd | the swamp adder. He made neither sound nor motion.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Dr Roylott and a small dog lash here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The speckled band slowly writhes around the Doctor's head. You dare
Floyd | not come within its reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Watson accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get lash" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LASH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake has noticed you!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "lasso snake" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LASSO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | [The first word you typed was not recognized.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get snake" 		

Floyd ]  Dr Roylott's room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the speckled band)
Floyd | The speckled band does not look like he would appreciate that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The viper seems agitated. You must hurry!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "the verb you want is 'trap'."
		Teaspoon says, "thank you"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "trap snake" 		

Floyd ]  Train Car
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TRAP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the speckled band)
Floyd | Throwing the noose round the reptile's neck, you draw it from its
Floyd | horrid perch and, carrying it at arm's length, throw it into the iron
Floyd | safe, which you close upon it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Train Car
Floyd | You are travelling home on the train.
Floyd |
Floyd | **********************************************
Floyd | Epilogue
Floyd | **********************************************
Floyd | You say, "The sight of the safe, the saucer of milk, and the loop of
Floyd | whipcord were enough to finally dispel any doubts which may have
Floyd | remained. The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused
Floyd | by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its
Floyd | terrible occupant. Having once made up my mind, you know the steps
Floyd | which I took in order to put the matter to the proof. I heard the
Floyd | creature hiss as I have no doubt that you did also, and I instantly
Floyd | lit the light and attacked it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "With the result of driving it through the ventilator."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And also with the result of causing it to turn upon its master at the
Floyd | other side. Some of the blows of my cane came home and roused its
Floyd | snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw. In this
Floyd | way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's
Floyd | death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon
Floyd | my conscience."
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks for playing this intro! If you have particular cases you
Floyd | think you'd like to see, let me know. I'd like to do The Case of the
Floyd | Six Napoleons, and if I end up making it much bigger, I might do Hound
Floyd | of the Baskervilles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "that was not intuitive, about trapping the snake"
		Teaspoon says, "Still, it was good fun."
		DavidW asks, "I forget how I learned the verb to use. Maybe examining the lash once you're holding it?"
		Jacqueline says, "This is definitely something I'd like to see more of."
		Teaspoon says, "agreed"
		DavidW says, "yes, me too."
		Jacqueline says, "So, that concludes all the Floydable IntroComp games for this year, but there are more, so please take time to experience those as well, vote, and leave feedback."
		Jacqueline says, "Deadline is coming fast - end of the month."
		DavidW says, "I have a sticky note on my monitor reminding me to vote. I keep not seeing it, somehow."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		DavidW says, "I'll try to vote later today or tomorrow at the latest."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Maybe go do it right now?"
		DavidW says, "I tend to need a nap after any ClubFloyd session."
		Jacqueline says, "Just sayin'"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah, there's an html-based one I forgot about."
		DavidW says, "okay, I've made a handwritten list of the entries on the front page of my clipboard. That should help."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life by Truthcraze
As played on ifMUD on September 3, 2017

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

Below is a transcript of Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life written by Truthcraze. It was an entry in the 2013 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took fifth place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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		Jacqueline says, "I have been awake since before 6am, but then evidently needed a nap. I am definitely a little out of sorts."
		Jacqueline says, "It's like DW and I have switched roles."
		DavidW says, "oh dear"
		DavidW asks, "what's bonaventure?"
		ParserGirl says, "I may drift in and out but I remembered today"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing it's 'Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life'? I don't think I've played that one."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm guessing it's that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask bonaventure" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere in the deep, dark swamps of the Everglades, far beyond the
Floyd | reach of civilized men in their London cut double-breasted suits and
Floyd | their bowler hats, strides a man;  TEX BONAVENTURE, professional
Floyd | treasure hunter, semi-professional card sharp, and a rank amateur at
Floyd | judging when to stride and when to row a boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are rumors as to what he's after.  Some say diamonds.  Some say
Floyd | gold.  Others, with a knowing twinkle in their eye, beckon the curious
Floyd | close and whisper a single word - "youth".
Floyd |
Floyd | Struggling to slighly higher ground, what you really want at this
Floyd | moment is a dry pair of socks, and to go back in time about three days
Floyd | and smack yourself about the head for not buying a canoe when you
Floyd | could.  That is, until you part some vines, and there it stands before
Floyd | you, what the natives call Cukovcatv Em Oheskatv Vhesaketv:
Floyd |
Floyd | The Temple of the Water of Life.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple
Floyd | Trying to shake the mud from your boots, but only splattering it
Floyd | around a little, you eventually give up and look around.  Atop a small
Floyd | hillock in the middle of the Everglades sits a foreboding stone
Floyd | temple.  Its entrance, a wide arch of stone, lies to the east, up the
Floyd | hill.  To the west lies the swamp from which you came.  The swamp also
Floyd | lies to the north.  And the south.  Probably to the east, as well,
Floyd | behind the temple, but you can't see that from here.  It's a safe bet,
Floyd | though.  99% of the Everglades is swamp.  And 1% is, apparently,
Floyd | hidden temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge green fierce snake bars the way to the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'm really surprised you haven't played this."
		Jacqueline says, "I am in strong support of watching you."
		Jacqueline says, "(I have played it. But iirc, it's good.)"
		ParserGirl asks, "Where's a bird in a cage when you need one?"
		DavidW says, "As long as its support. :)"
		Jacqueline says, "And puzzly."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "DW! DW! DW! YaaaaaAAAYYY DW!"
		Jacqueline asks, "PG, have you played this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Basking in the sun, the huge green fierce snake looks old, and MEAN.
Floyd | And old.  You've heard of snakes living a long time in captivity, but
Floyd | how has this ancient snake survived so long in the wild?  Perhaps it
Floyd | has something to do with the Temple of the Water of Life...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "I have not!"
		ParserGirl says, "the name is familiar"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x temple" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEMPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You admit, there were times in the last three days (particularly times
Floyd | when you were being chased by alligators and mosquitoes) that you
Floyd | started to believe that the Temple of the Water of Life was a
Floyd | fairytale.  Ponce de Leon sought it, and he died four hundred years
Floyd | ago.  But, here it is, just where the old maps had it.  The stone
Floyd | building is massive, but the roughly pyramidal structure is overhung
Floyd | by the trees of the swamp.  The stones themselves must each weigh a
Floyd | ton apiece.  Carved into the outside of the temple, surrounding the
Floyd | entrance arch, are primitive idols.  For a moment you wonder why the
Floyd | whole thing doesn't sink into the swamp under its own weight, then
Floyd | drive the thought from your mind.  It's stood for thousands of years,
Floyd | surely it will stand for the next two hours while you complete your
Floyd | adventure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x idols" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IDOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved deep into the stone flanking the archway are primitive idol
Floyd | figures.  Well... endowed... men.  Women that appear to be... in a
Floyd | family way.  And a panoply of discs and crescents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume discs and crescents are suns and moons."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Tex Bonaventure, card carrying treasure hunter, card playing hustler,
Floyd | been called a card by a few ladies... or was that a "cad"?  You have
Floyd | to admit, you're beginning to feel your years a little bit.  What you
Floyd | would kindly describe as "grizzled", the less-kindly (such as some of
Floyd | those ladies) would describe as... well, they would say "grizzled",
Floyd | too but they wouldn't say it with respect.  A bit of disdain and
Floyd | clenched teeth, perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perpetually "one last score" away from retirement.  But this might be
Floyd | the last, for real.  The rumor has it, treasure for the rest of your
Floyd | life is in the top of the Temple... and that life can be very long
Floyd | indeed.  Very very long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a whip and a gun. You are wearing the battered fedora
Floyd | and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hiss a bit at the snake.  The snake hisses back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search idols" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IDOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x whip" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | A nice, long coil of leather, with a handle at one end and a nice
Floyd | taper at the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | The gun contains one round - you've found, over the years, if you
Floyd | can't solve your problem with one bullet, more won't help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, only one bullet. Shouldn't waste it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, you know exactly what this hat looks like.  After all, it is
Floyd | YOUR hat, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove hat" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the battered fedora.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in hat" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl asks, "How could we be so silly?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear hat" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the battered fedora.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No secret coin in this hat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat has served you well.  Perhaps that's why you wear it, even in
Floyd | the sweltering jungle heat.  It's currently zipped up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whip snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the snake.  You whip it good.  The snake
Floyd | becomes even more agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Ziper possibilities"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whip snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the snake.  You whip it good.  The snake
Floyd | becomes even more agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You could go back into the swamp, it's true.  You would miss out on
Floyd | the incredibly exciting adventure, though.  You decide you better not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You start forward, but the snake hisses and rears back into a
Floyd | defensive pose.  You rethink trying to walk past it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take idol" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IDOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb temple" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TEMPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You think scaling the inside of the temple, where there might be
Floyd | stairs and such, would be easier than scaling the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed the writing in this game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mud" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x swamp" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't relish the thought of the three day hike out of the swamp.
Floyd | But the riches available in the temple will paradoxically lighten your
Floyd | load - or at least happy thoughts of spending them will.  Plus... if
Floyd | the rumors are true... perhaps your arthritis will be a thing of the
Floyd | past, soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unzip jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNZIP JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Zip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl asks, "If we get stuck maybe shoot, then undo?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "zip jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    0/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ZIP JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Zip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    5/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the gun)
Floyd | You take steady aim, walking close to the snake.  You only have one
Floyd | bullet, and you don't want to miss.  Unfortunately, the snake also
Floyd | takes steady aim, and strikes your calf just as you fire.  You end up
Floyd | putting a hole in the snake, but it put two into you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel the red hot pain of the venom injected into your calf, and
Floyd | the icy grip of death approaching as the poison starts traveling
Floyd | through your body.  Your only hope is antivenom - which you don't have
Floyd | with you.  And somehow you don't think you'll survive the three day
Floyd | hike to civilization.
Floyd |
Floyd | So your REAL only hope is that the rumors are true.  That at the
Floyd | pinnacle of the temple there flows the Water of Life.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 1 - "I hate snakes, Jock!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess that was the thing to do, then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You limp through the archway, into the dark temple interior...
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking your first breath of cool, moist air inside the temple, you
Floyd | look around in wonder...

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life
Floyd | A Tex(t) Adventure by Truthcraze
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131007 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/28
Floyd | 6/12N)## The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | The first thing you notice in the Temple is the sound of water,
Floyd | dripping and running and burbling.  The sound seems to come from all
Floyd | around you, all directions.  Combined with the relative coolness and
Floyd | darkness of the temple (cool and dark compared to the Everglade swamp
Floyd | outside), you feel like sleeping.  But sleep, with your injuries,
Floyd | means death.  Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of
Floyd | the Temple, which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in
Floyd | the stone walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In
Floyd | the middle of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone
Floyd | that may enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at the statue, it is absorbed as a gestalt.  Aspects are not
Floyd | seen in order, but all at once.  It is only when you look away, you
Floyd | can think logically about it.  You remember a man made of pure white
Floyd | alabaster at the center, arms flung outward, touching both north and
Floyd | south walls with his hands.  His head, you recall, was thrown back -
Floyd | but whether in agony or ecstasy you can't tell.  Around the man water,
Floyd | frozen water, raised in a spout.  That can't be right.  Some stone,
Floyd | translucent blue, the likes of which you've never seen in all your
Floyd | years of treasure hunting.  The statue is twenty feet tall, at the
Floyd | minimum, and somehow occupies most of the room, yet is hard to look
Floyd | directly at... perhaps you could look at pieces of it at a time, if
Floyd | you're careful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl asks, "Slightly lovecraftian turn?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x head" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's head is thrown back, and not easily visible from the
Floyd | floor of the entrance hall.  Which is odd, because in your opinion,
Floyd | (and you have many opinions about strange, cultish temples, having
Floyd | been in a few), the point of a statue is to convey the desired emotion
Floyd | in the viewer.  And that is difficult to do, if you can't see the
Floyd | face.  It makes you uneasy.  Very uneasy, the more you look at it.
Floyd | Which, you belatedly realize, may be the point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nah, modern man's just too weak. ;)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spout" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue stone that makes up the statue's depiction of water is
Floyd | mesmerizing.  You've never seen anything like it.  If only you could
Floyd | cut just a few slabs of it - a few hundred carats of it, enough to
Floyd | bring to a jeweler - that would be enough to finance the rest of your
Floyd | life, you're sure.  Hah.  Of course, if you can't find the Water of
Floyd | Life, the rest of your life won't be very long, or hard to finance,
Floyd | you're sure.  The more you stare at the blue sparkling stone, though,
Floyd | the more you want to stare at it.  There's only one flaw, one tiny
Floyd | hole in the stone, at the very base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems to be a small hole at the base of the statue - about the
Floyd | size of your arm, it extends deep into the mesmerizing blue stone -
Floyd | you can't see the bottom of it, but there appears to be something
Floyd | stuck in it.  Perhaps you should reach in and get it out.  Nothing bad
Floyd | will happen.  The more you look at the stone, the deeper you peer into
Floyd | the hole, the more you just want to put your arm into it.  Perhaps
Floyd | now.  Certainly now.  "Let's PUT MY ARM INTO THE HOLE!" cries a voice
Floyd | in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Yikes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put my arm into the hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MY ARM INTO THE HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach into the hole, obeying your mental compulsion.  Almost
Floyd | immediately, a band of metal blades constricts around your arm,
Floyd | severing it from your shoulder.  You are able to stagger two steps
Floyd | away before you collapse to the ground in shock, and bleed out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOUR CHARM IS LIKE THOSE BLADES - DISARMING ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 5 out of a possible 142, in 32 turns.
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 ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "I guess there are also the arms"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x arms" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's arms touch the north and south walls of the entrance
Floyd | hall, and seem poised to either crash together and crush whatever is
Floyd | in their path, or perhaps they are pushing against the walls, keeping
Floyd | them upright.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no real good way to get a grip on the statue.  Although, in
Floyd | your attempts, you do notice a small hole in the base of the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x face" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's head is thrown back, and not easily visible from the
Floyd | floor of the entrance hall.  Which is odd, because in your opinion,
Floyd | (and you have many opinions about strange, cultish temples, having
Floyd | been in a few), the point of a statue is to convey the desired emotion
Floyd | in the viewer.  And that is difficult to do, if you can't see the
Floyd | face.  It makes you uneasy.  Very uneasy, the more you look at it.
Floyd | Which, you belatedly realize, may be the point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "north wall" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The north and south walls are touched by the statue's great arms,
Floyd | palms flat against the stone.  It doesn't appear as if they are in
Floyd | danger of crumbling any time soon - in fact, the masonry seems just as
Floyd | fitted and fresh as when it must have been installed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, which way? North, south, or east?"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing east is most likely to lead to where we want to go, and that north and south are either traps or necessary places to visit before going east."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch face" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move arms" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE ARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb arms" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         5/39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ARMS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, I'll try north in the absence of comments."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because (and here you risk a quick glance
Floyd | down) the pit you are skirting appears to be bottomless.  And not one
Floyd | of those "bottomless" pits where it's all build-up and hyperbole, and
Floyd | the bottom is QUITE visible a mere half-mile down, thank you very
Floyd | much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless pit.  You fancy you can hear
Floyd | something, very faint, very soft, in the wind whistling out of the
Floyd | pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of the temple, and much
Floyd | solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | No.  It couldn't have been.  Or... was it indeed a voice asking for a
Floyd | VB?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | No.  It couldn't have been.  Or... was it indeed someone describing
Floyd | the dietary wonders of vegemite?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | No.  It couldn't have been.  Or... was it indeed the faint howl of a
Floyd | didgeridoo?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pit" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The pit is made out of sheer rock walls, arranged in a large circle -
Floyd | about five times further than you can jump.  A circle of sheer rock
Floyd | walls, a ledge, and a whole lot of empty space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The ledge of stone juts out a little, a few feet maybe, above the pit.
Floyd | To the south of the ledge is the entrance hall of the temple.  On one
Floyd | side of the ledge there are faint scrape marks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marks" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears as if people - or animals - cling to the edge of the ledge
Floyd | at this point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the ledge catches your eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb ledge" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoot to the edge of the ledge, swing your legs over it, and start
Floyd | clinging on for dear life.  Looking around, you spy some handholds
Floyd | that were previously invisible from your elevated point of view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb handholds" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB HANDHOLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb over to the path of handholds.  Clinging precariously to the
Floyd | sheer wall of the pit, you wonder what life decisions could have
Floyd | possibly brought you to this.  You can climb up the handholds now, to
Floyd | the top, you figure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl comes back
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb down" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        5/50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You must name something more substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb handholds" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB HANDHOLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to climb up the handholds, and after a long, arduous ascent,
Floyd | you arrive at the top...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | Finally standing at the top of the pit, you can see, impressively far
Floyd | below you, the ledge you started from.  A path of marked handholds
Floyd | leads down into the pit, and nothing leads up - you're at the top.
Floyd | You're on a small thrust of wood that extends out over the pit.  There
Floyd | are two exits, a metal door to the south and a dark, grimy arch to the
Floyd | southeast.  Both doors are currently blocked, however, by the extended
Floyd | wings of a hideous gargoyle.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 11 - "Cliffhanger!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Ooh, gargoyle"
ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 10 out of a possible 142, in 51 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ouch Cliffhanger."
ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle seems to regard you right back, stone eyes reflecting the
Floyd | light with a twinkling knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "So it is stone, not a creature...for now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eyes" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wings" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | The stone wings extend a dozen feet in either direction, completely
Floyd | blocking the exits to the south and southeast.  Though made of stone,
Floyd | the edges appear to be razor sharp.  You're reminded of native
Floyd | arrowheads - they are stone, and can completely pass through a man,
Floyd | without stopping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle seems to regard you with its stone eyes.
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Hello? 		
Floyd [2] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle smiles, the stone somehow bending without cracking.
Floyd | "HELLO.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY MY LOGIC GAME?  I AM AFRAID I MUST
Floyd | PUSH THE GAME UPON YOU."
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] Yes! 		
Floyd [2] No! 		
Floyd [3] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio10/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | The gargoyle's grin grows wider.  You spy the remains of a rat's nest
Floyd | in his mouth.  "IN THE MORNING I WALK ON FOUR LEGS.  I GET DAMpER AS I
Floyd | DRY, YET GOLDEN TREASuRE INsIDE IS hID, BUT IF YOU EAT it, YOU'LL
Floyd | DIE."
Floyd |

		
Floyd [1] What? 		
Floyd [2] A man. 		
Floyd [3] A towel. 		
Floyd [4] An egg. 		
Floyd [5] Nothing. 		
Floyd [6] A man, carrying an egg in a towel in one hand, and nothing in the 		

Floyd | other.

		
Floyd [7] Say nothing 		

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "hmm."
		DavidW says, "huh. I read 'push it' in the lowercase letters he uses."
		ParserGirl asks, "6...I guess?"
		ParserGirl says, "oh nice one"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push it" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio15/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty heave, you push the gargoyle from the thrust, into the
Floyd | bottomless pit.  You watch it as it plummets, until it is lost in the
Floyd | inky darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 12 - "I wanna push you around, well I
Floyd | will, well I will."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Remarkable."
		DavidW says, "I guess we'll never know the answer to the riddle now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio15/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Wait!  DON'T MOVE.  Your instincts are SCREAMING at you to stop in
Floyd | your tracks.  This is... BAT COUNTRY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I do wonder how we can hear the lowercase."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bats" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | The bats cluster on the ceiling... maybe cluster is the term?...
Floyd | crawling over one another, packed more than cheek to jowl, but also
Floyd | claw to face.  They look... hungry.  Hungry for meat.  Your meat.
Floyd | Better not attract their attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope looks eminently scalable.  Too bad scaling it would put you
Floyd | right among the ravenous bats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The view out the window reveals mile after mile of the tops of the
Floyd | Everglade trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | You've climbed pretty high in the temple.  But not high enough.  Your
Floyd | destiny awaits at the apex.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "pull rope" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ill-fated action draws the attention of the bats.  The bats
Floyd | notice that you're made of meat.  Delicious meat?  They decide to find
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The bats agree: Delicious.  Would eat again.  A+++
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 15 out of a possible 142, in 63 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		
ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "people eating bats?"
		ParserGirl says, "whoops"
		Teaspoon says, "I do like this narrator"
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps try the other door?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly scurry out the northwestern archway, hoping to avoid the
Floyd | attention of the bats.  Unfortunately, they notice you.  The pursuing
Floyd | cloud of bats drives you forward, causing you to trip over the edge of
Floyd | the bottomless pit.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The bats follow you a couple of miles down the
Floyd | bottomless pit, before they get bored. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 15 out of a possible 142, in 63 turns.
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 ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to ascend the rope, and make it about halfway, quickly
Floyd | hurrying hand over hand.  Until one hand comes down on a bat.  And
Floyd | then a bat comes down on your hand.  And then many bats descend upon
Floyd | all parts of your body.  And your body descends (rapidly) to the
Floyd | floor.  And then the squeaking, nipping, feeding frenzy starts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You're GUANO want to do that over, I think. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 15 out of a possible 142, in 63 turns.
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 ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeak" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "can we feed them something that's not us?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YELL
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to yell at?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bats" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ill-fated action draws the attention of the bats.  The bats
Floyd | notice that you're made of meat.  Delicious meat?  They decide to find
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The bats agree: Delicious.  Would eat again.  A+++
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 15 out of a possible 142, in 63 turns.
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 ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to reason with the bats.  "Scree!  Scree!" you shout.  The
Floyd | bats look at you, and quirk their heads to the side.  Encouraged, you
Floyd | shout "Scree!" again.  The bats start flapping their way towards you.
Floyd | Maybe they want to be friends?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** The giant carnivorous bats did not, in fact, want to
Floyd | be friends. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 15 out of a possible 142, in 63 turns.
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 ]  Bat Country                                          15/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We might need to restart."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          16/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Bum babumbum, bum babum.  Bum baBUM, bum bah bah BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 27 - "My apologies to John Williams."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          16/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 16 out of a possible 142, in 64 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          16/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FULL
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           16/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You quickly scurry out the western door, slamming it behind you to
Floyd | avoid the bats.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Dirty Chamber
Floyd | Man, someone needs to clean in here!  Look at all of this dirt!  Just
Floyd | look at it!  Everything is coated in a layer of dirt, but you can make
Floyd | out a jagged array of sticks surrounding an altar in the middle of the
Floyd | chamber.  On top of the altar rests a stone sarcophagus.  Around the
Floyd | walls are strange metal discs, with holes in the middle of them, which
Floyd | shine cleanly amidst all the dirt.  To the north and east there are
Floyd | metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           16/66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The altar occupies the middle of the chamber, and is plain, unadorned
Floyd | stone - or you assume it is, underneath the layer of dirt.  Sharp
Floyd | sticks surround it, and on top of it rests a sarcophagus, with pride
Floyd | of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dirt" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           16/67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange that this room in the temple is the first you find dirty - all
Floyd | the others have been clean, as if untouched by the passage of time,
Floyd | but this room is positively covered in grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin fluid begins to leak from the metal discs, and the smell of the
Floyd | room markedly increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x discs" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           16/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISCS
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange metal discs have a small hole in the middle of each one,
Floyd | surrounded by burnished metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fluid" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           16/69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the fluid, then lick your fingers.  Just as you thought,
Floyd | from the smell.  Gasoline.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that sounds bad."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm not sure *which* John Williams theme was being made fun of there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sticks" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           16/70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden sticks are almost your height, sharpened to a point at one
Floyd | end and the other stuck into the floor surrounding the altar, like
Floyd | funeral lilies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fluid coming from the discs increases in rate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "Use gas to burn the bats?"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "torch!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You heave the lid aside and vault into the sarcophagus.  Fortunately,
Floyd | there was no former occupant there to greet you.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Dirty Chamber (in the sarcophagus)
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of dirt, but you can make out a jagged
Floyd | array of sticks surrounding an altar in the middle of the chamber.  On
Floyd | top of the altar rests a stone sarcophagus (which you are in).  Around
Floyd | the walls are strange metal discs, with holes in the middle of them,
Floyd | which shine cleanly amidst all the dirt.  To the north and east there
Floyd | are metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 14 - "Sarcophagus - literally translated,
Floyd | it means 'flesh-eating'.  Sweet dreams!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to lift the stone lid off the ground, but without success.
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to get a bit light-headed from the fumes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to lift the stone lid off the ground, but without success.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, as if two dry bones struck one another, from the
Floyd | doors.  The sound of bones hitting each other, or doorways locking,
Floyd | perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "ominious!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You begin to grow antsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay.  Time to assess the situation.  Room locked.  Certain doom
Floyd | coming.  Seems familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You fidget.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You nervously tap your foot.  You're a man of action,
Floyd | not waiting!
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is quite full of gas by now, both the liquid and vaporous
Floyd | kind.  Good thing you're (relatively) sheltered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Dirty Chamber                           17/79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you are a man of waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | So, this is your life now.  Waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a clicking sound, as if a lighter was being struck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to make up a little waiting song, but it is worse than just
Floyd | waiting quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a loud "WHOOSH" as the gas alights in burning jets, scouring
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps you can get used to it.  The waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flames continue to jet by, unabated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you can't.  Waiting is terrible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You imagine your future tombstone:  Here Lies Tex Bonaventure.  He was
Floyd | super good at waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The heat is searing, but the flames appear to be dying down a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flames finally gutter out.  It is now, you judge, in you
Floyd | professional adventurer's opinion, safe to emerge.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, and the doors to the room unlock, as the room
Floyd | rapidly cools.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           17/88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a jagged array of sticks surrounding a stone
Floyd | sarcophagus, raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around
Floyd | the walls there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  To
Floyd | the north and east there are metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio17/89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        17/90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to
Floyd | be bottomless.  And not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all
Floyd | build-up and hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere
Floyd | half-mile down, thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless
Floyd | pit.  You fancy you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the
Floyd | wind whistling out of the pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of
Floyd | the temple, and much solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         17/91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         17/92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking at the statue, it is absorbed as a gestalt.  Aspects are not
Floyd | seen in order, but all at once.  It is only when you look away, you
Floyd | can think logically about it.  You remember a man made of pure white
Floyd | alabaster at the center, arms flung outward, touching both north and
Floyd | south walls with his hands.  His head, you recall, was thrown back -
Floyd | but whether in agony or ecstasy you can't tell.  Around the man water,
Floyd | frozen water, raised in a spout.  That can't be right.  Some stone,
Floyd | translucent blue, the likes of which you've never seen in all your
Floyd | years of treasure hunting.  The statue is twenty feet tall, at the
Floyd | minimum, and somehow occupies most of the room, yet is hard to look
Floyd | directly at... perhaps you could look at pieces of it at a time, if
Floyd | you're careful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects                  17/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the south passageway, and immediately several spiked
Floyd | metal poles slam to the ground behind you, trapping you in the room
Floyd | you just entered.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects
Floyd | Oh.  It's going to be one of THOSE temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling which doesn't APPEAR to be
Floyd | descending... at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x objects" 		

Floyd ]  Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects                  17/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OBJECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flat" 		

Floyd ]  Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects                  17/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x things" 		

Floyd ]  Bare Room with Lots of Flat Objects                  17/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Just... you know, things.  That are flatter than things normally are.
Floyd | Like... you're pretty sure that torches have more than two dimensions.
Floyd | And skulls should be able to hold brains.  And arm bones should -
Floyd | well, that bone is mainly okay.  Looks like you would be safe, if you
Floyd | were less than one inch tall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search things" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/95uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You search through the random assortment of flattened rubble and
Floyd | skeletal remains.  You grab an arm bone that appears mainly intact.
Floyd | This might be useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a tortured screech of metal gears grinding, the ceiling quivers,
Floyd | shakes free a small spray of dust, then begins descending.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "block ceiling with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/95uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOCK CEILING WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lie down" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/95uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone under ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/95uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE UNDER CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh dear, syntax."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/96uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/95uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poles" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/96uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The poles block the north passageway out of the room.  Which happens
Floyd | to be the only passageway out of the room.  There are small gaps in
Floyd | between each of the poles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in gaps" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/97uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN GAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  Those spikes look... sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/96uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gaps" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/97uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are much too small to squeeze through.  Even if you were greased.
Floyd | You would have to be an inch thick.  AND greased.  Through the gap you
Floyd | spy a small glimmer of light sparkling on the wall on the other side
Floyd | of the poles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  Those spikes look... sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glimmer" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLIMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aha!  There, on the far side of the poles, is a small switch - but it
Floyd | seems to be too far away to reach, unaided.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bit of dust falls, as the ceiling nears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably can't fire that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch switch" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull switch" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x switch" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A small switch, on the other side of the poles, too far away to reach
Floyd | unaided.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "or lots of points"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle to squeeze the bone through the gap - but it just won't
Floyd | slide through.  This bone needs lubrication - and quickly!
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "lick it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/98uishy-Makin
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the temple
Floyd | - and it is completely barred by spiked metal poles.  And, peering up,
Floyd | there is, of course, the spiked ceiling inching its way toward your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "grease bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t17/99uishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GREASE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (with the grease)
Floyd | You rub the bone along the greasy wall, coating it nicely.  Better
Floyd | hold on tight, it's slippery now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling inches closer to you.  The spikes draw your attention, to
Floyd | a point.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off switch with bone" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t22/100ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF SWITCH WITH BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You use the arm bone to flip the switch.  The poles blocking the
Floyd | doorway retract - and more importantly, so does the ceiling, quickly
Floyd | winching back into its original position.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 5 - "What POSSIBLE use is one of these
Floyd | rooms in a non-abandoned, fully functioning temple?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Greasy ... right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search things" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t22/101ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You look through the pile of flattened rubble, but find nothing
Floyd | further that is useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t22/102ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a greasy bone, a whip and a gun. You are wearing the
Floyd | battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
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 ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/103
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "See, I thought 'greasy' was a euphemism for 'bloody'"
		Jacqueline says, "And perhaps it was/"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | This arm bone looks like it survived a lot.  Well, "survived" may be
Floyd | the wrong word for a bone.  In any case, the arm bone is long and
Floyd | relatively solid.  It is covered in a thin layer of grease-like slime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in hole" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach into the hole, obeying your mental compulsion.  Almost
Floyd | immediately, a band of metal blades constricts around your arm,
Floyd | severing it from your shoulder.  You are able to stagger two steps
Floyd | away before you collapse to the ground in shock, and bleed out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** YOUR CHARM IS LIKE THOSE BLADES - DISARMING ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 22 out of a possible 142, in 104 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "doesn't sound like blood"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/104
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh that's just mean, game"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "I guess try east now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | I mean, the whole temple is hand-hewn, to be certain, as the ancients
Floyd | who built it didn't have access to power tools, certainly.  The exit
Floyd | lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor seems more resilient and yielding than the stone floor in
Floyd | the rest of the temple.  It's red, and studded with small pebbles, and
Floyd | seems moister than the other floor, as well.  Which is saying
Floyd | something, as this is a water temple in the middle of the Everglades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Another Colossal Caves homage"
		Teaspoon says, "so many"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The pebbles are about the size of your first, and raised from the
Floyd | floor, but seem to actually be part of the floor as a whole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "why build a temple in a swamp"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "size of my fist, I assume."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pebble" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They're hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "count pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COUNT PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | "No time for counting, Doctor Bonaventure!" pipes up a small voice in
Floyd | your head, as you remember a lovable Chinese scamp you had taken under
Floyd | your wing, years before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "maga was telling me he dislikes this game on the basis that it's a 'cave crawl and not interesting' but I love this sort of narration and that is sufficient for me to like this game very much."
		Jacqueline says, "I would say there's no accounting for taste except that, well, he married *me*"
		Jacqueline says, "So clearly he has some good taste."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | The exit lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white
Floyd | rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And wow, aren't I humble this morning."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x white rocks" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHITE ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The white rocks jut out from the west passageway in a regular spacing,
Floyd | and seem to be all roughly the same in size and shape - a roughly
Floyd | triangular white rock, veined with slight yellow discolorations, about
Floyd | the size of your hand.  For some reason, though, you shy away from
Floyd | touching them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shuts up and eats her breakfast.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch white rock" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH WHITE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out your hand, then draw it back, suddenly anxious.  This
Floyd | doesn't feel like a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But we thrust our arm into a suspicious hole."
		DavidW asks, "Do we think the rocks are poisonous? Electrified?"
		Teaspoon says, "touch it touch it touch it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch white rock" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 22/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH WHITE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach out your hand and gingerly touch a white rock.  Immediately,
Floyd | there is a cave-in (of sorts), and the passageway back to the entrance
Floyd | of the temple closes.  Snaps shut, in fact.  Like teeth would.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "you have been eaten by a cave"
		DavidW says, "oh. The pebbles are taste buds."
zarf arrives, full of fun and funk. 		DavidW says, "We're on a tongue."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, so this is like that bit in star wars."
		Teaspoon asks, "what do we do now we know that?"
		DavidW says, "Go anywhere but down, I suppose."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On22/115ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | Well, isn't this peachy.  You had a feeling that nothing good would
Floyd | come from wandering into any twisty maze of passages.  The twisty maze
Floyd | of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean shaped chamber.
Floyd | Various valves line the walls, and the floor is coated in a thick
Floyd | layer of mucus.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal pirate hook is jabbed into the side of the stomach, sticking
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Acid begins to flow through the valves on the walls in a heavy stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull hook" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On22/116ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On22/115ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal pirate hook is jabbed into the side of the stomach, sticking
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On22/116ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal hook is meant to be a crude replacement for a hand.  It is
Floyd | deeply corroded from the stomach acids of the maze beast, but it
Floyd | survived longer than the rest of the pirate did.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hook" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You yank the hook out of the wall, and a loud groan of pain echoes
Floyd | through the air.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 10 - "Really internal medicine."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search acid" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ACID
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl says, "Snrk. "Congratulationment" just hit me."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear mucus" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the mucus)
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to leave, but can't find your way out.  If only you had
Floyd | planned for this earlier!
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		ParserGirl asks, "Are we locked out?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wall with hook" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT WALL WITH HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, this is another death trap room, obviously."
		DavidW says, "And I don't see the counter for it yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hook in acid" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HOOK IN ACID
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to swim in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "acid" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ACID
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot bathe in that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x valves" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VALVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Fist sized muscular holes through which a steady stream of acid is
Floyd | flushing into this chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mucus" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting

		Teaspoon asks, "there was a line about having prepared for this earlier. Are we doomed?"

Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "If only you had -- yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "That's what I was wondering."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mucus" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/118ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MUCUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | The acid begins to eat through your clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This On23/117ecreting
Floyd | S
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unearthly blue glow surrounds you, and you feel time slipping
Floyd | away...
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike - Except This One is Secreting
Floyd | Stomach Acid
Floyd | The twisty maze of passages has widened here, in a large, kidney bean
Floyd | shaped chamber.  Various valves line the walls, and the floor is
Floyd | coated in a thick layer of mucus.  Acid is pooling around you and
Floyd | starting to dissolve parts of your anatomy that you had grown fond of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "cos I think we might be stuck..."
		DavidW asks, "like, we needed a rope from the bats to climb back up from here?"
		Teaspoon says, "Something like that."
		DavidW says, "we can restart, I guess."
		Teaspoon says, "(sorry)"
		DavidW says, "or restore."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/103
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple
Floyd | Atop a small hillock in the middle of the Everglades sits a foreboding
Floyd | stone temple.  Its entrance, a wide arch of stone, lies to the east,
Floyd | up the hill.  To the west lies the swamp.  The swamp also lies to the
Floyd | north.  And the south.  Probably to the east, as well, behind the
Floyd | temple, but you can't see that from here.  It's a safe bet, though.
Floyd | 99% of the Everglades is swamp.  And 1% is, apparently, hidden
Floyd | temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | The remains of a snake, sans head, lie in front of the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it used to be a snake.  Now it's kind of a... fleshy rope?
Floyd | Terribly thick belt?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    23/106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly pick up the snake, by the tail.  Not that you're scared
Floyd | of snakes.  Who would be scared of snakes?  ...bats, on the other
Floyd | hand... ick.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 2 - "Surely this will be useful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | I mean, the whole temple is hand-hewn, to be certain, as the ancients
Floyd | who built it didn't have access to power tools, certainly.  The exit
Floyd | lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie snake to teeth" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SNAKE TO TEETH
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake's body is flexible, but not that flexible.  And it's also
Floyd | long... but probably not long enough, come to think of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | With a shimmer of relief that starts at the base of your spine and
Floyd | works its way up to your scalp, you leave the maze and re-enter the
Floyd | temple entryway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        23/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to
Floyd | be bottomless.  And not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all
Floyd | build-up and hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere
Floyd | half-mile down, thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless
Floyd | pit.  You fancy you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the
Floyd | wind whistling out of the pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of
Floyd | the temple, and much solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gargoyle" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        23/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GARGOYLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look down" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        23/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrace your route, up to the top of the pit...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          23/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bat Country
Floyd | Standing frozen in your tracks, the first thing you notice is the
Floyd | ceiling.  Well, the fact that the ceiling is INVISIBLE behind a swarm
Floyd | of bats.  A colony of bats?  A murder of bats?  Somehow, you realize
Floyd | that the collective noun for bats right now is not your problem.
Floyd | These aren't just any bats.  They're each man-sized, and a quick
Floyd | estimation leads to the conclusion that there are hundreds of them.
Floyd | Other than the bats, the room also has a window, through which the
Floyd | tops of the Everglade trees can be seen, and doorways to the west and
Floyd | northwest.  A rope dangles from the ceiling (presumably - it actually
Floyd | appears to just dangle from a horde... pack?... of bats).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop snake" 		

Floyd ]  Bat Country                                          23/115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You toss the snake onto the ground.  At first, nothing happens.  Then
Floyd | the bats notice the snake.  First one flutters down, then, two, then
Floyd | nearly all of the bats are converging in a heap, fighting over the
Floyd | meal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "hey, nifty!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/116mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 17 - "Rope day in gym class would be
Floyd | easier, if you were running from bats."
Floyd |
Floyd | A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can Be Normal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | Well, that's a nice change from bottomless pits, gargoyles, bats,
Floyd | grotesque statues, et cetera.  This rooms appears to be entirely
Floyd | normal.  The floor is normal.  The walls are normal.  There is a
Floyd | window out of the temple, with a view of the jungle.  A rope dangles
Floyd | down to Bat Country, from which emanates excited squeaking.  That's
Floyd | not normal.  But it really should count against the normalcy of the
Floyd | room below, not this room.  To the west is a doorway, that appears to
Floyd | lead to an entirely normal bathroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a large collection of impressive steel pipes here.
Floyd | Complete with flashing lights, dials and switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get a creepy feeling.  Probably for no reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/117mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what this machinery is, or what it does.  But you
Floyd | know one thing - when confronted with strange machinery, of unknown
Floyd | provenance in a strange temple, you ABSOLUTELY do not touch it.  So
Floyd | why do you find your finger sneaking out to turn a dial, or perhaps
Floyd | flip a switch, before you regain your senses and snatch your hand
Floyd | back?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look west" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/117mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/118mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A completely normal window.  Too small to jump from, and there's no
Floyd | glass, so it admits a nice breeze at this height.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/119mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The rope dangles down into the room below.  Bat country.  The bats are
Floyd | riled up by your passage - it would be foolish in the extreme to
Floyd | travel back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/120mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself absently fingering a dial on the machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | Alright, this is creepy.  Both because this bathroom is unmistakably
Floyd | evil, now that you see it up close, and because there is a bathroom in
Floyd | an ancient evil temple.  The most notable feature of the bathroom is
Floyd | the giant bathtub alongside the far wall.  Other than that, there are
Floyd | the standard (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with
Floyd | inscrutable sigils), sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet
Floyd | (reeking of death and bad choices).  To the east is the completely
Floyd | normal room, and set in the ceiling is a door marked with a strange
Floyd | heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glyph" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLYPH
Floyd |
Floyd | The language of this hieroglyph has been dead for centuries, which is
Floyd | ironic.  Because it means "The Water of Life".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blood" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The blood has been in the sink for a long time, undisturbed.  But it
Floyd | hasn't clotted, or dried at all.  It's definitely blood, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell blood" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Yuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet is creepy, as indoor plumbing is a relatively recent
Floyd | innovation.  And by relatively recent, we are definitely excluding
Floyd | ancient stone temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | The giant tub is alongside the far wall.  It is about waist high on
Floyd | you, and very sturdy looking.  The tub is full of water, making it
Floyd | impossibly heavy.  But perhaps this is the famed Water of Life?
Floyd | Probably not - it's very murky.  Through the murk, you can just make
Floyd | out a drain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drain" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's what keeps the water in the tub.  Or lets it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "do we pull it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The sink is full of blood.  That's probably the most pertinent detail.
Floyd | Other than that, it's a stone basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself, but not as you normally see yourself.  As others see
Floyd | you.  What you normally see as a dashing demeanor comes across as
Floyd | pompous.  That cheeky grin is a sneer.  And your hair looks incredibly
Floyd | strange parted on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | The most notable feature of the bathroom is the giant bathtub
Floyd | alongside the far wall.  Other than that, there are the standard
Floyd | (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with inscrutable sigils),
Floyd | sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet (reeking of death and
Floyd | bad choices).  To the east is the completely normal room, and set in
Floyd | the ceiling is a door marked with a strange heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sigils" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGILS
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance at the sigils.  They are in some alien alphabet, full of
Floyd | jagged edges and lines that should intersect, but somehow don't.  You
Floyd | find your tongue moving of its own accord as you scan the letters, and
Floyd | yank your gaze away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "this is possibly my favourite ever bathroom in IF now"
		DavidW says, "Remember, we've been poisoned by a snake bite."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to bathe yourself in the water, but then lose heart a few
Floyd | seconds in, when you notice that the water is, quite possibly dirtier
Floyd | than you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell water" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Yuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door set in the ceiling lies waiting for you.  Surely you must be
Floyd | near the apex of the temple, and your destiny, by now.  There appears
Floyd | to be no really good way to get a grip on the door and open it (though
Floyd | there is a small hole where it appears a doorknob used to be).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The door set in the ceiling lies waiting for you.  Surely you must be
Floyd | near the apex of the temple, and your destiny, by now.  There appears
Floyd | to be no really good way to get a grip on the door and open it (though
Floyd | there is a small hole where it appears a doorknob used to be).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in hole" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably where the hook would be useful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drain" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the drain, and the water in the tub quickly rushes out, over
Floyd | the floor, quickly seeping into cracks.  Hopefully *that* wasn't the
Floyd | Water of Life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter tub" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TUB
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be hard to bathe yourself in an empty tub.  Unless you were a
Floyd | mime.  Then it would be too easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mime" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MIME
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close drain" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Possibly we're stuck again."
		Teaspoon asks, "did we drink the water just in case it *was* the water of life?"
		DavidW says, "no"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "either that or it'l kill us faster!"
		DavidW says, "If we weren't willing to bathe in it, I doubt we're willing to drink it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search blood" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty sink" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | No thank you.  The stopper is probably underneath all that blood.
Floyd | Ick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "true"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a strange hinge in the middle of the room, set into the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open floor" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hinge" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's strange.  Why would there be a hinge in the middle of the
Floyd | floor?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push floor" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push hinge" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH HINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hinge" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open hinge" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move hinge" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE HINGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cracks" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The walls in the bathroom are unremarkable.  Stone is a good choice
Floyd | for bathroom walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The door set in the ceiling lies waiting for you.  Surely you must be
Floyd | near the apex of the temple, and your destiny, by now.  There appears
Floyd | to be no really good way to get a grip on the door and open it (though
Floyd | there is a small hole where it appears a doorknob used to be).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | An Evil Bathroom
Floyd | The most notable feature of the bathroom is the giant bathtub
Floyd | alongside the far wall.  Other than that, there are the standard
Floyd | (evil) bathroom fixtures.  Mirror (inscribed with inscrutable sigils),
Floyd | sink (filled to the brim with blood) and toilet (reeking of death and
Floyd | bad choices).  To the east is the completely normal room, and set in
Floyd | the ceiling is a door marked with a strange heiroglyph.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | And risk seven years of bad luck?  You're not superstitious, per se,
Floyd | but you're also not stupid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Not much else to do but fiddle with the pipes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use toilet" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to use the toilet with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "by all means fiddle"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | The toilet, despite appearing entirely modern, doesn't appear to be
Floyd | hooked up to any form of plumbing.  Which would explain the smell of
Floyd | death.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open toilet" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's already open.  In fact, it is probably permanently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in toilet" 		

Floyd ]  An Evil Bathroom                                     28/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/159mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can Be Normal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | This rooms appears to be entirely normal.  The floor is normal.  The
Floyd | walls are normal.  There is a window out of the temple, with a view of
Floyd | the jungle.  A rope dangles down to Bat Country, from which emanates
Floyd | excited squeaking.  That's not normal.  But it really should count
Floyd | against the normalcy of the room below, not this room.  To the west is
Floyd | a doorway, that appears to lead to an entirely normal bathroom.
Floyd | Alright, a bathroom in a temple is also not normal.  But again...
Floyd | should that count against THIS room?
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a large collection of impressive steel pipes here.
Floyd | Complete with flashing lights, dials and switches.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get a creepy feeling.  Probably for no reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "brb"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/160mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what this machinery is, or what it does.  But you
Floyd | know one thing - when confronted with strange machinery, of unknown
Floyd | provenance in a strange temple, you ABSOLUTELY do not touch it.  So
Floyd | why do you find your finger sneaking out to turn a dial, or perhaps
Floyd | flip a switch, before you regain your senses and snatch your hand
Floyd | back?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch pipes" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/161mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machinery emits a strange, low hiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/162mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN DIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to mess with the contraption, but then stop yourself.  Who
Floyd | knows what could happen?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/163mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | From below, you hear the excited squeaking of bats.  But in this room
Floyd | in particular, you hear nothing out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get a creepy feeling.  Probably for no reason.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip switch" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/164mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself strangely drawn, compelled, even, to fiddle with the
Floyd | machinery.  You quickly stay your hand before you can do anything.
Floyd | Strange compulsions in mysterious temples are never any good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pipes" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/165mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pipes" 		

Floyd ]  A Completely Normal (If Paleolithic Evil Temples Can 28/166mal)
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I don't suppose there were any vines in the first location?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         22/103
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple
Floyd | Atop a small hillock in the middle of the Everglades sits a foreboding
Floyd | stone temple.  Its entrance, a wide arch of stone, lies to the east,
Floyd | up the hill.  To the west lies the swamp.  The swamp also lies to the
Floyd | north.  And the south.  Probably to the east, as well, behind the
Floyd | temple, but you can't see that from here.  It's a safe bet, though.
Floyd | 99% of the Everglades is swamp.  And 1% is, apparently, hidden
Floyd | temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | The remains of a snake, sans head, lie in front of the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vines" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "idols" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IDOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x idols" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IDOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved deep into the stone flanking the archway are primitive idol
Floyd | figures.  Well... endowed... men.  Women that appear to be... in a
Floyd | family way.  And a panoply of discs and crescents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "not unless there were some in the swamp"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x swamp" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't relish the thought of the three day hike out of the swamp.
Floyd | But the riches available in the temple will paradoxically lighten your
Floyd | load - or at least happy thoughts of spending them will.  Plus... if
Floyd | the rumors are true... perhaps your arthritis will be a thing of the
Floyd | past, soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You could go back into the swamp, it's true.  You would certainly die
Floyd | of the snake bite, but you COULD do it.  You decide you better not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You could go back into the swamp, it's true.  You would certainly die
Floyd | of the snake bite, but you COULD do it.  You decide you better not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You could go back into the swamp, it's true.  You would certainly die
Floyd | of the snake bite, but you COULD do it.  You decide you better not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh well"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search swamp" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SWAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    22/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it used to be a snake.  Now it's kind of a... fleshy rope?
Floyd | Terribly thick belt?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    23/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly pick up the snake, by the tail.  Not that you're scared
Floyd | of snakes.  Who would be scared of snakes?  ...bats, on the other
Floyd | hand... ick.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulationment!® number 2 - "Surely this will be useful?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear snake" 		

Floyd ]  Outside a Foreboding Stone Temple                    23/113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie snake to statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SNAKE TO STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake's body is flexible, but not that flexible.  And it's also
Floyd | long... but probably not long enough, come to think of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut snake" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/117ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the
Floyd | temple, mercifully free of impediment.  And, peering up, there is, of
Floyd | course, the spiked ceiling which doesn't APPEAR to be descending... at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/118ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x switch" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A small, unassuming switch is on the wall near the south passageway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switch" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on switch" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the switch, and poles slam down, blocking the southern
Floyd | passageway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You begin to grow antsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You fidget.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You nervously tap your foot.  You're a man of action,
Floyd | not waiting!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you are a man of waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You're blocked by the metal poles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through poles" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gaps" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poles" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The poles block the southern passageway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off switch" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the switch, and the poles retreat into their hiding spot in
Floyd | the gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/132ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know, the
Floyd | Squishy-Making Ones
Floyd | Looking around the room, you spy... not much.  A bunch of things that
Floyd | seem... flatter than they should be.  Walls that are a bit... greasy?
Floyd | In the north wall is a passageway back to the entry hall of the
Floyd | temple, mercifully free of impediment.  And, peering up, there is, of
Floyd | course, the spiked ceiling which doesn't APPEAR to be descending... at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the corpse of a snake here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/133ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it used to be a snake.  Now it's kind of a... fleshy rope?
Floyd | Terribly thick belt?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/133ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I thought maybe I could make it flatter."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/134ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the corpse of a snake)
Floyd | Snake meat?  Raw snake meat?  Raw, poisonous snake meat?  Raw,
Floyd | poisonous snake meat that probably has bits of bullet left in it?
Floyd | ...you're not that hungry.  Yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "had to try it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/135ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/136ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in snake" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/137ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/138ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Bum babumbum, bum babum.  Bum baBUM, bum bah bah BAH!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie snake to whip" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/139ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SNAKE TO WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake's body is flexible, but not that flexible.  And it's also
Floyd | long... but probably not long enough, come to think of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I just figured that out"
		Jacqueline says, "The singing, I mean."
		DavidW asks, "oh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie whip to statue" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/140ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WHIP TO STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x whip" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/141ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | A nice, long coil of leather, with a handle at one end and a nice
Floyd | taper at the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x taper" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/142ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | A nice, long coil of leather, with a handle at one end and a nice
Floyd | taper at the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "should we have been using this more?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "crack whip" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/143ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRACK WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack that whip!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "probably"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "whip" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/143ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to whip?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "whip me" 		

Floyd ]  Oh, It's One of THOSE Temple Rooms - then You Know,
Floyd | t23/144ishy-Makin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't beat yourself up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying the corpse of a snake, a greasy bone, a whip and a
Floyd | gun. You are wearing the battered fedora and an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | I mean, the whole temple is hand-hewn, to be certain, as the ancients
Floyd | who built it didn't have access to power tools, certainly.  The exit
Floyd | lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie whip to pebble" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WHIP TO PEBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie snake to pebble" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SNAKE TO PEBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake's body is flexible, but not that flexible.  And it's also
Floyd | long... but probably not long enough, come to think of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Aw GEEZE, what, what is it, a spider?  Why are you jumping?!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "csb"
		DavidW asks, "like, I'm not sure what to try next. Should we have used the gargoyle's sharp wings as a knife to cut up the snake into strips and tied those together into a rope?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "untie whip" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNTIE WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | (from the the white "rocks")
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x whip" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | A nice, long coil of leather, with a handle at one end and a nice
Floyd | taper at the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie whip to rocks" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WHIP TO ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whip rocks" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the rocks.  Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "should we have whipped ourselves out o the stomach with the whip? Can it even hold our weight?"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea what the game wants us to do."
		Teaspoon says, "nor I"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike
Floyd | You find yourself at the entrance to a twisty maze of passages.  They
Floyd | all look alike, from here.  The entrance itself is different than the
Floyd | entry hall of the temple - the floor is slightly softer than the rock
Floyd | in the entry hall, and the walls, more hand-hewn, with rounder edges.
Floyd | The exit lies to the west, a circular passageway ringed with white
Floyd | rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whip pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the pebbles.  That'll show it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whip floor" 		

Floyd ]  A Twisty Maze of Passages, All Alike                 23/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the floor.  That'll show it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | With a shimmer of relief that starts at the base of your spine and
Floyd | works its way up to your scalp, you leave the maze and re-enter the
Floyd | temple entryway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Entry Hall of the Temple
Floyd | Green, speckled light spills in from the exit arch of the Temple,
Floyd | which lies to the west.  There are three passageways in the stone
Floyd | walls of the temple, set to the south, east and north.  In the middle
Floyd | of the entry hall is a large statue, looming over anyone that may
Floyd | enter the temple.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whip statue" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHIP STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You crack your whip at the statue.  That'll show it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch north wall" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH NORTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch south wall" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH SOUTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x neck" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie whip to head" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WHIP TO HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie snake to head" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SNAKE TO HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake's body is flexible, but not that flexible.  And it's also
Floyd | long... but probably not long enough, come to think of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unzip jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNZIP JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Zip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The coat has served you well.  Perhaps that's why you wear it, even in
Floyd | the sweltering jungle heat.  It's zipped open, which makes more sense
Floyd | in Florida, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd | In an old leather jacket is a bundle of maps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x maps" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They got you this far.  Unfortunately, all the maps end at the
Floyd | entrance of the temple - none describe the inside at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read maps" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | They got you this far.  Unfortunately, all the maps end at the
Floyd | entrance of the temple - none describe the inside at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buncle" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take maps" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search maps" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Tex Bonaventure, card carrying treasure hunter, card playing hustler,
Floyd | been called a card by a few ladies... or was that a "cad"?  You have
Floyd | to admit, you're beginning to feel your years a little bit.  What you
Floyd | would kindly describe as "grizzled", the less-kindly (such as some of
Floyd | those ladies) would describe as... well, they would say "grizzled",
Floyd | too but they wouldn't say it with respect.  A bit of disdain and
Floyd | clenched teeth, perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perpetually "one last score" away from retirement.  But this might be
Floyd | the last, for real.  The rumor has it, treasure for the rest of your
Floyd | life is in the top of the Temple... and that life can be very long
Floyd | indeed.  Very very long.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that life can be very short, too, especially if this snake poison
Floyd | finds its way to your heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a bundle of maps, the corpse of a snake, a greasy
Floyd | bone, a whip, a gun and an old leather jacket. You are wearing the
Floyd | battered fedora.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You close an old leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "zip jacket" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ZIP JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The jacket is already zipped!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose the maps might be useful as kindling."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fedora" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FEDORA
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, you know exactly what this hat looks like.  After all, it is
Floyd | YOUR hat, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "search hat" 		

Floyd ]  The Entry Hall of the Temple                         23/177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we've overlooked some detail somewhere, missed something we could do."
		Teaspoon says, "no idea."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps the wood plank is portable? Is there something in the stick of the fire room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit        23/178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Bottomless Pit - Well, *A* Bottomless Pit
Floyd | Wind whistles through this room, threatening to knock you off balance,
Floyd | and off your precarious perch on a small ledge of stone.  And that
Floyd | would be bad.  Very bad.  Because the pit you are skirting appears to
Floyd | be bottomless.  And not one of those "bottomless" pits where it's all
Floyd | build-up and hyperbole, and the bottom is QUITE visible a mere
Floyd | half-mile down, thank you very much.  No, this is a PROPER bottomless
Floyd | pit.  You fancy you can hear something, very faint, very soft, in the
Floyd | wind whistling out of the pit.  To the south is the entrance hall of
Floyd | the temple, and much solider ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrace your route, up to the top of the pit...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wood" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a jagged array of sticks surrounding a stone
Floyd | sarcophagus, raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around
Floyd | the walls there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  To
Floyd | the north and east there are metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sticks" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH STICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.  Like usual.  But adventurers are
Floyd | eternally optimistic!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nozzles" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOZZLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The nozzles are where the fire shot out from - examining one, you see
Floyd | a thin fluid dribbling out of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin fluid begins to leak from the metal discs, and the smell of the
Floyd | room markedly increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying a bundle of maps, the corpse of a snake, a greasy
Floyd | bone, a whip and a gun. You are wearing the battered fedora and an old
Floyd | leather jacket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a jagged array of sticks surrounding a stone
Floyd | sarcophagus, raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around
Floyd | the walls there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  To
Floyd | the north and east there are metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop snake" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin fluid begins to leak from the metal discs, and the smell of the
Floyd | room markedly increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You begin to grow antsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter stone" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter sarcophagus" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SARCOPHAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fluid coming from the discs increases in rate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You begin to grow antsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You fidget.
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to get a bit light-headed from the fumes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.  You nervously tap your foot.  You're a man of action,
Floyd | not waiting!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you are a man of waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, as if two dry bones struck one another, from the
Floyd | doors.  The sound of bones hitting each other, or doorways locking,
Floyd | perhaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | So, this is your life now.  Waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You begin to make up a little waiting song, but it is worse than just
Floyd | waiting quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay.  Time to assess the situation.  Room locked.  Certain doom
Floyd | coming.  Seems familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps you can get used to it.  The waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you can't.  Waiting is terrible.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is quite full of gas by now, both the liquid and vaporous
Floyd | kind.  Good thing you're (relatively) sheltered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You imagine your future tombstone:  Here Lies Tex Bonaventure.  He was
Floyd | super good at waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a clicking sound, as if a lighter was being struck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a loud "WHOOSH" as the gas alights in burning jets, scouring
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flames continue to jet by, unabated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The heat is searing, but the flames appear to be dying down a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The flames finally gutter out.  It is now, you judge, in you
Floyd | professional adventurer's opinion, safe to emerge.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a click, and the doors to the room unlock, as the room
Floyd | rapidly cools.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

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Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the sarcophagus.
Floyd |
Floyd | An Extremely Sooty Chamber
Floyd | Everything is coated in a layer of soot - and for good reason!  But
Floyd | you can make out a jagged array of sticks surrounding a stone
Floyd | sarcophagus, raised on an altar in the middle of the chamber.  Around
Floyd | the walls there are bright nozzles, whose purpose is now obvious.  To
Floyd | the north and east there are metal doors.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the corpse of a snake here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snake" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it used to be a snake.  Now it's kind of a... fleshy rope?
Floyd | Terribly thick belt?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take snake" 		

Floyd ]  An Extremely Sooty Chamber                           23/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin fluid begins to leak from the metal discs, and the smell of the
Floyd | room markedly increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obviously)
Floyd | A path of marked handholds leads down into the pit, and nothing leads
Floyd | up - you're at the top.  You're on a small thrust of wood that extends
Floyd | out over the pit.  There are two exits, a metal door to the south and
Floyd | a dark, grimy arch to the southeast.  The doors stand, free of
Floyd | obstruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Cooking the snake did nothing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal door to the south is fitted quite precisely into the wall of
Floyd | the temple, leaving no gaps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie maps to bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE MAPS TO BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie snake to bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE SNAKE TO BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The snake's body is flexible, but not that flexible.  And it's also
Floyd | long... but probably not long enough, come to think of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put maps on bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MAPS ON BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on a greasy bone would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub bone" 		

Floyd ]  The Top of a Bottomless Pit (Not a Topless Pit, Obvio23/217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu is here, his mouth zipped.
		DavidW says, "I've pretty much given up for now. Maybe I'll think up something brilliant later, but right now, I don't know what to do next."
		DavidW says, "Possibly we shouldn't have pushed the gargoyle so soon."
		Teaspoon says, "well, thanks for driving"
		Teaspoon says, "'preciate it"
		DavidW says, "no problem. I just wish I was a bit better at solving this."
		DavidW says, "I solved a lot but not enough."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we needed to pull the sink/toilet/tub as a weirdzo door pull for the floor hinge to operate."
		Knight_Otu says, "I spoiled myself, which is why I've been quiet."
		DavidW says, "ah"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Sardines by Teaspoon
As played on ifMUD on September 10, 2017

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 Sardines written by Teaspoon. This transcript is of a beta copy of the 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
		

		Teaspoon says, "How all"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hey."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Is there a plan for today?"
		Jacqueline says, "You know, I ran out of plans when introcomp ended."
		Jacqueline says, "Soon it will be IFComp season, but we are in the in-between times."
		Teaspoon says, "I literally just finished a game."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps something from IF Comp 2013."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Oh?"
		Teaspoon says, "but I'm wary of inflicting that on people when I've not tested it myself yet."
		Jacqueline asks (of TS), "Well, is it going to be in IFComp?"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "well, since I hadn't played Tex Bonaventure before until recently, maybe there's others in that comp I haven't played either."
		Teaspoon says, "no"
		Jacqueline says (to TS), "We've beta tested stuff for people before"
		Teaspoon says, "Ooh, that might be interesting then"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Ah"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Would you be down with us beta testing TS's game?"
		Jacqueline asks, "And we keep 2013 in mind for next week?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Jacqueline asks (of TS), "email me the file?"
		DavidW says, "I imagine there's also Ectocomp games I haven't played yet either."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "thanks!"
		Knight_Otu says, "I've done some research on what CF hasn't played, and there are Ectocomp games among them."
		Knight_Otu says, "So there might be overlap."
		Teaspoon says, "that's thoughtful of you"
		Jacqueline says (to Knight_Otu), "Cool."
		Jacqueline says (to TS), "Let me know when you've sent it. I don't have it yet"
		Jacqueline says, "Got it"
		Teaspoon says, "it has a very complicated backstory"
		Teaspoon says, "but the premise is very simple; you're on a ship and you're playing sardines."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that a card game?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds fishy."
		Teaspoon says, "Reverse hide and seek."
		Teaspoon says, "you have to all find one person, and the last person looking loses."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Huh. I have never heard of that."
		Jacqueline says, "That's a cool idea."
		Jacqueline asks, "Everyone ready?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Everyone ready?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh no. A glitch in the Matrix."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do I need to be double ready now?"
		Teaspoon asks, "oh no, it's not my end, is it?"
		Jacqueline says (to TS), "Nope. I have it all set to go."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, the glitch you mean. Heh. I HOPE NOT"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Possibly."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask clipperbeta" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 1 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tonight, pudding. Tomorrow, the fabled port of Irem. Good things. This
Floyd | is just a game to pass the time until then.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nevertheless, even in the engine room's warmth you can't help the
Floyd | occasional shiver.
Floyd | Clipper
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Teaspoon
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170910 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | First time players may wish to type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an unofficial fanwork. Fallen London is © 2015 and ™
Floyd | Failbetter Games Limited: www.fallenlondon.com. MacGyver is copyright
Floyd | either Paramount or Lee David Zlotoff, depending.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Interesting status line"
		Teaspoon says, "based on the formatting in Failbetter's Sunless Sea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		Jacqueline says, "Ah, yeah. I see that now. Cool."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                      Introduction to Clipper
Floyd | Here's the short version: you're an engineer on a spooky Victorian
Floyd | steampunk...steamer; all your shipmates have gone missing during a
Floyd | game of Sardines, so you're exploring the ship trying to find them.
Floyd | It's a relatively simple game, as text adventures go (read Emily
Floyd | Short's guide if you've never played one before), and you really have
Floyd | to work at it to die. The protagonist will give you friendly, slightly
Floyd | fourth-wall-bending hints if you type v. Don't eat the blood sausage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Further notes available for Failbetter fans, MacGyver fans (he's the
Floyd | protagonist, though I've assumed no one playing this has seen the
Floyd | show), or people reading my crossover fanfic "Ecstasy in Cosmogone",
Floyd | depending on how exactly you encountered this game. But that's
Floyd | basically all you need to know if you just want to play it. Have fun!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
zarf arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline says, "Haha."
		DavidW asks, "Why v for hints?"
		Teaspoon says, "Voiceover."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, this is MacGyver protagonist mash up of Sunless Sea?"
		Teaspoon says, "yup"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 1 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "I approve of the premise!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 2 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The Innocent Spy. By turns, you're a troubleshooter, secret agent,
Floyd | amateur chemist, social worker, juggler, accidental time
Floyd | traveller...yeah, it's just as well you don't have business cards. At
Floyd | the moment, you're serving as tireless mechanic aboard the good ship
Floyd | Clipper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Hopefully a mechanic has tools."
		Teaspoon says, "See, on the show Mac has this habit of voiceover chatting with the audience. And I was writing this for people who had never played IF before."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 3 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline nods.
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW asks, "Silk for overalls?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "We have duct tape! We are unstoppable!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tape" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 4 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your last piece. Better make it count. Good thing Irem's so close;
Floyd | you'll be able to whip up another batch as soon as you resupply your
Floyd | stock of pink dream-linen.
Floyd |
Floyd | When did sentences like that become normal for you, again?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Duct tape! We're ...."
		Teaspoon says, "So if you type v, you get a fourth-wall-breaking response where he kinda explains how to play IF."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 5 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Scrimshander carving knife. Tough enough to slice bone, it was your
Floyd | Neathmas present from the Anonymous Crewmember. Not as good as a Swiss
Floyd | Army Knife, of course, but you work with what you've got.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh. So we're only temporarily unstoppable. Darn"
		DavidW asks, "Is Neathmas like Xmas, but lower to the floor?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x overalls" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 6 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd living in a place where silk is cheaper than linen, but there you
Floyd | are. They're nice and cool when stoking the boilers, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x candlestick" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 7 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANDLESTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Burns upwards. You have yet to figure out how this works.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x engine" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 8 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Leadbeater and Stainrod Illyrian. Triple-expansion, 1000 horsepower.
Floyd | Better than the Iron and Misery steeple-chase, that's for sure...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...that's just a Fallen London joke. It doesn't do anything."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, pro-tip I learned from my job: silk is a safer thing to be wearing if you catch on fire."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ironmongery" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 9 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IRONMONGERY
Floyd |
Floyd | A Leadbeater and Stainrod Illyrian. Triple-expansion, 1000 horsepower.
Floyd | Better than the Iron and Misery steeple-chase, that's for sure...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "natural fibres, eh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 10 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Captain makes them in his spare time. Everyone needs a hobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 11 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 12 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 13 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oops"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix engine" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 13 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIX ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search engine" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 14 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I vote we visit our workshop to the west next."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds good."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 15 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 16 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Scraps of brass, bone fragments. Swarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "what is swarf" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 16 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHAT IS SWARF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 17 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brass" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 17 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 18 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Might as well leave it here for now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I'm just gonna say that searching is not a verb in this game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 18 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 19 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "East next?"
		Jacqueline | Swarf, also known as chips or by other process-specific names (such as turnings, filings, or shavings), are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are the debris or waste resulting from machining, woodworking, or similar subtractive (material-removing) manufacturing processes.
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "thanks"
		Jacqueline says, "NP"
		Jacqueline says, "I did not know the term either."
		DavidW says, "It's always a plus when IF teaches new words."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 20 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Peiriannwr
Floyd | Peiriannwr: at least, that's the fanciful name the Captain's given it,
Floyd | which is almost longer than the space itself. An alcove barely big
Floyd | enough to hold your bunk and your crate. The engine room is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 21 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The inevitable pillow and spider-silk sheets. You don't need blankets
Floyd | so close to the boilers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 22 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Stuffed with white-raven feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x feathers" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 22 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FEATHERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x look in pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 22 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOOK IN PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 23 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sheets" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 24 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHEETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The circles-and-lines motif is a little unfortunate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 25 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 26 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your organisation is roughly chronological: the topmost layer consists
Floyd | of recent Neathmas presents. Sheet music. A map of Southern
Floyd | California's seascape. A pale key, which you absently pocket. "For
Floyd | opening things," the Captain had said. What things, he hadn't said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 27 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of ash keys. You suspect a pun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ASCII?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x music" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 28 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | A gift from the Student: "You will keep whistling that one tune, so I
Floyd | expanded it into a concerto for you. Though I think it needs cymbals
Floyd | for the full effect. And a piano. Maybe an orchestra?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 29 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd spent a happy evening with the Herald once, describing the
Floyd | familiar waters around your own home port.
Floyd |
Floyd | She'd transcribed your words into a fancifully medieval chart,
Floyd | lettered in graceful italics, with the odd dragon peeping around the
Floyd | margins. You wouldn't want to steer by it, but it's a thing of beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 30 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I imagine we just leave the map and sheet music here?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we not know our crewmates' names?"
		Teaspoon says, "no"
		Teaspoon says, "It's a function of the setting."
		zarf says, "we don't know our own name either"
		DavidW says, "I suggest visiting the pump room next"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w. s" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 32 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W. S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | just in case the stuffing box should leak (it doesn't, at least not
Floyd | unduly). The steam-powered pump in here works like a dream. Better
Floyd | than most Neath dreams, come to think of it...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dipper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The description of the Pump Room starts oddly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pump" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 33 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | One technology that the Neath's got absolutely right; you've never
Floyd | needed to lay a finger on the thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 34 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Protects the supply line between the screws and the engines. Pretty
Floyd | metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 35 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Full of bilge water. A trifle acidic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 35 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 36 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Not important right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 37 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 38 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | just in case the stuffing box should leak (it doesn't, at least not
Floyd | unduly). The steam-powered pump in here works like a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 40 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog half-wakes from its slumbers. "My, my, still at it? I might be
Floyd | inclined to help you out, for the right price. You know how cats like
Floyd | secrets."
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, clearly you have been at zee way too long. Cats don't talk...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, can't we? Forgotten that time in Irem already, hey? Where you and
Floyd | I will always have been, chasing the source of the Writhing River?"
Floyd |
Floyd | It rolls over on its stomach and begins to soliloquise about
Floyd | pluperfect tenses. Maybe you will have just gone mad, or maybe the cat
Floyd | has. Either way you'd better find your shipmates. Fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 41 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The ship's dedicated ratter, though you've yet to catch it at work.
Floyd | Apparently devoted to sleeping; but every now and then, you see its
Floyd | tail swish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mog about student" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 42 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOG ABOUT STUDENT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Well / 43 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You've always talked to yourself a lot. Pete calls it a bad habit, but
Floyd | you find it soothing in times of stress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seven is the number. An exorbitant price, I admit, but it's a seller's
Floyd | market.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's a confusing response."
		Teaspoon says, "...conversation always trips me up. Have to fix that."
		Jacqueline asks (of TS), "Should that have been 'You can see a Mog here' or 'You can see Mog here'?"
		Teaspoon says, "It oughta only have printed the second half of that."
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		Teaspoon says, "But yeah, it is *a* Mog, because there are other Mogs."
		DavidW asks, "Should the second half be in quotes?"
		Teaspoon says, "yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x smokestack" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 44 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SMOKESTACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the smokestack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 45 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Firm rungs and brass struts, perfect for sliding down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 45 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north, the south and the up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh 'the up'"
		DavidW asks, "north next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure. Let's stay level for now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 46 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clay" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 47 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clay steampunk robots. Not much for conversation, but they're
Floyd | wonderful firemen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I thought Clay Stokers was someone's name."
		Knight_Otu says, "Might be a better idea to nothave that capitalized."
		Knight_Otu says, "not have, I mean."
		DavidW says, "I suppose I should have seen the clay stokers or some clay stokers or four clay stokers."
		Teaspoon says, "two, come to think of it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boilers" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 48 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOILERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Scotch is a technical term, not a place of origin; these were probably
Floyd | made in the Iron Republic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in boilers" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 49 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOILERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bin" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 50 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A bin. Someone's scratched a note on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 50 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read bin" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 51 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A bin. Someone's scratched a note on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scratch" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 51 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCRATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing note" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 51 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to sing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 51 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bin" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 52 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A bin. Someone's scratched a note on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Teaspoon says, "sorry"
		Jacqueline asks, "NP. What's the note say?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 52 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we are beta-testing after all."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Exactly"
		Teaspoon says, "Just a note not to put grunting fuel in the boiler. Cos that's a Bad Idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 52 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter bin" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 53 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter boilers" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 54 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOILERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "As there is no grunting fuel in the game, this doesn't matter."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to clay" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 55 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Eh. They're basically just machinery with legs, far as you can make
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..Okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 56 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, no pigs for the boiler."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 57 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You choke on the coal dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not important right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. That 'not important right now?'"
		DavidW says, "I guess smell is important somewhere."
		DavidW says, "You probably missed an 'instead' in your smmelling coal dust rule."
		Teaspoon says, "I did."
		DavidW says, "er smelling"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 58 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 59 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal. Literally devilish, but it burns nicely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stuff" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 59 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 60 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | If the ship was carrying a Nomad or some cold cargo like that, this is
Floyd | the room where it'd be kept. Not much here besides shelves and the
Floyd | musty odour of sublimation. The hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a sausage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I claim this sausage for Canada!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 61 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear god, how long has this desiccated object been down here? Since
Floyd | the Fall?
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of long-dried blood. Not even the Neath has a name for this
Floyd | shade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 62 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 63 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Freezer burn. Sublimation and oxidation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not important right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 64 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Freezer burn. Sublimation and oxidation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not important right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's the wurst."
		DavidW says, "har"
		Teaspoon says, "snort"
		DavidW says, "I wonder if mogs like sausage."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 65 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | Not much here besides shelves and the musty odour of sublimation. The
Floyd | hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Ooh, I hadn't thought of that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 66 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | One of these days you'll electrify the place and put in some real
Floyd | refrigeration.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, I'm wondering about our drive here. It would be good to have a bit of a reminder now and then as to what we're up to."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 67 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 68 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lamp Room
Floyd | More of a cupboard. This is where lanterns are cleaned, candlestick
Floyd | holders scraped, and so forth. The hold is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a lantern (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 69 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | Brass and battery-powered, one of your few surviving possessions from
Floyd | the Surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Too bad double A batteries won't be invented for another ten years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 69 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "should I direct you at the puzzle bits?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 70 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn it on" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 71 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 72 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Arson isn't my style. Besides, I have to live here afterwards,
Floyd | remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 73 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fuel in lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 74 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FUEL IN LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | What it needs is a battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to TS), "No, no need to direct us right now."
		Teaspoon says, "okay"
		DavidW says, "I think there's a battery at the lighthouse."
		Teaspoon asks, "lighthouse?"
		Jacqueline says, "My point is that it feels like we've been exploring a while and so I'm like, 'Why are we here again?" I mean, I know, but from a story perspective it would be good to have a bit more."
		DavidW says, "Return to Zork"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "yay"
		Knight_Otu asks, "That's it for this level, if I recall correctly?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 75 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | Not much here besides shelves and the musty odour of sublimation. The
Floyd | hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 76 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 77 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 78 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 79 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sausage to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 80 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SAUSAGE TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mog about secrets" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 81 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOG ABOUT SECRETS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mog about mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 82 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOG ABOUT MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 83 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog might not like that. You might not like it either.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 84 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I had a big directional sign saying 'GO HERE AND DO THIS' in my first draft, and then I thought it was too obvious, so I took it out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 84 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north, the southeast, the southwest, the
Floyd | up and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just checking to see if there's more 'up' here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 85 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Provisions Locker
Floyd | Empty. Good thing the Ship will be reaching Irem tomorrow. The folding
Floyd | hatch above bangs occasionally, when one of the Underzee's rare winds
Floyd | blows by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 86 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a cargo hatch. They're pretty straightfoward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 87 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way up is by opening the whole cargo hatch, and that's a
Floyd | palaver even when the ship's safe in port. Best not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 88 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 89 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Not important right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 90 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 91 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Crewmember locks their door religiously. They do have this naive
Floyd | idea that a cheap mass-produced Carrow lock will keep out any
Floyd | intruders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Shaft / 91 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 92 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 92 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 93 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "The Student?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look east" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 94 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 95 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Unlocked: but so full of junk that you have trouble getting inside.
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | This place is definitely a fire trap.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that's not what's caught your breath and made your blood run cold.
Floyd | It was...you can't remember. Well. Probably nothing to worry about,
Floyd | then.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Was that the one who drew the map, or was that the Herald?"
		Teaspoon says, "The Herald's the one who drew the map."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah. But I think the student was mentioned as well somewhere before."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boots" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 96 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approve of the laces.
Floyd |
Floyd | A style much favoured in Vienna, for concealing secret messages; you
Floyd | spent several precious days of Surface leave chasing down apophany,
Floyd | before finding out they had nothing to do with the Great Game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well. Everyone on board knows that the Student is partial to
Floyd | Revolutionary philosophy, but these...he must have put in some patient
Floyd | grinding to have risen so high in their favours. Has he been lying
Floyd | about his true loyalties all this time? What else do none of you know
Floyd | about him?
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gained a Secret.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x notebooks" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 97 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTEBOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Real rag-paper and stylographic pens. Where his work's concerned, the
Floyd | Student rather pampers himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read notebooks" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 98 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Real rag-paper and stylographic pens. Where his work's concerned, the
Floyd | Student rather pampers himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 99 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | How long has it been since he washed his bedding? You'll have to have
Floyd | a word with him about that, assuming you can remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. Maybe that's his problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		DavidW asks, "Do we go back in or go elsewhere?"
		Jacqueline asks, "save first if you go back in?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Landing / 99 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we should explore elsewhere for now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 100 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | You've never been in here before. Turns out the Herald doesn't need to
Floyd | lock her door; even with your candle and a wide-open door to the
Floyd | Landing here, it's pitch black inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Almost pitch black. What's that colour, peligin?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close eyes" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 100 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 101 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | If nothing else, there's always the steady thrum-thrum of the engines
Floyd | to listen to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 102 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Not important right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search room" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 102 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x darkness" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 102 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DARKNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems we need batteries from the future, here."
		DavidW says, "I expect so, yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 103 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "galley next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 104 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. Maybe it's all the zee-monster
Floyd | bloodstains. A butcher's block holds pride of place; next to it is the
Floyd | stove, the tap and a crate of supplies. Cupboards line another wall. A
Floyd | window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar (on which is a teapot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 105 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The Herald claims she can foretell omens in its ever-changing
Floyd | patterns.
Floyd |
Floyd | She's joking, of course, but sphinxstone holds stains like nobody's
Floyd | business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stains" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 105 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blood" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 105 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stove" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 106 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Big hooting brass contraption. You suspect it'd look nicer if the
Floyd | Crewmember wasn't so diligent with the stove blacking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open stove" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 107 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | How would that help?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tap" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 108 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Both hot and cold water. Cutters have their faults, but the plumbing's
Floyd | good.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tap is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 109 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing left but a few fungal crackers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crackers" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 110 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRACKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr Murgatroyd's worst. They make Powdermilk Biscuits look like haute
Floyd | cuisine
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 111 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | All the usual kitchen paraphernalia. Your mug's in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mug" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 112 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | A silver christening-mug, left by some Surface-born officer. The
Floyd | others refuse to drink out of it; they say it's unlucky. Good thing
Floyd | you're not superstitious, because it's great for tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mug" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 113 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I feel like making tea, assuming we can do so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 114 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Some enterprising zailor chopped a hole in the wall here, so they
Floyd | could pulley coal through it instead of lugging it all the way through
Floyd | the Well. You have a good view of the piled-up crates below; from here
Floyd | their arrangement looks curiously like a staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 115 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing left but a few fungal crackers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "samovar" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 115 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAMOVAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x samovar" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 116 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMOVAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A coal-fired teamaker. Standard fixture on ships across the Underzee.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the samovar is a teapot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x teapot" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 117 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEAPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue-and-white Infernal Wedgwood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 118 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the teapot is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 119 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been forbidden from doing anything with it except for pouring
Floyd | tea, ever since the jello-making fiasco. So much for sheep foot jelly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour tea into mug" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 119 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POUR TEA INTO MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Is there tea in the teapot, the player wondered."
		DavidW says, "How can the player tell if there's tea in the teapot if he can't open it, he asked himself."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe shaking it can tell?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake teapot" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 119 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE TEAPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch teapot" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 120 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH TEAPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make tea" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 120 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill teapot" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 120 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FILL TEAPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in teapot" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 120 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN TEAPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn tap" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 121 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN TAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not thirsty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No tea for McGuyver."
		DavidW says (to game), "Let me unbutton a few buttons then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 121 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 122 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb crates" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 123 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 124 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Some enterprising zailor chopped a hole in the wall here, so they
Floyd | could pulley coal through it instead of lugging it all the way through
Floyd | the Well. You have a good view of the piled-up crates below; from here
Floyd | their arrangement looks curiously like a staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm not sure which room we're looking down into from here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 125 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 126 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. A butcher's block holds pride of
Floyd | place; next to it is the stove, the tap and a crate of supplies.
Floyd | Cupboards line another wall. A window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar (on which is a teapot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 127 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 128 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 129 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 130 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 131 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 132 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 132 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 133 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 133 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 134 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | Not much here besides shelves and the musty odour of sublimation. The
Floyd | hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 134 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 135 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 136 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lamp Room
Floyd | More of a cupboard. This is where lanterns are cleaned, candlestick
Floyd | holders scraped, and so forth. The hold is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 136 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 137 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 138 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 139 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 140 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 141 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 142 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crates" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 142 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 143 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.n.u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 146 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.N.U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 147 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I don't know where the staircase of crates is."
		Knight_Otu asks, "It did say hold below. Maybe just going up in the hold?"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 148 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 149 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 150 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 151 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 152 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 153 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "um, I screwed up. T"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 154 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 155 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 156 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 157 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "That was a description for something I took out."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah."
		DavidW says, "wardroom next, I guess"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 158 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wardroom
Floyd | Back in Minnesota, they'd call this hyggelig. So many cushions!
Floyd | Cushions on the floor, cushions piled up in to serve as tables and
Floyd | chairs, half-stuffed cushions waiting to be finished. In more mundane
Floyd | furniture, a curiosity cabinet fills one wall; a mirror reflects it
Floyd | from the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 159 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Captain makes them in his spare time. Everyone needs a hobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A curiosity cabinet sounds so much cooler than a curio cabinet"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 160 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | All manner of thing: but the Student's Searing Enigmas are the prize
Floyd | of the collection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x enigmas" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 161 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENIGMAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, you're not sure what all the fuss is about. Though they are
Floyd | very pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no. Immortality or no immortality, you wouldn't give tuppence for
Floyd | your life if the Student caught you messing around with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "One of these days I will get checking right."
		DavidW says, "uh, another missing instead, I assume."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hey, we're just looking."
		Teaspoon says, "oh well. Twice the response, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 162 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Blonde hair and a California tan.
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink; where did that come from? Your hair's dark; and like most
Floyd | inhabitants of the Neath, you haven't seen the sun for a long time.
Floyd | But then, the Captain had warned that mirrors would might behave oddly
Floyd | this close to Irem...Now it only shows you, and the familiar environs
Floyd | of the Wardroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 163 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 164 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 165 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 166 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Now it only shows you, and the familiar environs of the Wardroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 167 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 168 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 169 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 170 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Wardroom
Floyd | So many cushions! Cushions on the floor, cushions piled up in to serve
Floyd | as tables and chairs, half-stuffed cushions waiting to be finished. In
Floyd | more mundane furniture, a curiosity cabinet fills one wall; a mirror
Floyd | reflects it from the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 171 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I see nothing more to do on this level except maybe take the teapot, or revisit the Student's. That leaves going up from the Well, and giving things to the Mog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 172 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 173 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I think the mog wants secrets?"
		DavidW says, "I thought he gave secrets."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe I misunderstood."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 174 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 175 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 176 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 177 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 178 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 179 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give secret to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 179 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SECRET TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x secrets" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 179 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SECRETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mog about secret" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 180 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOG ABOUT SECRET
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 181 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 182 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. It says just how dark the Neath
Floyd | is that this combination looks pleasantly subdued rather than, say,
Floyd | lurid. There's a big wheel here (which a Clay Man is steering), and
Floyd | navigational instruments. The ship's whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee and a hassock here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...well, I did not mean to have an entire ocean on the Bridge. Oh dear."
		Jacqueline asks, "Scenery?"
		Teaspoon says, "Backdrop"
		DavidW asks, "Also with three e's?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, back--yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x zee" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 182 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ZEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x underzeee" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 183 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UNDERZEEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the Underzeee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "No, that should have been two ees."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hassock" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 184 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HASSOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Brown plush. You always feel bad about sitting on this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 184 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on hassock" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 185 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON HASSOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hassock" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 186 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HASSOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clay" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 187 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Even a clay robot is smart enough to serve as an autopilot when the
Floyd | ship's moving due North.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask clay about captain" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 187 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CLAY ABOUT CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 188 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They used to tell watches on ships by the ring of elegant bells. Then
Floyd | London entered the Neath, and cost-effective steam-whistles came into
Floyd | fashion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silent at present. An emergency cord dangles from the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 189 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Emergency mauve. A shade too close to irrigo for your tastes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 189 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTROLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x instruments" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 190 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INSTRUMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a compass here that won't point north, a ratwork watch for
Floyd | precise timekeeping, and a thick sheaf of charts, marked "Current
Floyd | Alteration", "Previous Alteration", "Alteration before last" and so
Floyd | forth...You wonder how the navigator keeps up with it all.
Floyd | Engineering's easy work by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x compass" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 191 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMPASS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a compass here that won't point north, a ratwork watch for
Floyd | precise timekeeping, and a thick sheaf of charts, marked "Current
Floyd | Alteration", "Previous Alteration", "Alteration before last" and so
Floyd | forth...You wonder how the navigator keeps up with it all.
Floyd | Engineering's easy work by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panelling" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 192 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANELLING
Floyd |
Floyd | You still haven't made up your mind whether they're actually wood.
Floyd | Improbably expensive for a ship like this, but they look real.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit panelling" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 193 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT PANELLING
Floyd |
Floyd | What was it your Grandpa Harry used to say? Violence is never the
Floyd | answer?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And where is Grandpa Harry now, I'd like to know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 194 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The Clay Man's taking care of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 194 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north, the south and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "he's dead, actually."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps if he'd hit a few more pieces of panelling with secret compartments, he'd be alive now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 195 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | Peaceful out here, under the false-stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 195 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x false-stars" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 195 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FALSE-STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 195 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 196 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I will put those in."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 197 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 198 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bats" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 198 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x zee-bats" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 199 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ZEE-BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Presently asleep. Still daytime, even if there's no sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake zee-bats" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 199 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE ZEE-BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 199 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north and the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 200 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterdeck
Floyd | Dark here, and this is where the deck guns are mounted. You don't like
Floyd | hanging around here any longer than you have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 201 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Tempting to turn those reconditioned relics into something more
Floyd | useful. A toaster, say. One of these days you might even do it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 201 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 202 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way down is by opening the whole cargo hatch, and that's a
Floyd | palaver even when the ship's safe in port. Best not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, this is where where that hatch led to."
		Teaspoon says, "yup."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 203 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 203 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north and the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 204 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 204 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north, the south and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 205 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | Peaceful out here, under the false-stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 205 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north and the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 206 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is locked. And this key doesn't fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A door?!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 206 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 207 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 208 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We seem to have run out of ship."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose that would be the captain's cabin."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "That is also my guess."
		DavidW says, "He probably has the teabags."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Time to McGuyver some batteries."
		Teaspoon says, "I honestly can't figure out what's wrong with my code here. I put a door there."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps it's confusing it with another door."
		Teaspoon says, "I only had the one door."
		DavidW asks, "What about the crewmembers' door?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "There was another unimplemented door to the Crewmember's cabin, wasn't there?"
		Teaspoon says, "I hadn't even coded a door there."
		DavidW says, "The doors are playing sardines."
		DavidW says, "We're probably a door too."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock me with key" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 209 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK ME WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That would've been a twist."
		DavidW says, "Shall we try the Student's room again? We're running out of things to try."
		Jacqueline says, "I was hoping we would unlock ourselves to discover that the secret was inside us, all along."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "exactly."
		DavidW says, "'There's no palavar like home.'"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Wouldn't that mean we ate the others?"
		DavidW says, "oo"
		Teaspoon says, "I think it would, now you mention it."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we're a weredoor."
		Teaspoon says, "...I'm sorry, everyone, I should have cleaned this up first."
		Jacqueline says, "We knew it was beta. '"
		Jacqueline says, "It's all good."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well we knew going in that it's a beta test."
		DavidW says (to Teaspoon), "No problem. This is what testing is for."
		Teaspoon says, "Thanks."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do you want me to not post this transcript, but instead just send it to you?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 210 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 211 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 212 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read logs" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 213 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LOGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully avert your gaze. You're not quite sure what happens to
Floyd | unread logs once someone has actually read them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...either way is fine, actually."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x relics" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 214 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RELICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Why are academics so fascinated by skulls? Or in this case, clavicles
Floyd | and spines as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothing" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 215 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | The University has a line on peligin-coloured gowns, guaranteed to
Floyd | endure through the toughest scientific expeditions. You're kinda
Floyd | jealous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 216 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 217 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boots" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 218 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | No, no. These are for Revolutionaries. You're in the Great Game.
Floyd | Totally diferent factions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Though honestly, you're not completely clear on the distinctions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 219 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Best leave it where he left it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 220 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A cup and a tree and a sword and a green hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Definitely for kids, with enrapturing but crude chromatic plates.
Floyd | Still, they have a fierce kind of life that holds your eye. The most
Floyd | striking illustration of the lot is captioned "The utter east,".
Floyd | Nothing but fractal green and gold, spiraling off endlessly...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the margin the Student has written a single word.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | That's all: but you know very well that a scoffing Surfacer shouldn't
Floyd | have ever learned this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think I understood that. Seems a bit Narnia-like, maybe."
		DavidW says, "We also gained a secret there."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We have a mug. That might correspond to the cup?"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says (to Knight), "A bit of a stretch, but I can't rule it out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes?" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 220 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES?
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 221 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I'm not fully convinced myself."
		DavidW says, "Unless we want to pull the emergency cord on the bridge, I'm not sure what to do next."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 222 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove overalls" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 223 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off silk overalls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Iria arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 224 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The Innocent Spy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear overalls" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 225 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on silk overalls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Iria asks, "What're we playing today?"
		Teaspoon says, "You know, I thought I'd included a subroutine for that."
		Teaspoon says, "it's a game by me."
		DavidW says (to Iria), "We're beta-testing Teaspoon's newest game."
		Teaspoon says, "which is pretty rough around the edges."
		Iria asks, "What's the title?"
		Teaspoon says, "Sardines"
		DavidW says, "I thought it was called Clipper."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 225 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Clipper
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Teaspoon
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170910 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | First time players may wish to type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an unofficial fanwork. Fallen London is © 2015 and ™
Floyd | Failbetter Games Limited: www.fallenlondon.com. MacGyver is copyright
Floyd | either Paramount or Lee David Zlotoff, depending.
Floyd | Identification number: //E6F2D0D4-15CE-4B3C-A293-EE3C956D8117//
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 | >

		Teaspoon says, "...that's the working name."
		Iria sighs.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 226 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 227 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 228 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 229 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give all to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 229 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE ALL TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give hassock to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 230 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE HASSOCK TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give mug to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 231 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MUG TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give lantern to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 232 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE LANTERN TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give dipper to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 233 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DIPPER TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "talk to mog?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 234 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You've always talked to yourself a lot. Pete calls it a bad habit, but
Floyd | you find it soothing in times of stress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seven is the number. An exorbitant price, I admit, but it's a seller's
Floyd | market.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We've tried talking to it. It's not very helpful."
		Teaspoon says, "it's a cat"
		DavidW says, "a talking cat."
		Teaspoon says, "These things happen at zee"
		DavidW asks, "I suppose the mog wants seven of something?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I just thought there might be something new now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |  > What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push enter" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                          Are there hints?
Floyd | Type v and the Innocent Spy will suggest something to do next. Or just
Floyd | chat, if you're done with that location.
Floyd |
Floyd | The list of actions will tell you every relevant command.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 234 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 235 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess I could go steal a lot of secrets and feed them to a cat.
Floyd | Does sound kinda desperate."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah."
		DavidW says, "The cat does want secrets."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right. V"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we have one."
		DavidW says, "Two."
		Jacqueline says, "No, two"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
		Knight_Otu asks, "But it wants seven. Were can we get more,then?"
		DavidW says, "I assume v is location-sensitive."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 236 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 237 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hang on, mind if I get my flight jacket? Should be somewhere in the
Floyd | cabin to starboard. Or as normal people would say, east."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Jacket?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 238 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Peiriannwr
Floyd | An alcove barely big enough to hold your bunk and your crate. The
Floyd | engine room is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 238 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 239 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice jacket, isn't it? And the pocket space is unbelievable."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "wicked awesome MacGyver flight jacket."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 240 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice jacket, isn't it? And the pocket space is unbelievable."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Teaspoon), "uh, what?"
		Teaspoon says, "and...the coding's broken again. You shouldn't get that comment until you've worn the thing."
		DavidW says, "But there isn't any jacket."
		Jacqueline says, "There is no spoon"
		Teaspoon says, "spoons"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 240 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The crate is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 241 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath is the pile of accumulations from previous voyages - a blue
Floyd | coticule you picked up in Italy, a port report on the Cumaean Canal.
Floyd | Ah ha! Your old jacket. Weather-beaten, but snug and comfortable: you
Floyd | slip it on with no small relief. They don't make "em like this yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has decreased.
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. We needed to examine the crate twice."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coticule" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 242 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COTICULE
Floyd |
Floyd | Belgian blue. You look forward to trying it out on the Scrimshander
Floyd | knife, once that needs a whetting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I did say in the description that that was the *top* layer."
		Jacqueline asks, "huh. Why would that be?"
		Teaspoon asks, "was that too subtle?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, true."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, a bit."
		DavidW asks, "So the music sheet and map aren't really there but still sorta implemented?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe parts of the crate."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 243 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A Frenchman's idea of an American flight jacket, which you picked up
Floyd | in a shop in Vancouver. Very cosmopolitan. It's leather, with an
Floyd | especially roomy inside pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "They're not takable because they're not usable, and I was trying to only let you carry things that would be useful plot objects."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 244 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the flight jacket's pocket is a postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 245 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Mac...
Floyd |
Floyd | There's more, in Jack Dalton's characteristically sloppy handwriting
Floyd | (he's apologising for one of his frequent escapades), but it's the
Floyd | opening that interests you. A name you've forgotten. Or a nickname:
Floyd | but even those have power in the Neath.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gained a Secret.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 246 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough nostalgia for now. You have other fish to fry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "mm fish"
		Teaspoon says, "yeah, so I don't know how zarf correctly deduced that the protagonist's forgotten his name, but he was right."
		DavidW asks, "oo, where could I buy fish and chips around here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 247 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The inevitable pillow and spider-silk sheets. You don't need blankets
Floyd | so close to the boilers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 248 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 249 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I could probably rig up a battery to fix that old lamp of
Floyd | mine. Surface Currency and salt water, ."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We have the water in the dipper."
		DavidW says, "Surface currency would be coins."
		DavidW says, "So Inevitable."
		Teaspoon says, "Um, to make the battery you'd have to type a command which was in my list of actions but isn't on the regular list."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "build battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUILD BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "construct battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CONSTRUCT BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rig battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIG BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "also you're not carrying any coins"
		DavidW says, "One step at a time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fabricate battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FABRICATE BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "The verb's not Mcgyver, is it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "assemble battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASSEMBLE BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "macgyver battery" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 250 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MACGYVER BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to macgyver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "no"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "yay."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "hah!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 251 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Scraps of brass, bone fragments. Swarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I just keep mispelling the name."
		DavidW says, "Most likely place for coins is the curiosity cabinet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 252 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 253 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | just in case the stuffing box should leak (it doesn't, at least not
Floyd | unduly). The steam-powered pump in here works like a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 254 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "I hate to think of myself as superstitious, but I have this
Floyd | non-aggression pact going with the pump where it works perfectly and I
Floyd | leave it strictly alone. Can we leave now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 256 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 257 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 258 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "One of these days I'm gonna have to figure out what makes Clay Men
Floyd | tick. If I ever find the time..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 259 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 260 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aw, c'mon, I already spent an hour looking through here the first
Floyd | time! Don't really feel like seeking in here again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 261 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 262 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | Not much here besides shelves and the musty odour of sublimation. The
Floyd | hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 263 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "So maybe I'm not a strict vegetarian, but random mysterious sausages?
Floyd | Not that hungry, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.e" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 265 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lamp Room
Floyd | More of a cupboard. This is where lanterns are cleaned, candlestick
Floyd | holders scraped, and so forth. The hold is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 266 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pete caught me playing Zork on the DXS mainframe once. I had to
Floyd | invent a whole super-secret hacker persona just to get him off my
Floyd | tail..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.s.s" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 269 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W.S.S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 270 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 271 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Provisions Locker
Floyd | Empty. Good thing the Ship will be reaching Irem tomorrow. The folding
Floyd | hatch above bangs occasionally, when one of the Underzee's rare winds
Floyd | blows by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 272 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 273 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 274 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 275 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | Almost pitch black. What's that colour, peligin?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 276 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "She must have a way to shut this off, if I just look for it. Or maybe
Floyd | I just need a bigger light."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off darkness" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 276 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF DARKNESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x switch" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 276 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "find switch" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 276 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIND SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 277 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 278 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 279 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did I mention I'm violently allergic to irrigo? Did I say that
Floyd | already?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take clothing" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 280 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CLOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 280 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 281 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 282 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | How long has it been since he washed his bedding? You'll have to have
Floyd | a word with him about that, assuming you can remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. Maybe that's his problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 283 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wardroom
Floyd | So many cushions! Cushions on the floor, cushions piled up in to serve
Floyd | as tables and chairs, half-stuffed cushions waiting to be finished. In
Floyd | more mundane furniture, a curiosity cabinet fills one wall; a mirror
Floyd | reflects it from the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 284 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never seen a ship outfitted with this many cushions before."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I like it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Iria asks, "What exactly does 'V' do?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 284 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the curiosity cabinet with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Voiceover hints, apparently."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "key" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 285 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 286 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | All manner of thing: but the Student's Searing Enigmas are the prize
Floyd | of the collection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I am regretting including this key at all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x enigmas" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 287 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENIGMAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, you're not sure what all the fuss is about. Though they are
Floyd | very pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no. Immortality or no immortality, you wouldn't give tuppence for
Floyd | your life if the Student caught you messing around with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take enigmas" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 288 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ENIGMAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no. Immortality or no immortality, you wouldn't give tuppence for
Floyd | your life if the Student caught you messing around with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 289 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Now it only shows you, and the familiar environs of the Wardroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 290 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 291 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 291 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the northeast, the northwest, the south, the
Floyd | east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 292 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. A butcher's block holds pride of
Floyd | place; next to it is the stove, the tap and a crate of supplies.
Floyd | Cupboards line another wall. A window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar (on which is a teapot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 293 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "A cup of mushroom tea sounds pretty good right now, come to think of
Floyd | it. Better than a fussy LA latte any day of the week."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Mushroom?"
		Teaspoon says, "mushrooms."
		DavidW asks, "We haven't seen any mushrooms, have we?"
		Teaspoon says, "setting."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Suddenly incredibly tired. Going to lie down. Enjoy, y'all."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "be well!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thanks!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 294 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing left but a few fungal crackers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crackers" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 295 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CRACKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cracker" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 295 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CRACKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat cracker" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 295 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CRACKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 296 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 297 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. A butcher's block holds pride of
Floyd | place; next to it is the stove, the tap and a crate of supplies.
Floyd | Cupboards line another wall. A window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar (on which is a teapot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 298 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | All the usual kitchen paraphernalia. Your mug's in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 299 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "Actually, my mug's out here."
		Teaspoon says, "infinite mugs"
		Teaspoon says, "I'll have a lot of cleanup to do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go through window" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 300 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 301 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 302 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 304 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 305 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Bridge / 305 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 306 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's only meant for use in dire calamities. Like the ship sinking, or
Floyd | an infestation of milliners or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 306 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOW WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 306 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 307 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 308 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 309 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ever had a pet bat? Don't. I dunno how the Herald keeps up with "em."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take zee-bat" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 309 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ZEE-BAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take zee-bats" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 310 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ZEE-BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeak" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 310 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 311 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterdeck
Floyd | Dark here, and this is where the deck guns are mounted. You don't like
Floyd | hanging around here any longer than you have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 312 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much to do up here except stargaze. Sometimes zailors see good
Floyd | omens up there. Usually they don't."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stargaze" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 313 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STARGAZE
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment, you know nothing except the distance between yourself
Floyd | and sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		
Iria goes home. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 314 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Tempting to turn those reconditioned relics into something more
Floyd | useful. A toaster, say. One of these days you might even do it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that doesn't sound good."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn guns into toaster" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 314 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN GUNS INTO TOASTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to turn guns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 315 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fire guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 315 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIRE GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 315 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 316 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 317 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 318 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | Peaceful out here, under the false-stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 319 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, the solution's kinda obvious, but then I'm looking at it and
Floyd | you're not. Try examining stuff up here a little more, and if you're
Floyd | still stuck, try typing password. I always type password into weird
Floyd | programmes just to see what it'll do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to game), "The stuff, ze is not there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stuff" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 319 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "except you can't examine because of this WRETCHED DOOR"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "password" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 320 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PASSWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Captain's door has a catflap, I just need to crawl through it.
Floyd | Easy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Even easier from your point of view, you just have to type crawl."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "crawl" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 320 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRAWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few deep breaths, empty your lungs, and squeeze through the
Floyd | catflap. The expected: apparently everyone's fallen asleep waiting for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...oh thank god, you found an ending."
		Teaspoon says, "even if it was the boring one. Sorry."
		Knight_Otu asks, "How many are there?"
		DavidW says, "s'okay."
		Teaspoon says, "Uh, I've lost track."
		Teaspoon says, "The going mad one, the terrible-things-happen-when-you-eat-the-sausage-one, couple others."
		DavidW says, "I'm glad I found an ending too, even though I disliked relying on V; I normally try to play without explicit hints."
		DavidW says, "oh, I assumed the sausage was inedible."
		Teaspoon says, "Maybe I should rephrase that. It shouldn't be hints so much as something I was actively anticipating people to play with."
		Knight_Otu says, "The last one was perhaps the worst offender."
		Teaspoon says, "the sausage *is* inedible. Awful things happen if you eat it anyway."
		Knight_Otu says, "Except that the door was gone."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 320 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 321 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a mistake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 322 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a liquid, is it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 322 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 323 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 324 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Unaccountably Peckish
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x peckish" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 325 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PECKISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh god, not again. Damnably hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | How much do you know about the Herald's past? Very little. And less
Floyd | about her future.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 326 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat hassock" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 327 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT HASSOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | How much do you know about the Herald's past? Very little. And less
Floyd | about her future.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 328 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 329 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 330 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Unaccountably Peckish
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear tape" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 331 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I wish there was a better way to distinguish between responses and things from a table of response."
		DavidW asks, "I suppose the knife is for chopping up the mushrooms -- which are probably hiding in the darkness of the Herald's room?"
		Teaspoon says, "Cos you're doing something, and then you get a popup from The List of Responses When You're Going Mad, and it all looks like the same thing."
		Teaspoon says, "There is definitely stuff in the Herald's room, yes."
		DavidW says, "But I didn't find any coins to macgyver into a battery."
		DavidW asks, "Do I need to search the cushions more?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I have a suspicion there's with the pillows, from the voiceover."
		Teaspoon says, "two ways to solve that puzzle, one of which doesn't require stuff from other rooms."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 332 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Could a bound-shark have jumped over the side and eaten them all up?
Floyd | Surely not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 333 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 334 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 335 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat paint" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 336 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | Why not?
Floyd |
Floyd | You lick assiduously, until the engine is devoid of paint and covered
Floyd | with tongue-marks. Doesn't do either of you much good.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your wounds have increased.
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...I did not think that was the response you'd find."
		DavidW says, "It did say the paint was tasty!"
		Teaspoon says, "Victorian paint is GORGEOUS"
		Teaspoon says, "And candy-coloured."
		Teaspoon says, "Obviously bad to eat though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x engine" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 337 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Leadbeater and Stainrod Illyrian. Triple-expansion, 1000 horsepower.
Floyd | Better than the Iron and Misery steeple-chase, that's for sure...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 338 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it. Rather more subdued now you've eaten
Floyd | the paint off the ironmongery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cushions still look incongruous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 339 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Cushions have the free roam of the ship; but there's no one around to
Floyd | throw them at right now. So they might as well stay here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lie on cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 339 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIE ON CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 340 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 341 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 342 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're too anxious to sleep at present.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 343 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 344 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Scraps of brass, bone fragments. Swarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 344 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sort junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 344 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SORT JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 345 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps you've dreaming. That's not much consolation, if you can't
Floyd | guess when you'll wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 346 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | The dreadful truth is, this is not a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 347 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it. Rather more subdued now you've eaten
Floyd | the paint off the ironmongery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cushions still look incongruous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 347 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 348 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 348 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit mog" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 349 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | What was it your Grandpa Harry used to say? Violence is never the
Floyd | answer?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 350 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch clay" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 351 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH CLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clay Stokers might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give fuel to clay" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 352 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE FUEL TO CLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clay Stokers doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fuel in boilers" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 353 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FUEL IN BOILERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bin" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 354 / Terror: 90 / Wounds: 1 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A bin. Someone's scratched a note on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, I can't think of anything else to do right now."
		Teaspoon says, "Thanks for going over the game, anyway. I really appreciate it."
		Teaspoon says, "And I've got a lot to fix before I unleash it on IF newbies."
		DavidW says, "If there really are seven secrets to find, I'm bad at finding them."
		Teaspoon says, "given that it's you we're talking about, I'm clearly cluing it badly."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's been cool to do some beta testing."
		Knight_Otu says, "If by proxy."
		Teaspoon says, "thanks."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "you helped. You definitely helped."
		Knight_Otu says, "I try."
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 1 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tonight, pudding. Tomorrow, the fabled port of Irem. Good things. This
Floyd | is just a game to pass the time until then.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nevertheless, even in the engine room's warmth you can't help the
Floyd | occasional shiver.
Floyd | Clipper
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Teaspoon
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170910 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | First time players may wish to type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an unofficial fanwork. Fallen London is © 2015 and ™
Floyd | Failbetter Games Limited: www.fallenlondon.com. MacGyver is copyright
Floyd | either Paramount or Lee David Zlotoff, depending.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x engine" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 2 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Leadbeater and Stainrod Illyrian. Triple-expansion, 1000 horsepower.
Floyd | Better than the Iron and Misery steeple-chase, that's for sure...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 3 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hang on, mind if I get my flight jacket? Should be somewhere in the
Floyd | cabin to starboard. Or as normal people would say, east."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 4 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Peiriannwr
Floyd | Peiriannwr: at least, that's the fanciful name the Captain's given it,
Floyd | which is almost longer than the space itself. An alcove barely big
Floyd | enough to hold your bunk and your crate. The engine room is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 5 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | The inevitable pillow and spider-silk sheets. You don't need blankets
Floyd | so close to the boilers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sheets" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 6 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHEETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The circles-and-lines motif is a little unfortunate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 7 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your organisation is roughly chronological: the topmost layer consists
Floyd | of recent Neathmas presents. Sheet music. A map of Southern
Floyd | California's seascape. A pale key, which you absently pocket. "For
Floyd | opening things," the Captain had said. What things, he hadn't said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 8 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath is the pile of accumulations from previous voyages - a blue
Floyd | coticule you picked up in Italy, a port report on the Cumaean Canal.
Floyd | Ah ha! Your old jacket. Weather-beaten, but snug and comfortable: you
Floyd | slip it on with no small relief. They don't make "em like this yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has decreased.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 9 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Enough nostalgia for now. You have other fish to fry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sheet music" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 10 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHEET MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | A gift from the Student: "You will keep whistling that one tune, so I
Floyd | expanded it into a concerto for you. Though I think it needs cymbals
Floyd | for the full effect. And a piano. Maybe an orchestra?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 11 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd spent a happy evening with the Herald once, describing the
Floyd | familiar waters around your own home port.
Floyd |
Floyd | She'd transcribed your words into a fancifully medieval chart,
Floyd | lettered in graceful italics, with the odd dragon peeping around the
Floyd | margins. You wouldn't want to steer by it, but it's a thing of beauty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x coticle" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 11 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COTICLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x coticule" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 12 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COTICULE
Floyd |
Floyd | Belgian blue. You look forward to trying it out on the Scrimshander
Floyd | knife, once that needs a whetting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x report" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 13 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You copied out the Captain's notes and added a few annotations of your
Floyd | own. The Great Game remains the Great Game, whether it's 1895 or
Floyd | 1995...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 14 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 15 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A Frenchman's idea of an American flight jacket, which you picked up
Floyd | in a shop in Vancouver. Very cosmopolitan. It's leather, with an
Floyd | especially roomy inside pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 16 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of ash keys. You suspect a pun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 17 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Scrimshander carving knife. Tough enough to slice bone, it was your
Floyd | Neathmas present from the Anonymous Crewmember. Not as good as a Swiss
Floyd | Army Knife, of course, but you work with what you've got.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tape" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 18 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your last piece. Better make it count. Good thing Irem's so close;
Floyd | you'll be able to whip up another batch as soon as you resupply your
Floyd | stock of pink dream-linen.
Floyd |
Floyd | When did sentences like that become normal for you, again?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x overalls" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 19 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd living in a place where silk is cheaper than linen, but there you
Floyd | are. They're nice and cool when stoking the boilers, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x candlestick" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 20 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANDLESTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Burns upwards. You have yet to figure out how this works.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 21 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Peiriannwr
Floyd | An alcove barely big enough to hold your bunk and your crate. The
Floyd | engine room is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 22 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 23 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | just in case the stuffing box should leak (it doesn't, at least not
Floyd | unduly). The steam-powered pump in here works like a dream. Better
Floyd | than most Neath dreams, come to think of it...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dipper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 24 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Full of bilge water. A trifle acidic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 25 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x pump" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 26 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | One technology that the Neath's got absolutely right; you've never
Floyd | needed to lay a finger on the thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 27 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 28 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 29 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Scraps of brass, bone fragments. Swarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                       Instructions for Play
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > About Interactive Fiction
Floyd |    What to do with >
Floyd |    Getting Started
Floyd |    Rooms and Travel
Floyd |    Objects
Floyd |    Controlling the Game
Floyd |    How the World is Assembled
Floyd |    If You Get Stuck

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 29 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |  > What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |  > List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                          List of actions
Floyd | Examine (x for short) is the main one. You can get through most of the
Floyd | game on that. Seek is your all-purpose command to look for your
Floyd | shipmates (and other things) in each room. Type V if you need a hint,
Floyd | I for Inventory, exits if you want to know how to leave a room. You
Floyd | move around by typing compass directions, not starboard or port
Floyd | (diagonals get messy otherwise). If you want to increase the Spy's
Floyd | terror level quickly, type MacGyver. Undo is your friend.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cut (something), crawl, drop (something), drink (something), eat
Floyd | (something), listen, pick (something), pray to (something), sing,
Floyd | sleep, slide, smell, stargaze, swear, take (something), talk to
Floyd | (something), tape (something), wear (something), whistle, xyzzy. Oh,
Floyd | and don't actually type the parentheticals.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |  > List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 29 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 30 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 31 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 32 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog half-wakes from its slumbers. "My, my, still at it? I might be
Floyd | inclined to help you out, for the right price. You know how cats like
Floyd | secrets."
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, clearly you have been at zee way too long. Cats don't talk...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, can't we? Forgotten that time in Irem already, hey? Where you and
Floyd | I will always have been, chasing the source of the Writhing River?"
Floyd |
Floyd | It rolls over on its stomach and begins to soliloquise about
Floyd | pluperfect tenses. Maybe you will have just gone mad, or maybe the cat
Floyd | has. Either way you'd better find your shipmates. Fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Well / 33 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You've always talked to yourself a lot. Pete calls it a bad habit, but
Floyd | you find it soothing in times of stress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seven is the number. An exorbitant price, I admit, but it's a seller's
Floyd | market.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 34 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 35 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's leather, with an especially roomy inside pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x pocket" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 36 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | In the flight jacket's pocket is a postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x postcard" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 37 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Mac...
Floyd |
Floyd | There's more, in Jack Dalton's characteristically sloppy handwriting
Floyd | (he's apologising for one of his frequent escapades), but it's the
Floyd | opening that interests you. A name you've forgotten. Or a nickname:
Floyd | but even those have power in the Neath.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gained a Secret.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 38 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing nothing nothing. You shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 39 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stoker" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 39 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stokers" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 40 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clay steampunk robots. Not much for conversation, but they're
Floyd | wonderful firemen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x boiler" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 40 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOILER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x boilers" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 41 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOILERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Scotch is a technical term, not a place of origin; these were probably
Floyd | made in the Iron Republic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bin" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 42 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A bin. Someone's scratched a note on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 43 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see fuel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 44 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal. Literally devilish, but it burns nicely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 45 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 46 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | If the ship was carrying a Nomad or some cold cargo like that, this is
Floyd | the room where it'd be kept. Not much here besides shelves and the
Floyd | musty odour of sublimation. The hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a sausage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 47 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear god, how long has this desiccated object been down here? Since
Floyd | the Fall?
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of long-dried blood. Not even the Neath has a name for this
Floyd | shade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 48 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 49 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 50 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lamp Room
Floyd | More of a cupboard. This is where lanterns are cleaned, candlestick
Floyd | holders scraped, and so forth. The hold is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a lantern (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 51 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | Brass and battery-powered, one of your few surviving possessions from
Floyd | the Surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Too bad double A batteries won't be invented for another ten years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 52 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 53 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 54 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 55 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 56 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 57 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Crewmember locks their door religiously. They do have this naive
Floyd | idea that a cheap mass-produced Carrow lock will keep out any
Floyd | intruders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x carrow" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 57 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 58 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Provisions Locker
Floyd | Empty. Good thing the Ship will be reaching Irem tomorrow. The folding
Floyd | hatch above bangs occasionally, when one of the Underzee's rare winds
Floyd | blows by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 59 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a cargo hatch. They're pretty straightfoward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 59 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the northeast and the up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 60 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 60 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north, the southeast, the southwest, the
Floyd | up and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 61 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 62 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wardroom
Floyd | Back in Minnesota, they'd call this hyggelig. So many cushions!
Floyd | Cushions on the floor, cushions piled up in to serve as tables and
Floyd | chairs, half-stuffed cushions waiting to be finished. In more mundane
Floyd | furniture, a curiosity cabinet fills one wall; a mirror reflects it
Floyd | from the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 63 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | All manner of thing: but the Student's Searing Enigmas are the prize
Floyd | of the collection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x enigmas" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 64 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENIGMAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, you're not sure what all the fuss is about. Though they are
Floyd | very pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no. Immortality or no immortality, you wouldn't give tuppence for
Floyd | your life if the Student caught you messing around with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 65 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never seen a ship outfitted with this many cushions before."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think I like it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 66 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Captain makes them in his spare time. Everyone needs a hobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get them" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 66 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 67 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Cushions have the free roam of the ship; but there's no one around to
Floyd | throw them at right now. So they might as well stay here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 68 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Wardroom
Floyd | So many cushions! Cushions on the floor, cushions piled up in to serve
Floyd | as tables and chairs, half-stuffed cushions waiting to be finished. In
Floyd | more mundane furniture, a curiosity cabinet fills one wall; a mirror
Floyd | reflects it from the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tables" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 68 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 68 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 68 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 69 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Blonde hair and a California tan.
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink; where did that come from? Your hair's dark; and like most
Floyd | inhabitants of the Neath, you haven't seen the sun for a long time.
Floyd | But then, the Captain had warned that mirrors would might behave oddly
Floyd | this close to Irem...Now it only shows you, and the familiar environs
Floyd | of the Wardroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 70 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | One cushion, two cushion, red cushion, blue cushion - nope. No one
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 70 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to seek.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 71 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | All manner of thing: but the Student's Searing Enigmas are the prize
Floyd | of the collection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 72 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | All manner of thing: but the Student's Searing Enigmas are the prize
Floyd | of the collection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x thing" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 72 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x things" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 72 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x collection" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 72 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COLLECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 72 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 73 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 74 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. Maybe it's all the zee-monster
Floyd | bloodstains. A butcher's block holds pride of place; next to it is the
Floyd | stove, the tap and a crate of supplies. Cupboards line another wall. A
Floyd | window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar (on which is a teapot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x samovar" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 75 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMOVAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A coal-fired teamaker. Standard fixture on ships across the Underzee.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the samovar is a teapot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x teapot" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 76 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEAPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue-and-white Infernal Wedgwood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 77 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 78 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get samovar" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 79 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SAMOVAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 80 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. A butcher's block holds pride of
Floyd | place; next to it is the stove, the tap and a crate of supplies.
Floyd | Cupboards line another wall. A window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x samovar" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 81 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMOVAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A coal-fired teamaker. Standard fixture on ships across the Underzee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 82 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing left but a few fungal crackers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crackers" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 83 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRACKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr Murgatroyd's worst. They make Powdermilk Biscuits look like haute
Floyd | cuisine
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 84 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody in the cupboards. Nobody in the stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | It had seemed a trifle unlikely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tap" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 85 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Both hot and cold water. Cutters have their faults, but the plumbing's
Floyd | good.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tap is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 86 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The Herald claims she can foretell omens in its ever-changing
Floyd | patterns.
Floyd |
Floyd | She's joking, of course, but sphinxstone holds stains like nobody's
Floyd | business.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stove" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 87 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Big hooting brass contraption. You suspect it'd look nicer if the
Floyd | Crewmember wasn't so diligent with the stove blacking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stove" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 88 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Big hooting brass contraption. You suspect it'd look nicer if the
Floyd | Crewmember wasn't so diligent with the stove blacking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open stove" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 89 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | How would that help?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 90 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 89 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 89 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 90 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cupboards" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 91 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUPBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | All the usual kitchen paraphernalia. Your mug's in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get mug" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 92 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 93 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Some enterprising zailor chopped a hole in the wall here, so they
Floyd | could pulley coal through it instead of lugging it all the way through
Floyd | the Well. You have a good view of the piled-up crates below; from here
Floyd | their arrangement looks curiously like a staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter window" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 94 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 95 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 96 / Terror: 10 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Unlocked: but so full of junk that you have trouble getting inside.
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | This place is definitely a fire trap.
Floyd |
Floyd | But that's not what's caught your breath and made your blood run cold.
Floyd | It was...you can't remember. Well. Probably nothing to worry about,
Floyd | then.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x boots" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 97 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approve of the laces.
Floyd |
Floyd | A style much favoured in Vienna, for concealing secret messages; you
Floyd | spent several precious days of Surface leave chasing down apophany,
Floyd | before finding out they had nothing to do with the Great Game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well. Everyone on board knows that the Student is partial to
Floyd | Revolutionary philosophy, but these...he must have put in some patient
Floyd | grinding to have risen so high in their favours. Has he been lying
Floyd | about his true loyalties all this time? What else do none of you know
Floyd | about him?
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gained a Secret.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open boots" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 98 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x boots" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 99 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approve of the laces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x laces" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 100 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LACES
Floyd |
Floyd | You approve of the laces.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 101 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x relics" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 102 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RELICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Why are academics so fascinated by skulls? Or in this case, clavicles
Floyd | and spines as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x notebooks" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 103 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTEBOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Real rag-paper and stylographic pens. Where his work's concerned, the
Floyd | Student rather pampers himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x rag-paper" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 103 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG-PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get notebooks" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 104 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET NOTEBOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | He'd notice. And you haven't any use for them, anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 105 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | How long has it been since he washed his bedding? You'll have to have
Floyd | a word with him about that, assuming you can remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. Maybe that's his problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 106 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x logs" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 107 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully avert your gaze. You're not quite sure what happens to
Floyd | unread logs once someone has actually read them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read logs" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 108 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LOGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully avert your gaze. You're not quite sure what happens to
Floyd | unread logs once someone has actually read them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x clothing" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 109 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | The University has a line on peligin-coloured gowns, guaranteed to
Floyd | endure through the toughest scientific expeditions. You're kinda
Floyd | jealous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 110 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 111 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 112 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A cup and a tree and a sword and a green hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | Definitely for kids, with enrapturing but crude chromatic plates.
Floyd | Still, they have a fierce kind of life that holds your eye. The most
Floyd | striking illustration of the lot is captioned "The utter east,".
Floyd | Nothing but fractal green and gold, spiraling off endlessly...
Floyd |
Floyd | In the margin the Student has written a single word.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | That's all: but you know very well that a scoffing Surfacer shouldn't
Floyd | have ever learned this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 113 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | A silver christening-mug, left by some Surface-born officer. The
Floyd | others refuse to drink out of it; they say it's unlucky. Good thing
Floyd | you're not superstitious, because it's great for tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 113 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x skulls" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 113 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKULLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 113 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put mug in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 114 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MUG IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the mug into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put knife in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 115 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KNIFE IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the knife into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 116 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 117 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 117 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "light candlestick" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 118 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLESTICK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Arson isn't my style. Besides, I have to live here afterwards,
Floyd | remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put candlestick in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 119 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CANDLESTICK IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the candlestick into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 120 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 121 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the crate are a candlestick, a knife and a mug.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 122 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 123 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | candlestick: Taken.
Floyd | knife: Taken.
Floyd | mug: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get book" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 124 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Best leave it where he left it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look under bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 125 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 126 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | How long has it been since he washed his bedding? You'll have to have
Floyd | a word with him about that, assuming you can remember.
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. Maybe that's his problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 127 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | You've never been in here before. Turns out the Herald doesn't need to
Floyd | lock her door; even with your candle and a wide-open door to the
Floyd | Landing here, it's pitch black inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Almost pitch black. What's that colour, peligin?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 128 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "She must have a way to shut this off, if I just look for it. Or maybe
Floyd | I just need a bigger light."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x peligin" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness / 129 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PELIGIN
Floyd |
Floyd | As your eyes adjust, you can just make out a shade of peligin. Not
Floyd | because it provides light; but because it's even darker than the
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 130 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha! You remove the lampshade; an uncovered mountain-shard fills the
Floyd | room with blazing light. Clever, that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next time you look at the shade, it's not there any more. Weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach into Blah room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner. You've heard of zailors keeping shrines,
Floyd | but this is something else again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sherd" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 131 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | A Stone cutting. They're very expensive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 132 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 133 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | You're no judge of art, but the mural up there sure looks like one of
Floyd | the nastier Underzee storms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tiles" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 134 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TILES
Floyd |
Floyd | Who wants a cement-floored bedroom, anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x rod" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 135 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoever installed it did so sloppily; it's all of six degrees off
Floyd | true. Maybe when this game is over you could offer to fix it? Or
Floyd | perhaps that would be rude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x dresses" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 136 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRESSES
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything from a spider-silk wrapper for spring cleaning, to a
Floyd | whisper-satin tea gown, to a solitary (exorbitantly expensive)
Floyd | puzzle-damask evening dress. She believes in being prepared for every
Floyd | occasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gown" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 137 / Terror: 30 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything from a spider-silk wrapper for spring cleaning, to a
Floyd | whisper-satin tea gown, to a solitary (exorbitantly expensive)
Floyd | puzzle-damask evening dress. She believes in being prepared for every
Floyd | occasion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 138 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Half-empty, but there's a goodish quantity of supplies left. Surface
Floyd | treats too, a cut above the usual Neath fare. Sun-dried apples, aged
Floyd | parmesan...chocolate!
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh. Why couldn't she have mentioned her little hoard on the hungry
Floyd | voyage North, when everyone was starving and making dark jokes about
Floyd | cannibalism?
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gained a Secret.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x chocolate" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 139 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHOCOLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You always figured that "mouth-watering" was just an expression. Turns
Floyd | out it isn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x apples" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 140 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X APPLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You always figured that "mouth-watering" was just an expression. Turns
Floyd | out it isn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 140 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter crate" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 141 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 142 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sherd" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 143 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | A Stone cutting. They're very expensive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 144 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think you mighta mixed me up with a kleptomaniac? Sorry, but theft
Floyd | just isn't my style. Now if my friend Jack was here, you might have
Floyd | had better luck..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 145 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "She must have a way to shut this off, if I just look for it. Or maybe
Floyd | I just need a bigger light."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 146 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drapery" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 146 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRAPERY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x drapery" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 147 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAPERY
Floyd |
Floyd | Straw-coloured. Rather unpleasantly reminiscent of something, you
Floyd | can't think what.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x drapery" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 148 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAPERY
Floyd |
Floyd | Straw-coloured. Rather unpleasantly reminiscent of something, you
Floyd | can't think what.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 149 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Covered with a down duvet, knitted from whispered hints.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x duvet" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 150 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUVET
Floyd |
Floyd | Exceptionally warm, as you recall. That'd been a fun sleepover, at
Floyd | least until the Captain's unwanted incursion...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 151 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 152 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 153 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. It says just how dark the Neath
Floyd | is that this combination looks pleasantly subdued rather than, say,
Floyd | lurid. There's a big wheel here (which a Clay Man is steering), and
Floyd | navigational instruments. The ship's whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee and a hassock here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hassock" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 154 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HASSOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Brown plush. You always feel bad about sitting on this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hassock" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 155 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HASSOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Brown plush. You always feel bad about sitting on this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 156 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 157 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | They used to tell watches on ships by the ring of elegant bells. Then
Floyd | London entered the Neath, and cost-effective steam-whistles came into
Floyd | fashion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Silent at present. An emergency cord dangles from the end.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cord" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 158 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Emergency mauve. A shade too close to irrigo for your tastes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x panelling" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 159 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANELLING
Floyd |
Floyd | You still haven't made up your mind whether they're actually wood.
Floyd | Improbably expensive for a ship like this, but they look real.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x controls" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 159 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONTROLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x instruments" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 160 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INSTRUMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a compass here that won't point north, a ratwork watch for
Floyd | precise timekeeping, and a thick sheaf of charts, marked "Current
Floyd | Alteration", "Previous Alteration", "Alteration before last" and so
Floyd | forth...You wonder how the navigator keeps up with it all.
Floyd | Engineering's easy work by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 161 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The Clay Man's taking care of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x clay" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 162 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Even a clay robot is smart enough to serve as an autopilot when the
Floyd | ship's moving due North.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 163 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 163 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north, the south and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 164 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | Peaceful out here, under the false-stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 164 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north and the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 165 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is locked. And this key doesn't fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 165 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 166 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 167 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x radar" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 167 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RADAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x zee-bats" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 168 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ZEE-BATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Presently asleep. Still daytime, even if there's no sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mews" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 168 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 169 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterdeck
Floyd | Dark here, and this is where the deck guns are mounted. You don't like
Floyd | hanging around here any longer than you have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 170 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Tempting to turn those reconditioned relics into something more
Floyd | useful. A toaster, say. One of these days you might even do it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x guns" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 171 / Terror: 40 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Tempting to turn those reconditioned relics into something more
Floyd | useful. A toaster, say. One of these days you might even do it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "macgyver" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 172 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MACGYVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Neath doesn't have the expression "walking over my grave". In
Floyd | lieu, they have substituted a rather silly phrase about "hearing the
Floyd | blue parrots call".
Floyd |
Floyd | Daft. Only, what is it that you're not quite hearing?
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 172 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the north and the down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 173 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterdeck
Floyd | Dark here, and this is where the deck guns are mounted. You don't like
Floyd | hanging around here any longer than you have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 174 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much to do up here except stargaze. Sometimes zailors see good
Floyd | omens up there. Usually they don't."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x stars" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 174 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 175 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 176 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 177 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d.d.s.w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 181 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D.D.S.W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 182 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I could probably rig up a battery to fix that old lamp of
Floyd | mine. Surface Currency and salt water, ."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bilge" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 182 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BILGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 183 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a dipper
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 184 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Full of bilge water. A trifle acidic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 185 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of ash keys. You suspect a pun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put key in dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 186 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "empty dipper" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 186 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY DIPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 187 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Scraps of brass, bone fragments. Swarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x brass" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 187 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 188 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 189 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e.n.u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 192 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.N.U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 192 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 192 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock southeast with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "key" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 193 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You must name something more substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 194 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The lock takes all of fifteen seconds. You breeze on inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 194 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 195 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Pillow. Sturdy woolen blankets. They're an old hand at this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 195 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x blankets" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 196 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLANKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | Good old fashioned sheep wool. Old but well-tended: they might even
Floyd | predate the Fall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 197 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...Hang
Floyd | about, what's this? A sailor's valentine, made of cuttlebone and
Floyd | coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x valentine" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 197 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VALENTINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x coral" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 197 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CORAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x pearls" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 197 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEARLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 198 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...A sailor's
Floyd | valentine, made of cuttlebone and coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x smocks" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 199 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SMOCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're just smocks; your eyes glaze over them quickly. Nice pockets
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x pockets" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 200 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POCKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | In the flight jacket's pocket is a postcard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x glim" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 201 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Rare and glittery, so a popular form of Neath currency despite no one
Floyd | really knowing what it is. The two of you had found a cache when out
Floyd | treasure-hunting once; they'd gotten so excited about it you'd let
Floyd | them take the lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 202 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | But they'd been so happy about their windfall. How could you have the
Floyd | heart to take it now?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sailor's" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 202 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAILOR'S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x string" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 203 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a zailor's traditional boast that they need never buy
Floyd | moon-pearls at the Bazaar. The Crewmember never has, to your
Floyd | knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 204 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...A sailor's
Floyd | valentine, made of cuttlebone and coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sailor's valentine" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 204 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAILOR'S VALENTINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 205 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 205 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x icon" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 205 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x candle" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 206 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A bright green foxfire candle, from the carnivals of London.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 206 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The crate is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 207 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...A sailor's
Floyd | valentine, made of cuttlebone and coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cuttlebone" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 207 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUTTLEBONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 208 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 209 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 209 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, the only way out is to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x icon cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 209 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ICON CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 210 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | You make a perfunctory search, which turns interesting when you catch
Floyd | a glimpse of blueprints tucked away between the bunk and the bulkhead.
Floyd | Ooh. You love blueprints.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x blueprints" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 211 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLUEPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | A complete set of ship plans for the Clipper.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unfamiliar here, of course, you know every inch of the ship
Floyd | inside and out...but the labels are new. Quite clearly marked; the
Floyd | ship's engineer gets the proper cabin up here, while regular crew
Floyd | squeeze in where they can below. So you've got your rooms swapped, and
Floyd | the Crewmember ought to be down in the Peiriannwr instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not that you even want a cabin so far away from the engines, but is
Floyd | there no honour among zailors? And this isn't the first time they've
Floyd | lied to you, either.Your terror has increased.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gained a Secret.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 212 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 213 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 214 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Olly-olly oxen-free!" you shout. Nobody responds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 215 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 216 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 217 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Good question...no, actually, there wouldn't be anywhere for them to
Floyd | be, with all the junk in here. You do find a curious pair of boots
Floyd | under the biggest pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 218 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 219 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 220 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | You circle the smokestack. Nothing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 221 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 222 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | You check under the bunk, through the dresses. Nothing and nobody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e.nw" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 224 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. A butcher's block holds pride of
Floyd | place; next to it is the stove, the tap and a crate of supplies.
Floyd | Cupboards line another wall. A window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 225 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody in the cupboards. Nobody in the stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | It had seemed a trifle unlikely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se.nw" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 227 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE.NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Galley
Floyd | Warm and yet singularly uninviting. A butcher's block holds pride of
Floyd | place; next to it is the stove, the tap and a crate of supplies.
Floyd | Cupboards line another wall. A window looks out on the hold below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a samovar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Galley / 228 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody in the cupboards. Nobody in the stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | It had seemed a trifle unlikely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se.ne" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 230 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE.NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wardroom
Floyd | So many cushions! Cushions on the floor, cushions piled up in to serve
Floyd | as tables and chairs, half-stuffed cushions waiting to be finished. In
Floyd | more mundane furniture, a curiosity cabinet fills one wall; a mirror
Floyd | reflects it from the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 231 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | One cushion, two cushion, red cushion, blue cushion - nope. No one
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Wardroom / 232 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | One cushion, two cushion, red cushion, blue cushion - nope. No one
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 233 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 234 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 235 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 236 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Provisions Locker
Floyd | Empty. Good thing the Ship will be reaching Irem tomorrow. The folding
Floyd | hatch above bangs occasionally, when one of the Underzee's rare winds
Floyd | blows by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 237 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 238 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Provisions Locker / 239 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way up is by opening the whole cargo hatch, and that's a
Floyd | palaver even when the ship's safe in port. Best not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 240 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 241 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 242 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a very big bridge. No one's here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 243 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Mews / 244 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Only zee-bats in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 245 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterdeck
Floyd | Dark here, and this is where the deck guns are mounted. You don't like
Floyd | hanging around here any longer than you have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Afterdeck / 246 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nobody hiding in the cannon. Right, then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n.n" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 248 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mews
Floyd | Where the Herald's radar system lives (otherwise known as a flock of
Floyd | quarrelsome zee-bats.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d.d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 250 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D.D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 251 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing nothing nothing. You shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 252 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 253 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | You check behind the Illyrian and under some of the bigger piles of
Floyd | cushions. Nobody here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x illyrian" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 254 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ILLYRIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A Leadbeater and Stainrod Illyrian. Triple-expansion, 1000 horsepower.
Floyd | Better than the Iron and Misery steeple-chase, that's for sure...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 255 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pump Room
Floyd | just in case the stuffing box should leak (it doesn't, at least not
Floyd | unduly). The steam-powered pump in here works like a dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Pump Room / 256 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | You splash around a bit. Nada.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 257 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 258 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Peiriannwr
Floyd | An alcove barely big enough to hold your bunk and your crate. The
Floyd | engine room is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Peiriannwr / 259 / Terror: 55 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | All you come up with is a handful of Surface Currency from under your
Floyd | bunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w.w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 261 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W.W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm. Surface Currency, salt water...you know what, I've got an idea!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The Innocent Spy gets completely distracted from what he was doing and
Floyd | wanders down to his workshop, chatting all the while. "Did you know
Floyd | that in 1982, the US Mint reversed the composition of the penny? Went
Floyd | from 95% copper, 5% zinc to 97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper, and the funny
Floyd | thing about zinc is, it's a lot more reactive. Trying to lose its
Floyd | electrons so it can settle down into a nice stable carbonate...the
Floyd | upshot of all this is, if I sand down a handful of pennies so that
Floyd | both metals are exposed for electrodes, soak "em in salt water for the
Floyd | electrolyte, little bit of this and that to hold it all together, we
Floyd | have one jury-rigged battery! Should be just right for that old
Floyd | lantern of mine."
Floyd |
Floyd | It is. He's a much better chemist than he is a spy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...probably, yeah. Um, that's probably not what you were planning to
Floyd | do next, is it? Sorry, I just got carried away. Engineering. You
Floyd | know."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has decreased.
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 262 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a battery
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a lantern
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put battery into lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 263 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BATTERY INTO LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | Hang on, this is more of a storm lamp than a proper lantern. Well, at
Floyd | least it's lit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 264 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 265 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lazarette
Floyd | The ship equivalent of a closet, which previous engineers have filled
Floyd | with all manner of useful junk. Your first stop when you're working on
Floyd | a gadget.
Floyd |
Floyd | The engine room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 266 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Four people in here would look like the proverbial stuffed phone
Floyd | booth. Which it doesn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lazarette / 267 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 268 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 269 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 270 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing nothing nothing. You shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 271 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 272 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing behind the boiler. Nothing behind the Clay Stokers. Nothing in
Floyd | the boiler - well, a lot of hot water, obviously, but you seriously
Floyd | doubt anyone's hiding in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | You check anyway. They aren't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 273 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 274 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes ages to seek through, under, around, on top of, inside, and
Floyd | behind the various crates. By the time you're done, you're tired and
Floyd | dust-streaked, with no success.
Floyd |
Floyd | And your hair's got mussed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 275 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Vault
Floyd | Not much here besides shelves and the musty odour of sublimation. The
Floyd | hold is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Ice Vault / 276 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | Why would anybody have spent hours in here? It's already giving you
Floyd | the creeps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e.e" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 278 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lamp Room
Floyd | More of a cupboard. This is where lanterns are cleaned, candlestick
Floyd | holders scraped, and so forth. The hold is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 279 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's barely room for you in here, let alone anyone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 280 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Hold / 281 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of long-dried blood. Not even the Neath has a name for this
Floyd | shade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Boiler Room / 282 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u.n.e" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 285 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U.N.E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lamp Room
Floyd | More of a cupboard. This is where lanterns are cleaned, candlestick
Floyd | holders scraped, and so forth. The hold is west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e.s.s" 		

Floyd ]  Lamp Room / 288 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.S.S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w.s.s" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 291 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W.S.S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hold
Floyd | Where all the good stuff's kept. Right now, that just means the last
Floyd | of the fuel. The ice vault is west, the lamp room east; everything
Floyd | else is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Boiler Room
Floyd | Coal dust perpetually swirls through the hot and sticky air in here.
Floyd | Two Scotch boilers dominate the space; the coal bin is little less
Floyd | imposing. The Well is south; the hold is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Clay Stokers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 292 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n.e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 294 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 295 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a storm lamp (providing light)
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put all in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 296 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ALL IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | storm lamp: Done.
Floyd | hassock: Done.
Floyd | mug: Done.
Floyd | knife: Done.
Floyd | candlestick: Done.
Floyd | teapot: Done.
Floyd | sausage: Done.
Floyd | fuel: Done.
Floyd | key: Done.
Floyd | duct tape: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 297 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the crate are duct tape, a key, fuel, a sausage, a teapot, a
Floyd | candlestick, a knife, a mug, a hassock and a storm lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 298 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | duct tape: Taken.
Floyd | key: Taken.
Floyd | fuel: Taken.
Floyd | sausage: Taken.
Floyd | teapot: Taken.
Floyd | candlestick: Taken.
Floyd | knife: Taken.
Floyd | mug: Taken.
Floyd | hassock: Taken.
Floyd | storm lamp: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 299 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 300 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A cup and a tree and a sword and a green hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put knife on book" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 301 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KNIFE ON BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the picture book would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put knife in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 302 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KNIFE IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the knife into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put hassock in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 303 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HASSOCK IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the hassock into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 304 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 305 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 306 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a storm lamp (providing light)
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put mug in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 307 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MUG IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the mug into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put fuel in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 308 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT FUEL IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put fuel into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 309 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 310 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the crate are fuel, a mug, a hassock and a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 311 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Coal. Literally devilish, but it burns nicely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get fuel" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 312 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 313 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a storm lamp (providing light)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 314 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put key in crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 315 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the key into the crate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 316 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the crate are a key, a mug, a hassock and a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 317 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a storm lamp (providing light)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 318 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright brass. Not devilish manufacture, for a change.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 319 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The colour of long-dried blood. Not even the Neath has a name for this
Floyd | shade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 320 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 321 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, the crate is empty. Except for a children's picture book.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the crate are a key, a mug, a hassock and a knife.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 322 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 323 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 324 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 325 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 326 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "should this irrigo timer fire outside the cabin?" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 326 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOULD THIS IRRIGO TIMER FIRE OUTSIDE THE CABIN?
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 327 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 328 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | Peaceful out here, under the false-stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 329 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | The deck lies empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s.d.n.e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 333 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S.D.N.E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 334 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | There wouldn't be anywhere for them to hide, with all the piles of
Floyd | junk in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all from crate" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 335 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL FROM CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | key: Taken.
Floyd | mug: Taken.
Floyd | hassock: Taken.
Floyd | knife: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 336 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did I mention I'm violently allergic to irrigo? Did I say that
Floyd | already?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |  > Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |  > Contacting the author
Floyd |    Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |  > What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                        What are we scoring?
Floyd | Your Terror ranges from 0 to 100; you start the game at 20. As per
Floyd | "Sunless Sea", odd things begin to happen when it gets too high.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wounds are self-explanatory. Get three of them and you die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Secrets are a Neath currency. The Mog can elaborate.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |  > What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |  > List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |  > Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |  > Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                      Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd | There's undoubtedly a really awesome puzzle game to be made with Mac
Floyd | as the protagonist (and I may even write it some day), but this one's
Floyd | heavy on setting and light on MacGyving. Sorry. On the plus side, I
Floyd | did include duct tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | Long story short, our favourite troubleshooter is on long-term
Floyd | assignment in a Lovecraftian sunless sea, where his relentlessly
Floyd | cheerful attittude regularly perplexes his shipmates; he's also having
Floyd | a lot of fun messing around with Victorian steampunk technology.
Floyd | Unfortunately he can't remember his name just now (there was an
Floyd | accident involving radiation, "Sister Golden Hair" and a bottle of
Floyd | yoghurt), but, well. These things happen.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the way, the V command stands for voiceover.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |  > Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                          Are there hints?
Floyd | Type v and the Innocent Spy will suggest something to do next. Or just
Floyd | chat, if you're done with that location.
Floyd |
Floyd | The list of actions will tell you every relevant command.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                               Hints
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Last Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > Are there hints?
Floyd |    What are we scoring?
Floyd |    List of actions
Floyd |    Notes for Failbetter fans
Floyd |    Notes for MacGyver fans
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Non-spoiler version)
Floyd |    Notes for Fulgent Engineering readers (Spoiled with bells on)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |    Introduction to Clipper
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Contacting the author
Floyd |  > Hints
Floyd |    Credits

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 336 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 337 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a storm lamp (providing light)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 338 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did I mention there's an exits command? Try typing exits, see if that
Floyd | helps."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 338 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can go to the northeast, the northwest, the south, the
Floyd | east and the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 339 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "v" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 340 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > V
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did I mention I'm violently allergic to irrigo? Did I say that
Floyd | already?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w.w.v" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 343 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W.W.V
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She must have a way to shut this off, if I just look for it. Or maybe
Floyd | I just need a bigger light."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 344 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sherd" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 345 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | A Stone cutting. They're very expensive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 346 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | diamond sherd: "I think you mighta mixed me up with a kleptomaniac?
Floyd | Sorry, but theft just isn't my style. Now if my friend Jack was here,
Floyd | you might have had better luck..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e.s.se" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 349 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E.S.SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lock takes all of fifteen seconds. You breeze on inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see blueprints here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 350 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | blueprints: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x blueprints" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 351 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLUEPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | A complete set of ship plans for the Clipper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read them" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 351 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 352 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A complete set of ship plans for the Clipper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 353 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nowhere for one person to hide in here. Let alone four.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 354 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 355 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   blueprints
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a hassock
Floyd |   a mug
Floyd |   a key
Floyd |   fuel
Floyd |   a storm lamp (providing light)
Floyd |   a candlestick
Floyd |   a teapot
Floyd |   a sausage
Floyd |   duct tape
Floyd |   a flight jacket (being worn)
Floyd |   silk overalls (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x silk" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 356 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SILK
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd living in a place where silk is cheaper than linen, but there you
Floyd | are. They're nice and cool when stoking the boilers, at least.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 357 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 358 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...A sailor's
Floyd | valentine, made of cuttlebone and coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sailor" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 358 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAILOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sailor-valentine" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 358 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAILOR-VALENTINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x valentine" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 358 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VALENTINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 359 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 360 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 361 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask mog about secrets" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 362 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MOG ABOUT SECRETS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "tell mog about secrets" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 363 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MOG ABOUT SECRETS
Floyd |
Floyd | This provokes no reaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "tell mog about herald" 		

Floyd ]  Well / 364 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MOG ABOUT HERALD
Floyd |
Floyd | This provokes no reaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Well / 365 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You've always talked to yourself a lot. Pete calls it a bad habit, but
Floyd | you find it soothing in times of stress.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seven is the number. An exorbitant price, I admit, but it's a seller's
Floyd | market.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 366 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 367 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The lock takes all of fifteen seconds. You breeze on inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look under bunk" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 368 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i suspect the last two secrets are in the valentine and cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 368 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I SUSPECT THE LAST TWO SECRETS ARE IN THE VALENTINE AND CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "but they seem to be unimplemented" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 368 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUT THEY SEEM TO BE UNIMPLEMENTED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "seek" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 369 / Terror: 45 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEEK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nowhere for one person to hide in here. Let alone four.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat sausage" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 370 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SAUSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a mistake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your terror has increased.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 371 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 372 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 373 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 374 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 374 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 375 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 376 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 377 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Terror and distance and starvation. Did they start the mutiny without
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 378 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Herald's Cabin
Floyd | Baroque. Salt cement tiles give way to drapery the colour of
Floyd | mountain-light, which reach up to the storm-painted ceiling. A diamond
Floyd | sherd glitters in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass rod running along one wall holds a selection of dresses,
Floyd | nearly hiding her crate from view; the bunk lies along the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a diamond sherd (providing light) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get sherd" 		

Floyd ]  Herald's Cabin / 379 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SHERD
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think you mighta mixed me up with a kleptomaniac? Sorry, but theft
Floyd | just isn't my style. Now if my friend Jack was here, you might have
Floyd | had better luck..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 380 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember the Mog's sly expression...though cats always look like
Floyd | that. But that's the point - cats always look like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 381 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Student's Cabin
Floyd | Lamentable relics are perched precariously on top of unread logs,
Floyd | clothing lies scattered everywhere, and you can barely make out his
Floyd | bunk and crate under the explosion of notebooks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see boots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x boots" 		

Floyd ]  Student's Cabin / 382 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You approve of the laces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 383 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 384 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Landing / 385 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Firm rungs and brass struts, perfect for sliding down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around the Landing in bewilderment. What were you doing here
Floyd | again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh-oh. This smacks of irrigo. Memory-wiping radiation, you can't stay
Floyd | in a room with that stuff very long and hope to accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, how many times have you had this thought again?
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | A pipsqueak of a passage. The Herald's cabin is west; the Student's
Floyd | cabin is east. The galley is northwest, the wardroom is northeast, and
Floyd | the shaft to the rest of the ship is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 386 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge / 387 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | Fuchsia controls and yellow panelling. There's a big wheel here (which
Floyd | a Clay Man is steering), and navigational instruments. The ship's
Floyd | whistle is on the starboard wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an Underzeee here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 388 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forecastle
Floyd | Peaceful out here, under the false-stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "crawl" 		

Floyd ]  Forecastle / 388 / Terror: 95 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CRAWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few deep breaths, empty your lungs, and squeeze through the
Floyd | catflap. The expected: apparently everyone's fallen asleep waiting for
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | help
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 (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 1 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tonight, pudding. Tomorrow, the fabled port of Irem. Good things. This
Floyd | is just a game to pass the time until then.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nevertheless, even in the engine room's warmth you can't help the
Floyd | occasional shiver.
Floyd | Clipper
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Teaspoon
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 170910 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | First time players may wish to type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an unofficial fanwork. Fallen London is © 2015 and ™
Floyd | Failbetter Games Limited: www.fallenlondon.com. MacGyver is copyright
Floyd | either Paramount or Lee David Zlotoff, depending.
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So I played around with yesterday's game more."
		Knight_Otu says, "I found a way to light the Herald's cabin without the lantern, and the coins we were SEEKing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also managed to enter the Crewmember's cabin."
		Knight_Otu says, "That netted two more secrets."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect the last two secrets are bugged in the beta."
		DavidW says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "The command we were missing yesterday was seek. Could have been guessable, but we really should have looked at that list."
		Knight_Otu says, "The coins can be found that way."
		DavidW says, "This is the sort of thing that trips me up all the time."
		Knight_Otu says, "The Herald's cabin mentions one of the setting's strange colors. Taking it lights the cabin."
		DavidW says, "I'm so used to the standard ways of playing IF and the standard verbs that with new methods and verbs, I can end up blocking myself."
		DavidW asks, "The irrigo is takeable?"
		DavidW says, "That just didn't occur to me at all."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not the irrigo, I need to scroll up for the name."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops, already off."
		Knight_Otu says, "But yeah, that didn't occur to me before Teaspoon said that it is solvable in the room itself."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I'm not sure about the Crewmember's cabin - after the first try to enter it, I guess it simply works?"
		DavidW says, "y'see, I interpreted that as: since the door wasn't implemented, therefore we were never meant to go in there."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, it seemed like that. But since it seemed there was nowhere else to go for secrets, I tried anyway."
		DavidW says, "mm"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was surprised I suddenly stood in a new room."
		DavidW says, "It wasn't even all that clear we were meant to gather secrets, at least not until we poked around lots."
		DavidW says, "Secrets should have been in our inventory, not as a score value."
		Knight_Otu says, "That could be prompted better. Then again, you can win without ever trying to find a secret."
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, there are two objects in the cabin I couldn't interact with, and two secrets left to find."
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems like they would correspond"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Engine Room / 2 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | The room with the engine in it, funnily enough. A triumph of Victorian
Floyd | miniaturisation: elegant ironmongery done up in tasty shades of green
Floyd | and white lead paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some incongruous cushions are scattered about. Your workshop is west,
Floyd | sleeping quarters east, the pump room to the south. The rest of the
Floyd | ship lies northwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n.u" 		

Floyd ]  Shaft / 4 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N.U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Well
Floyd | The Clipper's core, where the smokestack rises toward the roof. A
Floyd | brass ladder allows for easy access to the rest of the ship. The
Floyd | engine room is south; the boilers are north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a Mog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mog half-wakes from its slumbers. "My, my, still at it? I might be
Floyd | inclined to help you out, for the right price. You know how cats like
Floyd | secrets."
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, clearly you have been at zee way too long. Cats don't talk...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, can't we? Forgotten that time in Irem already, hey? Where you and
Floyd | I will always have been, chasing the source of the Writhing River?"
Floyd |
Floyd | It rolls over on its stomach and begins to soliloquise about
Floyd | pluperfect tenses. Maybe you will have just gone mad, or maybe the cat
Floyd | has. Either way you'd better find your shipmates. Fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaft
Floyd | Dominated by the smokestack and the brass-handled ladder. The
Floyd | provision locker is southwest, the Crewmember's cabin is southeast,
Floyd | and the landing is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se.se" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 6 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE.SE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Crewmember locks their door religiously. They do have this naive
Floyd | idea that a cheap mass-produced Carrow lock will keep out any
Floyd | intruders.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lock takes all of fifteen seconds. You breeze on inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 6 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crate" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 7 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...Hang
Floyd | about, what's this? A sailor's valentine, made of cuttlebone and
Floyd | coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 8 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing unexpected. Smocks, glim, a string of moon-pearls...A sailor's
Floyd | valentine, made of cuttlebone and coral.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x this" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 8 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x all" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 8 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Crewmember's Cabin / 9 / Terror: 20 / Wounds: 0 / Secrets: 0
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Crewmember's Cabin
Floyd | Stark and simple, as you remember. Here is a bunk; there is a crate.
Floyd | Yonder is an icon cabinet with a candle on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shaft is northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
A Wind Blown From Paradise by N.C. Hunter Hayden
Jack by Jason Lautzenheiser
As played on ifMUD on September 16, 2017

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 A Wind Blown From Paradise written by N.C. Hunter Hayden, and Jack written by Jason Lautzenheiser. A Wind Blown From Paradise was an entry in the 2013 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took 19th place. Jack was a participant in the 2013 EctoComp, in which it took 16th place. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Jack, and A Wind Blown From Paradise.

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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A Wind Blown From Paradise by N.C. Hunter Hayden
Jack by Jason Lautzenheiser
ToyShop & Floyditorium
		
#ClubFloyd Discussion
		

		DavidW says, "Last week, I suggested that we might choose a game from IF Comp 2013 that I hadn't played yet. I have three contenders:"
		DavidW says, "9Lives; A Wind Blow from Paradise; and The Cardew House. None of these ranked highly, though."
		Teaspoon says, "aw"
		DavidW says, "er a Wind Blown from Paradise"
		DavidW says, "We could try one of those unless someone has another suggestion."
		Teaspoon says, "I don't."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not as such."
		DavidW says, "Looks like none of the three are on Floyd yet, so I'll have to upload our choice."
		DavidW says, "I'll upload A Wind Blown from Paradise, I guess."
		Teaspoon says, "cool"
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask windblown" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A wind flees from the tunnel, pursued by the cacophonous clacking of
Floyd | train cars.  Like an old and jerky moving film, the quick flash of
Floyd | passing lights reveal by frame the drab coats, grey scarves, hats,
Floyd | overcoats and pea coats that are the medium through which you move,
Floyd | until the world again withdraws back into the dusty light of lamps
Floyd | hung below the arched ceiling as the train passes back into the
Floyd | tunnel, followed by the same wind it pushes before it,wind chasing
Floyd | wind and lit riding-cars between.
Floyd |
Floyd | Type "help" if this is your first time with A Wind Blown from
Floyd | Paradise.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Wind Blown from Paradise
Floyd | A Brief and Breezy Fiction by N.C. Hunter Hayden
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 130928 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Station
Floyd | Buried here beneath the arched stone ceiling a multitude of travelers
Floyd | in drab, grey coats flow past and around as much as the wind blown by
Floyd | and chasing the trains in endless pursuit through the tunnels.  A
Floyd | poster, by an unused bench, presents memories of the paradise you once
Floyd | knew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "is this loading very slowly?"
		DavidW says, "seems normal speed to me."
		Teaspoon says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]                                Menu
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > What IS this?
Floyd |    Who ARE you?
Floyd |    Help

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]                           What IS this?
Floyd | This is not as much of a story as merely a moment.  There isn't a plot
Floyd | per se; the character is stuck in dwelling in the past, obsessed with
Floyd | his quest to return to that one perfect moment.  Obviously, he cannot,
Floyd | as time does not move backwards.  And, if you live in the past, you
Floyd | are not living in the present, and if you are not alive right now,
Floyd | then you are dead right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wind imagery throughout is intended to reference wandering
Floyd | spirits, restless dead who roam in darkness for the life they once
Floyd | had.  What I wished to express when I first wrote the static fiction
Floyd | version of this story is that we can become the "living" dead, going
Floyd | to work, shopping at the grocery, standing in line at the DMV, dead
Floyd | men because we have forsaken living in the present given to us for the
Floyd | impossible quest of reclaiming the already-dissolved past.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                                Menu
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER =
Floyd | Select
Floyd |  > What IS this?
Floyd |    Who ARE you?
Floyd |    Help

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The poster on the wall displays a couple enjoying a day at the beach.
Floyd | The image fills your sight with loose and grainy sand and brilliant
Floyd | sun, and bodies dressed for warmth, and the ocean open to the horizon
Floyd | and blue heaven - this you remember, a moment from your past, a moment
Floyd | long past and long sought.  To dwell in this moment, presented here in
Floyd | this image, is a desire calling to you as you look upon the picture,
Floyd | hardly able to turn away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter poster" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch poster" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Guest1 has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guest1 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bench" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A bench for the weary or waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "cannot say I find this inspiring"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Drab coats, grey scarves, hats and overcoats with high-flung collars.
Floyd |
Floyd | The train rides in on the winds of the tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x train" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A train car, waiting for passengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter train" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You get on the train and the train immediately departs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Train
Floyd | The train speeds through the tunnel, a car of passengers through the
Floyd | darkness seen past the window, out in which your reflection follows
Floyd | alongside.  Above the doors are posted the train's path, along with an
Floyd | advertisement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 asks, "what game is this?" 		
DavidW says (to Guest1), "It's called A Wind Blown from Paradise." 		
Guest1 asks, "can I play it?" 		
Guest1 asks, "what do I say to floyd to load it in the future?" 		Teaspoon says, "Guests can't, I don't think."
		Teaspoon asks, "you have to have an account, David?"
DavidW says, "We're in a ClubFloyd session and guest accounts can't join channels." 		
DavidW says, "You can play it later." 		
Guest1 says, "ok, I kinda want to play something, I dont remember what club floyd is" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x reflection" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X REFLECTION
Floyd |
Floyd | Beyond the car, outside the glass of the doors, a shadow world stands
Floyd | in reflection, having the same seats and handles and passengers but
Floyd | none of the light, none of the noise; grey and silent it follows
Floyd | beside, married the this small world at the pane of the door.  And
Floyd | beyond that world, seen through the far shadow door, is a dimmer world
Floyd | still, less distinct, less defined.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ad" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AD
Floyd |
Floyd | The ad above the door portrays a woman relaxing on the beach.  The
Floyd | image fills your sight with loose and grainy sand and brilliant sun,
Floyd | and bodies dressed for warmth, and the ocean open to the horizon and
Floyd | blue heaven - this you remember, a moment from your past, a moment
Floyd | long past and long sought.  To dwell in this moment, presented here in
Floyd | this image, is a desire calling to you as you look upon the picture,
Floyd | hardly able to turn away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your train arrives at a platform, and you disembark.
Floyd |
Floyd | Station
Floyd | Buried here beneath the arched stone ceiling a multitude of travelers
Floyd | in drab, grey coats flow past and around as much as the wind blown by
Floyd | and chasing the trains in endless pursuit through the tunnels.
Floyd | Momentarily, through flashing holes in the crowd, you see a vending
Floyd | machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if we can somehow enter these moments."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Your singing is abominable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | A cigarette vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "buy ciggies" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CIGGIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy cigarettes" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CIGARETTES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use machine" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit machine" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Why?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x breeze" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BREEZE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Station
Floyd | Buried here beneath the arched stone ceiling a multitude of travelers
Floyd | in drab, grey coats flow past and around as much as the wind blown by
Floyd | and chasing the trains in endless pursuit through the tunnels.
Floyd | Momentarily, through flashing holes in the crowd, you see a vending
Floyd | machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x button" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You are underground.  Compass directions have no meaning.  Say you
Floyd | want to board the train or get off the train or enter the waiting room
Floyd | or whatever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search machine" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The train rides off on the winds of the tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 says (to floyd), "x cealing" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEALING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 says (to floyd), "look at self" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK AT SELF
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I wonder if there's a waiting room as the direction message mentioned."
Guest1 says (to alex), "hello" 		
DavidW says (to Guest1), "Alex is in the lounge." 		
Guest1 says, "sorry" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter waiting room" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER WAITING ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no way of doing that now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, can't hurt (much) to try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tracks" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRACKS
Floyd |
Floyd | From the tunnel and to it straight returning run the tracks for the
Floyd | train.
Floyd |
Floyd | The train rides in on the winds of the tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 asks, "are multiple people playing this?" 		
DavidW says (to Guest1), "YES" 		
DavidW says, "This is a ClubFloyd session." 		DavidW asks, "Should we get on the train again?"
		Teaspoon says, "That makes sense."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter train" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TRAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You get on the train and the train immediately departs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Train
Floyd | The train speeds through the tunnel, a car of passengers through the
Floyd | darkness seen past the window, out in which your reflection follows
Floyd | alongside.  Above the doors are posted the train's path, along with an
Floyd | advertisement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "There doesn't seem to be much to do in this game, is there?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to passengers" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PASSENGERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Not particularly, no."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Beyond the car, outside the glass of the doors, a shadow world stands
Floyd | in reflection, having the same seats and handles and passengers but
Floyd | none of the light, none of the noise; grey and silent it follows
Floyd | beside, married the this small world at the pane of the door.  And
Floyd | beyond that world, seen through the far shadow door, is a dimmer world
Floyd | still, less distinct, less defined.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 asks, "off topic, what are some good good sci-fi ones? modern day ones, or afterlife ones?" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "weep" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x path" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Don't even know where we're going."
		DavidW says, "I wish Jacqueline was here. I don't know how to deal with the Guest."
Guest1 says, "not ya way ya say things on yee game, ya wierday" 		
Guest1 says (to floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Train
Floyd | The train speeds through the tunnel, a car of passengers through the
Floyd | darkness seen past the window, out in which your reflection follows
Floyd | alongside.  Above the doors are posted the train's path, along with an
Floyd | advertisement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I guess someone can clean up the transcript later."
		Jacqueline edits after the fact: I decided I couldn't be bothered.
Guest1 says (to floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest1 says (to floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  There is a slight breeze                             Now
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your train arrives at a platform, and you disembark.
Floyd |
Floyd | Station
Floyd | Buried here beneath the arched stone ceiling a multitude of travelers
Floyd | in drab, grey coats flow past and around as much as the wind blown by
Floyd | and chasing the trains in endless pursuit through the tunnels.
Floyd | Dangling by the cord, a payphone blends into background scenery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Guest1), "You really need an account to play." 		
Guest1 says, "crap" 		
Teaspoon has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says, "We can't coordinate our moves with you because you're not on the channel." 		
DavidW says, "Talking in the room like this messes up the transcript." 		
Guest1 says, "I'd really rather not go onto a website and type in my email then get the password ADXakDVMzarrEM2Xd4" 		
Taleslinger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		
Teaspoon arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Taleslinger asks, "Hello! So what's happening?" 		
DavidW says, "I give up. Someone else can be in charge today." 		
DavidW goes home. 		
DavidW has disconnected. 		
Guest1 says, "grow" 		
Guest1 says, "growl" 		
Guest1 growls 		
Guest1 says, "great, another, shit" 		
Guest1 has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Taleslinger asks, "Yay, I took care of it, I guess?" 		
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Teaspoon says, "Oh, poor Jac. When she sees this transcript..."
Taleslinger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh man."
Taleslinger screams "Not aaaaagain!" and disappears. 		Knight_Otu asks, "So, trying on?"
		Teaspoon says, "To be perfectly honest, though, this game looks kinda awful."
		Teaspoon asks, "Did you want to play it, or anything?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not a lot to do, repetitive rooms..."
		Teaspoon says, "And over-wrought writing."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure there's a real goal from the about..."
		Teaspoon says, "heigh-ho."
		Teaspoon says, "I hate to let a troll stop a session, but I wasn't really planning on driving."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose I can drive."
		Knight_Otu asks, "It's just the question, this game, or another?"
		Teaspoon says, "Driver gets to pick."
		Teaspoon says, "We were only looking at this one cos David hadn't yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Of course I can't promise I pick something better."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "load ecto13jack" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly awareness comes to you and your surroundings.  You look
Floyd | around slowly, seeing nothing at first, then in the moon light you
Floyd | find yourself in the middle of a pumpkin patch.   Looking down at your
Floyd | feet you see straw coming out of the bottom of your pants and fallling
Floyd | over your boots.  In wonderment you notice your hands for the first
Floyd | time and see straw coming out of your sleeves as well.  As you stare
Floyd | at your hands you notice a strange glow seemingly coming from within
Floyd | you.  You start to run your fingers through your hair only to realize
Floyd | you have none.  As you stand there in shock over what you've become
Floyd | you realize you have nothing but vague memories of a time before the
Floyd | pumpkin patch.  You look around and see large pumpkins that seem to
Floyd | have the same shape as your head.  It all comes flooding back to
Floyd | you.....you are Jack....Jack Halloween.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jack
Floyd | A Halloween Story by Jason Lautzenheiser
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 131026 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Copyright © 2013, Jason Lautzenheiser.  Ectocomp13 Entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Pumpkin Patch
Floyd | You are standing in a middle of a pumpkin patch.   The full moon light
Floyd | allows you to see some distance around you.  The pumpkin patch goes on
Floyd | as far as you can see except to the south where you can make the
Floyd | outline of a road.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "bomp bomp bomp"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "We're a pumpkin!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not just any old pumpkin, it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |

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

Floyd | >You are a tall person.   You are wearing overhalls and a flannel
Floyd | shirt.  There is straw slowly falling out of your sleeves and pants
Floyd | legs leaving a trail behind as you walk.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Not our straw!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x patch" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon asks, "...you are a tall person?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x straw" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x moon" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x pumpkin" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x road" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Ready to go s?"
		Teaspoon says, "do"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Road
Floyd | You are standing in the middle of a dirt road to the south of a large
Floyd | field of pumpkins. The road stretches on the the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking up the road, you see a set of headlights headed in your
Floyd | direction.  Something screams in your very soul that you need to hide,
Floyd | you don't think it would be wise to be caught in the open in your
Floyd | state.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hide" 		

Floyd | >You lie down in the ditch along the road.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "Why? We're just a cut, slightly decrepit scarecrow"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, apparently we think it's a good idea to hide."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | >Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The car drives slowly down the road just feet from where you are lying
Floyd | down.  Two boys hang out the side window with shotguns at the ready.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear one of them say "I swear I saw something standing around here
Floyd | somewhere."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You just had too much beer before we left Joe, you're so drunk you
Floyd | wouldn't notice old Jack standing right next to you.",  someone yelled
Floyd | from inside the car.
Floyd |
Floyd | The car slides a bit further down the road, turns around and then
Floyd | heads back the way it came.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the car flies back up the road one of it's hubcaps comes off and
Floyd | lands in the ditch just ahead of you.  You reach over and pick it up.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cap" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hubcap" 		

Floyd | >Really nothing more than a rusty piece of metal that was loosly
Floyd | attached to the wheel of the car.  It is flat and looks like if you
Floyd | threw it like a frisbee it would go a great distance.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "we will have to throw it"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "stand" 		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >>Road
Floyd | You are standing in the middle of a dirt road to the south of a large
Floyd | field of pumpkins. The road stretches on the the east and west.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "Eat pumpkin"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat pumpkin" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "...how did they not implement pumpkin"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, it's easy, just don't do it :p"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Any preference for direction?"
		Teaspoon asks, "uh, the the east?"
		Teaspoon says, "Why not."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | The Edge of Town
Floyd | As you come up on the edge of town, you see some movement ahead.  You
Floyd | crouch in the shadows not wanting to be seen.  Soon you see the
Floyd | movement again and you can just make out someone patrolling back and
Floyd | forth across the road.  There is no way to get around him without
Floyd | being seen.  Perhaps you could distract him somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a young man here.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd | >The man appears to be just a teenager.  A young teen by the looks of
Floyd | it.  In one hand he carries a large machete and slung from one
Floyd | shoulder is a rifle.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x machete" 		

Floyd | >The machete looks dangerous enough that I don't want to attract his
Floyd | attention and find out how dangerous it truly is.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x rifle" 		

Floyd | >A .270 Winchester rifle.  Powerful enough to spread the pumpkin seeds
Floyd | in your head all over the road.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon asks, "decapitate him with a hubcap?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe not decapitate, but yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "throw hubcap" 		

Floyd | >You stand up quickly and your movement draws the attention of the
Floyd | young man.  You quickly throw the hubcap in his direction.  The hubcap
Floyd | flies quickly through the dark night and before he can even react, it
Floyd | strikes him square across his forehead immediately dropping him to the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd | >rifle: Taken.
Floyd | machete: Taken.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd | >The man appears to be just a teenager.  A young teen by the looks of
Floyd | it.    Embedded in his head is the hubcap you just threw.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oy."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get hubcap" 		

Floyd | >That is embedded in his skull....I don't think you want to take that.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "I don't see why not, game."
		Teaspoon says, "Given what you had us do with it..."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's a bit more than a *distraction*."
		Teaspoon says, "I am alarmed that we are a pumpkin that knows what a .270 Winchester is."
		Teaspoon says, "I sure don't."
		Teaspoon asks, "Do we go in the other direction?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we clearly were first at pumpkin school."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >The Edge of Town
Floyd | You are standing on the edge of town.  To the west the road heads out
Floyd | of town and to the east you can make out what looks like the center of
Floyd | town.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the body of a young man here.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "pretty sure that's corpse now."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "E's only nappin'!"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "joined the choir invisible!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Speaking of e, let's leave the crime scene."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Road
Floyd | You are standing in the middle of a dirt road to the south of a large
Floyd | field of pumpkins. The road stretches on the the east and west.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "ooops"
		Teaspoon asks, "Sorry, were you going east?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was planning, to, but we need to go the other direction sometime i suspect."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeesh, my grammar."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >You feel a strong urge to continue to the town in the east.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, if you say so."
		Teaspoon says, "guess that settles that"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >As you begin to head east towards the town, the car suddenly
Floyd | accelerates. Before you can react, it barrels into you.  Your body,
Floyd | made mostly of straw flys apart scattering straw everywhere.  The last
Floyd | thing you remember before the light dims from your eyes is your large
Floyd | pumpkin head bouncing off the windshield and onto the road only
Floyd | shatter into thousands of pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Thus ends this halloween.....the town wins again and poor Jack
Floyd | Halloween waits another year for his revenge upon the town ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | > Road
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >Road
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | >The Edge of Town
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >As you enter the town's center you hear a gunshot ring out.  The
Floyd | whistle of the slug as it passes near your head and the dust kicking
Floyd | up a few feet behind you are enough to send you scrambling to hide
Floyd | behind the fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Town Square
Floyd | You are hiding behind the fountain in the town square. You can head
Floyd | back out of town to the west.  There is an old church to the north and
Floyd | the townhall building is on the south side of the square.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a shooter somewhere in the square.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "I don't feel very much desire to take revenge on this town, actually."
		Teaspoon says, "do we need to grind hubcaps? I sure how e don't have to grind hubcaps."
		Teaspoon says, "hope, I meant."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, this is looking to be a bloody game, yes."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shooter" 		

Floyd | >The shooter is too far away to get a good look at in this poor
Floyd | lighting, but you can see that he has his rifle trained in your
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another gunshot rings through the square and you hear the slug skip
Floyd | off the edge of the fountain just to the left of where you are hiding.
Floyd | This time however, you did see the flash of the shot.  The shooter is
Floyd | hiding in the clock tower in the townhall on the south side of the
Floyd | square.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "how does this info help us."
		Knight_Otu says, "We may be able to shoot back, now."
		Teaspoon asks, "Should we have taken that guy's gun? The one who we killed?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >You are carrying:
Floyd |   a machete
Floyd |   a rifle
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "Oh, okay."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "shoot shooter" 		

Floyd | >You take quick aim in the direction of the clock tower and pull the
Floyd | trigger.  When the flash from the shot clears, you see the shooter
Floyd | slumping over the edge of the clocktower.
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Teaspoon says, "Guess that worked."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | >The Town Square
Floyd | You are standing in the center of town.  You can head back out of town
Floyd | to the west.  There is an old church to the north and the townhall
Floyd | building is on the south side of the square.  In the center of the
Floyd | square is a fountain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The dead shooter is slumped over the side of the clock tower.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x shooter" 		

Floyd | >The shooter is too far away to get a good look at in this poor
Floyd | lighting, but you can see that he is slumped over the edge of the
Floyd | clock tower dead.
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Teaspoon asks, "Which direction?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess south?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		Teaspoon says, "I am confused now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Me too."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | An Old Church
Floyd | You are outside an old church.  The church has seen better years.
Floyd | Behind the church to the east you see a small overgrown cemetary.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x church" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cemetary" 		

Floyd | >You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		
Guest1 arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |

		
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Guest1 frowns 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >The urge to go to the cemetary is so strong, you can think of nothing
Floyd | else.
Floyd |

		
Guest1 screeches, I guess this isn't done, then? I cant use my stupid if thing since, it doesn't work. 		Knight_Otu says, "Well, that settles the direction question."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >As you enter the cemetary, you feel a sudden pressure building in
Floyd | your head.  As your head expands, cracks appear and the light coming
Floyd | from within you outshines the full moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you fall to your knees, the screams coming from the town can be
Floyd | heard far above your own.  The curse of Jack Halloween has been
Floyd | lifted.  You are free from your cycle of birth and death and the town
Floyd | has fallen beneath the weight of its sins.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Rest in peace, Jack Halloween.....next year will come and go.
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?

		Teaspoon exclaims, "sure does!"
		Knight_Otu says, "and that settles the game."
		Teaspoon says, "Yup. I admit, the ending surprised me."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Should we end for today?"
		Teaspoon says, "I think so."
		Teaspoon says, "Oh well, we got through a game. Yay."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yep."
		Teaspoon says, "Good for us."
		Teaspoon says, "Thanks for driving."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
1893: A World's Fair Mystery by Peter Nepstad
As played on ifMUD on September 24 & October 1, 2017

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 1893: A World's Fair Mystery written by Peter Nepstad. 1893 was released in 2002. It was nominated for the Best Game Xyzzy and won the Best Setting Xyzzy that year. It also ranked 34th on the 2011 Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time. 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, "I am not 100% sure 1893 will work on Floyd, but let's try."
		Jacqueline says, "It'll take a sec to upload. It's huge."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "1893, here we come!"
		Jacqueline says, "15%..."
		Teaspoon says, "It dawns on me that this may be useful for my 1895 fic. Strongly tempted to drive now."
		Jacqueline says, "25%..."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Then get behind the wheel!"
		Jacqueline says, "(Normally things upload instantaneously)"
		Teaspoon asks, "where is wheel?"
		Knight_Otu scoots over and pulls Teaspoon behind the wheel.
		Knight_Otu says, "There."
		Jacqueline says, "40%..."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "*shrieks* We're gonna to crash!"
		Teaspoon says, "*resumes driving as though nothing had happened.*"
		Jacqueline says, "50%..."
		Teaspoon says, "this is some game all right."
		Jacqueline says, "60%..."
		Jacqueline says, "This is going to be kind of funny when, after all this, Floyd just chokes or the game won't load or something."
		Teaspoon says, "it will amuse the readers"
		Jacqueline says, "75%..."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Don't jinx it!"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't think we've ever uploaded anything like this before, that's all I'm sayin'."
		Jacqueline says, "85%..."
		Knight_Otu hums Final Countdown.
		Teaspoon says, "Floyd hiccups."
		Jacqueline says, "95%..."
		| Ok, successfully uploaded to Floyd as '1893'. Have fun!
		Jacqueline says, "Here we go..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load 1893" 		

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 |
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Floyd |
Floyd | > Start a New Game Restore a Saved Game Options Screen:  1024 x 768
Floyd | Music:  Off Descriptions:  Verbose
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Floyd |
Floyd | > Start a New Game Restore a Saved Game Options Screen:  1024 x 768
Floyd | Music:  Off Descriptions:  Verbose

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
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Floyd |  The robbery was bold, to say the least.  Eight diamonds, stolen from
Floyd | secure displays in the Kimberly Diamond Mining Company exhibit.  Four
Floyd | of the diamonds were rough and uncut, three beautifully finished.  The
Floyd | last diamond was the prize of the collection:  one of the largest
Floyd | diamonds in the world, presented to Queen Victoria by the company and
Floyd | on loan from her for this special exhibit.  All of them taken at once,
Floyd | quietly, under the noses of four well-trained guards.

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
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Floyd | You knew there was going to be trouble.  The World's Fair was a place
Floyd | for fortunes to be made--legally or illegally, it mattered not to
Floyd | some.  Outside the fairgrounds, jobs were becoming harder to come by,
Floyd | and it was becoming increasingly evident to what lengths some men
Floyd | would go to earn what they considered rightfully theirs.  And so
Floyd | Chicago's grand Exposition has become not only a place of
Floyd | entertainment and education, but of profit, for those who are clever
Floyd | enough to take advantage.  Dreamers and schemers, fools and sharks,
Floyd | simple farmers and cynical cityfolk mingle together on the grounds.
Floyd | The Columbian Guards keep the peace and provide order as best they
Floyd | can, with your old friend, the most competent Carl Masters, in charge.
Floyd | But although he is well equipped to handle the minor crimes, he never
Floyd | had the best head for the more complex and devious.  And so he called
Floyd | you.

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "press yellow enter button" 		

Floyd |
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Floyd | Already, you have suspects; descriptions neatly typed up and pushed
Floyd | into your case dossier.  Greenback Bob was rumored to be working the
Floyd | Fair.  So was his sometime partner, Delbras; a dangerously clever
Floyd | foreigner who remains largely a mystery.  Perhaps you will learn more
Floyd | as soon as you get to your office in the Administration Building.
Floyd | Your job:  Find the precious stones, and capture those responsible.
Floyd | And while you're at it, you promise yourself to take the time to enjoy
Floyd | the sights and sounds of the one and only Columbian Exposition of
Floyd | Chicago, one of the most amazing spectacles in the World...

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd |
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Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "press yellow enter button" 		

Floyd |    You step off the train into a huge crowd of fairgoers, who jostle
Floyd | one another as they make their way along the platform.  You push your
Floyd | way through the throng, and finally make it out onto the fairgrounds,
Floyd | where you are momentarily stunned by the sheer size, the monumental
Floyd | beauty of the new city standing before you...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Court of Honor, In Front of Terminal Station
Floyd |    You are in a large courtyard, surrounded by buildings the style and
Floyd | grandeur of which you have never seen before.  This is the Court of
Floyd | Honor, by all accounts already considered one of the architectural
Floyd | wonders of the modern world.  To the west stands Terminal Station,
Floyd | your arrival and eventual departure point, from which thousands of
Floyd | visitors pour into the Exposition each day.  To the east is the
Floyd | Administration Building, its golden dome towering above the grounds in
Floyd | grand style.  The plaza extends to the north and south, toward more
Floyd | monumental buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Entrance to the Administration Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
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Floyd | >

		says, "All you have to type (and you don't have to direct it to Floyd) is 'press enter'"
		Teaspoon says, "oh thanks"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although still early in the day, it's getting hot.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x dossier" 		

Floyd | It's a packet of papers that pertain to the case at hand.  The case
Floyd | dossier is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open dossier" 		

Floyd | Opening the case dossier reveals a crime scene note, a description of
Floyd | Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list of stolen diamonds,
Floyd | and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd | The Kimberly Diamond Mining Company compiled a list of the missing
Floyd | items:
Floyd |
Floyd |            4 rough, unfinished diamonds
Floyd |            3 cut and polished diamonds
Floyd |            1 crown diamond
Floyd |
Floyd | The jewels were from the private collection of one of the board
Floyd | members of the Company.  If any are found, they may be taken to a Mr.
Floyd | Wentworth, an expert in the matter of precious stones, who will verify
Floyd | if the stone in question is indeed from the collection.  Mr. Wentworth
Floyd | can be found at his company's exhibit in the Mines and Mining
Floyd | Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Verified stones should then be held in evidence in the safe in your
Floyd | office at the Administration building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | The note is written in a cribbed, narrow hand.  It reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |            Four brothers, rough and ready,
Floyd |            Three sisters, kind and fair,
Floyd |            They left their home so eagerly,
Floyd |            They left to see the Fair!
Floyd |
Floyd |            Young Dennis likes spelunking,
Floyd |            In darkness feared and great;
Floyd |            Fair Ida likes to swim,
Floyd |            And tempt the hands of fate.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Bullish Adam stays outdoors,
Floyd |            Free and strong and wild;
Floyd |            Mary studies Egyptian script,
Floyd |            And writes her name in style.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Little Owen lobbied hard
Floyd |            And entered government,
Floyd |            Elder Neal rides the rails
Floyd |            With an artistic temperament.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Dolores spends her time
Floyd |            In the cabin of Uncle Tom,
Floyd |            And Mother...where is mother?
Floyd |            She watches over them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "uh....I guess this is a Riddler's Hint sheet about where to find the diamonds, then."
		Teaspoon says, "how thoughtful"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x description of bob" 		

Floyd | Before boarding the train to the fair, you carefully typed out a
Floyd | detailed description of Greenback Bob, should you find that he is
Floyd | indeed involved and need to share the information quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Greenback Bob is a counterfeiter, or at least so it is believed; no
Floyd | one has been able to catch him at it, yet.  He is known to be a
Floyd | reckless gambler.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Police reports describe him as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | Nationality:  American
Floyd |
Floyd | Age:  twenty-eight to thirty years
Floyd |
Floyd | Height:  five feet four inches, approximately
Floyd |
Floyd | Weight:  one hundred eighty pounds, approximate
Floyd |
Floyd | General remarks:  figure heavy but muscular; somewhat slovenly
Floyd | appearance; broad, flat nose and squinty brown eyes; hair brown; He
Floyd | typically wears a long, unkempt beard, dark brown in color.  Quick to
Floyd | anger but faster still to escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x description of delbras" 		

Floyd | Before boarding the train to the fair, you carefully typed out a
Floyd | detailed description of Delbras, should you find that he is indeed
Floyd | involved and need to share the information quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Of Delbras, you know very little.  You know, first, that he has
Floyd | recently fled Paris, which had become too hot for him, and that he was
Floyd | headed to the Fair, for what purpose it can only be guessed.  From
Floyd | Paris, a dispatch had been received describing him as handsome,
Floyd | educated, and familiar with the ways of good society.  Although still
Floyd | unproven, he is suspected in a string of diamond robberies in Paris.
Floyd |
Floyd | Further, the French report describes him as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | Nationality:  French
Floyd |
Floyd | Age:  probably about thirty to thirty-three years
Floyd |
Floyd | Height:  six feet
Floyd |
Floyd | Weight:  one hundred seventy-five pounds, approximate
Floyd |
Floyd | General remarks:  figure good; square shoulders, military air;
Floyd | features, regular; thin-lipped; chin sharply pointed; wears at times a
Floyd | heavy beard, at others moustache and goatee; eyes dark, called black;
Floyd | hair same, heavy, and sometimes worn quite long; hands well kept, with
Floyd | long slender fingers; speaks English perfectly; a small triangular
Floyd | scar upon temple close to roots of hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Let me know if I'm going too fast."
		Knight_Otu says, "A bit slower might be good."
		Jacqueline says, "I am having to catch up, yeah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd | You practice your alphabet again, but stumble at the point where you
Floyd | reach the end and try going backwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Teaspoon says, "Hah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "sing".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | West Entrance to the Administration Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Court of Honor, In Front of Terminal Station
Floyd |    You are in a large courtyard, surrounded by buildings the style and
Floyd | grandeur of which you have never seen before.  This is the Court of
Floyd | Honor, by all accounts already considered one of the architectural
Floyd | wonders of the modern world.  To the west stands Terminal Station,
Floyd | your arrival and eventual departure point, from which thousands of
Floyd | visitors pour into the Exposition each day.  To the east is the
Floyd | Administration Building, its golden dome towering above the grounds in
Floyd | grand style.  The plaza extends to the north and south, toward more
Floyd | monumental buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "I guess we should go east?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I thought at first that riddle didn't mention the crown jewel, but that's probably the mother at the end."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Teaspoon says, "I figure as much."
		Jacqueline says, "So, if people want me to post them, there are PDFs for the game: Guide, Manual, and Map."
		Teaspoon says, "I definitely would like a map."
		Teaspoon asks, "is the guide in-game or out?"
		Jacqueline | Guide: [LINK]
		Jacqueline | Manual: [LINK]
		Jacqueline | Map:
		Jacqueline | Map: [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Now I'm wondering if the status line is giving us coordinates."
		Teaspoon says, "that is an actual 1893 map, isn't it"
		Jacqueline says, "I've checked the game offline. The status line is not providing coordinates. But it is giving us the time."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 10:10 a.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "do we need coordinates?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, it's an actual map. Anybody see the Court of Honor? I'm still trying to find it."
		Teaspoon says, "X marks the spot"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems it's not labeled."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah, I see now."
		Jacqueline says, "O-18ish"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, yeah. This is vast. Where to begin?"
		Teaspoon says, "ooh, the guide says we can get free snacks"
		Jacqueline says, "yum"
		Teaspoon says, "Anyway, I figure east so we can see what our office looks like."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess Administrations first."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Administration Building, Rotunda
Floyd |    The central rotunda is open up to an inner dome, one hundred and
Floyd | ninety feet above your head.  The dome is decorated by murals.  Open
Floyd | archways lead out of the building in all the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Most of the Exhibition services are centered in this building, in four
Floyd | pavilions off the rotunda.  To the northeast is the Columbian Guards
Floyd | Station; to the northwest, the Columbian bank; to the southeast, the
Floyd | Columbian Telegraph and Messenger Service; and to the southwest, the
Floyd | Columbian Newspaper and Publicity Department.
Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Rotunda, Looking up.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x murals" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Mural.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The murals on the inner dome depict Apollo on his throne, bestowing
Floyd | honors upon warriors, artists, musicians, poets, scientists, and
Floyd | inventors.  Four winged horses pull forth a model of the Parthenon,
Floyd | and angelic figures dance overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "golly"
		Teaspoon asks, "but which way's our office?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I'd guess we check in with the guards?"
		Jacqueline | Eating and Sleeping You've learned through your experience as a detective the value of getting three meals a day. These meals typically consist of a grab-and-go breakfast, a light lunch, and a nice sit down meal for dinner. The game will let you know when you are getting hungry. Of course, missing the occasional meal is part of the job, just be careful not to miss too many, or it could get you into trouble. There are restaurants all around the grounds, as well as the occasional take out food.
		Teaspoon says, "oh god, a food clock"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Teaspoon says, "Oh well, we probably won't get far enough for that to be a crisis."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "And a sleep clock!"
		Jacqueline | Although you can skip the occasional meal, one thing you cannot miss is your bedtime. You've learned over the course of your career that a good night's sleep and an early start is absolutely essential in order to have a clear enough head to solve a case.
		Teaspoon says, "crumbs"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess at least we have more than one in-game day to solve this crime."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "...there's a Ferris wheel!"
		Teaspoon asks, "Does anyone want to just go find the Ferris wheel?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hahahaha:"
		Jacqueline | Peter Nepstad is a writer who lives in Chicago a stone's throw away from the site of the 1893 World's Fair, now Jackson Park. Completing 1893: AWFM was too much of a strain for him, some say, he is now often seen wandering about the park in turn of the century clothing, asking passerby directions to Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.
		Teaspoon says, "...aw"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm up for a Ferris wheel, sure."
		Jacqueline asks, "I'm ... assuming we have unlimited expense funds for eating and sleeping and riding Ferris wheels?"
		Teaspoon says, "I sure hope so. None in our inventory."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "exits".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "sigh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Rotunda, Looking up.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building, Rotunda
Floyd |    The central rotunda is open up to an inner dome, one hundred and
Floyd | ninety feet above your head.  The dome is decorated by murals.  Open
Floyd | archways lead out of the building in all the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Most of the Exhibition services are centered in this building, in four
Floyd | pavilions off the rotunda.  To the northeast is the Columbian Guards
Floyd | Station; to the northwest, the Columbian bank; to the southeast, the
Floyd | Columbian Telegraph and Messenger Service; and to the southwest, the
Floyd | Columbian Newspaper and Publicity Department.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "still can't tell where the office is."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "the Guard's station?"
		Teaspoon says, "then we can talk to Carl"
		Knight_Otu says, "That was what I thought."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Columbian Guards Station
Floyd |    This is the brain center of the Columbian Guards.  From here, calls
Floyd | are dispatched, complaints are registered, criminals are interrogated.
Floyd | Various offices are to the north; they have graciously cleaned one out
Floyd | for your use while at the Fair.  The rotunda is back to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Columbian Guards Station.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing in a commanding position in the room is a tall,
Floyd | broad-shouldered man wearing a brown overcoat and smoking a thick
Floyd | cigar.  You recognize him instantly-- Carl Masters, one of the most
Floyd | highly regarded detectives in Chicago.  You heard that he had been
Floyd | hired for the Fair, to oversee all the detective work, and to do a
Floyd | little himself, when the case warranted it.  He had his hands full,
Floyd | you knew, and it was at his suggestion that Fair Management contacted
Floyd | your offices.  He sees you as you enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, well, well!"  he shouts, smiling.  "It's good to see you made
Floyd | it.  What do you think of this White City of ours?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are about to respond, but quickly realize your old friend is not
Floyd | interested in wasting time with idle pleasantries just now.  He
Floyd | continues:
Floyd |
Floyd | "And yet surrounded by beauty such dastardly deeds occur."  He shakes
Floyd | his head. "I don't need to tell you, but I'm very glad you have
Floyd | finally arrived.  We're in the thick of it now.  This diamond
Floyd | heist--I'm counting on you for it.  We have no one to spare.  As for
Floyd | myself, I have a vexing and rather unpleasant affair--you can read
Floyd | today's paper about it if you like; a kidnapping, for ransom, no less;
Floyd | a young, moneyed gent from Boston took a wrong turn late at night.
Floyd | The family wired yesterday--they've been asked for a ransom but they
Floyd | seem unwilling to pay it.  No leads yet."  He takes another puff on
Floyd | his cigar.  "I'm trying to convince the family to come down and have a
Floyd | go at it; we might yet be able to nab the culprits during the
Floyd | exchange.  It's a delicate business."
Floyd |
Floyd | Masters turns his full attention on you.  "I'm sorry, best forget
Floyd | about my case and concentrate on yours.  Now listen carefully.  Your
Floyd | office is all set up; there's a safe inside in which you can deposit
Floyd | any of the stolen gems you recover.  There's also a bill of draft on
Floyd | the desk, you can use it to withdraw a daily spending allowance from
Floyd | the bank in this building.  Sorry for the trouble, but as I say, we
Floyd | really have no one to spare.  They will write you up new drafts daily,
Floyd | so you can just head over to the bank when it opens first thing each
Floyd | morning to withdraw your stipend."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll try to be here, in the office, every morning until around nine.
Floyd | If you like, we can compare notes and discuss the case.  If you have
Floyd | any questions, just ask.  And if you find anything out, tell me as
Floyd | soon as you can.  I've got to leave soon, but..."  He pauses for a
Floyd | moment.  "I almost forgot.  I'm afraid they haven't given you carte
Floyd | blanche.  You're here as a detective in an unofficial capacity.  So
Floyd | don't expect vendors and customers to part the red sea for you.  I've
Floyd | distributed your picture among the guards, they know who you are and
Floyd | should be able to provide assistance.  If they see trouble, they will
Floyd | come get me.  I should be able to take care of any bureaucratic messes
Floyd | you get into, but just be careful."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sure you'll want to get familiar with the fairgrounds.  They're
Floyd | quite expansive, but essential to know if you want to get any proper
Floyd | detective work done, at least in my experience.  I left a guidebook in
Floyd | your desk.  There's also a tour that leaves at eleven-thirty every day
Floyd | from just outside the east entrance to this building which you may
Floyd | want to take as well."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake hands.  "Welcome to Chicago," he says, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh man"
		Teaspoon says, "Oh god, he did implement dosh."
		Teaspoon says, "I suppose the tour would be the best start though."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, the tour sounds good."
		Teaspoon asks, "so, North, get the stuff, get some spending money, and then go and wait for the tour to start?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like a plan."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Office
Floyd |    Your office is small but comfortable.  An old, oak desk occupies
Floyd | most of the room.  Beside the desk, on the floor, squats a very
Floyd | solid-looking metal safe.  Against the far wall is an army cot.  You
Floyd | specially requested the cot--it's far easier to sleep in the office
Floyd | when the crime is as complicated as this one.
Floyd |    Sitting on the desk is a bill of draft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Office.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Detective Masters calls out to you.  "I've got to do some footwork.
Floyd | We'll meet again, tomorrow morning at the latest."  He walks out of
Floyd | the station, and into the fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh good, at least we don't have to converse wth him."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Teaspoon says, "this is all very well telegraphed, it's just so BIG"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take draft" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x draft" 		

Floyd | This draft entitles you to draw some monies from the Northern Trust
Floyd | Bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The docs do say that we need to converse with folks to solve the mystery, though."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd | Opening the desk drawer reveals a guidebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Teaspoon), "Yeah. I can't believe I never played this back in the day, despite all the (very well merited) fuss about it."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "and we don't have any diamonds yet, so we can go get money now."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		Jacqueline) Teaspoon says, "and when we DO find the diamonds we can just fence them and then we won't need this silly little draft anymore.

Floyd | You're not tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "hee hee"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Columbian Guards Station
Floyd |    This is the brain center of the Columbian Guards.  From here, calls
Floyd | are dispatched, complaints are registered, criminals are interrogated.
Floyd | Various offices are to the north; they have graciously cleaned one out
Floyd | for your use while at the Fair.  The rotunda is back to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Columbian Guards Station.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Administration Building, Rotunda
Floyd |    The central rotunda is open up to an inner dome, one hundred and
Floyd | ninety feet above your head.  The dome is decorated by murals.  Open
Floyd | archways lead out of the building in all the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Most of the Exhibition services are centered in this building, in four
Floyd | pavilions off the rotunda.  To the northeast is the Columbian Guards
Floyd | Station; to the northwest, the Columbian bank; to the southeast, the
Floyd | Columbian Telegraph and Messenger Service; and to the southwest, the
Floyd | Columbian Newspaper and Publicity Department.
Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Rotunda, Looking up.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | The Northern Trust Bank
Floyd |    This branch of the Northern Trust Bank is the official bank of the
Floyd | Exhibition, offering terrible exchange rates for all the major
Floyd | currencies.  A row of tellers stand behind windows mounted on a long,
Floyd | thin counter, and process exhibition-goers transactions with
Floyd | indifference.  The rotunda is back to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only teller you can see in the crowded bank is the one nearest the
Floyd | door.  She processes customers with a grim efficiency, the line in
Floyd | front of her window stretching nearly to the entrance of the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Northern Trust Bank.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "!!!!!!! Queues?"
		Jacqueline says, "In prep for the inevitable sleep timer: 'Before leaving home arrange for lodgings either by addressing the “Bureau of Public Comfort, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ills.,” or through information from friends or from hotels mentioned in this guide.'"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter line" 		

Floyd | You cue up in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The line barely moves.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "this is the way we die. Of boredom in the line."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You continue to wait in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps the line is moving, perhaps not; it's difficult to say.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You continue to wait in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps the line is moving, perhaps not; it's difficult to say.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | You continue to wait in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move forward in line.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x line" 		

Floyd | It looks like you're in for a bit of a wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait in line.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I cannot, I have to say, think of more drastic actions to take."
		Knight_Otu says, "f kill line"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "kill line" 		

Floyd | What do you want to attack it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a bill of draft, and a guidebook.  The case
Floyd | dossier seems to contain a crime scene note, a description of
Floyd | Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list of stolen diamonds,
Floyd | and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | You move forward in line.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd | It's the Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition that was
Floyd | sent ahead to you to familiarize yourself with the fairgrounds.  You
Floyd | can look up buildings and monuments for more detailed information
Floyd | about them, if you like.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Have we ... yeah. Have we read all this stuff? Now seems a good time."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "so this is the in-game version of that guide." 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "so".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look up midway in guide" 		

Floyd | You flip open the guidebook and read.
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway Plaisance extends from the grounds of the World's Columbian
Floyd | Exposition to Washington Park, and covers an area of 80 acres.  The
Floyd | exhibits on Midway Plaisance are made by concessionaires, although
Floyd | some of them are endorsed and even owned by foreign governments.
Floyd | Admission fees are charged to many of them. They have no connection
Floyd | with the Exposition proper except as side attractions.  Near the
Floyd | western approach is the great Ferris Wheel, from which bird's eye
Floyd | views may be had of the entire Exposition.  This to some extent, takes
Floyd | the place of an Eiffel tower.  Visitors are hurled 250 feet into the
Floyd | air, in cars similar to coaches in construction.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tellers are all very busy.  They do work very fast, however.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look up washington park in guide" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "park".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I hope the line is just unmentioned."
		Teaspoon says, "if this is a line, there will be other lines."
		Teaspoon says, "we can spend all week waiting in line"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look up rotunda in guide" 		

Floyd | You flip open the guidebook and read.  After browsing for a few
Floyd | moments, you determine there isn't an entry for that topic.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's only one customer in front of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look up ferris wheel in guide" 		

Floyd | You flip open the guidebook and read.  You flip open the guidebook and
Floyd | read.  After browsing for a few moments, you determine there isn't an
Floyd | entry for that topic.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last customer between you and the teller leaves.  You step
Floyd | forward, and feel a sharp elbow in your stomach as an old lady cuts in
Floyd | front of you and slaps down her money.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
		Teaspoon says, "CONFLICT"
		Jacqueline says, "Rude"
		Teaspoon asks, "what shall we do?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Choke hold?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or use our weapon?"
		Teaspoon asks, "what weapon?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, do we have a weapon?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Teaspoon says, "no"
		Jacqueline says, "Sigh."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "elbow lady" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "elbow".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw"
		Jacqueline says, "She is old. Let her be rude."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah'd like to break this hunnert," she says, and the young teller
Floyd | mechanically smiles and does so, hardly noticing the old woman is
Floyd | there at all.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Also, brb."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The old lady hobbles off.  The teller looks through you.  "May I help
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give draft to teller" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The teller mechanically takes your bill of draft, and hands you an
Floyd | envelope containing your spending stipend for the day.  "Thank you
Floyd | sir, and have a nice day," she says listlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just gone up by 2 points.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x stipend" 		

Floyd | It's an envelope containing your small daily stipend.  Right now you
Floyd | have plenty of money in the envelope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay, great."
		Knight_Otu asks, "But how much is plenty?"
		Teaspoon says, "hot dog money"
		Teaspoon says, "when the hunger timer kicks in"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Northern Trust Bank.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Northern Trust Bank
Floyd |    This branch of the Northern Trust Bank is the official bank of the
Floyd | Exhibition, offering terrible exchange rates for all the major
Floyd | currencies.  A row of tellers stand behind windows mounted on a long,
Floyd | thin counter, and process exhibition-goers transactions with
Floyd | indifference.  The rotunda is back to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only teller you can see in the crowded bank is the one nearest the
Floyd | door.  She processes customers with a grim efficiency, the line in
Floyd | front of her window stretching nearly to the entrance of the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Administration Building, Rotunda
Floyd |    The central rotunda is open up to an inner dome, one hundred and
Floyd | ninety feet above your head.  The dome is decorated by murals.  Open
Floyd | archways lead out of the building in all the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Most of the Exhibition services are centered in this building, in four
Floyd | pavilions off the rotunda.  To the northeast is the Columbian Guards
Floyd | Station; to the northwest, the Columbian bank; to the southeast, the
Floyd | Columbian Telegraph and Messenger Service; and to the southwest, the
Floyd | Columbian Newspaper and Publicity Department.
Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Rotunda, Looking up.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay, so we need to go to the east entrance."
		Teaspoon says, "which is, um..."
		Knight_Otu asks, "East?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd | The Court of Honor
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, on a grand plaza which surrounds the
Floyd | Administration Building, which here opens up to a glorious vista the
Floyd | likes of which you have never seen nor imagined before.  It is a great
Floyd | city which stands before you, each building of monolithic size and
Floyd | classical design.  The buildings of this great city surround a
Floyd | man-made basin to rival the size of some lakes.  This is the fabled
Floyd | 'White City,' built a mere twenty years after the tragic Chicago Fire
Floyd | left the city in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building takes a commanding position at the western
Floyd | end of the Grand Basin.  Standing directly in front of the eastern
Floyd | entrance to the building is a statue of Columbus, in whose honor the
Floyd | fair has been dedicated.  Directly across from him, an elaborate
Floyd | fountain rises from the basin waters, dozens of figures standing,
Floyd | sitting, and rowing in a boat the discoverer himself would have been
Floyd | proud to command.  At the other end of the basin the emblem of the
Floyd | fair stands:  a gilt sculpture of a woman, fair Columbia, climbing
Floyd | magnificently to a height of sixty-five feet above the basin waters.
Floyd | The plaza continues to the north and south, toward more monumental
Floyd | buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East onto the White City.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "this would make such a groovy episode of Kolchak"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x columbia" 		

Floyd | Which columbia do you mean, the MacMonnies Fountain, or the statue of
Floyd | The Republic?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd | Which statue do you mean, the Columbus statue, the Diana sculpture, or
Floyd | the statue of The Republic?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x statute of the republic" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "statute".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x statue of the republic" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Statue of the Republic.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Statue of the Republic is a sixty-five foot tall woman, on a
Floyd | pedestal.  The woman wears a loose robe, and holds a staff in one hand
Floyd | and a globe with an eagle resting upon it in the other.  She faces
Floyd | west, towards the Administration Building.  The entire statue is
Floyd | gilded a brilliant gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A potential location for "FAir Ida"."
		Knight_Otu says, "Assuming the note isn't a big fat lie."
		Jacqueline says, "Keep in mind that 'Many exhibits in the Agriculture Building hand out free food samples during lunchtime.'"
		Teaspoon says, "if we knew where the building was. Maybe the tour will tell us."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x time" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "check time" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "how do we check the time again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "time"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 10:42 a.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Oh, so we have nearly an hour. Cool."
		Teaspoon asks, "What now?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Agriculture should be to the east."
		Teaspoon says, "okay"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You stand at the western edge of the Columbian Basin, admiring the
Floyd | MacMonnies fountain directly before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You stand at the western edge of the Columbian Basin, admiring the
Floyd | MacMonnies fountain directly before you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East onto the White City.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Court of Honor
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, on a grand plaza which surrounds the
Floyd | Administration Building, which here opens up to a glorious vista the
Floyd | likes of which you have never seen nor imagined before.  It is a great
Floyd | city which stands before you, each building of monolithic size and
Floyd | classical design.  The buildings of this great city surround a
Floyd | man-made basin to rival the size of some lakes.  This is the fabled
Floyd | 'White City,' built a mere twenty years after the tragic Chicago Fire
Floyd | left the city in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building takes a commanding position at the western
Floyd | end of the Grand Basin.  Standing directly in front of the eastern
Floyd | entrance to the building is a statue of Columbus, in whose honor the
Floyd | fair has been dedicated.  Directly across from him, an elaborate
Floyd | fountain rises from the basin waters, dozens of figures standing,
Floyd | sitting, and rowing in a boat the discoverer himself would have been
Floyd | proud to command.  At the other end of the basin the emblem of the
Floyd | fair stands:  a gilt sculpture of a woman, fair Columbia, climbing
Floyd | magnificently to a height of sixty-five feet above the basin waters.
Floyd | The plaza continues to the north and south, toward more monumental
Floyd | buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. It occurs to me that if we really wanna be cheapskates, we could collect a bunch of free samples and snack on them when we need to."
		Teaspoon says, "guess not."
		Teaspoon says, "assuming that we actually get to keep the samples and it's not all cut scene"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, southeast perhaps? Should be south of the basin."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can enter the Administration Building to the west, or head north
Floyd | or south toward more monumental buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "North?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad that, since we can't see images here (I think that's the reason the game file is so large?) there are images in the guide."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, lets go north."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South side of Electricity Building
Floyd |    You are in a grand plaza.  Directly to the north stands the
Floyd | Electricity Building, its portico and entryway illustrated with
Floyd | sculpture groups which seem to promise to reveal the discoveries of
Floyd | modern science within.  In front of the Electricity Building is a
Floyd | tall, bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin.
Floyd |
Floyd | An octagonal bandstand sits in the plaza here.  You can see its
Floyd | identical twin to the south.  The plaza continues to the west, east,
Floyd | and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Electricity Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "Science!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Franklin Statue.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Benjamin Franklin stands heroically in front of the Electricity
Floyd | Building, his chest out and his head up, his eyes looking toward
Floyd | heaven.  In one hand he clutches a kite, in the other, a key.  A
Floyd | plaque at the base of the statue declares in latin that he has "Torn
Floyd | the scepter from the hands of the King of Heaven."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Hrm: 'At the top of your screen will be a' special line called the status line. It tells you the name of your current location, as well as the current time and date. At times, the status line will provide other information as well.'"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | It would be very difficult to take the key and kite, since they are
Floyd | part of the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh dear"
		Jacqueline says, "Enh. It's not like we intend to finish finish... unless we do."
		Jacqueline says, "I was talking to maga and he said that really this game is awesome just for exploration even if you don't want to solve the crime."
		Teaspoon says, "That's what I figure."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Electric Avenue
Floyd |    This building is said to contain every electrical apparatus and
Floyd | concern thus far developed by man, the whole worlds collective effort
Floyd | in this field having been collected, organized, and displayed for the
Floyd | general public.  This main aisle extends into the building to the
Floyd | north and out onto the Court of Honor, south.  To the east and west
Floyd | are exhibits from General Electric and American Bell Telephone,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electric Avenue, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline clears the save counter. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | General Electric
Floyd |    Among the standard Electricity displays from General Electric are
Floyd | new phonographic cylinders and other recent inventions from Thomas
Floyd | Alva Edison.  Featured in the exhibit is something called a
Floyd | Kinetoscope, which it is claimed can generate "moving pictures."  A
Floyd | bust of the great inventor presides over the collection.
Floyd |
Floyd | General Electric Exhibits.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is this, like, THE Electric Avenue? As in the Eddy Grant song?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Moving pictures? It'll never catch on."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "That one's in London" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "that".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "ooops"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bust" 		

Floyd | He looks rather paternal in this bust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh. No. That Electric Avenue is in Brixton, London. Not Chicago."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x kinetoscope" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Kinetoscope.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Kinetoscope is nearly the height of a man.  Near the top are
Floyd | lenses which you can look through, like a pair of glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look through lenses" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Sneeze.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking through the lens, you see Thomas Edison, almost as if he were
Floyd | really there!  He sneezes, and the short film ends.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "i'm sure this was real"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "This whole game is set in a non-fiction historic landscape."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x phonographic cylinders" 		

Floyd | The phonographic cylinders feature all the latest hits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | The hum of electricity, the crackle of energy, makes the building feel
Floyd | almost alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can leave the General Electric exhibit to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Electric Avenue
Floyd |    This building is said to contain every electrical apparatus and
Floyd | concern thus far developed by man, the whole worlds collective effort
Floyd | in this field having been collected, organized, and displayed for the
Floyd | general public.  This main aisle extends into the building to the
Floyd | north and out onto the Court of Honor, south.  To the east and west
Floyd | are exhibits from General Electric and American Bell Telephone,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electric Avenue, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | American Bell Telephone
Floyd |    A small classic structure with a row of Ionic pillars contains the
Floyd | American Bell Telephone exhibit.  You ascend a short flight of steps
Floyd | between two guardian sphinx to enter this golden pavilion.  Once
Floyd | inside, you see photographs on the walls depicting inventors and
Floyd | prominent businessmen who are associated with American Bell.  Along
Floyd | the far wall is a bank of multi-colored phones, said to be connected,
Floyd | long distance, to various places on the east coast.  The main hall is
Floyd | back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | American Bell Telephone Exhibit.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And Nepstad actually used to sell this game in Chicago. (Maybe still does?)"
		Teaspoon says, "wow"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x photographs" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Alexander Graham Bell.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Most prominent among the photos is a picture of Alexander Graham Bell,
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bell" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Alexander Graham Bell.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Most prominent among the photos is a picture of Alexander Graham Bell,
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "That was the other part of the hype back in the day. He was MAKING MONEY FROM IF?!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd | Which phone do you mean, the black phone, the green phone, the blue
Floyd | phone, the yellow phone, or the red phone?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "too many phones"
		Jacqueline says, "I was surprised to find this on IFDB. I do have the actual CD around here somewhere..."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "Also, good for him!"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "I doubt he retired from this, though."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "pick up black phone" 		

Floyd | You pick up the black phone and put it to your ear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, detective," a low voice says on the other end of the phone.
Floyd | "I do hope you're enjoying our little scavenger hunt."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "ahhhhh"
		Jacqueline says, "AHHHHHHHHH"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say yes" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "yes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Creeped out now."
		Knight_Otu goes paranoid.
		Teaspoon says, "also, how has he hacked a phone. How is phone hacking even a thing yet"
		Jacqueline says, "Phone phreakers, man."
		Jacqueline asks, "er, phone phreaks?"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, them."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | The hum of electricity, the crackle of energy, makes the building feel
Floyd | almost alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Now I have Eddy Grant stuck in my head."
		Jacqueline fires up Spotify.
		Teaspoon says, "I'm listening to John Lennon on repeat."
		Teaspoon asks, "so, uh, how do we continue this conversation?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come, come, there must be something you want to ask me," the voice
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "ask phone about diamonds, perhaps?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about diamonds" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Looking for the diamonds, are you?  Well, I've hidden them, of
Floyd | course.  I left a note for you.  Why don't you read it?  If you have
Floyd | more specific questions after reading it, feel free to ask."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "what a thoughtful thief."
		Jacqueline says, ">ASK WHY HE IS SO CREEPY"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about ida" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Ida?  A real swimmer, that girl.  But she doesn't like waves,
Floyd | particularly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm still sceptical about that."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about queen" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Do you expect me to tell you everything?"  he asks, coughing
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "er, why not"
		Teaspoon says, "why are you even doing this"
		Teaspoon asks, "uh, shall we hang up?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd say yes."
		Jacqueline says, "nO"
		Jacqueline says, "Er, no"
		Teaspoon asks, "'nother question then?"
		Jacqueline says, "Get more hints, I say."
		Jacqueline says, "Since he's offering."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't trust that guy for some reason."
		Teaspoon says, "really"
		Jacqueline says, "He or she, but I'm guessing he."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Well, true."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about dennis" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "He likes spelunking.  That means he likes exploring caves.  Perhaps
Floyd | you should take to it yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "He could be misdirecting, but I suspect this is part of his game."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about adam" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Have you read in the paper about that man getting gored by a bull?
Floyd | Poor, poor man.  He could probably tell you where Adam is, were he
Floyd | still capable of speech."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about owen" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Young Owen.  So industrious!  So interested in the workings of
Floyd | Government.  In fact, he studied it to the exclusion of all else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about mary" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Ahh, Mary.  Quite the amateur Anthropologist."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about neal" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "Neal likes to ride the rails.  You know, trains.  But he likes to do
Floyd | it in comfort.  None of those cheap, poorly built cars for Neal.  Only
Floyd | the best."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about delores" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "delores".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about dolores" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "You know, the Women's Board of Connecticut put together a wonderful
Floyd | exhibit of Harriet Beecher Stowe's works.  It is one of Connecticut's
Floyd | finest contributions to the fair."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Howdy."
		Ellison says, "hey hey. I never got around to playing this game."
		Teaspoon says, "Okay, I have a distinct respect for Harriet Beecher Stowe, but this is not the millieu I expected to see her to be recommended."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Teaspoon asks, "any other questions?"
		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Us either."
		Teaspoon says, "we have scored 2 pts."
		Knight_Otu says, "ask about Mother"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask voice about voice" 		

Floyd | "Do you expect me to tell you everything?"  he asks, coughing
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about mother" 		

Floyd | (the voice)
Floyd | "I will never tell where Mother is.  Sorry, you will just have to find
Floyd | her on your own."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, synonym."
		Teaspoon says, "fair 'nuff"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or not."
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Jacqueline says, "I'm good for now."
		Teaspoon says, "hey David"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm ... guessing ... he won't always be here on the phone all weekk."
		Jacqueline says, "er, week"
		Teaspoon says, "I should assume so."
		DavidW says, "hi. Sorry I overslept."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Hi!"
		Teaspoon says, "all well. You've played this one."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "We played a game you'd already played since you weren't here."
		Teaspoon says, "this CREEPY PHONE GUY"
		Ellison says, "I always wished there was a H. H. Holmes subplot since I never got around to reading Devil in the White City, either, and I figured it'd be a good way to kill two birds with one stone"
		Teaspoon says, "that one's good"
DavidW asks, "oh wow. 1893?" 		Teaspoon says, "do read it."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yep"
		Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "Yeah, I have that book as well and have also not read it."
		Jacqueline says, "I hear it's very good."
		DavidW says, "It is good. It's also large."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "hang up" 		

Floyd | You place the black phone back on its cradle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 11:17 a.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "time to go get our tour I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yep."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can exit the American Bell Telephone exhibit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Electric Avenue
Floyd |    This building is said to contain every electrical apparatus and
Floyd | concern thus far developed by man, the whole worlds collective effort
Floyd | in this field having been collected, organized, and displayed for the
Floyd | general public.  This main aisle extends into the building to the
Floyd | north and out onto the Court of Honor, south.  To the east and west
Floyd | are exhibits from General Electric and American Bell Telephone,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electric Avenue, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South side of Electricity Building
Floyd |    You are in a grand plaza.  Directly to the north stands the
Floyd | Electricity Building, its portico and entryway illustrated with
Floyd | sculpture groups which seem to promise to reveal the discoveries of
Floyd | modern science within.  In front of the Electricity Building is a
Floyd | tall, bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin.
Floyd |
Floyd | An octagonal bandstand sits in the plaza here.  You can see its
Floyd | identical twin to the south.  The plaza continues to the west, east,
Floyd | and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Electricity Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The Court of Honor
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, on a grand plaza which surrounds the
Floyd | Administration Building, which here opens up to a glorious vista the
Floyd | likes of which you have never seen nor imagined before.  It is a great
Floyd | city which stands before you, each building of monolithic size and
Floyd | classical design.  The buildings of this great city surround a
Floyd | man-made basin to rival the size of some lakes.  This is the fabled
Floyd | 'White City,' built a mere twenty years after the tragic Chicago Fire
Floyd | left the city in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building takes a commanding position at the western
Floyd | end of the Grand Basin.  Standing directly in front of the eastern
Floyd | entrance to the building is a statue of Columbus, in whose honor the
Floyd | fair has been dedicated.  Directly across from him, an elaborate
Floyd | fountain rises from the basin waters, dozens of figures standing,
Floyd | sitting, and rowing in a boat the discoverer himself would have been
Floyd | proud to command.  At the other end of the basin the emblem of the
Floyd | fair stands:  a gilt sculpture of a woman, fair Columbia, climbing
Floyd | magnificently to a height of sixty-five feet above the basin waters.
Floyd | The plaza continues to the north and south, toward more monumental
Floyd | buildings.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, gathering a group together for a tour.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East onto the White City.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "We will be starting in just a few minutes!  Please gather 'round,
Floyd | now, gather 'round!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm trying to remember. Is this still the first day?"
		Teaspoon says, "yes"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x tour" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Tour Guide.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks quite enthusiastic.  His eyes sparkle with excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guided tour of the Court of Honor!  Right here!"  the man shouts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "join tour" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "join".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "gather round" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "gather".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 11:22 a.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "talk to him?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to guide" 		

Floyd | Which guide do you mean, the guidebook, or the tour guide?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask tour guide about midway" 		

Floyd | "Please save all questions until the end of the tour.  Thank you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guided tour of the Court of Honor!"  the man shouts.  "See the wonder
Floyd | of the age!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "snort"
		DavidW says, "Maybe you just follow him."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x group" 		

Floyd | Which group do you mean, the sculptural groups, or the crowd?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x crowd" 		

Floyd | You scan the crowd for suspicious characters.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We will begin the tour in five minutes!"  the man shouts.  "Bring
Floyd | your appetite with you, we will be stopping off for a quick snack, and
Floyd | you won't want to miss it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh cool"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x sculptural groups" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Water Uncontrolled.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sculptural groups of three figures apiece stand on either side of the
Floyd | entrance to the Administration building.  In one, the figures are
Floyd | being swallowed by a flood, in the other, the main figure rides in a
Floyd | boat upon the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guided tour of the Court of Honor!  Right here!"  the man shouts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a guidebook, and a small daily stipend.  The
Floyd | case dossier seems to contain a crime scene note, a description of
Floyd | Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list of stolen diamonds,
Floyd | and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Guided tour of the Court of Honor!"  the man shouts.  "See the wonder
Floyd | of the age!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East onto the White City.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Court of Honor
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, on a grand plaza which surrounds the
Floyd | Administration Building, which here opens up to a glorious vista the
Floyd | likes of which you have never seen nor imagined before.  It is a great
Floyd | city which stands before you, each building of monolithic size and
Floyd | classical design.  The buildings of this great city surround a
Floyd | man-made basin to rival the size of some lakes.  This is the fabled
Floyd | 'White City,' built a mere twenty years after the tragic Chicago Fire
Floyd | left the city in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building takes a commanding position at the western
Floyd | end of the Grand Basin.  Standing directly in front of the eastern
Floyd | entrance to the building is a statue of Columbus, in whose honor the
Floyd | fair has been dedicated.  Directly across from him, an elaborate
Floyd | fountain rises from the basin waters, dozens of figures standing,
Floyd | sitting, and rowing in a boat the discoverer himself would have been
Floyd | proud to command.  At the other end of the basin the emblem of the
Floyd | fair stands:  a gilt sculpture of a woman, fair Columbia, climbing
Floyd | magnificently to a height of sixty-five feet above the basin waters.
Floyd | The plaza continues to the north and south, toward more monumental
Floyd | buildings.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, gathering a group together for a tour.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small crowd of people have gathered around the man.  "Allow me to
Floyd | introduce myself," he says, "My name is James Shepp, and I will be
Floyd | your guide today as we explore today majestic fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh no a typo"
		Teaspoon says, "alas"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East onto the White City.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Court of Honor
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, on a grand plaza which surrounds the
Floyd | Administration Building, which here opens up to a glorious vista the
Floyd | likes of which you have never seen nor imagined before.  It is a great
Floyd | city which stands before you, each building of monolithic size and
Floyd | classical design.  The buildings of this great city surround a
Floyd | man-made basin to rival the size of some lakes.  This is the fabled
Floyd | 'White City,' built a mere twenty years after the tragic Chicago Fire
Floyd | left the city in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building takes a commanding position at the western
Floyd | end of the Grand Basin.  Standing directly in front of the eastern
Floyd | entrance to the building is a statue of Columbus, in whose honor the
Floyd | fair has been dedicated.  Directly across from him, an elaborate
Floyd | fountain rises from the basin waters, dozens of figures standing,
Floyd | sitting, and rowing in a boat the discoverer himself would have been
Floyd | proud to command.  At the other end of the basin the emblem of the
Floyd | fair stands:  a gilt sculpture of a woman, fair Columbia, climbing
Floyd | magnificently to a height of sixty-five feet above the basin waters.
Floyd | The plaza continues to the north and south, toward more monumental
Floyd | buildings.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, gathering a group together for a tour.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me do a brief headcount before we get underway," he says, and
Floyd | points to each person in the crowd, counting off.  "One, two,
Floyd | three,..."  he begins, pointing at you to say, "8."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "With this much text, it's a small miracle there aren't more."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, agreed."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I'm willing to forgive."
		Teaspoon says, "yep"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "say 8" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to say the number 8.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well.  Let's begin, shall we?"  says the tour guide.  "For the next
Floyd | hour, we will be wandering through sights you have never seen before,
Floyd | visions which will arrest your eyes and seize your mind with their
Floyd | power.  We will be looking at the buildings and sculptures surrounding
Floyd | the Grand Basin.  A court greater than that of any king of any nation
Floyd | in the world."  He turns around, facing the Grand Basin.  "I present
Floyd | to you, The Court of Honor."  He pauses for dramatic effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "huh?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x basin" 		

Floyd | The basin waters flow in from a canal to the north and out into the
Floyd | harbor through the Peristyle.  All around the basin stand the
Floyd | classically inspired buildings of the Fair.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We look onto a scene over which the gods might linger, and dream that
Floyd | heaven had descended to earth, and that once again man walked sinless
Floyd | in Eden.  Well may every American be proud of the genius of his
Floyd | countrymen, which has called this wondrous creation from the trembling
Floyd | swamp."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "this guy is a riot"
		Jacqueline asks, "So I'm guessing our swimmer may refer to the canal rather than the larger bodies of water?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm clueless"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, wait?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "In any atmosphere, in any weather the scene is inexpressibly lovely,
Floyd | he says.  "When the mists of morning curtain the buildings they have a
Floyd | far-away appearance and every detail is softened, and when the sun
Floyd | rises, gradually the mist falls lower and lower like filmy garments
Floyd | cast off from the gleaming limbs of goddesses."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The tour guide turns back to the crowd.  "Now, let's turn our
Floyd | attention toward the centerpiece of the Grand Basin:  the Columbian
Floyd | Fountain.  Go ahead, take a look at it."  The crowd moves forward for
Floyd | a better view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x columbian fountain" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Columbian Fountain.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The MacMonnies Founain is the largest fountain in the world.  No less
Floyd | than thirty seven figures are included in the amazing sculpture.  The
Floyd | central element of the fountain is a large ship, with eight maidens,
Floyd | four to a side, rowing great oars.  The ship is steered by a muscular,
Floyd | beared man, and a winged trumpteter stands at the prow.  On a central
Floyd | throne, elevated above the rest, sits Columbia herself, in regal
Floyd | repose.  All around the boat dolphins, mermaids, and sea horses with
Floyd | riders raise triumphantly from the waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He gestures towards the fountain.  "Though the fountain is imposing
Floyd | in itself, close examination reveals the most delicate and subtle
Floyd | handling.  It is like a large piece of exquisite jewelry.  We will
Floyd | look at the fountain again, from a better angle, for now, let us
Floyd | proceed with the tour.  Follow me!"  he shouts, and heads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "uh, sheesh."
		Jacqueline asks, "?"
		Teaspoon says, "This fair is beginning to impress itself on me as Rather A Big Deal"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, Southern Bandstand
Floyd |    You are in a grand plaza, which continues to the north, east, and
Floyd | west.  Directly to the south stands the mammoth Machinery Hall, but
Floyd | there is no entrance here.  The Administration Building is to the
Floyd | northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | In this end of the plaza sits a white octogonal bandstand.  You can
Floyd | see its twin a little ways to the north.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, surrounded by a group of fairgoers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Court of Honor, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are standing at the Northeast corner of Machinery Hall," the guide
Floyd | says.  "Take a look now at the building, surely one of the leviathans
Floyd | of the Exposition.  Let your eye pass over the almost cathedral-like
Floyd | exterior."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, it was a Big Deal at the time."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x machinery hall" 		

Floyd | The Corinthian colonnade which makes up the northern facade of
Floyd | Machinery Hall continues here, unbroken.  Further east, you see one of
Floyd | the building's corner pavilions.  To the west is the northern entrance
Floyd | to the hall, a semi-circular portico with Corinthian columns, with
Floyd | towers on either side.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide continues.  "Tall spires rise in the center of the
Floyd | structure, to the west, and graceful domes cap the two extremities,
Floyd | one of which rises before us here.  Long rows of graceful pillars lend
Floyd | lightness and harmony to the two facades, and form a fitting
Floyd | background for the beauties of the Court of Honor.  You can't see them
Floyd | well from here, but atop the towers on either side of each entrance
Floyd | are winged victories, huge draped figures, yet of such nice harmony
Floyd | that they seem to spring out into the air in very abandon of joy."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It *was* a really big deal."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "One never tires of looking at those beautiful towers, and when this
Floyd | vast building crumbles, as alas!  it must all too soon, many will
Floyd | remember its beautiful and imposing entrances.  Don't forget to visit
Floyd | them after the tour.  And now, if you will follow me --" the guide
Floyd | heads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Electric Fountain
Floyd |    The South Canal interrupts the Court of Honor here, at the
Floyd | northeast corner of Machinery Hall.  A bridge crosses the canal to the
Floyd | east.  A wide road heads south between the canal and the side of
Floyd | Machinery Hall.  The front of Machinery Hall is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangle of ugly pipes marks the location of one of the electric
Floyd | fountains, which stay off during most of the day.  Next to the
Floyd | fountain stands a rostral column, at the top of which stands a statue
Floyd | of Neptune.  Another fountain, the MacMonnies Fountain, is visible to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, surrounded by a group of fairgoers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electric Fountain.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here," the guide gestures north, "is one of the electric fountains,
Floyd | now quiet, but only waiting for the shades of night to fall, to flash
Floyd | and gleam with radiant splendor.  But keep looking, past the electric
Floyd | fountain, to the Columbian Fountain, which we can now admire in
Floyd | profile in some detail."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I wonder if it's possible to lose the tour and then catch up with him again if you know the route."
		Teaspoon says, "not that I want to do that."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's not."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm assuming this hour is worth it."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x columbian fountain" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Columbian Fountain.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The MacMonnies Founain is the largest fountain in the world.  No less
Floyd | than thirty seven figures are included in the amazing sculpture.  The
Floyd | central element of the fountain is a large ship, with eight maidens,
Floyd | four to a side, rowing great oars.  The ship is steered by a muscular,
Floyd | beared man, and a winged trumpteter stands at the prow.  On a central
Floyd | throne, elevated above the rest, sits Columbia herself, in regal
Floyd | repose.  All around the boat dolphins, mermaids, and sea horses with
Floyd | riders raise triumphantly from the waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The idea of the Columbian Fountain is as felicitous as its execution.
Floyd | High on a barge of state, Columbia sits enthroned.  The barge is rowed
Floyd | by eight young goddesses, who typify the arts and sciences.  They seem
Floyd | instinct with life.  Surely not mortal blood but the ichor of the gods
Floyd | must animate these lissome, glowing limbs!"  the guide gets louder and
Floyd | more animated as he continues.  "Gracefully they bend to their work,
Floyd | each head turned in a natural position, and showing a face full of
Floyd | delicate charm.  They handle the long oars with the ease of practiced
Floyd | rowers, and one looks to see the barge glide over the crystal waters
Floyd | like a thing of life and beauty."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "say, this sounds promising."
		DavidW says, "It's a bit of a shame you can't see any of the photos this way. But the photos are optional to the story and puzzles."
		Teaspoon asks, "diamond here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "And look!"  the guide suddenly shouts, pointing at the fountain.
Floyd | "Old Father Time is at the helm.  His long beard sweeps like foam
Floyd | across his muscular breast.  As he leans backward, bearing on the
Floyd | tiller, the splendid muscles of his arms and limbs are revealed.
Floyd | There is no sign of decrepitude here, but an aspect of sustained vigor
Floyd | that seems to defy the ravages of eras and aeons."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "And look again!"  the guide shouts, the crowd murmuring in
Floyd | excitement.  "A winged trumpeterstands at the prow with one foot
Floyd | advanced to the extreme point of the barge.  She seems impatient to
Floyd | follow the sound of her trumpet, and to leap upon the golden shore of
Floyd | some far land."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, ""Hands of fate", the note said."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x trummeter" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "trummeter".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x trumpeter" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "trumpeter".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x father time" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "father".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "High up in the center, on a chair of state, Columbia sits, calm,
Floyd | massive, complacent, oblivious to all beneath her," the guide says,
Floyd | quieting a bit, still staring at the Columbian Fountain in reverence.
Floyd | Then he picks up again.  "Mighty tritons upon massive steeds rise from
Floyd | the water as though to pay homage to the glorious galley and its
Floyd | god-like crew.  The men and steeds are full of the very passion of
Floyd | life; the mere sight of them makes the blood tingle in the veins."  He
Floyd | turns back to the tour group.  "The MacMonnies fountain is an
Floyd | inspiration; it is one of those perfect things that hold their place
Floyd | in the mind, and exercise a gentle tyranny over it.  We feel like
Floyd | judging all other objects in sculpture by this perfect standard, and
Floyd | almost envy the sculptor his success.  Come -- we have much more to
Floyd | see."  And with that, he heads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | South Canal Bridge
Floyd |    This magnificent bridge is guarded on either side by bold
Floyd | sculptures of animals native to North America; on the west side of the
Floyd | bridge are two bison, on the east; a pair of moose.  The canal empties
Floyd | into the basin to the north; you can see that it ends a short distance
Floyd | to the south, where an imposing obelisk juts out from the waters.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, surrounded by a group of fairgoers.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Canal Bridge, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "We stand together on a bridge spanning the southern canal, like those
Floyd | built over the Seine by Napoleon.  If I can direct your attention to
Floyd | the end of the canal, toward the Colonnade which spans the distance
Floyd | between Machinery Hall and Agriculture, forming as it were three sides
Floyd | of a hollow square, with the bridge making the fourth."  The guide
Floyd | gestures south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x canal" 		

Floyd | The canal waters flow into the Columbian Basin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The canal in the center reflects like a mirror the statuary and the
Floyd | beautiful buildings on either side.  There is hardly a prettier bit of
Floyd | scenery on the grounds than this; all that art could do to make it
Floyd | beautiful has been accomplished.  Directly at the southern end of the
Floyd | canal, facing the central arch of the Colonnade, a reproduction of
Floyd | Cleopatra's Needle towers to a great height.  The arch of the
Floyd | Colonnade, directly beyond, forms the grand entrance to a station of
Floyd | the Intramural Railway.  The live-stock pavilion is immediately in the
Floyd | rear.  The whole forms a very tasteful piece of architecture, and
Floyd | makes a beautiful background for the Canal and the many statues that
Floyd | adorn its borders."  He turns to the group.  "Follow me, please," he
Floyd | says, and heads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I wonder if he wrote all this or not."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing he did."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Northwest Corner of the Agriculture Building
Floyd |    A bridge crosses the canal to the west.  To the south, a road
Floyd | squeezes between the canal and the side of the Agriculture Building.
Floyd | The front of the building is to your east.  Standing here near the
Floyd | northeast corner of Agriculture is a rostral column, at the very top
Floyd | of which stands a sculpture of Neptune, holding a giant conch shell.
Floyd | The basin is to the north, and beyond it you can hardly miss the
Floyd | largest building in the world:  the Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Floyd | Building.
Floyd |    A tour guide is here, surrounded by a group of fairgoers.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Side of Agriculture Building, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are standing in the shadow of the Agriculture Building, now," the
Floyd | guide says, "but before we take a look at the magnificent structure, I
Floyd | would like everyone to turn around and gaze upon the Administration
Floyd | Building, seen from this angle in its finest form.  The pride and
Floyd | glory of the fair."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x administration building" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The large, gilded dome of the Administration Building is a proud
Floyd | monument of the Fair, towering over the other buildings in the Court
Floyd | of Honor and visible from most anywhere on the grounds.  The building
Floyd | itself is constructed in three stages, each stacked upon the other
Floyd | like a cake.  The bottom stage consists of four large pavilions, one
Floyd | at each corner, with entryways between.  The second stage of the
Floyd | building is ringed with an open Ionic colonnade, the white columns
Floyd | contrasting vividly with the red walls behind them.  The third stage
Floyd | is the golden dome, which rises over 250 feet above the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide quietly admires the Administration Building for a moment.
Floyd | "Words would be inadequate, we must make do with our eyes alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x neptune" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Rostral Column, Surmounted by Statue of Neptune.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The column is decorated with representations of boats, sticking out of
Floyd | it like spikes, each prow and stern masterfully carved.  At the top of
Floyd | the column, far over the heads of the crowd, stands Neptune, clutching
Floyd | his trident.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tour guide turns away from the group to face the Agriculture
Floyd | Building.  "Some of you may be reminded, when looking at the
Floyd | Agriculture Building, of the Duomo of Milan with its profusion of
Floyd | statuary, though of course the architecture is completely different.
Floyd | It's front stretches for 800 feet along the Grand Basin; presenting a
Floyd | forest of pillars, looking as though it has been carved out of a
Floyd | mountain of snow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x agricultural building" 		

Floyd | The stately and Roman-style Agricultural Building is a powerful
Floyd | presence on the southern side of the Basin.  You stand near one of the
Floyd | great corner pavilions of the structure, the symmetric facades of the
Floyd | building, comprised of Ionic columns within arched recesses, extend
Floyd | both east and south from here toward grand entrances.  The corner
Floyd | pavilion is topped by a sculpture group of four women, supporting a
Floyd | hollow globe ringed with signs of the zodiac.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Directly in front of us is one of the four corner pavilions of the
Floyd | building, the domes of which rise to a height of some ninety-six feet.
Floyd | The tops of the domes are surmounted by statuary, in this case 'The
Floyd | Races of Man' by Martini."  the guide gestures toward the top of the
Floyd | corner pavilion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x globe" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | 'The Races of Man' by Philip Martini.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture depicts four women, of seemingly identical features,
Floyd | with their arms stretched out above their heads, their garments
Floyd | loosely wrapped around them, their upper bodies mostly exposed.  They
Floyd | stand in a circle, facing outwards, and in the middle, as if supported
Floyd | on their backs, is a hollow globe ringed by signs of the zodiac.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Martini's group may remind us of the group in the center of the
Floyd | Monumental Fountain in the Luxembourg Gardens by Carpeaux, but it is
Floyd | by no means an imitation, on the contrary, it has many original
Floyd | features.  Martini's work has much more airy lightness than
Floyd | Carpeaux's.  The figures in Martini's sculpture represent the four
Floyd | races, or in other words, the four principal families of the human
Floyd | race, inhabiting Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.  The globe implies
Floyd | that the figures beneath it stand for all the races of the world.  The
Floyd | bodies are all young and lithe, the draperies winding about them in a
Floyd | singular graceful fashion.  As an interesting side note, Martini only
Floyd | used one figure for the group and added different heads as his time
Floyd | was too short to allow work on other models."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide turns back to the assembled group.  "Martini has
Floyd | accomplished an enormous amount of work in addition to these
Floyd | sculptures, and has done a great deal toward rendering the Agriculture
Floyd | Building one of the finest of the Fair.  He has shown an extraordinary
Floyd | and fertile imagination, directed by excellent good sense and
Floyd | disciplined taste.  Such masterly productions in every instance speak
Floyd | well for the future decoration of American cities and public
Floyd | buildings.  Let's move on, shall we?"  he finishes, and heads to the
Floyd | east, tour group in tow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, North Side of Agriculture Building
Floyd |    The Romanesque-style Agriculture Building stands immediately to the
Floyd | south, its central dome reaching 130 feet from the ground.  Its
Floyd | entrance is framed by Corinthian columns, and decorated by allegorical
Floyd | figures, surrounded by grain and fruit, and rising above them the
Floyd | branching horns of an oxen.  A large sculpture of Diana tops the
Floyd | building's central dome.  Directly to the north, a boat landing
Floyd | extends out into the basin, between two life-sized statues of oxen
Floyd | facing out toward Manufactures and Liberal Arts on the opposite side.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Entrance of Agriculture Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide pauses for a moment while the group collects around him.
Floyd | "I'm feeling a bit hungry, aren't you?"  he says, to murmurs of
Floyd | approval.  "Well, this is the Agriculture building, is it not?  Inside
Floyd | its walls are displayed all of the myriad ways mankind has learned to
Floyd | bring food from the earth.  It's a bit too crowded to go in at the
Floyd | moment, but I've planned ahead and arranged a bit of a sampler for
Floyd | everyone."  He gestures to a couple boys waiting in the vestibule.
Floyd | They come out, with trays filled with a variety of food samples.  They
Floyd | hand out the food to each member of the tour.  One of them hands you a
Floyd | warm waffle, folded in half, and filled with sweet jam.  It looks
Floyd | delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Knight_Otu says, "Mmm waffles."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x waffle" 		

Floyd | It's a large waffle, folded over and filled with jam.
Floyd |
Floyd | "While everyone is eating," the guide says, "I direct your attention
Floyd | to the two cow statues standing in front of the building, looking out
Floyd | over the basin."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Put it in our waffle hole, please."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat waffle" 		

Floyd | It's quite sweet and delicious.  You devour it all too quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The statue is titled 'Plenty.'  Look at the woman in this sculpture,
Floyd | she how she appears in perfect harmony with the noble animal she leans
Floyd | against; she is not of the goddess type; no serene mystery envelops
Floyd | her; there is no atmosphere of majesty about her; this is a simple
Floyd | countrywoman, such as one might see any day in the year in rural
Floyd | regions," the guide explains, reaching out and touching the statue,
Floyd | briefly.  "How strong, yet proportionate, the arms!  How large and
Floyd | flexible the hands!  In her face we see that dreamy look, common to
Floyd | those who are much alone in the fields.  In ancient times the
Floyd | daughters of kings and princes attended cattle, so that this figure is
Floyd | quite in keeping with history."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x cows" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | 'Plenty.'
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to examine one of the sculptures.  This one
Floyd | represents a simple countrywoman, leaning against a great and sturdy
Floyd | cow.  The cow gazes serenely into the distance.  The woman wears a
Floyd | rough hide, fashioned into a primitive dress, and has a dreamy,
Floyd | relaxed expression.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The cow against which the woman leans," the guide continues, "is
Floyd | perhaps a little too modern for the figure; it is of the Holstein
Floyd | breed, chosen probably on account of its massive proportions; it is
Floyd | full-fed, sleek and beautiful, with a grand head and great, mild eyes.
Floyd | The olden Greeks showed an excellent appreciation of beauty when they
Floyd | called the Queen of Olympus, 'The Ox-eyed Juno,' for nothing can equal
Floyd | the expressive mildness of the eye of a cow or an ox.  And now, if
Floyd | everyone has finished eating...?"  he pauses.  "Good.  Please follow
Floyd | me."  He walks off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Northeast Corner of Agriculture Building
Floyd |    You are at the northeast corner of the Agriculture Building.  In
Floyd | the basin directly to the north, you see the proud profile of the
Floyd | Statue of the Republic. The plaza continues east toward the Peristyle
Floyd | and Casino Building, and west across the northern face of the
Floyd | Agriculture Building.  To the south, a plaza opens up along the
Floyd | eastern side of Agriculture.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Casino Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now we come to the east end of the Court of Honor," the tour guide
Floyd | says, gesturing broadly.  "The Agriculture Building stands behind us,
Floyd | to the southwest, the Casino Building ahead, to the southeast.
Floyd | Directly east is the great Peristyle, which closes off the Court of
Floyd | Honor from Lake Michigan just beyond.  Before we go further towards
Floyd | the Peristyle, however, I would like to direct your attention to the
Floyd | giant statue your eye has no doubt already drifted to many times
Floyd | before on our tour:  The Statue of the Republic, rising out of the
Floyd | Grand Basin just to the north and east of our current position."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x statue of the republic" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Statue of the Republic.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Statue of the Republic is a sixty-five foot tall woman, on a
Floyd | pedestal.  The woman wears a loose robe, and holds a staff in one hand
Floyd | and a globe with an eagle resting upon it in the other.  She faces
Floyd | west, towards the Administration Building.  The entire statue is
Floyd | gilded a brilliant gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The 'Republic' is by sculptor Daniel Chester French, who won the
Floyd | medal in last year's Paris Salon for his splendid work, 'Death and the
Floyd | Sculptor,' which incidentally can be seen on display in the Art Palace
Floyd | on the north end of the grounds.  The award was a very rare instance
Floyd | of such an honor being bestowed on an American sculptor for a purely
Floyd | American work."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There are illustrations of many of these places, including the Statue of the Republic, in the 1893 guide."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x staff" 		

Floyd | I don't see any staff here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | [LINK]
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x flobe" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "flobe".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x globe" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | 'The Races of Man' by Philip Martini.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture depicts four women, of seemingly identical features,
Floyd | with their arms stretched out above their heads, their garments
Floyd | loosely wrapped around them, their upper bodies mostly exposed.  They
Floyd | stand in a circle, facing outwards, and in the middle, as if supported
Floyd | on their backs, is a hollow globe ringed by signs of the zodiac.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tour guide opens his arms wide, as if he would embrace the Statue
Floyd | of the Republic, if only it were close enough.  "Sheer out of the
Floyd | water, the statue rises to a height of sixty-five feet.  It is a
Floyd | majestic figure of a woman so admirably proportioned that the mere
Floyd | size counts for little in the observer's mind.  Her face is full of
Floyd | power and repose.  Not such repose as one sees in the awful visage of
Floyd | the Sphynx, its calm eyes looking out upon the Libyan sands, but the
Floyd | repose of certain force inherent in the nature of the god-like woman.
Floyd | No nobler idea could be conceived in the conscious yet gracious power
Floyd | of a great nation whose majesty the statue so well represents."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Even Greece, with her beautiful violet sky and exquisite color tone,"
Floyd | the guide says, "could not furnish a better surrounding for such a
Floyd | statue than the present site affords.  With the lovely arch of the
Floyd | peristyle, crowned with the quadriga in the background, it is a sight
Floyd | for the gods.  Come, lets get a closer look at that peristyle, now."
Floyd | He waves everyone forward, to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | East End of the Court of Honor
Floyd |    The East End of the Court of Honor is closed by the Peristyle
Floyd | complex:  A long, double colonnade with a statue-lined roof, flanked
Floyd | by identical pavilions.  In the center of the Peristyle is a large
Floyd | triumphal arch, called the Water Gate, under which basin waters flow
Floyd | into Lake Michigan.  You are standing in an open plaza, just next to
Floyd | the Peristyle.  To the north is the Water Gate, and to the south
Floyd | stands the southern pavilion, which has been dubbed "The Casino."  The
Floyd | Casino is simply a pre-boarding waiting area for those leaving the
Floyd | fairgrounds by steamer.  The Court of Honor extends back toward the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East towards Peristyle.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Peristyle is one of the crowning beauties of the Exposition; it
Floyd | connects Music Hall with the Casino, and lends an artistic finish to
Floyd | the Grand Basin, and the wonderful buildings around it," the guide
Floyd | says.  "It gives one some idea of the beautiful architecture of
Floyd | ancient Greece and Rome, and while the American genius is said to be
Floyd | purely practical, it proves that the esthetic sense is by no means
Floyd | dormant.  Five hundred feet long, and 150 feet high; yet, despite its
Floyd | vastness, its classic beauty is incontestable."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I am overawed"
		Teaspoon says, "too much awe. Need more waffles and a nap."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East towards Peristyle.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of the Court of Honor
Floyd |    The East End of the Court of Honor is closed by the Peristyle
Floyd | complex:  A long, double colonnade with a statue-lined roof, flanked
Floyd | by identical pavilions.  In the center of the Peristyle is a large
Floyd | triumphal arch, called the Water Gate, under which basin waters flow
Floyd | into Lake Michigan.  You are standing in an open plaza, just next to
Floyd | the Peristyle.  To the north is the Water Gate, and to the south
Floyd | stands the southern pavilion, which has been dubbed "The Casino."  The
Floyd | Casino is simply a pre-boarding waiting area for those leaving the
Floyd | fairgrounds by steamer.  The Court of Honor extends back toward the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide continues to rhapsodize about the Peristyle.  "So perfect is
Floyd | its workmanship; and so harmonious the setting, that it seems as
Floyd | though the Exposition was made for it, and not that it was made for
Floyd | the Exposition.  In the pellucid floor of the Grand Basin it
Floyd | duplicates itself, and each pillar seems to tremble with joy at the
Floyd | contemplation of its own reflection; viewed in any light, it
Floyd | fascinates the gaze.  How sweet it is to think that great things and
Floyd | great thoughts cannot die; that out of the raw young life of the
Floyd | prairies should spring this lovely bit of Grecian genius!  And mounted
Floyd | on top, ladies and gentlemen -- the Columbus Quadriga."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "You're on the clock, Teaspoon!"
		Teaspoon says, "oh yes, forgot about that..."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x quadiga" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "quadiga".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x columbus" 		

Floyd | I don't see any columbus here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x water gate" 		

Floyd | I don't see any water gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Columbian Quadriga is the joint work of Messrs.  French and
Floyd | Potter, the figures being by the former and the horses by the latter.
Floyd | In the chariot, Columbus stands looking out into the far distance.
Floyd | His face bears traces of anxiety curbed by indomitable will.  There is
Floyd | withal a certain dreaminess in the face, well-befitting a man who has
Floyd | pondered so long in solitude the great projects he afterwards
Floyd | developed."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a muffled explosion in the distance, from somewhere off to
Floyd | the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "!"
		Teaspoon says, "that's probably not good."
		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		Jacqueline says, "If you ask the guide and he is all 'please hold your questions until the end...'"
		Teaspoon asks, "stick with the tour or head off to the rescue?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask guide about explosion" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "explosion".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "save?"
		Teaspoon says, "I've forgot how to save. Whoops."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Just type 'press save'"
		Knight_Otu says, "push save"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "okay.So, se?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can walk north along the Peristyle or west toward the Agriculture
Floyd | Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide continues to describe the Columbus Quadriga.  "Four noble
Floyd | war-horses are harnessed to the chariot.  Every point of the finest
Floyd | blood is admirably brought out by Mr.  Potter.  Massive as they are,
Floyd | the small heads and ears betoken the Andalusian blood, which is hardly
Floyd | removed from the best Arab stock. They are led by female grooms, who
Floyd | look fully as spirited as the animals they restrain.  They may be said
Floyd | to be perfect models of Grecian beauty, quite different from the
Floyd | 'Republic,' which has more of the Roman caste of beauty.  Their
Floyd | beautifully moulded arms show to great advantage in the pose they
Floyd | assume, which throws out their finely modelled busts.  There is an air
Floyd | of nobility about the whole group, and along with the 'Republic' and
Floyd | the Columbian Fountain, ranks as the very best sculpture this
Floyd | Exposition has to offer."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now if you'll follow me, please," the guide says, and heads off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh"
		Teaspoon says, "okay, we can look, but I will immediately get lost."
		Teaspoon says, "or we can follow this nice tour guide"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, then let's follow, I guess."
		Jacqueline asks, "Enh, check out the explosion, then return to our save?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or vice-versa, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm good either way"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or that."
Teaspoon gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. 		
Teaspoon arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Teaspoon says, "whoops"
		Teaspoon says, "accidentally logged out"
		Knight_Otu asks, "It would be what, west, south, then east?"
		Teaspoon says, "I honestly have no idea. This map confuses me no end."
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we just generally wander se?"
		Teaspoon says, "okay"
		DavidW says, "This was my map, but it's not very labelled: [LINK]"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Northeast Corner of Agriculture Building
Floyd |    You are at the northeast corner of the Agriculture Building.  In
Floyd | the basin directly to the north, you see the proud profile of the
Floyd | Statue of the Republic. The plaza continues east toward the Peristyle
Floyd | and Casino Building, and west across the northern face of the
Floyd | Agriculture Building.  To the south, a plaza opens up along the
Floyd | eastern side of Agriculture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Casino Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Inlet
Floyd |    The Court of Honor ends here at an inlet, which draws Lake Michigan
Floyd | waters into a pond further to the south.  Docked at the inlet are
Floyd | scale reconstructions of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.  It appears
Floyd | as though the Santa Maria can be boarded, if you wanted to get a
Floyd | closer look.  To the east begins a long pier, along which runs a
Floyd | moveable sidewalk.  Or at least, one hopes it will one day run;
Floyd | currently the moveable sidewalk appears to be closed for repairs.  The
Floyd | Court of Honor is to the north, to the south a road cuts between the
Floyd | Agriculture Building and the narrow inlet, and directly to the west
Floyd | stands the Agriculture Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Santa Maria in front of Agricultural Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The movable sidewalk is closed for repairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "are we stuck? I think we're stuck."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Santa Maria in front of Agricultural Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Inlet
Floyd |    The Court of Honor ends here at an inlet, which draws Lake Michigan
Floyd | waters into a pond further to the south.  Docked at the inlet are
Floyd | scale reconstructions of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.  It appears
Floyd | as though the Santa Maria can be boarded, if you wanted to get a
Floyd | closer look.  To the east begins a long pier, along which runs a
Floyd | moveable sidewalk.  Or at least, one hopes it will one day run;
Floyd | currently the moveable sidewalk appears to be closed for repairs.  The
Floyd | Court of Honor is to the north, to the south a road cuts between the
Floyd | Agriculture Building and the narrow inlet, and directly to the west
Floyd | stands the Agriculture Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, you mean in a dead-end?"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought you meant Floyd there for a second."
		Teaspoon says, "we can't go any more easat."
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems we might be able to go further south though."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Pond Crossroads
Floyd |    Two great roads cross here, at the northwest shore of the South
Floyd | Pond.  One road heads north, along the inlet toward the Court of Honor
Floyd | buildings, then bends gently southwest, following the curve of the
Floyd | pond.  The second road runs west across the back of the Agriculture
Floyd | Building towards the White Horse Inn, and east, over the inlet on a
Floyd | narrow bridge.  On the other side of the bridge, on a small peninsula
Floyd | of land, stands a replica of La Rabida convent, where Columbus
Floyd | gathered his strength before making his first transatlantic journey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking across South Pond, other points of interest take shape.  On
Floyd | the west side of the pond, a vast tangle of windmills spin in the lake
Floyd | breeze.  Further south, you can make out ruins of some kind.  And on
Floyd | the south and east shores of the pond, another group of grand
Floyd | buildings rise, holding a court all their own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Windmills, Looking across South Pond.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You cross the canal over a narrow bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grounds of La Rabida Convent
Floyd |    Before you stands a replica of the Convent of La Rabida, where
Floyd | Columbus rested, poor and hungry, before applying to Queen Isabella
Floyd | for his voyage to the Americas.  The Convent sits on a promontory,
Floyd | with Lake Michigan to the east, the inlet and South Pond wrapping
Floyd | around from the north to the southwest. An entrance to the Convent is
Floyd | to the northeast.  To the south is Krupp's mighty castle, positioned
Floyd | as if to protect this quiet building.  Roads skirt the edges of the
Floyd | castle to the southeast and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | La Rabida Convent.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You walk to the edge of the promontory, where the waters of Lake
Floyd | Michigan crash against the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I am quite, quite lost"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we can't get to the explosion this way then?"
		Teaspoon asks, "I do not think so. Shall we reload?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "Just stay on the tour?"
		DavidW says, "oh, you're way in the southeast corner of the map, I guess."
		Teaspoon says, "that was where the explosion was"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "reload" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "reload".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "urgh"
		Teaspoon asks, "help?"
		Knight_Otu says, "restore"
		DavidW says, "The explosion might've been from the viking ship, then, I'm guessing. I don't remember."
		Teaspoon says, "we have no idea"
		DavidW says, "I do remember that there's a cannon in the game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | File to restore game from >

		Teaspoon asks, "it's meant to be there?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | Restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | East End of the Court of Honor
Floyd |    The East End of the Court of Honor is closed by the Peristyle
Floyd | complex:  A long, double colonnade with a statue-lined roof, flanked
Floyd | by identical pavilions.  In the center of the Peristyle is a large
Floyd | triumphal arch, called the Water Gate, under which basin waters flow
Floyd | into Lake Michigan.  You are standing in an open plaza, just next to
Floyd | the Peristyle.  To the north is the Water Gate, and to the south
Floyd | stands the southern pavilion, which has been dubbed "The Casino."  The
Floyd | Casino is simply a pre-boarding waiting area for those leaving the
Floyd | fairgrounds by steamer.  The Court of Honor extends back toward the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East towards Peristyle.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "cf2".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide continues to describe the Columbus Quadriga.  "Four noble
Floyd | war-horses are harnessed to the chariot.  Every point of the finest
Floyd | blood is admirably brought out by Mr.  Potter.  Massive as they are,
Floyd | the small heads and ears betoken the Andalusian blood, which is hardly
Floyd | removed from the best Arab stock. They are led by female grooms, who
Floyd | look fully as spirited as the animals they restrain.  They may be said
Floyd | to be perfect models of Grecian beauty, quite different from the
Floyd | 'Republic,' which has more of the Roman caste of beauty.  Their
Floyd | beautifully moulded arms show to great advantage in the pose they
Floyd | assume, which throws out their finely modelled busts.  There is an air
Floyd | of nobility about the whole group, and along with the 'Republic' and
Floyd | the Columbian Fountain, ranks as the very best sculpture this
Floyd | Exposition has to offer."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now if you'll follow me, please," the guide says, and heads off
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The Water Gate
Floyd |    You stand before the great central Triumph Arch of the Peristyle,
Floyd | called The Water Gate.  The Water Gate is adorned with sculpture, and
Floyd | topped by the Columbian Quadriga, a representation of Columbus in a
Floyd | Roman chariot, pulled by four powerful horses.  Directly to the west
Floyd | is the Columbian Basin, and the sixty-five foot tall gilt statue of
Floyd | the Republic.  The statue faces the administration building far to the
Floyd | west.  You can see from this vantage that the Statue of the Republic
Floyd | has a small service door at its base, probably for cleaners and other
Floyd | workmen.  Along the edges of the basin stand the glorious Court of
Floyd | Honor buildings; the White City.  Basin waters flow under the walkway
Floyd | here and out the water gate, into Lake Michigan.  You can walk along
Floyd | the Peristyle to the north and south.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Court of Honor, Looking West.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide gestures over the Basin to the west.  "Could you ever have
Floyd | conceived that you would see such a magnificent view on the lakefront
Floyd | of Chicago?  As we are a bit pressed for time, I will just make one
Floyd | observation.  Note the waters of the Basin.  At the far end, the Basin
Floyd | spreads off into two arms, the North and South canals.  Does it not
Floyd | give the sheet of water the appearance of the plan of a church with
Floyd | nave and transepts?  The grandest church in the world," the guide
Floyd | reflects.  "And now, if you would be so kind as to accompany me
Floyd | further, we shall admire the wonders on the north side of the Grand
Floyd | Basin."  He heads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If I recall, yes. It's another part of the expo."
		Teaspoon says, "oh. Right then."
		DavidW says, "You will want to watch it eventually. It might be every hour or so."
		Teaspoon says, "mmm"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Outside of Music Hall
Floyd |    The East End of the Court of Honor is closed by the Peristyle
Floyd | complex:  A long, double colonnade with a statue-lined roof, flanked
Floyd | by identical pavilions.  In the center of the Peristyle is a large
Floyd | triumphal arch, called the Water Gate, under which basin waters flow
Floyd | into Lake Michigan.  You are standing in an open plaza, just next to
Floyd | the Peristyle.  To the south is the Water Gate, and to the north
Floyd | stands the northern pavilion, which has been dubbed "The Music Hall."
Floyd | The Music Hall is the Exposition's concert hall for classical music,
Floyd | and other fine entertainments.  The Court of Honor extends back toward
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East towards the Peristyle.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Behind us, another remarkable view of the Peristyle.  But let it not
Floyd | stay us from our course," the guide says, heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'll be gone for a bit."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Southeast corner of Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Floyd |    You are standing at the southeast corner of the Manufactures and
Floyd | Liberal Arts Building.  The large corner pavilion is decorated by bas
Floyd | relief and paintings representing music and the arts.  The plaza
Floyd | continues east toward the Peristyle, and west across the southern face
Floyd | of Manufactures.  To the north a promenade winds along the lakefront
Floyd | past a number of smaller pavilions.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Music Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahhh...The Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  The Grandest and
Floyd | most impressive on the grounds.  It is not so stately and gorgeous as
Floyd | some of the others, but for grandeur of design, boldness of
Floyd | construction, faultless proportions, and amazing extent it must class
Floyd | as a wonder of the world," the guide says.  "And to the northeast,
Floyd | stands the Music Hall, which connects to the Peristyle and across the
Floyd | Basin to its twin, the Casino Building.  Neither of these buildings
Floyd | need concern us further, it is Manufactures that attracts the
Floyd | attention, now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "As we continue heading west," the guide continues, "we shall be
Floyd | passing along the front of Manufactures.  Bear in mind as we walk that
Floyd | it is more than a third of a mile in length, a sixth of a mile wide,
Floyd | and covers thirty acres of ground.  The whole building is a revelation
Floyd | of immensity.  Follow me, please."  The guide walks off to the west,
Floyd | the tour group right behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South Side of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    The Manufactures and Liberal Arts building is advertised as being
Floyd | the largest in the world, and standing in front of its colossal
Floyd | entrance, you have no doubt.  The entrance is designed as a great
Floyd | triumphal arch, ornamented by four Corinthian columns, at the top of
Floyd | each rests an Eagle with outstretched wings.  In one side of the
Floyd | entrance are stairs leading up.  The plaza continues east and west, to
Floyd | the south, two sculptures of horses face out toward the opposite
Floyd | shore, and between them, the blue waters of the basin lap against a
Floyd | boat landing.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Manufactures and Liberal Arts.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "It would be difficult to describe the style of Architecture for the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building," the guide declares, "for it
Floyd | is a melange of the best in all.  It stands like a great white
Floyd | mountain on the lake shore and can be seen from a great distance.
Floyd | Inside, the building is traversed from north to south by a great aisle
Floyd | fifty feet wide intersected midway by another running east and west.
Floyd | Where the two great aisles intersect in the center, a clock tower
Floyd | rises 135 feet above the floor.  But you may enter the building and
Floyd | admire the exhibits on your own time.  For us, we go not in, but up.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide walks just inside the main entryway, where a stairway leads
Floyd | up.  "Come now, let's not dawdle," he says, and heads up the stairs.
Floyd | The tour group, excited now, follow suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  Immediately below you is the
Floyd | Grand Basin and the Statue of the Republic.  Opposite stands the
Floyd | Agriculture Building, the Casino Building next to that.  Between those
Floyd | two buildings you can see another cluster of buildings around the
Floyd | South Pond.  Stairs lead down to the Court of Honor, and a walkway
Floyd | follows the edge of the roof to the west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking South from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Among the many enjoyable experiences at the World's Fair none,
Floyd | perhaps, will make a more lasting impression than the time you spend
Floyd | here, on top of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, as we take
Floyd | in from all sides a panoramic view of the 'White City,' with all its
Floyd | accessories of art and architecture It is while standing here that one
Floyd | fully appreciates the wisdom of the selection of Jackson Park as the
Floyd | site of the fair; the extent of the scene, varied by landscape and
Floyd | waterscape, is one of which the eye never tires; the vast buildings
Floyd | looming up on every side never give the appearance of crowding or of
Floyd | rendering insignificant the less imposing structures, for there is
Floyd | always the consciousness that there is ample space for everything."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look south" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Looking South from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  Immediately below you is the
Floyd | Grand Basin and the Statue of the Republic.  Opposite stands the
Floyd | Agriculture Building, the Casino Building next to that.  Between those
Floyd | two buildings you can see another cluster of buildings around the
Floyd | South Pond.  Stairs lead down to the Court of Honor, and a walkway
Floyd | follows the edge of the roof to the west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look below us!"  the guide shouts.  "A silvery sheet of water in
Floyd | which the white buildings and glistening statues are delicately
Floyd | miraged, and the towering statue of the 'Republic' seems to bathe in
Floyd | its cool embraces.  From here we can even see beyond the Court of
Floyd | Honor, southward to the right, the great prairies stretch in an
Floyd | unbroken level, and to the left Lake Michigan spreads her quivering
Floyd | waters, gleaming and sparkling in sun and shadow, curving about the
Floyd | Park like the blade of a great silver scimitar."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now, if you'll follow me, please.  Do watch your step -- it's a
Floyd | long way down."  The tour proceeds to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  From here you have an
Floyd | excellent view of the Administration Building and its golden dome.  In
Floyd | front of it you see the Columbian Fountain, on either side the other
Floyd | buildings of the court.  You can follow the roofline to the east or
Floyd | north for more magnificient views.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking Southwest from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look, my friends, is it a dream?  Or are we cheated by some wonderful
Floyd | mirage such as sometimes haunts the gaze of mariners far out to sea?
Floyd | We rub our eyes," and here, for effect, the guide does so, "but the
Floyd | scene is still there.  Golden and crystal domes, towers, spires,
Floyd | belfries, minarets, mighty buildings as massive as mountains yet
Floyd | delicate as goldsmith's finest work, peopled by a multitude of statues
Floyd | of men and animals, gods and goddesses.  How has this wonder risen
Floyd | from the barren prairie and the swamp?  I can only quote you these
Floyd | lines:
Floyd |
Floyd |    "What is it, fashioned wondrously that, twin-born with the brain,
Floyd |    Marks man from every meaner thing that bounds across the plain,
Floyd |    Or gambols in the mighty deep, or sports in summer air?
Floyd |    It is the hand, the human hand, interpreter of will.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What marvels the will's interpreter has wrought here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Looking before us our attention is attracted to the Golden Dome of
Floyd | the Administration Building which stands in the center of the Court of
Floyd | Honor.  We are instantly carried in thought to Paris, where under the
Floyd | Golden Dome of the Hotel des Invalides calmy reposes the bust of the
Floyd | great Napoleon, whose restless spirit so long dominated Europe.  But
Floyd | we cannot linger.  Follow me, please," the guide says, leading the
Floyd | tour along the roof to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  From here you are overlooking
Floyd | the Electricity Building and its northern entrance.  Beyond it rises
Floyd | the golden dome of the Administration Building.  The lagoon is
Floyd | directly below you, spreading out to the north and west.  You can
Floyd | follow the roofline to the north or south for more views.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking West-Southwest from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Floyd | Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Such visions of grandeur, have they ever passed thine eyes before?"
Floyd | the guide asks.  "No matter, for more delights still await.  Come," he
Floyd | beckons, and the tour continues along the roof to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It was definitely a different time."
		Teaspoon says, "all temporary"
		DavidW says, "Yes."
		DavidW says, "er Yes to Jacqueline"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  You have an excellent view of
Floyd | the Wooded Island.  From here, the trees seem quite sparse and you can
Floyd | easily see a small cabin on the southernmost point of the island and a
Floyd | Japanese temple on the northernmost point.  Inbetween, a rose garden
Floyd | blooms and paths meander through the trees.  Beyond the island is the
Floyd | Transportation Building and Horticulture Building.  The rooftop
Floyd | promenade continues to the north and south.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking West from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look here!"  the tour guide shouts.  "Like a magnificent Turkish rug,
Floyd | rich with varied dyes, flung down upon a crystal floor, the Wooded
Floyd | Island appears, as we look westward over the parapet.  A profusion of
Floyd | flowers of every shade and hue gems the sod; groves of trees and
Floyd | masses of shrubbery lend further charm by the dark green of their
Floyd | foilage.  Winding walks curve among the parterres of glowing flowers,
Floyd | and here and there rustic summer houses, over which delicate vines
Floyd | train their dainty tendrils, invite to rest and quietude."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "At the south end of the island we can see a structure which stands in
Floyd | strange comparison with the buildings of the Court of Honor.  It is a
Floyd | plain log-cabin of olden time, such as the western pioneers occupied
Floyd | in the dewy day-spring of this nation's history.  It seems scarcely
Floyd | possible that the near descendants of these men are the architects and
Floyd | builders of the palaces around us.  But such is the fact.  The rough
Floyd | logs laid one on top of the other, with their rude hewn ends
Floyd | protruding, the wide log chimneys and the little holes for windows,
Floyd | are still familiar objects to many of our older men, and this rude
Floyd | structure will warm their hearts with old-time reminiscence."
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide turns back to the group.  "It's time to come down from our
Floyd | lofty perch, and continue our tour on the ground.  Follow me!"  he
Floyd | says, and heads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  From here you are overlooking
Floyd | the Electricity Building and its northern entrance.  Beyond it rises
Floyd | the golden dome of the Administration Building.  The lagoon is
Floyd | directly below you, spreading out to the north and west.  You can
Floyd | follow the roofline to the north or south for more views.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking West-Southwest from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Floyd | Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Many of our presidents were born in log cabins, you know, and proved
Floyd | to be good, brave men.  Such was the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln;
Floyd | even a rude dwelling was his home; and Benjamin Harrison, though of
Floyd | Illinois lineage, first saw the light in a residence very little
Floyd | better," the guide says, and continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  From here you are overlooking
Floyd | the Electricity Building and its northern entrance.  Beyond it rises
Floyd | the golden dome of the Administration Building.  The lagoon is
Floyd | directly below you, spreading out to the north and west.  You can
Floyd | follow the roofline to the north or south for more views.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking West-Southwest from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Floyd | Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  From here you have an
Floyd | excellent view of the Administration Building and its golden dome.  In
Floyd | front of it you see the Columbian Fountain, on either side the other
Floyd | buildings of the court.  You can follow the roofline to the east or
Floyd | north for more magnificient views.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking Southwest from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "How many a fierce fight against savage Indians those cabins must have
Floyd | withstood!  What privations our fathers and mothers underwent in their
Floyd | heroic efforts to lay the foundations of this great Republic strong
Floyd | and firm!"  the guide says, hardly pausing for breath.  "A very humble
Floyd | building, to be sure, but every log in it has a special eloquence.
Floyd | Follow me, please."  The guide leads the tour east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I think there's a diamond in there."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Roof of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing high above the Court of Honor, on the roof of the
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  Immediately below you is the
Floyd | Grand Basin and the Statue of the Republic.  Opposite stands the
Floyd | Agriculture Building, the Casino Building next to that.  Between those
Floyd | two buildings you can see another cluster of buildings around the
Floyd | South Pond.  Stairs lead down to the Court of Honor, and a walkway
Floyd | follows the edge of the roof to the west.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking South from Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Andrew Jackson, Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Andrew
Floyd | Johnson, and many eminent men were born in huts.  The free life in the
Floyd | open air, the simple food and simple habits thus engendered made them
Floyd | strong in their country's need.  Whittier says in one of his lovely
Floyd | poems,
Floyd |
Floyd |    "We thank thee for the strength of the hills, our God, our fathers'
Floyd | God;
Floyd |    Thou has made us great and mighty by the touch of the mountain sod.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And we may say by the life of the log-cabin, for from these rugged
Floyd | cradles have risen the great and mighty of our land, who have been our
Floyd | statesmen and rulers."  The guide leads the tour group back down the
Floyd | stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South Side of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    The Manufactures and Liberal Arts building is advertised as being
Floyd | the largest in the world, and standing in front of its colossal
Floyd | entrance, you have no doubt.  The entrance is designed as a great
Floyd | triumphal arch, ornamented by four Corinthian columns, at the top of
Floyd | each rests an Eagle with outstretched wings.  In one side of the
Floyd | entrance are stairs leading up.  The plaza continues east and west, to
Floyd | the south, two sculptures of horses face out toward the opposite
Floyd | shore, and between them, the blue waters of the basin lap against a
Floyd | boat landing.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Manufactures and Liberal Arts.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun beats down relentlessly from a cloudless sky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "If I could direct your attention now to the horse statues in front of
Floyd | this great building, titled 'Industry,' surely one of the most
Floyd | noticable of the many on the grounds."  The guide gestures to the
Floyd | statues flanking the boat dock directly to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look horses" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x horses" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | 'Industry.'
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a moment to examine one of the sculptures.  The sculpture
Floyd | consists of a gigantic horse, a work horse, and a young man, who holds
Floyd | in one hand a great shovel and the other leans against the horse's
Floyd | side.  The man is certainly a farmer, and the horse used for pulling
Floyd | his plow.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The group consists of a sturdy son of toil, one hand clasping the
Floyd | long handle of an old-fashioned Celtic spade, the other resting on the
Floyd | collar of a gigantic horse, against which he leans," the guide
Floyd | explains.  "The sculptor has been careful not to idealize his subject
Floyd | too highly.  The impression the group leaves upon the mind is that of
Floyd | splendid reserved power.  The horse is of the sturdy Flanders breed,
Floyd | noted for endurance.  Every muscle is clearly brought out.  The
Floyd | massive hoofs rest upon the pedestal as though conscious of the
Floyd | immense weight of the animal they support.  The head shows a slight
Floyd | mixture of blood somewhat resembling those of the horses seen in the
Floyd | French Provinces.  The harness is of the simple kind used by
Floyd | ploughmen, and the idea of a plough-horse is carried out by the
Floyd | skillful bobbing of the tail."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "The man leaning against the horse is a splendid specimen of the
Floyd | agricultural laborer," the guide continues, "long-limbed and stalwart;
Floyd | his bare arms show the corded muscles of practiced strength, and his
Floyd | long, powerful limbs seem well fitted to carry him over the rich
Floyd | furrows of the well-ploughed field.  But it is the face that holds
Floyd | one's attention.  This is no stolid boor, no slave of some callow
Floyd | lordling or country squire, but a man every inch of him, and an
Floyd | intelligent man at that.  Full of independence, his eye looks out from
Floyd | beneath his broad-brimmed hat as though challenging equality with the
Floyd | countless thousands who come to gaze on him.  Such a look must have
Floyd | been in the eyes of the men whom Wat Tyler led eighty thousand strong
Floyd | to the capture of London when Richard the Second was king.  As they
Floyd | moved along they sang the quaint doggerel:
Floyd |
Floyd |    "When Adam delved and Eve span
Floyd |    Where was then the gentleman?
Floyd |
Floyd | "They could all understand that it had in it the germs of modern
Floyd | socialism, the death-knell of the classes, the morning song of the
Floyd | masses.  Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's royal spouse, wrote truly in
Floyd | one of his poems now little known,
Floyd |
Floyd |    "'Tis of the peasants, hardy stock, the race of giants are."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Follow me, follow me, please," the guide says, and leads the tour to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Southwest Corner of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
Floyd |    You are standing at the southwest corner of the Manufactures and
Floyd | Liberal Arts Building.  The corner pavilion consists of two huge outer
Floyd | arches, and four smaller, inner ones.  Together these archways support
Floyd | a dome, painted with figures representing war.  Standing in front of
Floyd | the pavilion is a tall, rostral column, on top of which stands a
Floyd | figure of Neptune, clutching his trident.  A wide road heads east,
Floyd | toward the front entrance of the building, and west over a bridge.  To
Floyd | the north, a road squeezes between the canal and the side of the
Floyd | building.  The basin is to the south, and beyond it you see the
Floyd | impressive Roman facade of the Agriculture Building.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Canal Bridge, Looking West.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now," the guide continues, "if you will follow me, we shall be
Floyd | crossing the north canal bridge, so much like its counterpart we
Floyd | crossed such a short while ago on the south side of the Basin."  He
Floyd | continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | North Canal Bridge
Floyd |    This magnificent bridge is guarded on either side by bold animal
Floyd | sculptures. On the west end of the bridge stand two polar bears,
Floyd | looking towards the Electricity Building, while on the east end stand
Floyd | two grizzly bears.  Beyond them, further to the east, is the
Floyd | monumental Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.  The canal passes
Floyd | under the bridge into the basin to the south; while some distance to
Floyd | the north you can see it widens into a lagoon.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Canal Bridge, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have one more building to look upon, and then I shall leave you to
Floyd | your own devices.  This way, please," the guide says, heading west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ferry glides northward under the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Electric Fountain
Floyd |    The North Canal interrupts the Court of Honor here.  A bridge
Floyd | crosses the canal to the east.  To the north, a wide road goes between
Floyd | the canal and the side of the Electricity Building.  The main entrance
Floyd | to the Electricity Building is to the west.  You also have a clear
Floyd | view of the MacMonnies Fountain, in the basin directly to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangle of ugly pipes marks the location of one of the electric
Floyd | fountains, which stay off during most of the day.  Next to the
Floyd | fountain stands a rostral column, at the top of which stands a statue
Floyd | of Neptune.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electric Fountain.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here we have another of the Electric Fountains, quiet by day, but at
Floyd | night, bursting forth into myriad jets of jewelled water, shot through
Floyd | with all the colors of the rainbow, now green as any emerald, now red
Floyd | as the burning heart of a ruby, then a delicate sapphire, changing to
Floyd | the liquid yellow of the topaz, and again glistening like molten
Floyd | silver to change, as with the touch of a magician, into the varied
Floyd | hues of the diamond."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd | Which fountain do you mean, the MacMonnies Fountain, or the electric
Floyd | fountain?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x electric fountain" 		

Floyd | The electric fountain is a tangle of unsightly pipes.  It doesn't run
Floyd | during the day.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now, if you will follow me, we shall look upon the Electricity
Floyd | Building, and marvel."  the guide continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South side of Electricity Building
Floyd |    You are in a grand plaza.  Directly to the north stands the
Floyd | Electricity Building, its portico and entryway illustrated with
Floyd | sculpture groups which seem to promise to reveal the discoveries of
Floyd | modern science within.  In front of the Electricity Building is a
Floyd | tall, bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin.
Floyd |
Floyd | An octagonal bandstand sits in the plaza here.  You can see its
Floyd | identical twin to the south.  The plaza continues to the west, east,
Floyd | and south.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Electricity Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The guide pauses.  He clears his throat.  "The great Electricity
Floyd | Building is before us, its numerous towers rising above the corner
Floyd | pavilions and the entrances.  Forty years ago such a building would
Floyd | not have been necessary.  Then the telegraph was still young, a giant
Floyd | at play, hardly yet harnessed to the chariot of progress.  The
Floyd | electric pulse did not yet beat beneath the broad bosom of the
Floyd | Atlantic, and men would have laughed at the idea that the time would
Floyd | ever come when the submarine cable would divide the world thrice, and
Floyd | leave something over for a good start on the fourth.  Then cities were
Floyd | lighted with oil-lamps, or gas of hardly greater brilliancy, and men
Floyd | never dreamed that streets, churches, theaters, offices, hotels, and
Floyd | private houses would be brilliantly lighted by touching a button.  A
Floyd | man would have been called crazy who asserted that human speech could
Floyd | be carried 1000 miles on a wire, and messages in plain tones delivered
Floyd | hundreds of miles."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "That old world seems very far away now," the guide continues.  "How
Floyd | bewildered our grandfathers would be if they could rise from their
Floyd | graves and see how business is now done; how cars run without horses,
Floyd | turning as by magic and stopping instantly as at a word of command;
Floyd | how rooms are kept cool by electric fans, and servants called by
Floyd | electric bells; how diseases are cured by electricity, and how it is
Floyd | made to do the will of man in thousands of ways!  Our poor ancestors
Floyd | would wish to retire hastily from a world that has gone so far beyond
Floyd | them.  Edison, whom we revere as the modern wizard, would not receive
Floyd | from them the golden medal of well-earned fame, but rather the chill
Floyd | dungeon, or even the fate of the martyr."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "So many thoughts surge into our minds as we gaze on the wonderful
Floyd | building before us.  What mysteries it contains, what wonders are yet
Floyd | in store for us!  Once the lives of men were flat and tame as the
Floyd | prairies we saw from the roof of Manufactures, now through this great
Floyd | agent, as the building has sprung up from the level plain, our hopes
Floyd | for humanity are constantly up-springing, for we feel that God would
Floyd | never have given us this great power in charge if He did not love His
Floyd | people."  The tour guide takes off his hat, and pauses in reflection,
Floyd | looking onto the Electricity Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then -- "And now if you will follow me, ladies and gentlemen--" he
Floyd | says, and heads off to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The Court of Honor
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, on a grand plaza which surrounds the
Floyd | Administration Building, which here opens up to a glorious vista the
Floyd | likes of which you have never seen nor imagined before.  It is a great
Floyd | city which stands before you, each building of monolithic size and
Floyd | classical design.  The buildings of this great city surround a
Floyd | man-made basin to rival the size of some lakes.  This is the fabled
Floyd | 'White City,' built a mere twenty years after the tragic Chicago Fire
Floyd | left the city in ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Administration Building takes a commanding position at the western
Floyd | end of the Grand Basin.  Standing directly in front of the eastern
Floyd | entrance to the building is a statue of Columbus, in whose honor the
Floyd | fair has been dedicated.  Directly across from him, an elaborate
Floyd | fountain rises from the basin waters, dozens of figures standing,
Floyd | sitting, and rowing in a boat the discoverer himself would have been
Floyd | proud to command.  At the other end of the basin the emblem of the
Floyd | fair stands:  a gilt sculpture of a woman, fair Columbia, climbing
Floyd | magnificently to a height of sixty-five feet above the basin waters.
Floyd | The plaza continues to the north and south, toward more monumental
Floyd | buildings.
Floyd |    A guide is here, leading a tour group through the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East onto the White City.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "One last sight is worthy of mention before we conclude the tour, and
Floyd | that is not another building, monument, nor sculpture, but the people
Floyd | who walk among this new city."  The guide smiles as he continues, "We
Floyd | are a motley crew, surely, who wander through this Elysium; the sturdy
Floyd | cowboy jostles the Russian nobleman; the sallow Turk shoulders the
Floyd | fair-haired Swede; the lithe American damsel walks side by side with
Floyd | the burly English soldier, and the soft-treading son of Japan finds
Floyd | himself pushed by the impatient Westerner.  The French have often been
Floyd | called the most polite nation in the world, but France must surrender
Floyd | the palm to America.  There is no quarreling here, no loud talking, no
Floyd | profanity nor rowdiness; all is peace, good-will, and kindliness.  No
Floyd | multitude on earth could be assembled elsewhere with so little
Floyd | friction as here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Missed a lot of text, I see."
		Teaspoon says, "since you left it's basically been cutscene"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x crowd" 		

Floyd | You scan the crowd for suspicious characters.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our tour of the Court of Honor.
Floyd | I hope you found it an hour well spent.  There is far more to see --
Floyd | the interiors of the buildings we looked upon, for starters.  Then, to
Floyd | the south, past Agriculture, another group of buildings where you can
Floyd | find Ethnographic exhibits, the largest cannon ever made, from the
Floyd | Krupp family business of Germany, and a replica of the convent where
Floyd | Columbus first contemplated taking his historic voyage.  To the north,
Floyd | wonder upon wonder awaits, with grand exposition buildings dedicated
Floyd | to Transportation, Horticulture, Fine Arts, and more.  Far to the
Floyd | north you should find and visit the building erected by your home
Floyd | state.  And to the northwest, be sure to walk the Midway Plaisance,
Floyd | which has not inaptly been called a great kindergarten for grown-up
Floyd | people, and where many side-shows of the Exposition may be seen, some
Floyd | of them more than common excellence, and all of them of refreshing
Floyd | interest as well as instructive to the curious who take delight in
Floyd | strange people and their odd manners and customs."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "FINALLY"
		Teaspoon says, "FERRIS WHEEL"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw. I enjoyed the tour."
		Jacqueline says, "But then, I love tours."
		Teaspoon says, "I don't think I've ever played anything like it."
		Teaspoon says, "that was only an hour? Huh."
		Teaspoon asks, "Shall we go find a Ferris Wheel and then knock it on the head for the day?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Must be a fast speaker, our guide."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 12:28 p.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm down (or up and down) for the Ferris wheel."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You can enter the Administration Building to the west, or head north
Floyd | or south toward more monumental buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Be sure to tell your friends -- the tour takes place every day right
Floyd | at eleven-thirty sharp.  For a short time our lives have been bound
Floyd | together by one great interest, by one grand experience; now we fall
Floyd | apart again; each becomes an atom in the great world of life.  When
Floyd | shall we meet again?  Truly, as the Hindoo proverb says, 'Like
Floyd | driftwood on a river, we meet, we greet, we sever.'  I bid you,
Floyd | Adieu."  The tour group applauds, and a few cluster around the guide
Floyd | to ask more questions, but he deftly slips away and is gone in an
Floyd | instant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "that is hilarious, game."
		Teaspoon says, "kudos"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South side of Electricity Building
Floyd |    You are in a grand plaza.  Directly to the north stands the
Floyd | Electricity Building, its portico and entryway illustrated with
Floyd | sculpture groups which seem to promise to reveal the discoveries of
Floyd | modern science within.  In front of the Electricity Building is a
Floyd | tall, bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin.
Floyd |
Floyd | An octagonal bandstand sits in the plaza here.  You can see its
Floyd | identical twin to the south.  The plaza continues to the west, east,
Floyd | and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Electricity Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, North side of Administration Building
Floyd |    The plaza continues to the east and west.  Directly to the south
Floyd | stands the grand Administration Building.  To the north, a road cuts
Floyd | between the Electricity Building to the east and the Mines and Mining
Floyd | Building on the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking North Between Mines and Electricity Buildings.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But we were promised questions. :("
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Road
Floyd |    The road runs between two of the spectacular Court of Honor
Floyd | buildings.  To the west stands the Mines and Mining Building, its mix
Floyd | of architectural styles contrasting somewhat with the clean lines of
Floyd | the Electricity Building, which stands to the east.  The dome of the
Floyd | Administration Building is clearly visible to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Road, Looking South.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Great Bridge
Floyd |    The broad road splits here at the edge of a great lagoon.  To the
Floyd | west, the road goes across the northern front of the Mines and Mining
Floyd | Building, to the east, the road goes across the front of the
Floyd | Electricity Building, and to the south, the road cuts between the two,
Floyd | toward the triumphant dome of the Administration Building.  A bridge
Floyd | spans a narrow part of the lagoon to the north to a large wooded
Floyd | island.  The bridge is guarded on either side by dramatic moose
Floyd | sculptures.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking out over the lagoon, you are awestruck by one of the best
Floyd | views of the fairgrounds.  From here, you can see almost all of the
Floyd | beautiful and monumental buildings that form the Northern Court.  The
Floyd | Northern Court buildings are not arranged around a carefully
Floyd | constructed basin, but instead around this rough and pleasant lagoon.
Floyd | In the center of the lagoon is a large wooded island.  On the west
Floyd | side of the lagoon, you can see the Transportation Building, and
Floyd | further north, the Women's Building.  In the far distance behind the
Floyd | Women's Building, you can see Ferris' Wheel slowly spinning.  On the
Floyd | east side of the lagoon is the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building,
Floyd | and north of that the U.S.  Government building.  More buildings are
Floyd | directly north of the lagoon, but they are mostly obscured by the
Floyd | trees of the wooded island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Bridge.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Building, North Side
Floyd |    You stand on the northern side of the Mines and Mining Building, at
Floyd | an entrance somewhat simpler than that on the southern side, but no
Floyd | less grand.  The road here passes across the front of the building,
Floyd | heading east and west.  To the north is the weedy shore of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking West towards Transportation Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'd better not, it looks a little swampy in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Great Bridge
Floyd |    The broad road splits here at the edge of a great lagoon.  To the
Floyd | west, the road goes across the northern front of the Mines and Mining
Floyd | Building, to the east, the road goes across the front of the
Floyd | Electricity Building, and to the south, the road cuts between the two,
Floyd | toward the triumphant dome of the Administration Building.  A bridge
Floyd | spans a narrow part of the lagoon to the north to a large wooded
Floyd | island.  The bridge is guarded on either side by dramatic moose
Floyd | sculptures.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking out over the lagoon, you are awestruck by one of the best
Floyd | views of the fairgrounds.  From here, you can see almost all of the
Floyd | beautiful and monumental buildings that form the Northern Court.  The
Floyd | Northern Court buildings are not arranged around a carefully
Floyd | constructed basin, but instead around this rough and pleasant lagoon.
Floyd | In the center of the lagoon is a large wooded island.  On the west
Floyd | side of the lagoon, you can see the Transportation Building, and
Floyd | further north, the Women's Building.  In the far distance behind the
Floyd | Women's Building, you can see Ferris' Wheel slowly spinning.  On the
Floyd | east side of the lagoon is the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building,
Floyd | and north of that the U.S.  Government building.  More buildings are
Floyd | directly north of the lagoon, but they are mostly obscured by the
Floyd | trees of the wooded island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Bridge.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Side of the Wooded Island
Floyd |    You are standing on the southernmost part of the Wooded island.  A
Floyd | small log cabin sits here, quaint in comparison to the great buildings
Floyd | spread over the rest of the grounds.  A great bridge spans the lagoon
Floyd | to the south, while the main part of the island is over a short bridge
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Log Cabin.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rose Garden
Floyd |    This area of the Wooded island is devoted to a rose garden--the
Floyd | largest rose garden you've ever seen.  Roses of every color and
Floyd | description are blooming along the pathways.  To the north, paths lead
Floyd | into the woods.  To the south is a short bridge and to the west is a
Floyd | longer one, crossing the lagoon to the Horticulture Building, of which
Floyd | this garden is considered a part.
Floyd |    A boy is rushing about here, getting into all sorts of trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose Garden.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy is pulling petals off the roses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd |    You are on a quiet, contemplative path through the woods, a welcome
Floyd | respite from the overwhelming mass of buildings, exhibits, and people.
Floyd | Paths head northeast, northwest, and out of the woods to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd |    You are on a quiet, contemplative path through the woods, a welcome
Floyd | respite from the overwhelming mass of buildings, exhibits, and people.
Floyd | Paths head northeast and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd |    You are on a quiet, contemplative path through the woods, a welcome
Floyd | respite from the overwhelming mass of buildings, exhibits, and people.
Floyd | Paths head northeast, northwest, and out of the woods to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Rose Garden
Floyd |    This area of the Wooded island is devoted to a rose garden--the
Floyd | largest rose garden you've ever seen.  Roses of every color and
Floyd | description are blooming along the pathways.  To the north, paths lead
Floyd | into the woods.  To the south is a short bridge and to the west is a
Floyd | longer one, crossing the lagoon to the Horticulture Building, of which
Floyd | this garden is considered a part.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose Garden.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You cross the lagoon on a wide bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Junction
Floyd |    The road splits here, and a wide bridge crosses the lagoon to the
Floyd | large wooded island to the east.  The road continues north, where it
Floyd | fronts the Horticulture Building, south fronting Choral Hall, and
Floyd | west, between the two buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Horticulture Building, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Horticulture Building, Main Entrance
Floyd |    The Horticulture Building stands directly west.  Flanking its
Floyd | entrance rest two beautiful sculpture groups by Lorado Taft in flowery
Floyd | splendor.  Its central pavilion is capped by a glass dome 187 feet in
Floyd | diameter, and the building's facade is done in a Venetian Renaissance
Floyd | style.  To the east is a boat launch, where gondola drivers are
Floyd | selling their services to fairgoers.  The road continues north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Horticulture Building, Main Entrance.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Promenade
Floyd |    The promenade continues along the lagoon's edge.  Here, between the
Floyd | Horticulture Building to the south and the Women's Building to the
Floyd | north, stand some smaller buildings and pavilions, extending in a row
Floyd | to the west.  First is the round pavilion of the White Star Line.
Floyd | After that stands the Puck Pavilion, from the famous New York magazine
Floyd | of the same name.  Another building stands next to that, further to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | White Star Line Pavilion, Looking Northwest.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Woman's Building, Front Entrance
Floyd |    Standing to the west is the two-storied, Italian Renaissance villa
Floyd | style Woman's Building.  The lagoon opens up to the east.  The road
Floyd | continues north, where in the distance you can see the dome of the
Floyd | Illinois Building, and beyond that the Palace of Fine Arts; and south,
Floyd | along the edge of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Woman's Building, Front Entrance.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd |    You are standing at a crossroads.  A road leads west, toward the
Floyd | glorious and exciting Midway.  In the distance, you can see the great
Floyd | wheel slowly spinning.  Another road leads east, towards the
Floyd | golden-dome of the Illinois building.  To the north, you can see what
Floyd | looks like a Spanish mission, and numerous smaller buildings after
Floyd | that.  Southward lies the Women's Building, then Horticulture, and so
Floyd | on, all the way back to the Administration Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads, Looking North towards California Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "hurrah!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Woman's Building, North Entrance
Floyd |    You are on an east-west road which cuts across the northern wing of
Floyd | the Women's Building.  A small entrance into the north wing is
Floyd | directly to the south.  To the east, the road heads toward the lagoon,
Floyd | and the golden dome of the Illinois Building.  To the west, the road
Floyd | leads toward the Midway and Ferris' Wheel, looming in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Entrance of Woman's Building, Looking South.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Midway Entrance
Floyd |    You are standing at the entrance to the midway.  To the east is the
Floyd | regal, formal fairgrounds.  To the west, the wild and exotic midway
Floyd | beckons.  The one side is planned and structured, the other haphazard
Floyd | and chaotic.  It is hard to say which fairgoers appear to be enjoying
Floyd | more.  On the threshold stands the Woman's Building, directly to the
Floyd | east.  Roads wrap around it to the northeast and southeast.  Another
Floyd | road heads south towards the Horticulture Building.  Stairs lead up to
Floyd | an Intramural Railroad platform.  To the west is the midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway, Looking east towards Woman's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Eastern end of Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    It is said that if you could pack up your bags and travel around
Floyd | the world for the next two years, visiting each exotic port of call,
Floyd | you would still not see the variety of cultures and people as are here
Floyd | on the Midway Plaisance, and looking around you now, you can well
Floyd | believe that this may be the truth.  The Midway is a hive of activity.
Floyd | Among great crowds of fairgoers are merchants, hawkers, musicians,
Floyd | barkers, and palanquin bearers; some shouting, some singing, some
Floyd | lounging in indifference.  The midway continues to the west, toward
Floyd | the Ferris Wheel, or east, where it spills into the exhibition proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north stands the Libbey Glass Company Pavilion, a solid
Floyd | structure with a domed central roof and corner towers.  A gravelly
Floyd | walkway leads into the pavilion, along which delicate glass works are
Floyd | displayed in cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.  In front of the
Floyd | Auditorium is a sign, declaring showtimes to be every hour on the
Floyd | hour.  A barker stands in front of the Auditorium, collecting tickets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The barker shouts, "Step right up, step right up, have your tickets
Floyd | ready!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "timed event, huh."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, anyone here from Shee-cah-go?"
		Teaspoon says, "no"
		Knight_Otu says, "nope."
		DavidW says, "I've always lived in Canada."
		Jacqueline says, "Was just curious how much of this is still there."
		Teaspoon says, "me too"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Eastern Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway continues to the east and west.  The roadway is filled
Floyd | with noise and energy of a kind you have never seen.  Not even the
Floyd | most metropolitan of cities could ever boast the great mix of peoples,
Floyd | games, and attractions that can be witnessed along this single avenue.
Floyd | To the west, the great Ferris Wheel slowly spins, easily the match of
Floyd | Eiffel's tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north a rustic bamboo archway leads curious spectators into the
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the Turkish Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance to the Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I go there very rarely."
		Jacqueline says, "And have never been to this part."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Dave is on but idle. He lives there."
		Teaspoon says, "...oh, a line."
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you surprised?"
		Teaspoon says, "no"
		Knight_Otu asks, "But is there an old lady?"
		Teaspoon says, "good question"
		Jacqueline keeps an eye out.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter line" 		

Floyd | The line is so long you might be waiting all day before getting on the
Floyd | ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "..."
		Teaspoon says, "well, that's an anti-climatic ending."
		Teaspoon says, "I fear I am flagging, though."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we *could* pick this up again next week. I'd like that if people are open to it."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "Suits me. More exploration!"
		Jacqueline says (to Teaspoon), "You need to go find a waffle and some sleepytimes."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's fine by me."
		Teaspoon says, "Something like that. Best, all."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sorry, David. We thought we'd just do this one week, but we're kinda liking it."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "so detailed!"
		Knight_Otu says, "By the way, Teaspoon, I sent you a MUDmail earlier this week."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure if you saw that."
		Teaspoon says, "Oh, right! Got it. Yeah, the Floyd upload was a little buggy."
		Teaspoon asks, "Did you get the Jacket?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Just making sure it arrived."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think so."
		Teaspoon says, "Okay. Thanks."
		Jacqueline says, "G'night"
		Teaspoon says, "g'ight"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >

		
Teaspoon teleports home to the sound of tortured piano strings. 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1893-1" 		

Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Good night!"
		
*** SESSION TWO *** 		
		Knight_Otu says, "Good evening."
		DavidW says, "hello, good Knight"
		Jacqueline says, "Good morning. We'll get started here in a few."
DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Jacqueline asks, "So, when last we gathered, we said we wanted to explore 1893 more. Is that still the case?"
		Jacqueline says, "We lack a teaspoon"
		Jacqueline says, "Teaspoons are so tiny and easily misplaced."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess they'll be coming."
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "I have a hard stop in 2 hours, but if you all want we can wait 10 or something."
		Jacqueline says, "There we are."
Teaspoon arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Knight_Otu says, "There he is."
		Teaspoon says, "Individual of indeterminate gender"
		Jacqueline says, "We have a spoon."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "So, here we go."

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 |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | > Start a New Game Restore a Saved Game Options Screen:  1024 x 768
Floyd | Music:  Off Descriptions:  Verbose
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Floyd | > Start a New Game Restore a Saved Game Options Screen:  1024 x 768
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Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |

		Teaspoon exclaims, "No prob!"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  The robbery was bold, to say the least.  Eight diamonds, stolen from
Floyd | secure displays in the Kimberly Diamond Mining Company exhibit.  Four
Floyd | of the diamonds were rough and uncut, three beautifully finished.  The
Floyd | last diamond was the prize of the collection:  one of the largest
Floyd | diamonds in the world, presented to Queen Victoria by the company and
Floyd | on loan from her for this special exhibit.  All of them taken at once,
Floyd | quietly, under the noses of four well-trained guards.

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You knew there was going to be trouble.  The World's Fair was a place
Floyd | for fortunes to be made--legally or illegally, it mattered not to
Floyd | some.  Outside the fairgrounds, jobs were becoming harder to come by,
Floyd | and it was becoming increasingly evident to what lengths some men
Floyd | would go to earn what they considered rightfully theirs.  And so
Floyd | Chicago's grand Exposition has become not only a place of
Floyd | entertainment and education, but of profit, for those who are clever
Floyd | enough to take advantage.  Dreamers and schemers, fools and sharks,
Floyd | simple farmers and cynical cityfolk mingle together on the grounds.
Floyd | The Columbian Guards keep the peace and provide order as best they
Floyd | can, with your old friend, the most competent Carl Masters, in charge.
Floyd | But although he is well equipped to handle the minor crimes, he never
Floyd | had the best head for the more complex and devious.  And so he called
Floyd | you.

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Already, you have suspects; descriptions neatly typed up and pushed
Floyd | into your case dossier.  Greenback Bob was rumored to be working the
Floyd | Fair.  So was his sometime partner, Delbras; a dangerously clever
Floyd | foreigner who remains largely a mystery.  Perhaps you will learn more
Floyd | as soon as you get to your office in the Administration Building.
Floyd | Your job:  Find the precious stones, and capture those responsible.
Floyd | And while you're at it, you promise yourself to take the time to enjoy
Floyd | the sights and sounds of the one and only Columbian Exposition of
Floyd | Chicago, one of the most amazing spectacles in the World...

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

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Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |    You step off the train into a huge crowd of fairgoers, who jostle
Floyd | one another as they make their way along the platform.  You push your
Floyd | way through the throng, and finally make it out onto the fairgrounds,
Floyd | where you are momentarily stunned by the sheer size, the monumental
Floyd | beauty of the new city standing before you...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Court of Honor, In Front of Terminal Station
Floyd |    You are in a large courtyard, surrounded by buildings the style and
Floyd | grandeur of which you have never seen before.  This is the Court of
Floyd | Honor, by all accounts already considered one of the architectural
Floyd | wonders of the modern world.  To the west stands Terminal Station,
Floyd | your arrival and eventual departure point, from which thousands of
Floyd | visitors pour into the Exposition each day.  To the east is the
Floyd | Administration Building, its golden dome towering above the grounds in
Floyd | grand style.  The plaza extends to the north and south, toward more
Floyd | monumental buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Entrance to the Administration Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | File to restore game from >

		Teaspoon asks, "So, what were we going to do now?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1893-1" 		

Floyd | Restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, I should have done all that before y'all showed up."
		Teaspoon asks, "Explore and have fun? Try to carry on with the mystery?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Bothish?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess so."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm just not sure what goal to focus on now."
		Knight_Otu says, "We had some guesses where diamonds could be."
		DavidW asks, "Did you guys visit the scene of the crime?"
		Teaspoon says, "...good point."
		Knight_Otu says, "If that thief was telling the truth."
		Jacqueline says, "We... have not, I don't think."
		Knight_Otu says, "No we haven't."
		Teaspoon asks, "Er, does anyone remember where that was?"
		DavidW asks, "The Kimberly Mining Company exhibit, I think it was?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we using DW's map? DW, can you post the link again, please?"
		DavidW says, "It's, uh, in the building north of Admin, if I recall."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Mining was it, right?"
		Teaspoon says, "Oh. That's easy then."
		Teaspoon says, "if, er, we weren't on the other side of the map"
		Teaspoon says, "Meander back that way, then."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		DavidW says, "You will need to explore pretty much everywhere eventually."
		Teaspoon asks, "anyone want to look around the Midway while we're here, in that case?"
Iria goes home. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Streets of Cairo
Floyd |    The narrow street is packed with tiny booths, the buildings on
Floyd | either side two or even three stories in height, with great
Floyd | bay-windows and elaborately carved balconies.  The street seems
Floyd | transported whole from some African city, from the other side of the
Floyd | world.  You can hardly believe that you are still in Chicago,
Floyd | overwhelmed by the Babel of languages and the cosmopolitan throng
Floyd | gathered here.  Soudanese, Arabs, Nubians, and Egyptians, all ply
Floyd | their goods, dance, sing, talk, shout, and laugh above the noise,
Floyd | while children weave through the crowds and camels lumber past.
Floyd | Fairgoers wander amid the astounding sights in delight, passing into
Floyd | first one shop and then the next.  The street continues to the north,
Floyd | and ends at the midway directly to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Streets of Cairo.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "windowhop" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "windowhop".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "windowshop" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "windowshop".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "awe"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The Okala
Floyd |    You stand in the quadrangular courtyard of the Okala, an
Floyd | elaborately ornate, two story building which contains apartments above
Floyd | and a bazaar below.  On all sides, through pointed arches, under
Floyd | draped rugs, are small antique shops, rug shops, and teahouses, some
Floyd | no larger than niches in the walls.  A gallery runs the length of the
Floyd | square, where brightly attired Sudanese merchants and Egyptian
Floyd | entertainers share their tea and watch the people jostling and
Floyd | shouting in the square below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Okala.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Did we go up the ferris wheel last time?"
		Teaspoon says, "No. Too crowded."
		Knight_Otu says, "It wouldn't let us."
		Teaspoon says, "I hope the game's saving it for some kind of epic showdown."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW says, "mmmmphhh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You step onto one of the narrow shops, but find nothing out of the
Floyd | ordinary, and wander back out into the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is a really wonderful map, DW."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You step onto one of the narrow shops, but find nothing out of the
Floyd | ordinary, and wander back out into the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "it is!"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "thanks"
		Teaspoon says, "I may even be able to explore without getitng lost"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You step onto one of the narrow shops, but find nothing out of the
Floyd | ordinary, and wander back out into the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "well, this is pretty but I don't see a use for it, so back to the midway"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Streets of Cairo
Floyd |    The narrow street is packed with tiny booths, the buildings on
Floyd | either side two or even three stories in height, with great
Floyd | bay-windows and elaborately carved balconies.  The street seems
Floyd | transported whole from some African city, from the other side of the
Floyd | world.  You can hardly believe that you are still in Chicago,
Floyd | overwhelmed by the Babel of languages and the cosmopolitan throng
Floyd | gathered here.  Soudanese, Arabs, Nubians, and Egyptians, all ply
Floyd | their goods, dance, sing, talk, shout, and laugh above the noise,
Floyd | while children weave through the crowds and camels lumber past.
Floyd | Fairgoers wander amid the astounding sights in delight, passing into
Floyd | first one shop and then the next.  The street continues to the north,
Floyd | and ends at the midway directly to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Streets of Cairo.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Moorish Palace
Floyd |    The Moorish Palace looks decidedly less like a palace on the
Floyd | inside, and more like a wax museum.  Over sixty groups in wax
Floyd | represent European rulers and historic Americans.  Prominent among the
Floyd | displays is one featuring the beheading of Marie Antoinette, her
Floyd | executioner standing behind her, at the ready, while all around a
Floyd | painting depicts the shouting, gloating mob.  She has rested her neck
Floyd | in the guillotine, whose blade is rusted with blood.  Other wax groups
Floyd | are to the east, west, and south, while the Midway is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guillotine.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x marie" 		

Floyd | She is kneeling in front of the guillotine, her neck extended and
Floyd | locked in the guillotine, waiting for death.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...cheerful"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You wander past other groups of wax figures, but quickly lose
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You wander past other groups of wax figures, but quickly lose
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You wander past other groups of wax figures, but quickly lose
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x blood" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "blood".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x blade" 		

Floyd | The guillotine is a large rectangular device.  Stocks at the bottom
Floyd | clamp the victim's head into the proper position.  A lever nearby
Floyd | releases the deadly blade hanging from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd | You try moving the lever but it won't budge.  Considering that this is
Floyd | a tableaux of wax figures, the guillotine probably doesn't have
Floyd | working parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x stocks" 		

Floyd | The guillotine is a large rectangular device.  Stocks at the bottom
Floyd | clamp the victim's head into the proper position.  A lever nearby
Floyd | releases the deadly blade hanging from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't remember needing to chop a coconut with a guillotine in *this* game."
		Teaspoon says, "The thing is, I have no idea how to tell what's likely to be implemented."
		Teaspoon says, "and what's here because it WAS here"
		Teaspoon says, "will keep in mind for later, I guess."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Western Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    You are on the Midway Plaisance.  To the east is the Ferris Wheel,
Floyd | and past the Wheel, the fairgrounds proper.  To the west, the Midway
Floyd | continues past exotic concessions and theaters.  To the north is the
Floyd | Captive Balloon Ride, for those who wish to fly in a hot-air balloon
Floyd | without the fear of drifting away, while to the south stands a
Floyd | beautiful Viennese cafe where fairgoers can stop for coffee or a light
Floyd | meal and watch the people go by.
Floyd |
Floyd | Viennese Cafe.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "baloon"
		Teaspoon says, "balloon. Ahem."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Captive Balloon Ride
Floyd |    A large hot-air balloon has been tethered to the ground here.  A
Floyd | line of people are waiting eagerly for their chance to board the
Floyd | balloon and float suspended above the Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captive Balloon Ride.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait in line" 		

Floyd | Going up into the sky in a wicker basket, supported by nothing more
Floyd | than hot air, is not your idea of a good time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "sez you."
		Teaspoon asks, "sure it is! What kind of sensible protagonist is this?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Western Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    You are on the Midway Plaisance.  To the east is the Ferris Wheel,
Floyd | and past the Wheel, the fairgrounds proper.  To the west, the Midway
Floyd | continues past exotic concessions and theaters.  To the north is the
Floyd | Captive Balloon Ride, for those who wish to fly in a hot-air balloon
Floyd | without the fear of drifting away, while to the south stands a
Floyd | beautiful Viennese cafe where fairgoers can stop for coffee or a light
Floyd | meal and watch the people go by.
Floyd |
Floyd | Viennese Cafe.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The Viennese cafe looks delightful.  If you would like to eat there,
Floyd | just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat at cafe" 		

Floyd | It looks like a great place to eat--trouble is, you're not really very
Floyd | hungry right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We only had one waffle yet!"
		Teaspoon says, "So this is a place we can come have tea later."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 1:16 p.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Oh. I guess the C on my map means Cafe."
		Teaspoon says, "that was only half an hour ago, gametime."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The Viennese cafe looks delightful.  If you would like to eat there,
Floyd | just say so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | West End of Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway ends here, where dozens of turnstiles turn onto the
Floyd | street.  Crowds of people are entering and leaving, about half a dozen
Floyd | Columbian guards stand near the ticket booths maintaining order.  From
Floyd | here, it is a mile walk through the crowded exotics of the Midway
Floyd | before the visitor will at last stand in the White City proper, far to
Floyd | the east.  Camps from distant corners of the world are clustered here,
Floyd | at the far end of the Midway.  To the north, the warlike Bedouin
Floyd | tribesmen give horse and camel racing demonstrations.  To the south
Floyd | stands the Dahomey Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the fairground exit is a small kiosk where a vendor is selling
Floyd | some snacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East, towards Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bedouin Camp
Floyd |    The Bedouin encampment holds both living quarters for the Bedouin
Floyd | as well as open ground for demonstrations, camel racing, horse racing,
Floyd | and other contests of skill.  A cluster of tents stand on one end of
Floyd | this open, grassy area, where the Bedouin live with their families,
Floyd | women and children can be seen inside, preparing meals and otherwise
Floyd | living as they ordinarily would in the desert.  The men, for the most
Floyd | part, are performing for the audience, dressed in traditional costume
Floyd | and riding their camels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedouin Camp.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Going any further into the encampment means running the risk of
Floyd | getting trampled by a camel.  The Midway is back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "watch" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "watch".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "steal camel" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "steal".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...I feel like "steal" should be implemented in a game about theft."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Teaspoon says, "so the game can whack me on the head and say "nice detectives don't do things like that""
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But we're no thieves!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | West End of Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway ends here, where dozens of turnstiles turn onto the
Floyd | street.  Crowds of people are entering and leaving, about half a dozen
Floyd | Columbian guards stand near the ticket booths maintaining order.  From
Floyd | here, it is a mile walk through the crowded exotics of the Midway
Floyd | before the visitor will at last stand in the White City proper, far to
Floyd | the east.  Camps from distant corners of the world are clustered here,
Floyd | at the far end of the Midway.  To the north, the warlike Bedouin
Floyd | tribesmen give horse and camel racing demonstrations.  To the south
Floyd | stands the Dahomey Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the fairground exit is a small kiosk where a vendor is selling
Floyd | some snacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East, towards Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dahomey Village
Floyd |    The Dahomey Village is a group of low, crude huts.  In and around
Floyd | them are several families of Dahomeyans, chatting and visiting amongst
Floyd | themselves, while spectators crowd around and comment on their
Floyd | shocking features.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dahomey Villagers.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you'd be surprised what detectives do"
		Teaspoon says, "prob"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x dahomey" 		

Floyd | The Dahomey villagers relax in their native dress, and look back at
Floyd | you with disinterest.  You recall that they were formerly cannibals,
Floyd | and wonder at what they are thinking when they set eyes upon you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "that I look like any random curious visitor they've seen today, probably."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x spectators" 		

Floyd | You scan the crowd for suspicious characters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x features" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "features".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...what is so shocking about these nonexistent features"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | West End of Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway ends here, where dozens of turnstiles turn onto the
Floyd | street.  Crowds of people are entering and leaving, about half a dozen
Floyd | Columbian guards stand near the ticket booths maintaining order.  From
Floyd | here, it is a mile walk through the crowded exotics of the Midway
Floyd | before the visitor will at last stand in the White City proper, far to
Floyd | the east.  Camps from distant corners of the world are clustered here,
Floyd | at the far end of the Midway.  To the north, the warlike Bedouin
Floyd | tribesmen give horse and camel racing demonstrations.  To the south
Floyd | stands the Dahomey Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the fairground exit is a small kiosk where a vendor is selling
Floyd | some snacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking East, towards Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | That way leaves the Fairgrounds altogether.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Western Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    You are on the Midway Plaisance.  To the east is the Ferris Wheel,
Floyd | and past the Wheel, the fairgrounds proper.  To the west, the Midway
Floyd | continues past exotic concessions and theaters.  To the north is the
Floyd | Captive Balloon Ride, for those who wish to fly in a hot-air balloon
Floyd | without the fear of drifting away, while to the south stands a
Floyd | beautiful Viennese cafe where fairgoers can stop for coffee or a light
Floyd | meal and watch the people go by.
Floyd |
Floyd | Viennese Cafe.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | The only way you're getting up there is by waiting in line to ride,
Floyd | and the line looks too long to bother.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "*sighs for the wheel*"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Eastern Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway continues to the east and west.  The roadway is filled
Floyd | with noise and energy of a kind you have never seen.  Not even the
Floyd | most metropolitan of cities could ever boast the great mix of peoples,
Floyd | games, and attractions that can be witnessed along this single avenue.
Floyd | To the west, the great Ferris Wheel slowly spins, easily the match of
Floyd | Eiffel's tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north a rustic bamboo archway leads curious spectators into the
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the Turkish Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance to the Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Javanese Village
Floyd |    You are in the Javanese Village.  The village is comprised of over
Floyd | forty separate buildings, each set on blocks of wood and raised a few
Floyd | feet above the ground.  The buildings are made of bamboo, with
Floyd | rooftops of bundled grass.  The largest of the buildings appears to be
Floyd | a theater, the others each displaying some sort of manufacture or
Floyd | Javanese craft.  Near the entrance to the village is a cage.
Floyd |    Sitting in the cage is the most ornery ourang-outang you have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The ourang-outang tries to carefully peel one of the umbrellas in its
Floyd | collection, but soon discards it in frustration.
Floyd |
Floyd | A well dressed young salesman says something jokingly to his
Floyd | companion, then approaches the ourang-outang cage and pokes the ape
Floyd | with his umbrella.  The ourang-outang immediately snatches the
Floyd | umbrella from him and beats him about the face and neck with it.  The
Floyd | young man, more subdued now, slinks away, to the general amusement of
Floyd | the Javanese guards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x ourang-outang" 		

Floyd | The ourang-outang is a fantastic looking creature transported here
Floyd | from the Dutch East Indes.  He is a short, thick-legged ape with
Floyd | great, long, grasping arms, covered in bright orange fur.  He doesn't
Floyd | look particularly happy to be here, at the fair, seeming to be in a
Floyd | mostly irritable disposition.  However, as this is in actuality the
Floyd | only ourang-outang you have ever seen, you cannot compare his
Floyd | temperament to the norm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ourang-outang shrieks loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay then"
		Teaspoon says, "I hope you're not plot relevant"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember. Maybe."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x umbrella" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "umbrella".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | As you are leaving the Javanese village, the ourang-outang reaches out
Floyd | and grabs the case dossier right out of your hands.  The ourang-outang
Floyd | jumps up and down in pleasure and adds the case dossier to its
Floyd | collection.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway continues to the east and west.  The roadway is filled
Floyd | with noise and energy of a kind you have never seen.  Not even the
Floyd | most metropolitan of cities could ever boast the great mix of peoples,
Floyd | games, and attractions that can be witnessed along this single avenue.
Floyd | To the west, the great Ferris Wheel slowly spins, easily the match of
Floyd | Eiffel's tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north a rustic bamboo archway leads curious spectators into the
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the Turkish Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance to the Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "!!!"
		DavidW says, "oh. I guess he IS plot-relevant."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!"
		Teaspoon asks, "uh, should we reload?"
		Jacqueline says, "What the butt"
		Teaspoon says, "I haven't done anything useful yet anyway"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Jacqueline says, "Jerk ape."
		DavidW says, "I suppose the ape has something else in its collection."
		Teaspoon asks, "Did you encounter it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "You think this is like the thief in zork or something?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm sure there's a way to get a dossier back, but we'd have to figure it out."
		DavidW says, "Well, I honestly don't remember for sure, but maybe."
		Teaspoon says, "okay, maybe we can experiment, and THEN reload if it doesn't work."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline asks, "Talk to the guards, maybe?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Javanese Village
Floyd |    You are in the Javanese Village.  The village is comprised of over
Floyd | forty separate buildings, each set on blocks of wood and raised a few
Floyd | feet above the ground.  The buildings are made of bamboo, with
Floyd | rooftops of bundled grass.  The largest of the buildings appears to be
Floyd | a theater, the others each displaying some sort of manufacture or
Floyd | Javanese craft.  Near the entrance to the village is a cage.
Floyd |    The cage seems to contain a case dossier.
Floyd |    Sitting in the cage is the most ornery ourang-outang you have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take dossier" 		

Floyd | The ourang-outang playfully grabs your arm and pulls it as hard as it
Floyd | can.  Your face presses up against the bars of the cage and your arm
Floyd | is practically wrenched out of its socket.  The orange beast bares his
Floyd | teeth at you making a sort of dangerous grin, and howls, making a most
Floyd | unnatural sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | As a gentleman attempts to leave the Javanese village, the
Floyd | ourang-outang reaches out and steals his hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x hat" 		

Floyd | I don't see any hat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x guards" 		

Floyd | You can't decide if the guards are there to protect the guests or to
Floyd | protect the ourang-outang.  You suspect the latter.
Floyd |
Floyd | As a gentleman attempts to leave the Javanese village, the
Floyd | ourang-outang reaches out and steals his hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to guards" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask guards" 		

Floyd | What do you want to ask it about?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask guards about ourang-outang" 		

Floyd | The guards pretend they don't understand English.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "devious"
		Jacqueline says, "bah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Very helpful, you guards."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a guidebook and a small daily stipend.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, at least he didn't steal our lunch money"
		Teaspoon asks, "uh, swap the guidebook for the dossier?"
		Teaspoon says, "buy snacks and give them to the ape/"
		Knight_Otu says, "Keep your monkey paws off our money, orang."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give guidebook to ourang-outang" 		

Floyd | The ourang-outang snatches the guidebook from you and adds it to its
Floyd | ever growing pile of oddities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "uh"
		Teaspoon says, "so that didn't work"
olethros arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Javanese Village
Floyd |    You are in the Javanese Village.  The village is comprised of over
Floyd | forty separate buildings, each set on blocks of wood and raised a few
Floyd | feet above the ground.  The buildings are made of bamboo, with
Floyd | rooftops of bundled grass.  The largest of the buildings appears to be
Floyd | a theater, the others each displaying some sort of manufacture or
Floyd | Javanese craft.  Near the entrance to the village is a cage.
Floyd |    The cage seems to contain a case dossier and a guidebook.
Floyd |    Sitting in the cage is the most ornery ourang-outang you have ever
Floyd | seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		olethros says, "just came to lurk"
		DavidW says, "hm. My notes say to avoid the ape until late in the game."
		Teaspoon says, "figures"
		Teaspoon says, "when we have a banana, I guess"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess the ape has no sense of trade."
		Jacqueline asks, "Does anyone else feel like olethros is just lurking in the shadows?"
		Teaspoon says, "funny that"
		DavidW | The ape steals an object from you each and every time you leave the village, and won't let you take any of your objects back. It's best to avoid him until late in the game, and when you're equipped to outsmart him.
		olethros says, "I am lurking behind my desk"
		Knight_Otu waves through the shadows.
		Teaspoon says, "okay, so reload"
		olethros says, "shadow theater!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | File to restore game from >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1893-1" 		

Floyd | Restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway, by the Ferris Wheel
Floyd |    You stand in the center of the Midway, before Ferris' gigantic
Floyd | Wheel.  A long line has formed, in a zigzag pattern, beside the wheel.
Floyd | The line goes up a short flight of stairs to the boarding platform.
Floyd | The Ferris Wheel is absolutely swarming with people.  The sheer size
Floyd | of the structure is almost overwhelming.  Its great cars are filled
Floyd | with dozens of people each.  You can just make out the excited faces
Floyd | of the people in the lower cars, before they disappear into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north you can enter into the winding and narrow Streets of
Floyd | Cairo, while to the south a Moorish Palace invites entry.  The midway
Floyd | continues to the east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moorish palace and Ferris Wheel.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Eastern Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway continues to the east and west.  The roadway is filled
Floyd | with noise and energy of a kind you have never seen.  Not even the
Floyd | most metropolitan of cities could ever boast the great mix of peoples,
Floyd | games, and attractions that can be witnessed along this single avenue.
Floyd | To the west, the great Ferris Wheel slowly spins, easily the match of
Floyd | Eiffel's tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north a rustic bamboo archway leads curious spectators into the
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the Turkish Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance to the Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems like a nasty trap."

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Turkish Village
Floyd |    Luxurious pavilions and bazaars surround you in the elaborately and
Floyd | fancifully designed Turkish Village.  In one corner of the village
Floyd | stands a mosque, smaller in size than ones in Turkey but still large
Floyd | enough to hold over a hundred people in prayer.  Nearby stands a
Floyd | refreshment pavilion, where a handsome, mustachioed man in a fez
Floyd | serves drinks and fruit to patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Refreshment Pavilion, Turkish Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Though I guess there's always undo."
		Teaspoon says, "Of course, your reaction is to reload that, so I suppose it's a self-solving issue"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x mosque" 		

Floyd | The mosque is the first Mohammedan temple that has been consecrated
Floyd | outside the limits of the Muslim world.  It has a gilded dome, some
Floyd | sixty feet high, and a slender minaret rising to the same height.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enterr mosque" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "enterr".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter mosque" 		

Floyd | You remove your shoes and enter the mosque.  The floors are covered
Floyd | with woven mats, the walls with rich tapestries.  Incense braziers
Floyd | fill the air with a heavy, perfumed scent.  You wander around for a
Floyd | moment, then soon make your way back outside, finding nothing
Floyd | suspicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "cool"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Eastern Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    The Midway continues to the east and west.  The roadway is filled
Floyd | with noise and energy of a kind you have never seen.  Not even the
Floyd | most metropolitan of cities could ever boast the great mix of peoples,
Floyd | games, and attractions that can be witnessed along this single avenue.
Floyd | To the west, the great Ferris Wheel slowly spins, easily the match of
Floyd | Eiffel's tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north a rustic bamboo archway leads curious spectators into the
Floyd | Javanese Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is the Turkish Village.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance to the Javanese Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Eastern end of Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    It is said that if you could pack up your bags and travel around
Floyd | the world for the next two years, visiting each exotic port of call,
Floyd | you would still not see the variety of cultures and people as are here
Floyd | on the Midway Plaisance, and looking around you now, you can well
Floyd | believe that this may be the truth.  The Midway is a hive of activity.
Floyd | Among great crowds of fairgoers are merchants, hawkers, musicians,
Floyd | barkers, and palanquin bearers; some shouting, some singing, some
Floyd | lounging in indifference.  The midway continues to the west, toward
Floyd | the Ferris Wheel, or east, where it spills into the exhibition proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north stands the Libbey Glass Company Pavilion, a solid
Floyd | structure with a domed central roof and corner towers.  A gravelly
Floyd | walkway leads into the pavilion, along which delicate glass works are
Floyd | displayed in cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.  In front of the
Floyd | Auditorium is a sign, declaring showtimes to be every hour on the
Floyd | hour.  A barker stands in front of the Auditorium, collecting tickets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A large crowd of people are slowly making their way into the
Floyd | Auditorium to see the show.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "ask barker about show"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask barker about show" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to barker" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | A large crowd of people are slowly making their way into the
Floyd | Auditorium to see the show.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Now isn't the time to take in a show.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barker shouts, "See Carl Hagenbeck's amazing menagerie of
Floyd | animals!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay, game. If you say so."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Libbey Glass Company Pavilion
Floyd |    This pavilion contains not only the varied and beautiful products
Floyd | of the Libbey Glass Company, but is also a complete working factory.
Floyd | A great melting furnace is in the center of the pavilion.  Melting
Floyd | pots sit in the furnace, which contain molten masses of liquid glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Libbey Glass Furnace.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But if the thief knows that..."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x pots" 		

Floyd | The melting pots contain molten masses of liquid glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x glass" 		

Floyd | In the glass cases arranged throughout the exhibit are beautiful
Floyd | examples of the Libbey Glass Company works.  There are punch jugs of
Floyd | Roman design, delicate decanters of the Venetian type, graceful celery
Floyd | trays, ice tubs, lamps, and more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "search cases" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x decanter" 		

Floyd | In the glass cases arranged throughout the exhibit are beautiful
Floyd | examples of the Libbey Glass Company works.  There are punch jugs of
Floyd | Roman design, delicate decanters of the Venetian type, graceful celery
Floyd | trays, ice tubs, lamps, and more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "what a good place to hide a diamond"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x dossier" 		

Floyd | It's a packet of papers that pertain to the case at hand.  The case
Floyd | dossier is open.  In the case dossier you see a crime scene note, a
Floyd | description of Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list of
Floyd | stolen diamonds, and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd | The note is written in a cribbed, narrow hand.  It reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |            Four brothers, rough and ready,
Floyd |            Three sisters, kind and fair,
Floyd |            They left their home so eagerly,
Floyd |            They left to see the Fair!
Floyd |
Floyd |            Young Dennis likes spelunking,
Floyd |            In darkness feared and great;
Floyd |            Fair Ida likes to swim,
Floyd |            And tempt the hands of fate.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Bullish Adam stays outdoors,
Floyd |            Free and strong and wild;
Floyd |            Mary studies Egyptian script,
Floyd |            And writes her name in style.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Little Owen lobbied hard
Floyd |            And entered government,
Floyd |            Elder Neal rides the rails
Floyd |            With an artistic temperament.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Dolores spends her time
Floyd |            In the cabin of Uncle Tom,
Floyd |            And Mother...where is mother?
Floyd |            She watches over them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Assuming the note is truthful, I guess it would have to be mother?"
		Teaspoon says, "I think Mother is the Ferris Wheel."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure if anything else fits here."
		Jacqueline says, "Greenback Bob is Sideshow Bill's cousin"
		Teaspoon asks, "I have nothing to go on except that A. Mother is "over" and B. You have a Ferris Wheel in a game, why wouldn't you set the climax there?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that makes the most sense."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Eastern end of Midway Plaisance
Floyd |    It is said that if you could pack up your bags and travel around
Floyd | the world for the next two years, visiting each exotic port of call,
Floyd | you would still not see the variety of cultures and people as are here
Floyd | on the Midway Plaisance, and looking around you now, you can well
Floyd | believe that this may be the truth.  The Midway is a hive of activity.
Floyd | Among great crowds of fairgoers are merchants, hawkers, musicians,
Floyd | barkers, and palanquin bearers; some shouting, some singing, some
Floyd | lounging in indifference.  The midway continues to the west, toward
Floyd | the Ferris Wheel, or east, where it spills into the exhibition proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north stands the Libbey Glass Company Pavilion, a solid
Floyd | structure with a domed central roof and corner towers.  A gravelly
Floyd | walkway leads into the pavilion, along which delicate glass works are
Floyd | displayed in cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.  In front of the
Floyd | Auditorium is a sign, declaring showtimes to be every hour on the
Floyd | hour.  A barker stands in front of the Auditorium, collecting tickets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hagenbeck's Animal Auditorium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The barker shouts, "No one has domesticated and trained more animals
Floyd | than Hagenbeck!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "All I can say is that the Ferris Wheel will be featured later in the game."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Midway Entrance
Floyd |    You are standing at the entrance to the midway.  To the east is the
Floyd | regal, formal fairgrounds.  To the west, the wild and exotic midway
Floyd | beckons.  The one side is planned and structured, the other haphazard
Floyd | and chaotic.  It is hard to say which fairgoers appear to be enjoying
Floyd | more.  On the threshold stands the Woman's Building, directly to the
Floyd | east.  Roads wrap around it to the northeast and southeast.  Another
Floyd | road heads south towards the Horticulture Building.  Stairs lead up to
Floyd | an Intramural Railroad platform.  To the west is the midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway, Looking east towards Woman's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "so many routes."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x north mural" 		

Floyd | I don't see any north mural here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd | Which mural do you mean, the Modern Woman mural, or the Primitive
Floyd | Woman mural?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x modern mural" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Modern Woman, by Mary Cassatt.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Although the mural is high above your head and somewhat difficult to
Floyd | see, it nevertheless is an interesting composition by the American
Floyd | painter Mary Cassat. A very thick, elaborate border of blue, green,
Floyd | and orange surrounds the three panels of the mural.  In the first
Floyd | panel are three women, in pursuit of a flying figure.  In the second,
Floyd | women dressed in modern fashion and children are gathered in an
Floyd | orchard, where they pick and eat bright red and gold fruit.  In the
Floyd | last panel one woman dances in a flowing skirt, watched by two others.
Floyd | The bright blues, greens, and purples of this composition make it
Floyd | stand out quite dramatically from the other artwork in the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x primitive mural" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Primitive Woman, by Mary MacMonnies.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This mural addresses the eye in a gentle manner, and is in the
Floyd | classical style. A thin border surrounds the mural, which depicts
Floyd | women draped in simple clothing, against a background of trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "oh my giddy aunt, there's a railway?"
		Teaspoon asks, "they built a whole railway?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Library
Floyd |    The second floor of the Woman's Building is dominated by the
Floyd | library, a long, narrow room which ends at a great window from which
Floyd | you can see the fairgrounds and the lake.  Soft blues predominate in
Floyd | the room, as if the waters of Lake Michigan had somehow flowed into
Floyd | the library and left its very nature.  Thousands of books line the
Floyd | walls in dozens of bookcases.  In the middle of the room is a display
Floyd | case featuring the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a bust of whom sits
Floyd | atop the case.  Tables and chairs are scattered throughout the library
Floyd | so patrons can stop to read some of the materials.  The grand
Floyd | staircase continues up to the rooftop level of the building, or back
Floyd | down to the grand hall.
Floyd |    A librarian is here, cataloging the books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Library.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest2 arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Guest2 asks, "ah, clubfloyd aren't we?" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x bust" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an incredible representation of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x books" 		

Floyd | Which books do you mean, the women's library books, or the special
Floyd | collection books?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x special collection books" 		

Floyd | This special collection contains dozens of different editions of
Floyd | Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular Uncle Tom's Cabin.  In addition, the
Floyd | collection includes a few of her lesser known essays and novels.  You
Floyd | notice one particularly new edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin which seems
Floyd | strangely out of place.
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian pauses for a moment to read a few passages from the book
Floyd | she has just picked up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x new edition" 		

Floyd | You can't get a good look at it while its still inside the display
Floyd | case.
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian takes another book off the shelf and catalogs it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open display case" 		

Floyd | The librarian looks up.  "Those books are for display only.  No one
Floyd | opens the case or touches the books.  Not while I'm here."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x librarian" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Edith Clark, librarian.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian is a middle-aged woman, plainly dressed, who is clearly
Floyd | involved in her work, which she takes very seriously.
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian takes another book off the shelf and catalogs it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "this would be a Puzzle"
Guest2 has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Guest2 arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to librarian" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | "I will never finish cataloging the books," the librarian mutters to
Floyd | herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about stowe" 		

Floyd | (the librarian)
Floyd | "An amazing woman, Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Still alive, but not in
Floyd | good health, you know.  Her children donated her books for the special
Floyd | display.  The bust was done by Anne Whitney.  All in all, I think the
Floyd | women of Connecticut have made a fine display for the most famous
Floyd | woman writer to herald from their state.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about catalouging" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "catalouging".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's a fake book with a secret compartment and there's a diamond inside"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about cataloging" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "cataloging".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "that's what I figured!"
		Teaspoon says, "but how do we get her out of here"
		Jacqueline says, "Murder"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, maybe not murder"
Guest2 goes south through the orange door. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask about books" 		

Floyd | (the librarian)
Floyd | "Ah!  Perhaps you want to know what contributions women have made to
Floyd | literature?  More than you can imagine, I'll tell you that much."She
Floyd | pauses.  Then:  "Let me show you something."  She walks over to one of
Floyd | the bookcases, and reaches up to the top shelf, pulling out a slim
Floyd | volume, which she promptly drops, accidentally.  "Oh, dear," she says,
Floyd | bending down and picking it up.  As she does, a small business
Floyd | card-sized paper drops from her pocket and under a bookcase, without
Floyd | her knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | She hands you the book.  It's titled, "The Female Quixote," by
Floyd | Charlotte Lennox.  "Here is one of my favorites.  Please give it back
Floyd | to me before leaving, if you please."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd | Which book do you mean, the guidebook, or the The Female Quixote?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read quixote" 		

Floyd | You don't really feel like reading a novel right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian reaches into her pocket; and freezes, perplexed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look under bookcase" 		

Floyd | You find a business card sized paper, which you take.
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian checks her other pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read card" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to read the claim check.
Floyd |
Floyd | She's getting quite frantic now, checking her pockets, her purse, the
Floyd | floor, everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest2 enters from the south, through an unauthorized orange door. 		Jacqueline asks, "Hm. What's it for? Or do we give it back to her?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x claim check" 		

Floyd | It looks like a claim check of some sort.
Floyd |
Floyd | The librarian goes around asking everyone in the library if they have
Floyd | seen a small claim check which she is very desperate to get back.  It
Floyd | looks like she is on the verge of tears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest2 has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		Teaspoon asks, "I guess we give it back?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give check to librarian" 		

Floyd | You hand the claim check over to the librarian.  She almost sobs in
Floyd | relief.  As it is, a tear runs down her face.  "Oh, Thank you kindly,
Floyd | thank you...I am so happy you have found it."  She reaches to take the
Floyd | claim check which you are generously holding out to her, but then she
Floyd | thinks better of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You are so kind," she says, "that I wonder if I could impose upon
Floyd | your good nature and ask you to complete a task which, because I must
Floyd | remain here, I cannot."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause, considering your reply, which she somehow takes as an
Floyd | affirmative response.  She smiles warmly and says, "Oh, Thank you ever
Floyd | so much for your kindness.  That claim check that you have found.
Floyd | Could you go and turn it in for me at the Children's Building?  They
Floyd | will exchange it for a package which is most precious to me.  Bring it
Floyd | to me here, and I would be most grateful."
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just gone up by 1 point.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "POINT"
		Teaspoon asks, "that makes 3?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Woo!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd | In less than 1 day, you have recovered none of the stolen diamonds,
Floyd | and achieved a score of 3 points out of a possible 215.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "children's is close by. I guess we have a job to do!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, give back the book, then go to the Childrens?"
Iria arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		DavidW says (to Knight), "That sounds good to me."
		Jacqueline says, "1... ah 2.... ah 3! *3*! 3 points! Ah ha ha! (Out of hundreds, suckers.)"
		Teaspoon says, "sob"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give book to librarian" 		

Floyd | Which book do you mean, the guidebook, or the The Female Quixote?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give quixote to librarian" 		

Floyd | "Thank you," she says, taking the book from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I will never finish cataloging the books," the librarian mutters to
Floyd | herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I, um, am interested to see how you'll react to what package the claim ticket is for."
olethros was told that in order to be published he had to cut his hair and sing in Swedish. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "is it a vibrator?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "How bad could it be?"
		DavidW says, "heh heh heh heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Don't answer that."
		Teaspoon says, "Victorian steam vibrators were MEDICAL SCIENCE, doncha know"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd | You can leave the Woman's Building to the east or west, or explore it
Floyd | further to the north, south, or up the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries
Floyd |    This long hallway is stuffed to overflowing with all manner of
Floyd | exhibits and displays.  The main feature of the hallway is a large
Floyd | exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum, entitled 'Women in Savagery.'  In
Floyd | the exhibit over eighty display cases contained examples of women's
Floyd | work from primitive peoples across the globe.  A side exit leaves the
Floyd | building to the south, and to the north is the grand entrance hall.  A
Floyd | doorway to the west leads to more exhibits.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like someone forgot to put one of the wicker baskets away; it
Floyd | rests on the floor near the display cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x basket" 		

Floyd | It's a finely woven wicker handbasket with a sturdy handle that arches
Floyd | over the top.  There's nothing in the handbasket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...what is the point of you, prop."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside The Children's Building
Floyd |    You are in a small plaza, surrounded by stately buildings and
Floyd | pavilions.  To the west stands the Children's Building, fittingly
Floyd | nestled in the protective shade of the Women's Building, which can be
Floyd | entered to the north.  Created by French architects, the Children's
Floyd | Building is dotted with delightful sculptural groups of little
Floyd | children.  The Horticulture Building stands immediately to the south,
Floyd | but there is no entrance to it on this side.  To the east, past a
Floyd | couple smaller pavilions, is the lagoon.  The road continues
Floyd | southwest, toward a pleasant outdoor garden, and northwest, toward the
Floyd | Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You step under an archway which reads "The Hope of the World is in the
Floyd | Children" and into...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Children's Building, Foyer
Floyd |    The Children's Building foyer is wide and spacious, but also more
Floyd | spartan than the interiors of many of the other Fair buildings.  The
Floyd | main attraction in the building stands directly west, a large
Floyd | playground for older kids:  complete with trapezes, parallel bars,
Floyd | vaulting horses, rings, wands, and more.  You can see kids playing in
Floyd | the exhibit, and many more lined up around the outside.  To the south
Floyd | a door leads to the Day Nursery, while to the north the exhibits of
Floyd | the Children's Building stack one upon the other:  a model
Floyd | kindergarten, a young homemakers exhibit, and more.
Floyd |    A kindly matron is here, assisting parents and keeping a watchful
Floyd | eye on the children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building Gymnasium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman comes out of the nursery, mumbling, "Aspirin.  I need some
Floyd | aspirin."  She wanders out of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to matron" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | A small child wobbles into the lobby, and crashes to the floor.
Floyd | Before he even starts crying, the matron is there, helping him up,
Floyd | saying soft things to him, and giving him a kiss on the forehead.
Floyd | Before long, the child wobbles away, giggling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask matron about check" 		

Floyd | She is far to busy to carry on a conversation with adults, at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "exits".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building Gymnasium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Children's Building, Foyer
Floyd |    The Children's Building foyer is wide and spacious, but also more
Floyd | spartan than the interiors of many of the other Fair buildings.  The
Floyd | main attraction in the building stands directly west, a large
Floyd | playground for older kids:  complete with trapezes, parallel bars,
Floyd | vaulting horses, rings, wands, and more.  You can see kids playing in
Floyd | the exhibit, and many more lined up around the outside.  To the south
Floyd | a door leads to the Day Nursery, while to the north the exhibits of
Floyd | the Children's Building stack one upon the other:  a model
Floyd | kindergarten, a young homemakers exhibit, and more.
Floyd |    A kindly matron is here, assisting parents and keeping a watchful
Floyd | eye on the children.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small child wobbles into the lobby, and crashes to the floor.
Floyd | Before he even starts crying, the matron is there, helping him up,
Floyd | saying soft things to him, and giving him a kiss on the forehead.
Floyd | Before long, the child wobbles away, giggling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | There are so many kids that way, you are reluctant to push your way
Floyd | through unless a need arises.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Your heart sinks at the thought of all those educational exhibits; you
Floyd | decide to skip them unless necessity demands.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The kindly matron calls out, "Sir?  Please don't go in there, you'll
Floyd | disturb the babies."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give check to matron" 		

Floyd | The matron takes the claim check from you.  "Just a moment, please,"
Floyd | she says, and leaves the foyer.  She returns moments later, with a
Floyd | baby in her arms.  "Here you are," she says, handing the baby over to
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a crash and some crying from the playground.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "uh"
		DavidW says, "HEE"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a guidebook, a small daily stipend, and a
Floyd | baby.  The case dossier seems to contain a crime scene note, a
Floyd | description of Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list of
Floyd | stolen diamonds, and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Great."
		Knight_Otu says, "Should have seen that coming..."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x baby" 		

Floyd | The little boy squirms in your hands and vocalizes constantly.  But at
Floyd | least he isn't crying--at least, not right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two kids run past you, one chasing the other.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "new goal: get rid of baby at once"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside The Children's Building
Floyd |    You are in a small plaza, surrounded by stately buildings and
Floyd | pavilions.  To the west stands the Children's Building, fittingly
Floyd | nestled in the protective shade of the Women's Building, which can be
Floyd | entered to the north.  Created by French architects, the Children's
Floyd | Building is dotted with delightful sculptural groups of little
Floyd | children.  The Horticulture Building stands immediately to the south,
Floyd | but there is no entrance to it on this side.  To the east, past a
Floyd | couple smaller pavilions, is the lagoon.  The road continues
Floyd | southwest, toward a pleasant outdoor garden, and northwest, toward the
Floyd | Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We could save on lunch money"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries
Floyd |    This long hallway is stuffed to overflowing with all manner of
Floyd | exhibits and displays.  The main feature of the hallway is a large
Floyd | exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum, entitled 'Women in Savagery.'  In
Floyd | the exhibit over eighty display cases contained examples of women's
Floyd | work from primitive peoples across the globe.  A side exit leaves the
Floyd | building to the south, and to the north is the grand entrance hall.  A
Floyd | doorway to the west leads to more exhibits.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like someone forgot to put one of the wicker baskets away; it
Floyd | rests on the floor near the display cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "what, eat the baby?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nah. It'd be a lot of work."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Library
Floyd |    The second floor of the Woman's Building is dominated by the
Floyd | library, a long, narrow room which ends at a great window from which
Floyd | you can see the fairgrounds and the lake.  Soft blues predominate in
Floyd | the room, as if the waters of Lake Michigan had somehow flowed into
Floyd | the library and left its very nature.  Thousands of books line the
Floyd | walls in dozens of bookcases.  In the middle of the room is a display
Floyd | case featuring the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a bust of whom sits
Floyd | atop the case.  Tables and chairs are scattered throughout the library
Floyd | so patrons can stop to read some of the materials.  The grand
Floyd | staircase continues up to the rooftop level of the building, or back
Floyd | down to the grand hall.
Floyd |    A librarian is here, cataloging the books.
Floyd |
Floyd | Library.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the smell, you suspect baby just had a potty break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give baby to librarian" 		

Floyd | The librarian leaps up, pulling a little rattle out of her purse.
Floyd | "There you are my sweet little..."  she leans over the baby shaking
Floyd | the rattle.  "Oh!"  she exclaims suddenly, dropping the rattle.  "What
Floyd | have you done?  This isn't my baby!"  She slumps back into her chair,
Floyd | sobbing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then a gentleman enters the library.  "Edith, what's wrong?"  he
Floyd | goes to the librarian, who tells him her troubles.  He pats her gently
Floyd | on the shoulders, then turns to you.  "Look, I don't know who you are,
Floyd | but I think you've caused poor Mrs.  Clark quite enough trouble
Floyd | already.  I expect you to make things right.  Take that baby back, and
Floyd | get the right one.  Can't you do anything?  And if you don't get her
Floyd | baby back within the hour, I'll call the police!"  He storms out,
Floyd | leaving you with the very upset and distraught librarian.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby puts its fist up to its mouth, and smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh"
		Teaspoon says, "god"
		Teaspoon says, "I am the police, genius."
		Knight_Otu says, "Police is busy. Joke's on them."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby cries a little, fussing and squirming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries
Floyd |    This long hallway is stuffed to overflowing with all manner of
Floyd | exhibits and displays.  The main feature of the hallway is a large
Floyd | exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum, entitled 'Women in Savagery.'  In
Floyd | the exhibit over eighty display cases contained examples of women's
Floyd | work from primitive peoples across the globe.  A side exit leaves the
Floyd | building to the south, and to the north is the grand entrance hall.  A
Floyd | doorway to the west leads to more exhibits.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like someone forgot to put one of the wicker baskets away; it
Floyd | rests on the floor near the display cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the smell, you suspect baby just had a potty break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside The Children's Building
Floyd |    You are in a small plaza, surrounded by stately buildings and
Floyd | pavilions.  To the west stands the Children's Building, fittingly
Floyd | nestled in the protective shade of the Women's Building, which can be
Floyd | entered to the north.  Created by French architects, the Children's
Floyd | Building is dotted with delightful sculptural groups of little
Floyd | children.  The Horticulture Building stands immediately to the south,
Floyd | but there is no entrance to it on this side.  To the east, past a
Floyd | couple smaller pavilions, is the lagoon.  The road continues
Floyd | southwest, toward a pleasant outdoor garden, and northwest, toward the
Floyd | Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu runs.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You step under an archway which reads "The Hope of the World is in the
Floyd | Children" and into...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Children's Building, Foyer
Floyd |    The Children's Building foyer is wide and spacious, but also more
Floyd | spartan than the interiors of many of the other Fair buildings.  The
Floyd | main attraction in the building stands directly west, a large
Floyd | playground for older kids:  complete with trapezes, parallel bars,
Floyd | vaulting horses, rings, wands, and more.  You can see kids playing in
Floyd | the exhibit, and many more lined up around the outside.  To the south
Floyd | a door leads to the Day Nursery, while to the north the exhibits of
Floyd | the Children's Building stack one upon the other:  a model
Floyd | kindergarten, a young homemakers exhibit, and more.
Floyd |    A kindly matron is here, assisting parents and keeping a watchful
Floyd | eye on the children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building Gymnasium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to matron" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask matron about baby" 		

Floyd | She is far to busy to carry on a conversation with adults, at the
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby drools on your shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x baby" 		

Floyd | The little boy squirms in your hands and vocalizes constantly.  But at
Floyd | least he isn't crying--at least, not right now.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A young girl comes up to the matron and shows her her doll, then runs
Floyd | off toward the playground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | There are so many kids that way, you are reluctant to push your way
Floyd | through unless a need arises.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just give the baby to matron."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give baby to matron" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You hand the baby back to the matron.  "This isn't the right one!"
Floyd | you tell her.  She pales.  "Oh...Oh dear, I'm so sorry, we've been so
Floyd | busy...come on, I'll take you into the nursery, you can find your
Floyd | child yourself...so sorry."  She lifts the child from your arms and
Floyd | ushers you into...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Nursery
Floyd |    The nursery is packed beyond capacity with children of all sizes
Floyd | and ages.  It's easy to understand how one could get mixed up in all
Floyd | the chaos.  Of infants, there are only eight, thankfully, present:
Floyd | they are strung in a row before you, sometimes two to a cot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Nursery.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Nursery.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Nursery
Floyd |    The nursery is packed beyond capacity with children of all sizes
Floyd | and ages.  It's easy to understand how one could get mixed up in all
Floyd | the chaos.  Of infants, there are only eight, thankfully, present:
Floyd | they are strung in a row before you, sometimes two to a cot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x infants" 		

Floyd | Which infants do you mean, the first baby, the second baby, the third
Floyd | baby, the fourth baby, the fifth baby, the sixth baby, the seventh
Floyd | baby, or the eighth baby?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x first baby" 		

Floyd | The little guy is fussing quite a bit.  He has freckles on his flat
Floyd | head, and his hair sticks up in a little tuft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh for"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "We can just make a bunch of trips!"
		Jacqueline says, "Kidding."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x second baby" 		

Floyd | This baby is a tiny, roly-poly girl.  She giggles a little and has her
Floyd | fingers in her mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x third baby" 		

Floyd | This freckly kid is fast asleep.  It seems nothing can wake him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fourth bab" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "bab".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fourth baby" 		

Floyd | This baby is very young, his head still misshappen and mashed from the
Floyd | trauma of birth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fifth baby" 		

Floyd | The baby is looking right at you, fixedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x sixth baby" 		

Floyd | This little red-headed monster is squirming like a snake.  His little
Floyd | fists are clenched tightly together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x seventh baby" 		

Floyd | This little girl is fast asleep.  It seems nothing can wake her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x eighth baby" 		

Floyd | This little freckle-faced boy is crying at the top of his lungs.  No
Floyd | amount of coaxing can calm him down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "baby-minding was not on my list of things to do either at a fair or crime solving"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | The Children's Building, Foyer
Floyd |    The Children's Building foyer is wide and spacious, but also more
Floyd | spartan than the interiors of many of the other Fair buildings.  The
Floyd | main attraction in the building stands directly west, a large
Floyd | playground for older kids:  complete with trapezes, parallel bars,
Floyd | vaulting horses, rings, wands, and more.  You can see kids playing in
Floyd | the exhibit, and many more lined up around the outside.  To the south
Floyd | a door leads to the Day Nursery, while to the north the exhibits of
Floyd | the Children's Building stack one upon the other:  a model
Floyd | kindergarten, a young homemakers exhibit, and more.
Floyd |    A kindly matron is here, assisting parents and keeping a watchful
Floyd | eye on the children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building Gymnasium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | There are so many kids that way, you are reluctant to push your way
Floyd | through unless a need arises.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two kids run past you, one chasing the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside The Children's Building
Floyd |    You are in a small plaza, surrounded by stately buildings and
Floyd | pavilions.  To the west stands the Children's Building, fittingly
Floyd | nestled in the protective shade of the Women's Building, which can be
Floyd | entered to the north.  Created by French architects, the Children's
Floyd | Building is dotted with delightful sculptural groups of little
Floyd | children.  The Horticulture Building stands immediately to the south,
Floyd | but there is no entrance to it on this side.  To the east, past a
Floyd | couple smaller pavilions, is the lagoon.  The road continues
Floyd | southwest, toward a pleasant outdoor garden, and northwest, toward the
Floyd | Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The air is thick with humidity.  Everyone seems to be moving slowly.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries
Floyd |    This long hallway is stuffed to overflowing with all manner of
Floyd | exhibits and displays.  The main feature of the hallway is a large
Floyd | exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum, entitled 'Women in Savagery.'  In
Floyd | the exhibit over eighty display cases contained examples of women's
Floyd | work from primitive peoples across the globe.  A side exit leaves the
Floyd | building to the south, and to the north is the grand entrance hall.  A
Floyd | doorway to the west leads to more exhibits.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like someone forgot to put one of the wicker baskets away; it
Floyd | rests on the floor near the display cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | You can exit the Women's building to the south, go to the main hall to
Floyd | the north, or enter an exhibit to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Library
Floyd |    The second floor of the Woman's Building is dominated by the
Floyd | library, a long, narrow room which ends at a great window from which
Floyd | you can see the fairgrounds and the lake.  Soft blues predominate in
Floyd | the room, as if the waters of Lake Michigan had somehow flowed into
Floyd | the library and left its very nature.  Thousands of books line the
Floyd | walls in dozens of bookcases.  In the middle of the room is a display
Floyd | case featuring the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a bust of whom sits
Floyd | atop the case.  Tables and chairs are scattered throughout the library
Floyd | so patrons can stop to read some of the materials.  The grand
Floyd | staircase continues up to the rooftop level of the building, or back
Floyd | down to the grand hall.
Floyd |    You see a baby's rattle here.
Floyd |    The librarian is here, shaking and upset.
Floyd |
Floyd | Library.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get rattle" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x rattle" 		

Floyd | It looks like an ordinary baby's rattle to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask librarian about rattle" 		

Floyd | "My baby's favorite toy, that rattle."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask librarian about baby" 		

Floyd | "What have you done with my baby?", she cries, accusingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries
Floyd |    This long hallway is stuffed to overflowing with all manner of
Floyd | exhibits and displays.  The main feature of the hallway is a large
Floyd | exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum, entitled 'Women in Savagery.'  In
Floyd | the exhibit over eighty display cases contained examples of women's
Floyd | work from primitive peoples across the globe.  A side exit leaves the
Floyd | building to the south, and to the north is the grand entrance hall.  A
Floyd | doorway to the west leads to more exhibits.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like someone forgot to put one of the wicker baskets away; it
Floyd | rests on the floor near the display cases.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take basket" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "At least some hint to the real baby."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside The Children's Building
Floyd |    You are in a small plaza, surrounded by stately buildings and
Floyd | pavilions.  To the west stands the Children's Building, fittingly
Floyd | nestled in the protective shade of the Women's Building, which can be
Floyd | entered to the north.  Created by French architects, the Children's
Floyd | Building is dotted with delightful sculptural groups of little
Floyd | children.  The Horticulture Building stands immediately to the south,
Floyd | but there is no entrance to it on this side.  To the east, past a
Floyd | couple smaller pavilions, is the lagoon.  The road continues
Floyd | southwest, toward a pleasant outdoor garden, and northwest, toward the
Floyd | Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You step under an archway which reads "The Hope of the World is in the
Floyd | Children" and into...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Children's Building, Foyer
Floyd |    The Children's Building foyer is wide and spacious, but also more
Floyd | spartan than the interiors of many of the other Fair buildings.  The
Floyd | main attraction in the building stands directly west, a large
Floyd | playground for older kids:  complete with trapezes, parallel bars,
Floyd | vaulting horses, rings, wands, and more.  You can see kids playing in
Floyd | the exhibit, and many more lined up around the outside.  To the south
Floyd | a door leads to the Day Nursery, while to the north the exhibits of
Floyd | the Children's Building stack one upon the other:  a model
Floyd | kindergarten, a young homemakers exhibit, and more.
Floyd |    A kindly matron is here, assisting parents and keeping a watchful
Floyd | eye on the children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building Gymnasium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A small child wobbles into the lobby, and crashes to the floor.
Floyd | Before he even starts crying, the matron is there, helping him up,
Floyd | saying soft things to him, and giving him a kiss on the forehead.
Floyd | Before long, the child wobbles away, giggling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The Nursery
Floyd |    The nursery is packed beyond capacity with children of all sizes
Floyd | and ages.  It's easy to understand how one could get mixed up in all
Floyd | the chaos.  Of infants, there are only eight, thankfully, present:
Floyd | they are strung in a row before you, sometimes two to a cot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Nursery.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "rattle rattle" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "use rattle" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "use".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "shake"
		Knight_Otu says, "Shake."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "shake rattle" 		

Floyd | You shake the rattle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby in the eighth crib looks up, and cries, "Mama?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just gone up by 2 points.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take eighth baby" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby giggles a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The Children's Building, Foyer
Floyd |    The Children's Building foyer is wide and spacious, but also more
Floyd | spartan than the interiors of many of the other Fair buildings.  The
Floyd | main attraction in the building stands directly west, a large
Floyd | playground for older kids:  complete with trapezes, parallel bars,
Floyd | vaulting horses, rings, wands, and more.  You can see kids playing in
Floyd | the exhibit, and many more lined up around the outside.  To the south
Floyd | a door leads to the Day Nursery, while to the north the exhibits of
Floyd | the Children's Building stack one upon the other:  a model
Floyd | kindergarten, a young homemakers exhibit, and more.
Floyd |    A kindly matron is here, assisting parents and keeping a watchful
Floyd | eye on the children.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building Gymnasium.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby puts its fist up to its mouth, and smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | There are so many kids that way, you are reluctant to push your way
Floyd | through unless a need arises.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby blows bubbles with its own spit.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Outside The Children's Building
Floyd |    You are in a small plaza, surrounded by stately buildings and
Floyd | pavilions.  To the west stands the Children's Building, fittingly
Floyd | nestled in the protective shade of the Women's Building, which can be
Floyd | entered to the north.  Created by French architects, the Children's
Floyd | Building is dotted with delightful sculptural groups of little
Floyd | children.  The Horticulture Building stands immediately to the south,
Floyd | but there is no entrance to it on this side.  To the east, past a
Floyd | couple smaller pavilions, is the lagoon.  The road continues
Floyd | southwest, toward a pleasant outdoor garden, and northwest, toward the
Floyd | Midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Children's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby cries a little, fussing and squirming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "put baby in basket" 		

Floyd | You can't fit that in the handbasket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The baby giggles a little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "no? Huh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries
Floyd |    This long hallway is stuffed to overflowing with all manner of
Floyd | exhibits and displays.  The main feature of the hallway is a large
Floyd | exhibit from the Smithsonian Museum, entitled 'Women in Savagery.'  In
Floyd | the exhibit over eighty display cases contained examples of women's
Floyd | work from primitive peoples across the globe.  A side exit leaves the
Floyd | building to the south, and to the north is the grand entrance hall.  A
Floyd | doorway to the west leads to more exhibits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery of Women's Industries.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hand feels a little damp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Library
Floyd |    The second floor of the Woman's Building is dominated by the
Floyd | library, a long, narrow room which ends at a great window from which
Floyd | you can see the fairgrounds and the lake.  Soft blues predominate in
Floyd | the room, as if the waters of Lake Michigan had somehow flowed into
Floyd | the library and left its very nature.  Thousands of books line the
Floyd | walls in dozens of bookcases.  In the middle of the room is a display
Floyd | case featuring the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a bust of whom sits
Floyd | atop the case.  Tables and chairs are scattered throughout the library
Floyd | so patrons can stop to read some of the materials.  The grand
Floyd | staircase continues up to the rooftop level of the building, or back
Floyd | down to the grand hall.
Floyd |    The librarian is here, shaking and upset.
Floyd |
Floyd | Library.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Basket may be for something else."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give baby to librarian" 		

Floyd | The librarian leaps up, delighted.  "There you are, my beautiful baby!
Floyd | Oh, look at you!"  She gently takes the baby from you.  "Thank you
Floyd | ever so much, I am most pleased," she says to you.  "And now if you'll
Floyd | excuse me, I must neglect my duties as a librarian so I can, for the
Floyd | moment, concentrate on my duties as a mother.  My little one looks
Floyd | quite hungry and has no doubt had a trying day."  She leaves the
Floyd | library, still talking to her child.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just gone up by 2 points.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "yay us"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open display case" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Library.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd |    The second floor of the Woman's Building is dominated by the
Floyd | library, a long, narrow room which ends at a great window from which
Floyd | you can see the fairgrounds and the lake.  Soft blues predominate in
Floyd | the room, as if the waters of Lake Michigan had somehow flowed into
Floyd | the library and left its very nature.  Thousands of books line the
Floyd | walls in dozens of bookcases.  In the middle of the room is a display
Floyd | case featuring the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a bust of whom sits
Floyd | atop the case.  Tables and chairs are scattered throughout the library
Floyd | so patrons can stop to read some of the materials.  The grand
Floyd | staircase continues up to the rooftop level of the building, or back
Floyd | down to the grand hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x case" 		

Floyd | This case contains over thirty different copies of Harriet Beecher
Floyd | Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin, in twenty-three different languages.
Floyd | You notice among the many different collectors and signed editions,
Floyd | there is one copy of the latest printing of the book, its value to the
Floyd | collection seems rather negligable, but perhaps it was added for the
Floyd | sake of completeness.  The case is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Did she take the rattle?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a guidebook, a small daily stipend, a baby's
Floyd | rattle, and a handbasket.  The case dossier seems to contain a crime
Floyd | scene note, a description of Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras,
Floyd | a list of stolen diamonds, and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "no"
Guest2 arrives, full of fun and funk. 		DavidW says, "You can drop the rattle now."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take latest printing" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "latest".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take uncle tom's cabin" 		

Floyd | You pull the out of place edition from the shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x edition" 		

Floyd | You open the book.  The interior pages have all been cut out, so that
Floyd | the book forms a box.  Inside the book box is a beautiful, cut and
Floyd | polished diamond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "WIN"
		Teaspoon says, "at least we've found one diamond, anyway."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Diamond! Diamond!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop rattle" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guest2 frowns slightly 		Knight_Otu asks, "Let's get it examined?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm whispering to the guest."
Guest2 has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Woman's Building, Front Entrance
Floyd |    Standing to the west is the two-storied, Italian Renaissance villa
Floyd | style Woman's Building.  The lagoon opens up to the east.  The road
Floyd | continues north, where in the distance you can see the dome of the
Floyd | Illinois Building, and beyond that the Palace of Fine Arts; and south,
Floyd | along the edge of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Woman's Building, Front Entrance.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You walk to the edge of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "wasn't there a railway around here somewhere?"
		DavidW says, "The red dots on the map"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Grand Hall
Floyd |    This is the grand hall of the Woman's Building.  Unlike most of the
Floyd | other grand buildings of the fair, whose insides fairly resemble
Floyd | railway sheds, this building actually appears like a stately home on
Floyd | the inside, with elegantly appointed furniture, draperies, and
Floyd | decorations.  The hall extends the width of the building, from the
Floyd | main entrance on the east side to the Midway entrance to the west.  A
Floyd | massive marble staircase leads up to the second floor.  Smaller halls
Floyd | extend from here to the north and south.  High above your head, you
Floyd | can see two large murals.  On the north wall is a mural entitled,
Floyd | 'Primitive Woman,' and on the south wall, 'Modern Woman.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Grand Hall, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You're on the east side of the building. The train is on the west side."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Midway Entrance
Floyd |    You are standing at the entrance to the midway.  To the east is the
Floyd | regal, formal fairgrounds.  To the west, the wild and exotic midway
Floyd | beckons.  The one side is planned and structured, the other haphazard
Floyd | and chaotic.  It is hard to say which fairgoers appear to be enjoying
Floyd | more.  On the threshold stands the Woman's Building, directly to the
Floyd | east.  Roads wrap around it to the northeast and southeast.  Another
Floyd | road heads south towards the Horticulture Building.  Stairs lead up to
Floyd | an Intramural Railroad platform.  To the west is the midway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Midway, Looking east towards Woman's Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd | Midway Station
Floyd |    You are on an elevated train platform.  To the west, you see
Floyd | Ferris's great Wheel spinning in the distance.  The Woman's Building
Floyd | is just to the east.  Stairs lead down to the fairgrounds below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The southbound train 'Republic' is waiting at the station.
Floyd |    A short conductor is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor gets on the train, closing the doors behind him.  The
Floyd | train pulls away from the station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says, "...the trains run on a schedule" 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Midway Station
Floyd |    You are on an elevated train platform.  To the west, you see
Floyd | Ferris's great Wheel spinning in the distance.  The Woman's Building
Floyd | is just to the east.  Stairs lead down to the fairgrounds below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "er, is this worth it"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The northbound train pulls into the station, the doors open and the
Floyd | conductor steps out.  "Virginia next stop," he says, "Virginia."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor continues taking fares.  "All aboard!"  he calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor gets on the train, closing the doors behind him.  The
Floyd | train pulls away from the station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The southbound train pulls into the station, the doors open and the
Floyd | conductor steps out.  "Transportation Building next stop," he says,
Floyd | "Transportation Building."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "board train" 		

Floyd | You pay the conductor and board the train.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Chicago (southbound)
Floyd |    You are standing in one of the Columbian Exposition elevated
Floyd | trains.  All of the seats are taken by other riders.  You hold on to a
Floyd | strap attached to a metal pole extending across the top of the car to
Floyd | maintain your balance.
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor continues taking fares.  "All aboard!"  he calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x conductor" 		

Floyd | The conductor is a young man, whose uniform is baggy and ill-fitting.
Floyd | A metal nameplate on his uniform reads 'William.'
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor boards the train, the doors close, and the train pulls
Floyd | away from the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask william about train" 		

Floyd | He's too busy to talk to you right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tracks follow the western edge of the fairgrounds now.  To the
Floyd | west, you see dozens of hotels and inns, some hastily built and poor,
Floyd | others in the finest modern style.  To the east is the large
Floyd | Horticulture Dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Transportation Building next stop," he says, "The Transportation
Floyd | Building and the lagoon."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "it's so beautiful"
		Teaspoon says, "a fair with its own internal transportation"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The train pulls into the next station.  "Transportation Building,"
Floyd | cries the conductor, "Exit here for The Transportation Building and
Floyd | the lagoon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor opens the doors and steps out onto the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor continues taking fares.  "All aboard!"  he calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor boards the train, the doors close, and the train pulls
Floyd | away from the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a guidebook, a small daily stipend, a
Floyd | handbasket, and a new edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin.  The case dossier
Floyd | seems to contain a crime scene note, a description of Greenback Bob, a
Floyd | description of Delbras, a list of stolen diamonds, and a detailed
Floyd | crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | The train passes near the ruins of the Cold Storage Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Terminal Station next stop," he says, "Change for outgoing trains, or
Floyd | enter the Court of Honor."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x stipend" 		

Floyd | It's an envelope containing your small daily stipend.  Right now you
Floyd | have a fair amount of money in the envelope.
Floyd |
Floyd | The train pulls into the next station.  "Terminal Station," cries the
Floyd | conductor, "Exit here for Change for outgoing trains, or enter the
Floyd | Court of Honor."
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor opens the doors and steps out onto the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exit train" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "leave" 		

Floyd | You step out of the train and on to the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | Terminal Station
Floyd |    This platform is over the tracks of Terminal Station, which is
Floyd | still just as bustling and crowded as it was when you arrived.  Over
Floyd | twenty railroad tracks lead into separate bays beneath you, coming
Floyd | from all points around the country. Stairs lead down into Terminal
Floyd | Station proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The southbound train 'Chicago' is waiting at the station.
Floyd |    A young conductor is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor continues taking fares.  "All aboard!"  he calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You make your way through the crowds in the station until you find
Floyd | yourself at the...
Floyd |
Floyd | Court of Honor, In Front of Terminal Station
Floyd |    You are in a large courtyard, surrounded by buildings the style and
Floyd | grandeur of which you have never seen before.  This is the Court of
Floyd | Honor, by all accounts already considered one of the architectural
Floyd | wonders of the modern world.  To the west stands Terminal Station,
Floyd | your arrival and eventual departure point, from which thousands of
Floyd | visitors pour into the Exposition each day.  To the east is the
Floyd | Administration Building, its golden dome towering above the grounds in
Floyd | grand style.  The plaza extends to the north and south, toward more
Floyd | monumental buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Entrance to the Administration Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Administration Building, Rotunda
Floyd |    The central rotunda is open up to an inner dome, one hundred and
Floyd | ninety feet above your head.  The dome is decorated by murals.  Open
Floyd | archways lead out of the building in all the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Most of the Exhibition services are centered in this building, in four
Floyd | pavilions off the rotunda.  To the northeast is the Columbian Guards
Floyd | Station; to the northwest, the Columbian bank; to the southeast, the
Floyd | Columbian Telegraph and Messenger Service; and to the southwest, the
Floyd | Columbian Newspaper and Publicity Department.
Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Rotunda, Looking up.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Columbian Guards Station
Floyd |    This is the brain center of the Columbian Guards.  From here, calls
Floyd | are dispatched, complaints are registered, criminals are interrogated.
Floyd | Various offices are to the north; they have graciously cleaned one out
Floyd | for your use while at the Fair.  The rotunda is back to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Columbian Guards Station.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "Knight, what were we suppose to do with the diamonds again?"
		DavidW says, "You need to visit the Kimberly Mining Company Exhibit."
		Knight_Otu says, "There should be a Mr Wentworth to verify the stone."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | Administration Building, Rotunda
Floyd |    The central rotunda is open up to an inner dome, one hundred and
Floyd | ninety feet above your head.  The dome is decorated by murals.  Open
Floyd | archways lead out of the building in all the cardinal directions.
Floyd | Most of the Exhibition services are centered in this building, in four
Floyd | pavilions off the rotunda.  To the northeast is the Columbian Guards
Floyd | Station; to the northwest, the Columbian bank; to the southeast, the
Floyd | Columbian Telegraph and Messenger Service; and to the southwest, the
Floyd | Columbian Newspaper and Publicity Department.
Floyd |
Floyd | Administration Building Rotunda, Looking up.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, North side of Administration Building
Floyd |    The plaza continues to the east and west.  Directly to the south
Floyd | stands the grand Administration Building.  To the north, a road cuts
Floyd | between the Electricity Building to the east and the Mines and Mining
Floyd | Building on the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking North Between Mines and Electricity Buildings.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South Entrance of Mines and Mining Building
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, where the grandest buildings of the
Floyd | Fair stand.  The plaza continues to the south, east, and west.
Floyd | Directly to the north is a grand entrance into the early Italian
Floyd | Renaissance style Mines and Mining Building.  The Administration
Floyd | Building is immediately to the southeast, Terminal Station to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | In front of the Mines and Mining building stands the white pavilion of
Floyd | the Menier Chocolate company.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Mines and Mining Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And if verified, you put the diamond into the safe."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x chocolate" 		

Floyd | The Menier Chocolate Pavilion is a beautifully proportioned, octagonal
Floyd | structure.  Wide archways open into the pavilion on all sides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exhibition-goers wander in to the pavilion, and leave several minutes
Floyd | later with delicious looking Menier Chocolate bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter pavilion" 		

Floyd | You step into the lushly appointed Chocolate Pavilion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Menier Chocolate Pavilion
Floyd |    The Menier Chocolate Pavilion is cool and relaxing.  Most of the
Floyd | Pavilion is taken up by thickly cushioned couches and other seating.
Floyd | Exhibition-goers relax out of the sun here, snacking on some delicious
Floyd | Menier Chocolate.  Many of the Chocolate company's posters and awards
Floyd | line the Pavilion walls.  To one side a Menier employee stands behind
Floyd | a glass display case, filled with chocolates.  People approach him,
Floyd | and exchange small coupons for chocolate bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Menier Chocolate Pavilion.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Menier Chocolate Poster.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The posters depict a young girl facing away from the viewer, writing
Floyd | 'Menier' onto a wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I'll get there. Right after I figure out how to buy a chocolate bar."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x coupons" 		

Floyd | I don't see any coupons here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "buy chocolate" 		

Floyd | Which chocolate do you mean, the Menier Chocolate display, or the
Floyd | Menier Chocolate bar?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "buy chocolate bar" 		

Floyd | Not everything is for sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to employee" 		

Floyd | To talk to someone, use the verbs ASK or TELL, like this:  ASK ABOUT .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps you'll find a coupon later."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask employee about chocolate" 		

Floyd | "We're giving them away free, as a courtesy to our valued patrons.
Floyd | Provided that you have one of our Menier Chocolate coupons," he says
Floyd | with a broad grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask employee about coupon" 		

Floyd | "Available everywhere.  Of course we don't give them out here," he
Floyd | explains, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "f wipe grin."
		Teaspoon says, "Something to keep an eye out for, then."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat choclate" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "choclate".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat chocolate" 		

Floyd | Although the chocolate bar looks delicious, for some reason you just
Floyd | don't have a craving for it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...This protagonist. Dude."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not all that into chocolate, either"
		DavidW says, "He's a cop. He eats donuts."
		Teaspoon says, "Doesn't like Ferris wheels, doesn't like chocolate..."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Har"
		Knight_Otu says, "At least he eats waffles."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm sure there's a donut implemented here somewhere. Got everythign else."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | Court of Honor, South Entrance of Mines and Mining Building
Floyd |    You are in the Court of Honor, where the grandest buildings of the
Floyd | Fair stand.  The plaza continues to the south, east, and west.
Floyd | Directly to the north is a grand entrance into the early Italian
Floyd | Renaissance style Mines and Mining Building.  The Administration
Floyd | Building is immediately to the southeast, Terminal Station to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | In front of the Mines and Mining building stands the white pavilion of
Floyd | the Menier Chocolate company.
Floyd |
Floyd | South Entrance of Mines and Mining Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    Exhibits about mines, minerals, mining equipment, and more extend
Floyd | as far as the eye can see.  All around you are treasures pulled from
Floyd | the earth, and the machines and technologies that accomplished the
Floyd | job.  To the east and west are interesting exhibits from individual
Floyd | states.  The hallway goes deeper into the building to the north.  To
Floyd | the south, an exit leads out to the Court of Honor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    The interior aisles of the building converge here, heading off in
Floyd | all of the cardinal directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall
Floyd |    This aisle cuts through dozens of exhibits from many major mining
Floyd | companies and states.  Some interesting exhibits are to the north and
Floyd | south.  The hallway extends deeper into the building to the west.  To
Floyd | the east, an exit leads out toward the Electricity Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | United States Minerals Exhibit
Floyd |    This exhibit concerns mining in the United States as a whole.  Much
Floyd | information is available here in charts, displays, and materials,
Floyd | about U.S.  mining operations and interests.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the exhibit stands a tall monument made up of cubes
Floyd | of various different minerals, each stacked upon the other, each
Floyd | smaller than the last.  A sign explains that these cubes represent the
Floyd | proportionate bulk of all the minerals which come from the mines and
Floyd | quarries of this country during one second of time.
Floyd |
Floyd | United States Minerals Exhibit.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can exit the exhibit to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall
Floyd |    This aisle cuts through dozens of exhibits from many major mining
Floyd | companies and states.  Some interesting exhibits are to the north and
Floyd | south.  The hallway extends deeper into the building to the west.  To
Floyd | the east, an exit leads out toward the Electricity Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | New Mexico Mining Exhibit
Floyd |    In the center of New Mexico's exhibit is a replica of an old
Floyd | miner's cabin, made entirely out of native ores, and just outside of
Floyd | this structure, the figures of a miner with a short-handled pickaxe
Floyd | tucked under one arm, leading his burro.
Floyd |
Floyd | New Mexico Mining Exhibit.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take pickaxe" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...uh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW asks, "yessss?"
		Teaspoon says, "So I can't eat chocolate, but I can steal a pickaxe"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x pickaxe" 		

Floyd | It's a short-handled pickaxe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes you get a pickaxe."
		Teaspoon says, "what in the world does a cop want this for"
		DavidW says, "To break a rock or ice, I suppose."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Let's start a dwarf fortress!"
		Teaspoon says, "oh well, we have a weapon now. Which I'm sure we can't use."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall
Floyd |    This aisle cuts through dozens of exhibits from many major mining
Floyd | companies and states.  Some interesting exhibits are to the north and
Floyd | south.  The hallway extends deeper into the building to the west.  To
Floyd | the east, an exit leads out toward the Electricity Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    The interior aisles of the building converge here, heading off in
Floyd | all of the cardinal directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall
Floyd |    This aisle cuts through dozens of exhibits from many countries and
Floyd | states.  Some interesting exhibits are to the north and south.  The
Floyd | hallway extends deeper into the building to the east.  To the west, an
Floyd | exit leads out toward the Transportation Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Display of Minerals and Ores
Floyd |    You're not sure which country or state is presenting this exhibit,
Floyd | as the entire area is covered with piles of rock.  Each pile is easily
Floyd | taller than two men.  Salt, shale, limestone, coal, bitumen, feldspar,
Floyd | metals and more amply demonstrate the power of man to harvest the
Floyd | Earth for his own purposes.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the exhibit stands a tall, smooth pillar of bauxite.
Floyd |
Floyd | Display of Minerals and Ores.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x pillar" 		

Floyd | It's a tall pillar made entirely of bauxite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "hit pillar with pickaxe" 		

Floyd | You chip a sliver of bauxite off the pillar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x sliver" 		

Floyd | It looks like an ordinary sliver of bauxite to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "See? If you needed bauxite, that's how to do it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Vandalism, too."
		Teaspoon says, "what do we need bauxite for"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a guidebook, a small daily stipend, a
Floyd | handbasket, a new edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and a pickaxe.  The
Floyd | case dossier seems to contain a crime scene note, a description of
Floyd | Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list of stolen diamonds,
Floyd | and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall
Floyd |    This aisle cuts through dozens of exhibits from many countries and
Floyd | states.  Some interesting exhibits are to the north and south.  The
Floyd | hallway extends deeper into the building to the east.  To the west, an
Floyd | exit leads out toward the Transportation Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Colorado Mining Exhibit
Floyd |    The seventeen year old state of Colorado exhibits a wide range of
Floyd | mineral wealth.  Amid the piles of ore and general exhibits sits a
Floyd | statue made of silver, created by an Aspen mining firm, named "The
Floyd | Silver Queen," which attracts the most interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Colorado Mining Exhibit.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline...
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Silver Queen.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Silver Queen sits in a boat mounted on a pedestal covered in
Floyd | precious minerals.  On either side of her run little gold and silver
Floyd | figures representing the god of riches, each of whom bears a
Floyd | cornucopia spilling forth streams of silver dollars.  The Silver Queen
Floyd | herself holds her staff of office in one hand, the head of which is an
Floyd | oversized coin.  The canopy over her head is richly made, an eagle
Floyd | with wings outstretched standing on its summit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The Silver Queen.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Silver Queen sits in a boat mounted on a pedestal covered in
Floyd | precious minerals.  On either side of her run little gold and silver
Floyd | figures representing the god of riches, each of whom bears a
Floyd | cornucopia spilling forth streams of silver dollars.  The Silver Queen
Floyd | herself holds her staff of office in one hand, the head of which is an
Floyd | oversized coin.  The canopy over her head is richly made, an eagle
Floyd | with wings outstretched standing on its summit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Bauxite is the element that boxes are made from."
		Teaspoon says, "snort"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall
Floyd |    This aisle cuts through dozens of exhibits from many countries and
Floyd | states.  Some interesting exhibits are to the north and south.  The
Floyd | hallway extends deeper into the building to the east.  To the west, an
Floyd | exit leads out toward the Transportation Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mines and Mining Exhibit Hall.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I just looked that up on Snopes. It's not true."
		Knight_Otu says, "f x baux."
		Teaspoon says, "e"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    The interior aisles of the building converge here, heading off in
Floyd | all of the cardinal directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It aluminium ore I believe."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    Exhibits about mines, minerals, mining equipment, and more extend
Floyd | as far as the eye can see.  All around you are treasures pulled from
Floyd | the earth, and the machines and technologies that accomplished the
Floyd | job.  To the east and west are interesting exhibits from individual
Floyd | states.  The hallway goes deeper into the building to the north.  To
Floyd | the south, an exit leads out to the Court of Honor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Montana Mining Exhibit
Floyd |    Presiding over the hundreds of small displays that comprise the
Floyd | Montana exhibit is one of the most popular attractions of the Mining
Floyd | Building:  a large, silver statue of Justice.  The statue is
Floyd | reportedly the largest statue made entirely of silver in the world.
Floyd | Justice holds scales in one hand, a sword in the other; she rests on a
Floyd | silver globe.  Above the globe rises an eagle, with wings outspread.
Floyd | Two bronze lions guard Justice on either side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Montana Mining Exhibit.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Someone will want bauxite. Somewhere."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    Exhibits about mines, minerals, mining equipment, and more extend
Floyd | as far as the eye can see.  All around you are treasures pulled from
Floyd | the earth, and the machines and technologies that accomplished the
Floyd | job.  To the east and west are interesting exhibits from individual
Floyd | states.  The hallway goes deeper into the building to the north.  To
Floyd | the south, an exit leads out to the Court of Honor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | New York Mining Exhibit
Floyd |    New York exhibits its mineral wealth in abundance, within a
Floyd | pavilion shaped like a rectangular colonnade.  In front of the exhibit
Floyd | stands a layered pillar of rocks, ordered in geologic succession.
Floyd | Inside stand piles of various clays, gypsum, shale and other stones.
Floyd |
Floyd | New York Mining Exhibit.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "anyway: thank god for your map, David."
		Teaspoon says, "this would be awful without one"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    Exhibits about mines, minerals, mining equipment, and more extend
Floyd | as far as the eye can see.  All around you are treasures pulled from
Floyd | the earth, and the machines and technologies that accomplished the
Floyd | job.  To the east and west are interesting exhibits from individual
Floyd | states.  The hallway goes deeper into the building to the north.  To
Floyd | the south, an exit leads out to the Court of Honor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon exclaims, "or rather, thank you!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    The interior aisles of the building converge here, heading off in
Floyd | all of the cardinal directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    Exhibits about mines, minerals, mining equipment, and more extend
Floyd | as far as the eye can see.  All around you are treasures pulled from
Floyd | the earth, and the machines and technologies that accomplished the
Floyd | job.  The hallway extends deeper into the building to the south.  To
Floyd | the north an exit leads out to the Lagoon.  To the west is an exhibit
Floyd | from Pennsylvania, while to the east stands the Kimberly Diamond
Floyd | Mining Exhibit -- the scene of the crime.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "you're welcome!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The Kimberly Diamond Mining Company
Floyd |    It was here that the theft took place, the exhibit of The Kimberly
Floyd | Diamond Mining Company of South Africa.  As you look over the exhibit,
Floyd | you marvel again at the cunning of the thieves.  The exhibit is under
Floyd | heavy security, with one guard at each of the four corners.  In the
Floyd | center of the exhibit stands a glass display case which, until very
Floyd | recently, contained a large quantity of precious stones.  Another
Floyd | component to the exhibit is to the east.
Floyd |    Mr. Wentworth is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Kimberly Diamond Mining Company.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "give diamond to wentworth" 		

Floyd | He takes the finished diamond from you and examines it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahhh...," he begins, then looks up at you.  "This is the cheapest
Floyd | fake I have ever seen.  Where did you get this?  I hope for your sake
Floyd | you didn't buy it."  He tosses the fake back to you.  When you catch
Floyd | it, you hear a slight rattling noise coming from the diamond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "..."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x diamond" 		

Floyd | The diamond is cut and polished, and glitters beautifully.  But it's
Floyd | just a cheap fake.  It even rattles when you shake it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open diamond" 		

Floyd | You'll have to break it if you want to see if there's anything inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "break diamond" 		

Floyd | The diamond shatters.  In the shards you find a gold key and a small
Floyd | note, which you take.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just gone up by 1 point.)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd | Which note do you mean, the small note, or the crime scene note?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read small note" 		

Floyd | The note is written in the familiar script of your nemesis:
Floyd |
Floyd |            Poor Dolores, in the cabin
Floyd |            So thirsty she could not think
Floyd |            The Japanese so carefully
Floyd |            Gave her tea to drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another riddle!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh for pete's sake"
		DavidW asks, "Did you know that Dolores means pain?"
		Teaspoon says, "yes, actually"
		Teaspoon says, "Lolita"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd | It looks like an ordinary gold key to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "and how many ordinary gold keys have you seen, protagonist?"
		Jacqueline says, "Such a clever thief."
		Jacqueline says (to Tsp), "heh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Those cultural exhibits are way up north, IIRC?"
		Jacqueline says, "This thief has a lot of time of their hands."
		Knight_Otu says, "He could have been far away from here by now."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, they shoudl participate in the MIT Puzzle Hunt or something."
		Teaspoon says, "yup"
		Teaspoon says, "I don't remember a Japanese exhibit on the midway"
		DavidW says, "It's not in the midway."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think beyond midway, near fine arts."
		DavidW says, "I can say where if necessary."
		Knight_Otu says, "If I recall the pdf map correctly."
		Jacqueline asks, "I don't consider that a spoiler, do you all?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not a spoiler."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm pretty sure it was marked in the pdf map, after all."
		DavidW says, "The Japanese teahouse is on the Wooded Island, iirc."
		Teaspoon says, "ooh, cool"
		Teaspoon asks, "uh, shall we head that way next then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Bullion boulevard is west, the exhibit continues east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Bullion Boulevard
Floyd |    Exhibits about mines, minerals, mining equipment, and more extend
Floyd | as far as the eye can see.  All around you are treasures pulled from
Floyd | the earth, and the machines and technologies that accomplished the
Floyd | job.  The hallway extends deeper into the building to the south.  To
Floyd | the north an exit leads out to the Lagoon.  To the west is an exhibit
Floyd | from Pennsylvania, while to the east stands the Kimberly Diamond
Floyd | Mining Exhibit -- the scene of the crime.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bullion Boulevard, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Mines and Mining Building, North Side
Floyd |    You stand on the northern side of the Mines and Mining Building, at
Floyd | an entrance somewhat simpler than that on the southern side, but no
Floyd | less grand.  The road here passes across the front of the building,
Floyd | heading east and west.  To the north is the weedy shore of the lagoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking West towards Transportation Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As the afternoon wears on, the sky has turned a deeper shade of blue.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'd better not, it looks a little swampy in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Great Bridge
Floyd |    The broad road splits here at the edge of a great lagoon.  To the
Floyd | west, the road goes across the northern front of the Mines and Mining
Floyd | Building, to the east, the road goes across the front of the
Floyd | Electricity Building, and to the south, the road cuts between the two,
Floyd | toward the triumphant dome of the Administration Building.  A bridge
Floyd | spans a narrow part of the lagoon to the north to a large wooded
Floyd | island.  The bridge is guarded on either side by dramatic moose
Floyd | sculptures.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking out over the lagoon, you are awestruck by one of the best
Floyd | views of the fairgrounds.  From here, you can see almost all of the
Floyd | beautiful and monumental buildings that form the Northern Court.  The
Floyd | Northern Court buildings are not arranged around a carefully
Floyd | constructed basin, but instead around this rough and pleasant lagoon.
Floyd | In the center of the lagoon is a large wooded island.  On the west
Floyd | side of the lagoon, you can see the Transportation Building, and
Floyd | further north, the Women's Building.  In the far distance behind the
Floyd | Women's Building, you can see Ferris' Wheel slowly spinning.  On the
Floyd | east side of the lagoon is the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building,
Floyd | and north of that the U.S.  Government building.  More buildings are
Floyd | directly north of the lagoon, but they are mostly obscured by the
Floyd | trees of the wooded island.
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Bridge.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | South Side of the Wooded Island
Floyd |    You are standing on the southernmost part of the Wooded island.  A
Floyd | small log cabin sits here, quaint in comparison to the great buildings
Floyd | spread over the rest of the grounds.  A great bridge spans the lagoon
Floyd | to the south, while the main part of the island is over a short bridge
Floyd | to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Log Cabin.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Rose Garden
Floyd |    This area of the Wooded island is devoted to a rose garden--the
Floyd | largest rose garden you've ever seen.  Roses of every color and
Floyd | description are blooming along the pathways.  To the north, paths lead
Floyd | into the woods.  To the south is a short bridge and to the west is a
Floyd | longer one, crossing the lagoon to the Horticulture Building, of which
Floyd | this garden is considered a part.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rose Garden.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd |    You are on a quiet, contemplative path through the woods, a welcome
Floyd | respite from the overwhelming mass of buildings, exhibits, and people.
Floyd | Paths head northeast, northwest, and out of the woods to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Wooded Path
Floyd |    You are on a quiet, contemplative path through the woods, a welcome
Floyd | respite from the overwhelming mass of buildings, exhibits, and people.
Floyd | Paths head northwest and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wooded Path.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Temple Grounds
Floyd |    The trees thin out and open up around a beautiful Japanese temple
Floyd | and teahouse.  The temple, to the east, is based on a famous temple in
Floyd | Japan called the Ho-o-den, or Phoenix Temple, so named because the two
Floyd | wings of the temple resemble birds wings.  The teahouse is a separate,
Floyd | simple structure to the north.  In front of the teahouse is a simple
Floyd | sign.  Paths wind into the woods to the southeast and southwest, and a
Floyd | bridge extends northeast over the lagoon towards the Fisheries
Floyd | Building.
Floyd |    Two men are here, deeply involved in a discussion about the
Floyd | Japanese buildings.
Floyd |    A boy is rushing about here, getting into all sorts of trouble.
Floyd |
Floyd | Japanese Temple.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy runs off to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know what it is you see in that place, Frank.  It's so plain.
Floyd | No ornamentation at all," the first man says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | You hear the bustle of the crowds, the chatting, the laughing, of the
Floyd | fairgoers, the calls of the vendors, the rumble of trains on the
Floyd | elevated tracks, the whistle of the steamers on Lake Michigan.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, that's not the way I see it," Frank says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | You hear the bustle of the crowds, the chatting, the laughing, of the
Floyd | fairgoers, the calls of the vendors, the rumble of trains on the
Floyd | elevated tracks, the whistle of the steamers on Lake Michigan.
Floyd |
Floyd | The second man continues.  "Louis, look at the horizontal line of the
Floyd | building -- see how close it is to the ground, almost as if it's part
Floyd | of the earth.  I think it's rather wonderful."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | You hear the bustle of the crowds, the chatting, the laughing, of the
Floyd | fairgoers, the calls of the vendors, the rumble of trains on the
Floyd | elevated tracks, the whistle of the steamers on Lake Michigan.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first man, Louis, shakes his head.  "You'll not get anyone to buy
Floyd | something like that.  It's got no style."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "ha ha ha ha"
		Teaspoon says, "this isn't plot relevant at all, is it"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | You hear the bustle of the crowds, the chatting, the laughing, of the
Floyd | fairgoers, the calls of the vendors, the rumble of trains on the
Floyd | elevated tracks, the whistle of the steamers on Lake Michigan.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll see," says Frank, smiling.  "But I've got a few ideas as to how
Floyd | I might use something like that,..."  the two men wander off,
Floyd | continuing their discussion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "cheeky"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd |            Cha-no-yu - The Art of Japanese Tea Ceremony
Floyd |
Floyd |            Every day at 2:30 o'clock in the Tea House
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 4:17 p.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "who wants to bet this is a plot-necessary time?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The teahouse doors are pulled shut.  A sign attached to them says,
Floyd | "The teahouse is only open during the Tea Ceremony."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Bah."
		Jacqueline says, "Way late."
		Teaspoon says, "we'll have to come back tomorrow."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x crime scene note" 		

Floyd | The note is written in a cribbed, narrow hand.  It reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |            Four brothers, rough and ready,
Floyd |            Three sisters, kind and fair,
Floyd |            They left their home so eagerly,
Floyd |            They left to see the Fair!
Floyd |
Floyd |            Young Dennis likes spelunking,
Floyd |            In darkness feared and great;
Floyd |            Fair Ida likes to swim,
Floyd |            And tempt the hands of fate.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Bullish Adam stays outdoors,
Floyd |            Free and strong and wild;
Floyd |            Mary studies Egyptian script,
Floyd |            And writes her name in style.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Little Owen lobbied hard
Floyd |            And entered government,
Floyd |            Elder Neal rides the rails
Floyd |            With an artistic temperament.
Floyd |
Floyd |            Dolores spends her time
Floyd |            In the cabin of Uncle Tom,
Floyd |            And Mother...where is mother?
Floyd |            She watches over them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Adam could be on Wooded Island."
		Teaspoon says, "You know, I think it'd be much simpler to get everyone who's a suspect to write down a few lines and check their handwriting that way"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or rather, fake Adam."
		DavidW says, "They're not all fake."
		Teaspoon asks, "That makes sense, Knight, but what should we look for?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Japanese Temple.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Temple Grounds
Floyd |    The trees thin out and open up around a beautiful Japanese temple
Floyd | and teahouse.  The temple, to the east, is based on a famous temple in
Floyd | Japan called the Ho-o-den, or Phoenix Temple, so named because the two
Floyd | wings of the temple resemble birds wings.  The teahouse is a separate,
Floyd | simple structure to the north.  In front of the teahouse is a simple
Floyd | sign.  Paths wind into the woods to the southeast and southwest, and a
Floyd | bridge extends northeast over the lagoon towards the Fisheries
Floyd | Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Ho-o-den, Entryway
Floyd |    The temple interior is very clean and neat.  Thick woven mats cover
Floyd | the floor.  The walls are made of wood and paper.  A large gong,
Floyd | hanging on a laquer stand, stands prominently against the east wall.
Floyd | The west side of the room is open to the outside, while sliding paper
Floyd | doors are on both the north and south sides of the room.
Floyd |    A Japanese woman is kneeling on the floor near the gong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ho-o-den, Entryway.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x gong" 		

Floyd | The gong is beautifully ornamented.  On its face, a red dragon curls,
Floyd | smoke billowing out of its nostrils.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x dragon" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "dragon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "hit gong" 		

Floyd | (with the pickaxe)
Floyd | The gong makes a deep, resonate sound.  Immediately a man appears and
Floyd | speaks to the woman in Japanese.  She bows low.  "No, nothing, thank
Floyd | you.  My visitor struck the gong."  The man leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I could undo that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Think it matters?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Might be a good idea."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ho-o-den, Entryway
Floyd |    The temple interior is very clean and neat.  Thick woven mats cover
Floyd | the floor.  The walls are made of wood and paper.  A large gong,
Floyd | hanging on a laquer stand, stands prominently against the east wall.
Floyd | The west side of the room is open to the outside, while sliding paper
Floyd | doors are on both the north and south sides of the room.
Floyd |    A Japanese woman is kneeling on the floor near the gong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ho-o-den, Entryway.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | "Gomen nasai," the woman says, bowing respectfully.  "That area of the
Floyd | temple is especially reserved for the Prince."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The Japanese woman stops you.  "The master does not wish to be
Floyd | disturbed.  He is very ill."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about master" 		

Floyd | "He is master of Cha-no-yu:  Japanese Tea Ceremony.  But right now, he
Floyd | is very ill."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about illness" 		

Floyd | "Master has been sick for many days.  He will not take your Western
Floyd | medicines.  He is waiting for a Japanese doctor to bring a herbal
Floyd | remedy, but I fear it will be too late."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about remedy" 		

Floyd | "Master believes that he can only be cured by Japanese herbal remedy.
Floyd | The remedy consists of ginseng, lotus root, and bear's paw.  If the
Floyd | doctor would come back in time, I am sure he would recover," she
Floyd | lowers her head, and looks at the floor.  "But I am afraid the doctor
Floyd | will not return in time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I smell another fetch quest"
		DavidW says, "No tea ceremony for you, I guess. Unless you fetch ginseng, etc."
		Teaspoon asks, "this is turn of the century Chicago, where do we even get ginseng?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about ginseng" 		

Floyd | "A very powerful medicine.  I believe the doctor had heard the Corean
Floyd | exhibit in the Manufactures building contained some, I hope he was
Floyd | able to obtain a specimen for us."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about lotus root" 		

Floyd | "It is said that the Buddha sits on the leaf of the great lotus.  A
Floyd | very powerful plant.  Very common in Japan, but not here.  I am afraid
Floyd | the doctor will never find it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about bear's paw" 		

Floyd | "It is said that the thick pad of the bear's paw gives strength to one
Floyd | who is ill.  The bear's paw comes commonly from China, but I do not
Floyd | know if this land has any bears."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I vote we get a warrant and bash down the door for the tea ceremony room"
		Knight_Otu says, "Grizzly hunt time."
		DavidW says, "Keep an eye out for that stuff while looking for chocolate coupons and diamonds, I suppose."
		Teaspoon says, "we'll have to go to horticulure, I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Teaspoon asks, "the bear...have we heard a bear mentioned?"
		Teaspoon says, "I feel like we have, actually."
		DavidW says, "You saw an ape."
		Jacqueline says, "There's an Esquimaux Village"
		Teaspoon says, "ooh"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe there's also a natural history thing somewhere"
		Knight_Otu says, "North Canal Bridge mentioned bear sculptures."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ask woman about prince" 		

Floyd | "It is a great honor to have him come here and stay with us.  We are
Floyd | overjoyed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Which don't help alot."
		DavidW asks, "Where's North Canal Bridge?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It was part of the tour."
		DavidW says, "ah."
		Teaspoon asks, "okay, so...North to the Esquimaux village, or south to manufacturing?"
		Jacqueline says, "I am good with either"
		Knight_Otu says, "Esquimaux, I'd say."
		DavidW says, "btw, most of the north area are places devoted to different states of the Union."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe there is a stuffed polar bear"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ho-o-den, Entryway.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ho-o-den, Entryway
Floyd |    The temple interior is very clean and neat.  Thick woven mats cover
Floyd | the floor.  The walls are made of wood and paper.  A large gong,
Floyd | hanging on a laquer stand, stands prominently against the east wall.
Floyd | The west side of the room is open to the outside, while sliding paper
Floyd | doors are on both the north and south sides of the room.
Floyd |    A Japanese woman is kneeling on the floor near the gong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Temple Grounds
Floyd |    The trees thin out and open up around a beautiful Japanese temple
Floyd | and teahouse.  The temple, to the east, is based on a famous temple in
Floyd | Japan called the Ho-o-den, or Phoenix Temple, so named because the two
Floyd | wings of the temple resemble birds wings.  The teahouse is a separate,
Floyd | simple structure to the north.  In front of the teahouse is a simple
Floyd | sign.  Paths wind into the woods to the southeast and southwest, and a
Floyd | bridge extends northeast over the lagoon towards the Fisheries
Floyd | Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Japanese Temple.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | Fisheries Building, West Side
Floyd |    You stand on the shores of the great lagoon.  A bridge crosses the
Floyd | lagoon to the southwest, extending out to the wooded island in its
Floyd | center.  The road here follows the curves of the perfectly round west
Floyd | wing of the Fisheries Building, leading off to the northeast and
Floyd | southeast.  Another road leads to the northwest toward a cluster of
Floyd | smaller buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fisheries Building, West Side.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Foreign Buildings
Floyd |    You are standing at the northeastern edge of the great Lagoon.
Floyd | Buildings overlooking the lagoon have been erected by Brazil and
Floyd | Turkey.  The tranquil and relaxing Wooded Island is visible to the
Floyd | southwest.  To the west, a bridge crosses the river separating the
Floyd | lagoon from the North Pond to the Illinois Building, whose great, gold
Floyd | dome serves as a beacon for everyone at the North end of the
Floyd | Fairgrounds.  Roads head east, northeast, and south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brazilian Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You cross the river bridge, and arrive...
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of the Illinois Building
Floyd |    The largest of the State Buildings is of course the Illinois
Floyd | Building, in honor of the state which is holding the Fair.  The
Floyd | building occupies a commanding site at the head of the Lagoon, from
Floyd | which you have an uninterrupted view through the waterways to the
Floyd | southern portion of the Fair.  A broad road cuts across its well
Floyd | manicured lawn, heading east across a small bridge, and west toward
Floyd | the Midway, where you can see the great Ferris Wheel spinning slowly
Floyd | in the distance.  The Lagoon is directly south, and surrounding it you
Floyd | can clearly see The Women's Building, Horticulture, and Transportation
Floyd | on the right, Fisheries, The U.S.  Government Building, and
Floyd | Manufactures and Liberal Arts on the left.  Far to the south, you can
Floyd | just make out the dome of the Administration Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the walk leading to the Illinois Building is a sculpture entitled,
Floyd | "Hide and Seek."
Floyd |
Floyd | In Front of the Illinois Building, Looking South.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x sculpture" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | 'Hide and Seek.'
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture is of small children playing hide and seek around a
Floyd | hollow tree stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x stump" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | 'Hide and Seek.'
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sculpture is of small children playing hide and seek around a
Floyd | hollow tree stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open stump" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to open the sculpture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd |    You are standing at a crossroads.  A road leads west, toward the
Floyd | glorious and exciting Midway.  In the distance, you can see the great
Floyd | wheel slowly spinning.  Another road leads east, towards the
Floyd | golden-dome of the Illinois building.  To the north, you can see what
Floyd | looks like a Spanish mission, and numerous smaller buildings after
Floyd | that.  Southward lies the Women's Building, then Horticulture, and so
Floyd | on, all the way back to the Administration Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads, Looking North towards California Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | California State Building
Floyd |    You are on a north-south road.  On the west side of the road stands
Floyd | the California State Building, built in the style of a Spanish
Floyd | mission.  Of the many exhibition buildings built by individual states,
Floyd | this one is second in size only to the Illinois Building.  On the
Floyd | other side of the road stands the much more modest Indiana Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | California Building, Looking North.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "he didn't implement all fifty buildings, did he?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm starting to think anything of this game"
		DavidW says, "Not exactly."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Colorado, Washington, and Michigan State Buildings
Floyd |    You are on a north-south road.  On either side crowd buildings
Floyd | built by different states:  On the west side of the road stands the
Floyd | Colorado Building, on the east side, Washington and Michigan have each
Floyd | built their own buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Colorado, Washington, and Michigan Buildings.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Wisconsin Building
Floyd |    You are at a T-intersection.  The road continues north-south, while
Floyd | another, smaller road leads east, toward the Fine Arts Building in the
Floyd | near distance.  On the west side of the road stands the Wisconsin
Floyd | State Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisconsin Building, Looking South.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | State Buildings
Floyd |    Two roads cross here, one heading north-south, the other,
Floyd | east-west.  In each corner stands a building:  to the northeast, the
Floyd | Minnesota State Building; on the northwest corner stands the Nebraska
Floyd | Building; the southwest, South Dakota; and to the southeast is the
Floyd | west annex to the Fine Arts building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nebraska Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe of the places are instant-visits. You go in, maybe do something and get something, and immediately leave."
		DavidW says, "er Many"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You enter the Minnesota Building under a chandelier made entirely out
Floyd | of antlers.  You find nothing else in the building quite as unique and
Floyd | novel as that, and soon find yourself back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I see."
		DavidW says, "Like the witch's hut in Enchanter."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Esquimaux Village
Floyd |    The road ends here at a dirty, run down collection of shanties,
Floyd | fronting a small pond.  Overhead are elevated train tracks, running
Floyd | from the northeast to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Esquimaux Village.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's why they're grey in the map instead of green."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x pond" 		

Floyd | It looks deep.  Really, really deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Iria goes home. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "search pond" 		

Floyd | There's nothing in the small pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevated train rumbles past overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The elevated train rumbles past overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "swim".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "dredge pond" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "dredge".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shanties" 		

Floyd | It's pretty quiet.  You look around a bit but don't find anyone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "well, that didn't go well"
		DavidW says, "Fair warning. If you put something in the pond, it sinks and is gone forever."
Iria arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		Teaspoon says, "how is that usefl"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x i" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have a case dossier, a guidebook, a small daily stipend, a
Floyd | handbasket, a new edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a pickaxe, a gold key,
Floyd | and a small note.  The case dossier seems to contain a crime scene
Floyd | note, a description of Greenback Bob, a description of Delbras, a list
Floyd | of stolen diamonds, and a detailed crime report.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "also, can I throw the book in there just to see"
		DavidW says, "I suppose."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "throw book in pond" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er which book?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "throw cabin in pond" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop cabin" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get cabin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "put cabin in pond" 		

Floyd | You drop the new edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin into the small pond.  As
Floyd | it sinks away from view, you wonder if you did the right thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "search pond" 		

Floyd | There's nothing in the small pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "okay then"
		Teaspoon asks, "er...shall we go and look at all the fifty states, since we're here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | State Buildings
Floyd |    Two roads cross here, one heading north-south, the other,
Floyd | east-west.  In each corner stands a building:  to the northeast, the
Floyd | Minnesota State Building; on the northwest corner stands the Nebraska
Floyd | Building; the southwest, South Dakota; and to the southeast is the
Floyd | west annex to the Fine Arts building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nebraska Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You step inside the Nebraska Building and take a look around.  It's
Floyd | outfitted as a modern clubhouse, complete with a post office, check
Floyd | room, and toilets.  You look around for a bit, then step back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | The South Dakota Building is filled with interesting exhibits.  Like
Floyd | many of the other western buildings, many feature harvested grains and
Floyd | corn.  After wandering around the building for a few minutes, you
Floyd | leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | There's no entrance into the Fine Arts Building here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Also, there wouldn't be 50 back then, eh?"
		Jacqueline says, "Belatedly."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, I suppose not."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Dakota, Kansas, and Arkansas State Buildings
Floyd |    The road curves gently here, heading northeast and southwest.  On
Floyd | the north side of the road stand the North Dakota and Kansas
Floyd | Buildings, and on the south side is the Arkansas State Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arkansas Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'll have to specify which building you want to enter, the North
Floyd | Dakota Building or the Kansas Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter north dakota" 		

Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | State Buildings
Floyd |    You are standing at a T-shaped intersection.  The road heads east,
Floyd | west, and south.  To the north are buildings from Texas and Utah.  To
Floyd | the south, on either side of the road, stand the Kentucky and West
Floyd | Virginia State Buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | West Virginia Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | You enter the Kentucky Building.  The building is filled with
Floyd | exhibits, curiosities and relics.  You wander around for a while, but
Floyd | soon become overwhelmed by the confusion of exhibits and head back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You step inside the West Virginia Building and look around for a few
Floyd | minutes, but find nothing of interest, and so find your way back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You'll have to specify which building you want to enter, the Texas
Floyd | Building or the building from Utah.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter texas building" 		

Floyd | The Texas Building is filled with exhibits, curiosities and relics.
Floyd | You wander around for a while, but soon become overwhelmed by the
Floyd | confusion of exhibits and head back outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "'Fun' fact: the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown the same year that this exposition happened in Chicago. Thanks, Capitalism."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter utah building" 		

Floyd | The exhibits in the Utah Building focus on its mining operations; most
Floyd | significantly gold, silver, and sulfur.  After pausing momentarily at
Floyd | a replica in miniature of the great Salt Lake, you leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Right. '90s imperialistic push"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | You enter the Kentucky Building.  The building is filled with
Floyd | exhibits, curiosities and relics.  You wander around for a while, but
Floyd | soon become overwhelmed by the confusion of exhibits and head back
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You step inside the West Virginia Building and look around for a few
Floyd | minutes, but find nothing of interest, and so find your way back out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Pennsylvania and Missouri State Buildings
Floyd |    You are standing at a T-shaped intersection.  The road heads east,
Floyd | west, and north.  On either side of the northbound road stand
Floyd | buildings, one from Missouri, the other, Pennsylvania.  To the south,
Floyd | a walking garden spreads out in front of the Fine Arts Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pennsylvania Building, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter missouri building" 		

Floyd | You enter the Missouri Building.  The interior space is distributed
Floyd | among several offices, a large auditorium, and a well appointed club
Floyd | house, which you do not have appropriate permissions to enter.  You
Floyd | find yourself back out on the street fairly quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter pennsylvania building" 		

Floyd | You step into the Pennsylvania Building, and just to the right of the
Floyd | entrance, find the Liberty Bell.  After admiring it for a while, you
Floyd | can imagine no better prize awaiting within the building, and so take
Floyd | your leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Outside the Fine Arts Palace
Floyd |    You stand before the northern entrance into the Fine Arts Building.
Floyd | Broad steps lead up to the entryway, a portico of austere classicism.
Floyd | Two carved lions stand on either side of the stairway.  Numerous State
Floyd | buildings stand off roadways to the northwest and northeast.  A road
Floyd | also goes around the Palace to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fine Arts Building, Northern Entrance.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can head northwest or northeast toward the State Buildings, east
Floyd | or west around the sides of the Fine Arts Building, or south into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "this map confuses me"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | New York and Massachusetts State Buildings
Floyd |    You are standing on an east-west street, with another street
Floyd | meeting it here and heading north.  To the south are the wide and
Floyd | pleasant gardens of the Fine Arts Building.  To the northwest stands
Floyd | New York's Building, and to the northeast is the Massachusetts
Floyd | Pavilion.
Floyd |
Floyd | New York Building, Looking East.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You enter the New York Building and wander through the many fine
Floyd | exhibits, past signatures from the signers of the Declaration of
Floyd | Independence, past Washington relics, and arrive at last, on the
Floyd | second floor, at a sumptuous banquet hall, decorated with gold.  You
Floyd | leave the building marvelling at the wealth the state has presented.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You step inside the Massachusetts Building.  The interior of the
Floyd | building features portraits of men who figure prominently in the bay
Floyd | colonies history, as well as historical artifacts and letters.  You
Floyd | wander through, wishing to spend more time studying, but finally
Floyd | leave, thoughts of the case at hand in the forefront of your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hard case should never mean neglecting yourself, and right now
Floyd | you're thinking about splurging for a nice dinner.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd | The time is now 6:01 p.m. on Monday.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "Hmm. Midway later?"
		Jacqueline says, "At some point we will need to find a hotel."
		Jacqueline says, "That we can afford."
		Knight_Otu says, "There's a C marker nearby."
		Teaspoon says, "We don't need to, we have a cot"
		Jacqueline asks, "I know we likely have some time and that it's -- we do?"
		Jacqueline asks, "We're... going to sleep in our office?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Don't we sleep in our office?"
		Teaspoon says, "yeah, it's next to the safe"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay."
		Teaspoon says, "There was a line about how we *prefer* sleeping in our office, which was when I realised we had a weirdly practical protagonist"
		Knight_Otu says, "A weirdly fun-adverse one, you mean."
		Teaspoon says, "it overlaps"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | State Buildings
Floyd |    The street branches here, heading east, west, north and south.  To
Floyd | the northeast, up a flight of stairs, is an Intramural Railway
Floyd | platform.  The tracks run behind the buildings to the west, then come
Floyd | out over the road to the east.  Just off the north road stands the
Floyd | Idaho and Virginia buildings; to the southeast is the New Jersey
Floyd | Building, and southwest is Maryland's Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Directly to the north is the 56th street exit from the fairgrounds,
Floyd | and across the street looms an unfinished hulk of a building, the size
Floyd | of the Roman coliseum:  Mackaye's Spectatorium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Idaho Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Fair point."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | State Station
Floyd |    You are on an elevated train platform.  Stairs lead down to
Floyd | Virginia's Building, below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The southbound train 'Columbia' is waiting at the station.
Floyd |    A tall conductor is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The conductor gets on the train, closing the doors behind him.  The
Floyd | train pulls away from the station.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "See, I've been known to sleep in my office. And I don't like chocolate as much as other people. Interesting."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | State Buildings
Floyd |    The street branches here, heading east, west, north and south.  To
Floyd | the northeast, up a flight of stairs, is an Intramural Railway
Floyd | platform.  The tracks run behind the buildings to the west, then come
Floyd | out over the road to the east.  Just off the north road stands the
Floyd | Idaho and Virginia buildings; to the southeast is the New Jersey
Floyd | Building, and southwest is Maryland's Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Directly to the north is the 56th street exit from the fairgrounds,
Floyd | and across the street looms an unfinished hulk of a building, the size
Floyd | of the Roman coliseum:  Mackaye's Spectatorium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Idaho Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The hottest part of the day has long since passed, but the heat
Floyd | lingers palpably.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "are you a secret gumshoe, though"
		Teaspoon says, "that'd be the tell"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hmm..."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I did used to be a cop."
		Jacqueline says, "I've actually investigated a jewelry heist, too."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Teaspoon says, "*processing*"
		DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "Aren't you still kinda-sorta a cop?"
		Jacqueline says, "No, not so much these days."
		Teaspoon asks, "Thought you were a forest ranger?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was a park ranger, yes. There are a couple of kinds of those."
		DavidW says (to Teaspoon), "There's different varieties, I think."
		Teaspoon says, "Aw"
		Jacqueline says, "Some give talks, some enforce laws."
		Teaspoon asks, "And find missing jewels?"
		Teaspoon says, "Huh"
		Jacqueline says, "One of the parks I worked for had historic buildings it rented to tenants."
		Jacqueline says, "One tenant was a jewelry store."
		Jacqueline says, "They were robbed one night."
		Jacqueline says, "I was assigned the case."
		Teaspoon says, "of DIAMONDS"
		Teaspoon says, "Wow"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, can't recall. Just remember that it was about $20K worth of merc."
		Teaspoon asks, "did you solve it?"
		Jacqueline says, "The short story is we did find the jewels and arrest the guy who stole them."
		Teaspoon says, "wow"
		Teaspoon says, "er, I've got completely distracted from the game. Finish checking out the buildings and then dinner."
		Jacqueline says (to Tsp), "Anyway, now I'm in management, and don't work in the field as much."
		Teaspoon says, "Aw"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I am definitely not complaining."
		Teaspoon says, "unless you prefer it like that, of course."
		Jacqueline says, "I do. I'm doing the job I decided I wanted when I was 21."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, well that's all right then"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Idaho Building.
Floyd | ______________________________________________________________________
Floyd | _________
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | State Buildings
Floyd |    The street branches here, heading east, west, north and south.  To
Floyd | the northeast, up a flight of stairs, is an Intramural Railway
Floyd | platform.  The tracks run behind the buildings to the west, then come
Floyd | out over the road to the east.  Just off the north road stands the
Floyd | Idaho and Virginia buildings; to the southeast is the New Jersey
Floyd | Building, and southwest is Maryland's Building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Directly to the north is the 56th street exit from the fairgrounds,
Floyd | and across the street looms an unfinished hulk of a building, the size
Floyd | of the Roman coliseum:  Mackaye's Spectatorium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Maybe we should wrap up. It's nearly 2 hours."
		Jacqueline says, "Just realized."
		Jacqueline says, "You all can keep at it if you'd like, but maga and I have a call with his parents in a few."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, yeah. Well, that works for me. And we have a nice simple goal when we come back."
		DavidW says, "Diamonds, coupon, ginseng, lotus root, and bear's claw."
		Jacqueline asks, "So we want to keep at it? Despite the 80 games the comp just dropped?"
		Teaspoon says, "I meant dinner. Dinner I can probably do. The rest of this game's puzzles...*shrugs*"
		Teaspoon says, "I think this would be a good one to come back to when things slow down again"
		Jacqueline says, "Mmkay."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to play comp games?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Just, like, randomly?"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "No idea!"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "To help boost what we should be doing in our non-CF time."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we can either do that or wait until Nov and play the winners."
		Teaspoon asks, "David, will you want to be driving those?"
		DavidW says, "uh, if playing in ClubFloyd, I like sharing the wheel when reasonable."
		DavidW says, "But I find it difficult to take proper notes regardless."
		Teaspoon says, "makes sense"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's think on it."
		Teaspoon says, "good plan"
		Jacqueline says, "See you all next week."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "be well!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "You too!"
		DavidW says, "Don't forget to save the game."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | File to save game in >

		Teaspoon says, "wait, that wasn't right"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1893-2" 		

Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "thanks"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
A Castle Of Thread by Marshal Tenner Winter
As played on ifMUD on October 8, 2017

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 A Castle Of Thread written by Marshal Tenner Winter. A Castle Of Thread was an entry in the 2017 Interactive Fiction Competition, in which it took 35th place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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		* Zach has joined the channel.
		Jacqueline says, "So, we used to take a hiatus during the comp."
		Jacqueline says, "Last year we did not."
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Knight_Otu arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Zach arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline asks, "But this year there are a **** ton of games, so perhaps we should?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or we should play a comp game that runs on Floyd?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What do people think?"
		Zach says, "That would help me play more games"
		Guenni says, "Today no playing for me. The after nap fuzzyness won't go away."
		Roger says, "I would support that"
		Guenni says, "But generally, I think playing comp games that run on floyd sounds like a good idea."
DavidW arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Jacqueline says, "Okay. I'll do a random shuffle and then pick the first Floydable game."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask acastleofthread" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A century after The Cleansing Rains and a decade since the False Era
Floyd | ended and knowledge of the world returned to humanity, civilization
Floyd | reappears as independent city-states vie for power and territory.  The
Floyd | old borders are no more and new kingdoms struggle to emerge and
Floyd | flourish.  Weary of war, destruction, and corruption, many of these
Floyd | sovereignties, such as Slezamane and Badushizd, seek to avoid
Floyd | conflicts with neighbors and adopt isolationist or diplomatic
Floyd | policies.  Some, however, like the Sovereign State of Caleah, maintain
Floyd | the ways of war and aggression.
Floyd |
Floyd | Native of the ancient village of Euyesus, which sat unseen from most
Floyd | of the wars of the world, hidden beyond Fellwater Fen, you were raised
Floyd | in an erudite family and trained as an interpreter.  Beyond the Common
Floyd | Tongue, which gained prevalence as a trade language, you also speak
Floyd | and read the bygone dialect, Ixteesh.  It is this talent that
Floyd | brings you from Euyesus to Badushizd aboard one of your village's
Floyd | bilgescows; a swamp-treading barge used for the minimal trade that
Floyd | Euyesus does with a small handful of neighboring city-states.
Floyd |
Floyd | Travelling with you is an appointed minder, or what some call a
Floyd | bodyguard.  He is a sweaty, foul-mouthed sot but he's a proven soldier
Floyd | and loyal to Euyesus and the errand at hand.  His name is Venkath
Floyd | Mock.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a generally northeastern route, the bilgescow trudged through many
Floyd | miles of waterlogged swamp toward the strange and prosperous city of
Floyd | Badushizd.  You have just woken and dressed, and the barge will reach
Floyd | the city's harbor by midday.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Castle Of Thread
Floyd | An Interactive Story by Marshal Tenner Winter
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 171001 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Cabin
Floyd | This guest cabin barely gives one any real comfort, but on a no-frills
Floyd | boat such as this you're lucky to even have a room to yourself.  There
Floyd | is no window as everything below deck is also below the bilge line.
Floyd | As the barge moves through the muddy swamp waters, a constant and
Floyd | hypnotic slushing sound gives the cabin a strange, claustrophobic
Floyd | feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden plank bed hangs from one of the walls; no pillow or blanket
Floyd | is provided, of course.  A heavy wooden chair sits before a plank
Floyd | shelf hanging from another wall; this one being a simple desk surface.
Floyd | The only door is starboard (or east, as the boat is currently aimed
Floyd | north).
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has slipped a note under your door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden plank shelf is a glowstone lantern (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leather haversack (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, this game. I started it but didn't get very far."
		Zach says, "mmm, bilgescow"
		DavidW says, "You should take and read the note."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | mysterious note: You pick up the mysterious note from the ground.
Floyd | leather haversack: You pick up the leather haversack from the ground.
Floyd | glowstone lantern: You take the glowstone lantern from the wooden
Floyd | plank shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Polt Kober, a young man from the village of Euyesus.  You are
Floyd | fifteen years old and small for your age.  Like most of the young

		DavidW says, "The barge is called The Rhinoceros. You'll learn that a bit later."

Floyd | people in your village, you wear your hair long.  Otherwise, you
Floyd | consider yourself unremarkable.  Your only real talent is that you're
Floyd | fluent in Ixteesh, an ancient, dead language, along with the Common
Floyd | Tongue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in danger.  Check Rakton's cabin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "Rakton is the First Mate."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x haversack" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAVERSACK
Floyd |
Floyd | This handy, leather satchel can be worn and used to carry many items.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "geez, they could have at least knocked. What if we didn't see the note!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "xlantern" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XLANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your basic traveling lantern, but instead of a flame within, its
Floyd | luminescence emits from a glowing, round stone, about the size of a
Floyd | fist, instead.  Some glowstone lanterns can be closed to block the
Floyd | light.  This isn't one of those, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sack" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the leather haversack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, find that cabin? Is there more we should do here?"
		DavidW says, "The whole belowdecks area is dark, so we need the lantern."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Cabin
Floyd | This guest cabin barely gives one any real comfort, but on a no-frills
Floyd | boat such as this you're lucky to even have a room to yourself.  There
Floyd | is no window as everything below deck is also below the bilge line.
Floyd | As the barge moves through the muddy swamp waters, a constant and
Floyd | hypnotic slushing sound gives the cabin a strange, claustrophobic
Floyd | feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden plank bed hangs from one of the walls; no pillow or blanket
Floyd | is provided, of course.  A heavy wooden chair sits before a plank
Floyd | shelf hanging from another wall; this one being a simple desk surface.
Floyd | The only door is starboard (or east, as the boat is currently aimed
Floyd | north).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You can open the sack and read the letter inside."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like maybe you should be more quiet until we get to parts you haven't played, DW."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open sack" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the leather haversack, revealing Elements of Ixteesh
Floyd | and Phandaal's letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay"
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Jacqueline says, "I like finding stuff out as a group, is all."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read letter" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Polt-
Floyd | Don't be a damn fool while you are away from the village.
Floyd | Remember, you are representing House Kober.  Also, be sure to stay
Floyd | near Venkath Mock.  He is there to protect you on this errand.
Floyd | As for that, when you reach Badushizd, seek Deviah at the Vulgar
Floyd | Unicorn tavern.  She is the go-between and will take you where you
Floyd | need to be.
Floyd | Be swift in this task and return home safe, son.
Floyd | -Headman Phandaal Kober
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "oh yeah, we have a bodyguard. I wouldn't worry about the danger, then"
		DavidW says, "You should also check inventory."
		Jacqueline says, "Fer sher."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a glowstone lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   a leather haversack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     Elements of Ixteesh
Floyd |     Phandaal's letter
Floyd |   a mysterious note
Floyd |   some traveling clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black scabbard (being worn)
Floyd |     an antecessor skean
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Vulgar Unicorn, huh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x scabbard" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SCABBARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It is made of black leather and has silver fittings.  It can be worn
Floyd | from the belt or waist.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the small black scabbard is an antecessor skean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "sometimes a horn is just a horn"
		DavidW says, "I saw a license plate UNICORNZ today."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x skean" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | So named because it's been handed down in the Kober family for
Floyd | generations, this is a double-edged dagger with an ornate hilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "weild skean" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEILD SKEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "phew"
		DavidW says, "wield, not weild"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "equip skean" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EQUIP SKEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "phew again"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are well-worn, comfortable, and they offer you a modicum of
Floyd | protection from the elements.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "starboard" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STARBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "wield dagger" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WIELD DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening guest door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is leaning against the ironwood table, killing time until
Floyd | the bilgescow reaches Badushizd
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton, the First Mate, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye the cat scratches under his chin with his hind paw.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton looks around absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Pretty busy for a passage."
		Zach says, "it must be Warpeye (the cat) because there is also Warpeye (the rat)"
		DavidW says, "Some NPCs wander."
		Zach asks, "Tell Mock about the DANGER?"
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 ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "With Rakton standing right here?"
		DavidW says, "Conversation in this game seems to be TALK TO character and SAVE something TO character."
		Zach says, "Yeah, then we can double team him"
		DavidW says, "er SHOW something, I mean."
		Jacqueline asks, "What if we give the note to Mock?"
		Zach says, "that works too"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "show note to mock" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO MOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock inspects the mysterious note.  "Well, we're not far from
Floyd | Badushizd.  Stay close until we get there," He tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "ha, lazy guard"
		Zach says, ">KILL RAKTON"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill rakton" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "f mock mock"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill rakton with skean" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL RAKTON WITH SKEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the antecessor skean)
Floyd | That wouldn't be too effective, you feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas exhales, letting his lips flap like a horse's.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas goes east.
Floyd | Ostothas closes and locks mate's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Find his cabin?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening mate's door)
Floyd | You figure it might be best not to try to enter the First Mate's cabin
Floyd | when he's here in the room with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Found it!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
		DavidW says, "Found it quickly."
		Zach says, "also that other guy just locked the door"
		Knight_Otu says, "Which is a bit odd."
		Zach asks, "What happens if we show the note to Ratty?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "show note to ratty" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO RATTY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Ratty?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Rakton?"
		DavidW says, "Rakton, he means."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "show note to rakton" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You are about to ask Rakton what he thought of the note you found, but
Floyd | you realize that since it mentions him as potentially dangerous, it
Floyd | might not be a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently, Rakton is in a huff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "talk to rakton" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already talking to Rakton.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath adjusts his scabbard and belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask Rakton about Rakton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK RAKTON ABOUT RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've never seen you around in Euyesus." You speak to the First Mate.
Floyd | He looks your way for a moment but then basically ignores you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton noisily cracks his knuckles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath stretches his arms, eager to get off this boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask rakton about boat" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK RAKTON ABOUT BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton looks around absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask rakton about me" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK RAKTON ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton mumbles something about being excited to get to Badushizd.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "what a jerk"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Rude"
		DavidW says, "Most NPCs don't seem to have a lot of topics associated with them."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is closed.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bilgescow passes close to the black willow trees on the sides of
Floyd | the waterway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, guess I should have asked before switching rooms."
		Zach says, "I'd rather die doing something stupid than be told that I refuse to do it"
		Zach says, "In a game, that is"
		Jacqueline says (to Zach), "Thanks for that clarification."
		Jacqueline says, "By the way, I think we can all drive."
		Jacqueline says, "I do not wish to be the sole driver."
		Zach says, "I guess we could tell the captain about the deadly danger/prank note"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Sure."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening Wheelhouse door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheelhouse
Floyd | This forward enclosure is the wheelhouse of the bilgescow.  Glassless
Floyd | windows open the walls forward, port, and starboard and the door to
Floyd | the rest of the boat is stern (south).  The eponymous wheel is one
Floyd | solid piece of red oak and is fixed in the center of the forward
Floyd | opening. A small closed hatch in the floor leads below deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius, the captain of The Rhinoceros, stands by the wheel, casually
Floyd | tending to it.  He stares out at the waterways and swamp trees, only
Floyd | giving you a glance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, a strange, swampy smell drifts in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius scratches his beard thoughtfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius watches you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x beard" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The ship's wheel is one solid piece of red oak and is fixed in the
Floyd | center of the forward opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably shouldn't mess with the ship's wheel while Captain
Floyd | Tauzius is controlling it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "show note to captain" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW NOTE TO CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's an interesting mysterious note."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "ha ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Gee."
		Zach says, "No, my death isn't "interesting"!!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to captain" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You are already talking to Tauzius.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, loud buzzing insects create a clamor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain glances around the scenery outside the wheelhouse
Floyd | enclosure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask Tauzius about Tauzius or the mysterious note.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, you spy a large snake slithering on the
Floyd | surface of the brackish water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask about note" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Someone slid a note under my door some time before morning." You tell
Floyd | the Captain, "It warns me about your first mate."
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Tauzius looks pensive for a moment.  Finally, he says, "Rakton
Floyd | signed on a few days ago.  I haven't been totally sold on him, really.
Floyd | He's a bit too. . .distant for my liking."  Tauzius looks out the
Floyd | glassless windows.  "I don't know who gave you that warning, shaver.
Floyd | You should avoid Rakton, I guess.  And I will keep my eye on him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Wait, a few days ago?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "And already first mate?"
		Roger says, "hmmm this reminds me a bit of 80 Days"
		DavidW says, "mm"
		Jacqueline says, "It's all about the experience."
		Zach says, "he murdered his way to the top"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a captain" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "All in all, an uneventful trip, eh?" You ask the Captain, hoping to
Floyd | sound friendly enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius replies with a sidelong glance.  An uncomfortable air erupts
Floyd | between the two of you until he finally speaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is the farthest you've been from Euyesus, huh, shaver?" He asks
Floyd | you.  You've always hated being called that, but you figure most boys
Floyd | do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," you answer, "And I'm not quite sure Badushizd will be my only
Floyd | stop."
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius looks as if he's deciding something before instructing you to,
Floyd | "Head down that small hatch to my cabin and fetch me my slide rule.
Floyd | If you do, I'll give you something that might keep you safe in your
Floyd | travels."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Everyone is lazy."
		Roger says, "hunh you don't see literal fetch quests all that often in IF"
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, he *is* driving the ship"
		Knight_Otu says, "To b fair, the captain shouldn't be leaving the wheel."
		Zach asks, "slide rule? Why does he need logarithms to turn a wheel?"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe he's going to show us a cool math trick"
		DavidW says, "Find the rule and find out."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the small hatch)
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Cabin
Floyd | Not opulent but certainly a step-up from the cabin you were
Floyd | given, the captain's room is a large cabin situated below the ship's
Floyd | wheelhouse.  In fact, a short spiral staircase leads up to it through
Floyd | a small hatch.  The bed is a simple mattress within a heavy wooden
Floyd | frame.  An actual ironwood roll-top desk sits against a wall.  A heavy
Floyd | chair sits before it.  Over the desk, a detailed map of the swamp
Floyd | waterways hangs.  Finally, a wide trunk sits nearby and an exit is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter bed" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the ironwood bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk's dark wood is a bit incongruous to the rest of the damp but
Floyd | lighter colored wood of this ship.  Currently, the desk's roll-top is
Floyd | shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open desk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the roll-top desk, revealing a celestial slide rule.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach has disconnected. 		
Zach has connected. 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | celestial slide rule: You take the celestial slide rule from the
Floyd | roll-top desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "slide the slide rule" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLIDE THE SLIDE RULE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's my slide rule. I use it to slide rule."
Zach says (to Floyd), "break lock" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Cabin (on the ironwood bed)
Floyd | Not opulent but certainly a step-up from the cabin you were
Floyd | given, the captain's room is a large cabin situated below the ship's
Floyd | wheelhouse.  In fact, a short spiral staircase leads up to it through
Floyd | a small hatch.  The bed is a simple mattress within a heavy wooden
Floyd | frame.  An actual ironwood roll-top desk sits against a wall.  A heavy
Floyd | chair sits before it.  Over the desk, a detailed map of the swamp
Floyd | waterways hangs.  Finally, a wide trunk sits nearby and an exit is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "I guess that's all?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | This map only details the swampy waterways that surround the village
Floyd | of Euyesus.  Other villages dot the map but the only symbol for a city
Floyd | is in its upper right corner, where Badushizd is faintly tucked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "examine the rule?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rule" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RULE
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be a tube, like a small scroll case, perhaps.  The ends
Floyd | can be twisted and turned and along the length of the tube,
Floyd | mathematical equations to aid in navigation appear and change when you
Floyd | do so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Neato"
Zach says (to Floyd), "turn rule" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN RULE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "twist slide rule" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TWIST SLIDE RULE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think we can use the rule ourselves."
Zach says (to Floyd), "do maths" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DO MATHS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You would have to get off the ironwood bed first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "get off" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET OFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the ironwood bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Cabin
Floyd | Not opulent but certainly a step-up from the cabin you were
Floyd | given, the captain's room is a large cabin situated below the ship's
Floyd | wheelhouse.  In fact, a short spiral staircase leads up to it through
Floyd | a small hatch.  The bed is a simple mattress within a heavy wooden
Floyd | frame.  An actual ironwood roll-top desk sits against a wall.  A heavy
Floyd | chair sits before it.  Over the desk, a detailed map of the swamp
Floyd | waterways hangs.  Finally, a wide trunk sits nearby and an exit is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Zach), "Yeah, quit jumpin' on the bed."
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Captain's Cabin                                      Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the captain's door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "hmm, a more secret room than his bedroom"
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheelhouse
Floyd | This forward enclosure is the wheelhouse of the bilgescow.  Glassless
Floyd | windows open the walls forward, port, and starboard and the door to
Floyd | the rest of the boat is stern (south).  The eponymous wheel is one
Floyd | solid piece of red oak and is fixed in the center of the forward
Floyd | opening. A small open hatch in the floor leads below deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius, the captain of The Rhinoceros, stands by the wheel, casually
Floyd | tending to it.  He stares out at the waterways and swamp trees, only
Floyd | giving you a glance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, the black willow trees crowd the waterway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "give rule to captain" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE RULE TO CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand the strange device over to the Captain.  In return, he takes
Floyd | a small jar out of his pocket and hands it to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, a strange, swampy smell drifts in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius scratches his beard thoughtfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Wouldn't the door lead to the corridor?"
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		Zach says, "Unless it's a secret closet of DANGER"
		DavidW says, "If you try going north from the corridor end, you're told the captain's door is locked."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x jar" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a small jar made of strong glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the small jar is some weird dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, a couple of fishermen row past the
Floyd | bilgescow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask captain about weird dirt" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about jar" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT WEIRD DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | "So. . .a small jar filled with some weird dirt is supposed to keep me
Floyd | safe in my travels?" You ask, skeptical.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Throw the dirt at your enemies." Tauzius explains, still casually
Floyd | handling the wheel, "It will buy you some time."
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, the bilgescow travels past a lone fisherman
Floyd | in a small boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTAIN ABOUT JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "So. . .a small jar filled with some weird dirt is supposed to keep me
Floyd | safe in my travels?" You ask, skeptical.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Throw the dirt at your enemies." Tauzius explains, still casually
Floyd | handling the wheel, "It will buy you some time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I hate everyone in this world"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, thanks."
		Knight_Otu says, "To the captain."
		Jacqueline asks (of Zach), "Why such hate?"
		Zach says, "he gave us a jar of dirt! This isn't Water World!!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "open jar" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the small jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell dirt" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius steers the wheel starboard to a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		Zach says, "crap, I forgot how to do the automatic save"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Push save."
		Jacqueline says, "Or press save. :)"
Zach says (to Floyd), "throw dirt at captain" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW DIRT AT CAPTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the weird dirt)
Floyd | You pour the weird dirt from the small jar into your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | That would just cause trouble right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "snort dirt" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SNORT DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat dirt" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, something splashes in the water beside the
Floyd | boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain steers the wheel to port a bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Wheelhouse                                           Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Tauzius right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside of the wheelhouse, loud buzzing insects create a clamor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tauzius scratches his beard thoughtfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "A clamor!"
		Zach says, "we could go throw the dirt at Ratkin"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "A clamor that Tauzius doesn't care about!"
		Jacqueline says (to Zach), "Sure"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bilgescow travels past a small, derelict shack on the edge of the
Floyd | waterway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton, the First Mate, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the crew, Ostothas, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is absently meandering about, waiting for this trip to be
Floyd | over
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I am sceptical of this dirt's protective value."
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Cabin
Floyd | This guest cabin barely gives one any real comfort, but on a no-frills
Floyd | boat such as this you're lucky to even have a room to yourself.  There
Floyd | is no window as everything below deck is also below the bilge line.
Floyd | As the barge moves through the muddy swamp waters, a constant and
Floyd | hypnotic slushing sound gives the cabin a strange, claustrophobic
Floyd | feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden plank bed hangs from one of the walls; no pillow or blanket
Floyd | is provided, of course.  A heavy wooden chair sits before a plank
Floyd | shelf hanging from another wall; this one being a simple desk surface.
Floyd | The only door is starboard (or east, as the boat is currently aimed
Floyd | north).
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton, the First Mate, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Think of it as pepper spray."
		DavidW says, "I assume it works like that."
		DavidW says, "I never actually tried to use it."
Zach says (to Floyd), "throw dirt at rakton" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW DIRT AT RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | That would just cause trouble right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) goes east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Cabin                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't talking to anyone right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton looks around absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Go check out his cabin now that he'"
		Jacqueline asks, "now that he's moved?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we lock him in our cabin?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably not."
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the crew, Ostothas, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is leaning against the ironwood table, killing time until
Floyd | the bilgescow reaches Badushizd
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas sniffles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your small black scabbard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening mate's door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye the cat stares off into space.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas exhales, letting his lips flap like a horse's.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath paces the room, impatient for this trip to be over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask ostothas about door" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK OSTOTHAS ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, guest door, mate's door, the captain's door or
Floyd | Wheelhouse door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't talking to anyone right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas watches you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to ostothas" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO OSTOTHAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Ostothas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your small black scabbard.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Ostothas about Ostothas or the mysterious note.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a ostothas" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A OSTOTHAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess we're getting close to Badushizd." You say to the crewman,
Floyd | trying to sound conversational.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Have you ever been?" He asks, his friendliness taking you a bit by
Floyd | surprise.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, uh, no, actually, I haven't.  I think Venkath my minder has." You
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aye, he has." Ostothas says absently.  Then he warns you, "Stick
Floyd | close to him while in the city."
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye the cat scratches under his chin with his hind paw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a note" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Someone slipped a note under my cabin door this morning." You mention
Floyd | to Ostothas.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, well someone vomited on my pants last night." He tells you,
Floyd | "You don't hear me bringing it up."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas stares off into space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "They're all sooo nice."
		Zach says, "this guy I don't hate. he has a good point"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to have to remember that clever line for the next time I give zero shits."
		Zach says, "Let's forget about this stupid note"
		Jacqueline says, "I really regret not keeping a notebook of quotes for moments like this."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we have some reason to be worried about it."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Warpeye (the cat).
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing specific in mind to discuss with Warpeye (the cat)
Floyd | right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x glowst" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOWST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAT ABOUT CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) goes up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x glowstone" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOWSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the glowstone lantern)
Floyd | It's your basic traveling lantern, but instead of a flame within, its
Floyd | luminescence emits from a glowing, round stone, about the size of a
Floyd | fist, instead.  Some glowstone lanterns can be closed to block the
Floyd | light.  This isn't one of those, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) comes down from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks around with a peeved expression.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask venkath about dirt" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VENKATH ABOUT DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your traveling clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take off clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OFF CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | It's best to not go around without your clothes on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks around with a peeved expression.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline looks judgmentally at Venkath's rags.
		DavidW asks, "What about his pack?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pack" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the leather haversack)
Floyd | This handy, leather satchel can be worn and used to carry many items.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the leather haversack are Elements of Ixteesh and
Floyd | Phandaal's letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas sniffles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe show the note? That seems to give other responses."
Zach says (to Floyd), "venkath" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VENKATH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x venkath" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VENKATH
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall man of grim countenance, Venkath Mock is one of the few
Floyd | soldiers of Euyesus.  As such, he wears dark-stained, cloth armor with
Floyd | various small metal plates sewn into it for added protection; known as
Floyd | a jack-of-plate.  On his back is a hooded cloak and on his belt is a
Floyd | sheathed sword.  It's difficult to discern his age.  Maybe he's three
Floyd | decades, maybe it's four.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye the cat tilts his head as if hearing something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "And the dirt to Venkath."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like this game is an improvement on past MTW games, though I'm having trouble putting my finger on why."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, good work, MTW."
		Zach asks, "he doesn't care about the dirt?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask about dirt" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "unless show is different by why"
Zach says (to Floyd), "show dirt" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Venkath Mock)
Floyd | "Thank you for showing me your weird dirt."
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath stretches his arms, eager to get off this boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "ha ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "That's a quote for the damn spoiler room."
		Knight_Otu says, "He might have known if it's a special dirt."
		Jacqueline says, "I forget how to add quotes, but that one needs to be there."
		Zach says, "yes, that is amazing"
		Jacqueline has saved it for later.
Zach says (to Floyd), "show sack to mock" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW SACK TO MOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow."
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your small black scabbard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask Venkath Mock about Venkath Mock or the mysterious note;
Floyd | or tell Venkath Mock about yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "tell mock about yourself" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MOCK ABOUT YOURSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm."
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye the cat sneezes a tiny cat-sneeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas examines the mate's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "tell mock about me" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MOCK ABOUT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | "That plank bed was brutal." You venture, "I would've gotten better
Floyd | rest sleeping on a giant crouton."
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath stares at you for a long moment before resuming his
Floyd | vacant-eyed vigil.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas exhales, letting his lips flap like a horse's.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath adjusts his scabbard and belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Are you mocking us, Venkath?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "show dirt to ostothas" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DIRT TO OSTOTHAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for showing me your weird dirt."
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye the cat stares toward the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas goes south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath stretches his arms, eager to get off this boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "Explore the top of the ship more?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spy a large snake slithering on the surface of the brackish water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Or the bottom of the ship more."
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Cargo Deck
Floyd | This part of the deck is the starboard cargo deck.  From here, you can
Floyd | see the extent of this barge-like craft. This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater. There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way. The only structure on the
Floyd | deck is toward the very bow (north). It's the wheelhouse, where the
Floyd | captain pilots the craft. The door into it is open. Around the other
Floyd | parts of the deck, north, west, and northwest, you can see various
Floyd | crates of cargo stacked. At the very back of the ship, you can see the
Floyd | wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  On the
Floyd | edge of the deck here, a stovepipe juts upward from the galley below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flock of swamp birds fly low in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x swamp birds" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWAMP BIRDS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the vast swamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw"
		Jacqueline says, "Park ranger does not approve."
		Zach says, "eh, it's OK; no one wants to visit a swamp"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a wide stovepipe jutting up from the edge of the deck.  It
Floyd | leads to the stove in the galley belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bilgescow passes close to the black willow trees on the sides of
Floyd | the waterway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I love swamps."
		Jacqueline says, "They are awesome for canoeing around in."
		Zach says, "whooops"
		Jacqueline says, "Great birdlife and alligators and stuff."
		Zach says, "whoops"
		Zach says, "err, whoops on the 2nd whoops"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Port Cargo Deck                                      Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Port Cargo Deck
Floyd | This is the port cargo deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft. This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater. There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way. The only structure on the
Floyd | deck is toward the very bow (north). It's the wheelhouse, where the
Floyd | captain pilots the craft. The door into it is open. Around the other
Floyd | parts of the deck, north, northeast, and east, you can see various
Floyd | crates of cargo stacked. At the very back of the ship, you can see the
Floyd | wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cargo" 		

Floyd ]  Port Cargo Deck                                      Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARGO
Floyd |
Floyd | There are numerous cargo crates of various sizes on the deck of the
Floyd | bilgescow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Port Fore Deck                                       Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Port Fore Deck
Floyd | This part of the deck is up by the wheelhouse and on the port side of
Floyd | the craft.  From here, you can see the extent of this barge-like
Floyd | craft. This deck is low to the water level as most of the ship is
Floyd | underwater. There is no railing as it's easier to move large cargo
Floyd | onboard that way.  The deck continues east, southeast, and south,
Floyd | where various cargo crates are stacked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | That would take you over the edge and into the swamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump overboard" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP OVERBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is absently meandering about, waiting for this trip to be
Floyd | over
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) goes west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath fidgets with his travel pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the crew, Ostothas, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ostothas examines the galley door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter galley" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER GALLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening galley door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Scow Galley
Floyd | This small kitchenette is provided to prepare simple meals for the
Floyd | barge's crew.  A small table is here; its top covered by a thick
Floyd | chopping block, marred from ages of use.  A note of some sort is on
Floyd | it.  A wide cupboard is fastened to one wall and a cast iron stove is
Floyd | against another.  The stove's door is closed.  The only exit is port
Floyd | (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Skayawa (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "pet cat" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa tilts her head and purrs as you stroke under her chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat sniffs around the cast iron stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aww."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open stove" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cast iron stove)
Floyd | You open the cast iron stove, revealing a pile of ashes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "kitten"
		DavidW says, "Warpeye acts differently if you pet him."
Zach says (to Floyd), "take ashes" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ASHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't find anything in the ashes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat scratches under her chin with her hind paw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x ashes" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ASHES
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a pile of fine, gray ashes; the remains of the previous
Floyd | night's fire within.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat stares at one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the important note)
Floyd | You take the important note from the chopping block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "read important" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IMPORTANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalek,
Floyd | The stove pipe is clogged again.  Get to this asap.
Floyd | -Rakton
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Then don't stuff your victims into the pipe, Rakton."
		Knight_Otu says, "Watch Rakton being completely innocent, now."
Zach says (to Floyd), "clean pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The outside of the stove and its pipe don't really need a cleaning,
Floyd | but according to that important note you found, the pipe is clogged
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "but I'm not doing that guy's job for him!"
		Zach says, "(that's not us, right?)"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cupboard" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUPBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a wide, wooden cabinet attached to one of the walls of this
Floyd | galley.  Its purpose, obviously, is to hold the crew's rations.  It is
Floyd | currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat stares at the cast iron stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No, not us."
		Jacqueline says, "Wait."
		DavidW says, "No, we're Polk. We haven't actually met Amalek yet."
		Jacqueline says, "I missed said note."
		Zach says, "Rakton left a *note* for something that needed to be done *ASAP*"
		Knight_Otu says, "It was on the table, or on the chopping block."
		DavidW says, "It was on the block."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open cupboard" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the wide cupboard, revealing a supply of food and a chunk of
Floyd | cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | supply of food: None of that food belongs to you.
Floyd | chunk of cheese: (putting the mysterious note into the leather
Floyd | haversack to make room)
Floyd | You take the chunk of cheese from the wide cupboard.
Floyd | pile of ashes: You don't find anything in the ashes.
Floyd | lumpy glowstone: The wall sconce isn't open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open sconce" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN SCONCE
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems that the little door on the iron cage sconce is sealed shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I missed that."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a moldy chunk of cheese.  It doesn't look too appetizing to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | You do like cheese but this chunk of cheese is moldy, and not in a
Floyd | good way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if there's another sconce that's not sealed shut. I never thought to look for that."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there is also that lonely glowstone."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a thick block of wood, completely covering the top of the
Floyd | small table.  The block is marred and stained with ages of use.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat stares at the stovepipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Scow Galley
Floyd | This small kitchenette is provided to prepare simple meals for the
Floyd | barge's crew.  A small table is here; its top covered by a thick
Floyd | chopping block, marred from ages of use.  A wide cupboard is fastened
Floyd | to one wall and a cast iron stove is against another.  The stove's
Floyd | door is open.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Skayawa (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat tilts her head as if hearing something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "I guess clean the pipe?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. Why not? Let's do the thing that we shouldn't have to do as a passenger."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Zach says, "even though I'm morally opposed"
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the crew, Ostothas, is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Who knows what is clogging the pipe?"
		Zach says, "or a I guess there's something else south"
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.

		Jacqueline says, "I would scream about child labor, but it kind of looks like we're already on a business trip"

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "ewww, this humidity"
		DavidW says, "I don't know what's clogging the pipe or how to unclog it. I did notice [spoiler], however."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | BOILER ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening storage door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Closet
Floyd | This cabin is too small to be someone's quarters so instead it's used
Floyd | for random storage.  Currently, only a large chest sits against a wall
Floyd | here.  The only door is to the east (starboard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It was meant as an encouragement, not a question."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin Boy's Quarters
Floyd | This cabin is barely bigger than a broom closet.  A patchwork hammock
Floyd | fills most of the space, strung between two of the walls.  An old
Floyd | pillow sits on the floor in a corner, obviously now a bed for the
Floyd | ship's cats.  Nearby, a food bowl and a water dish are provided,
Floyd | again, for the cats.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the patchwork hammock is Amalek.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "here's the lazy bastard!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "show important note to amalek" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW IMPORTANT NOTE TO AMALEK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interesting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "ahhhh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boy" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite his title, he's actually a couple of years older than you, but
Floyd | still the crew's youngest.  From what you've witnessed during the two
Floyd | days you've been on The Rhinoceros, Amalek is slow to actually get
Floyd | anything done and seems to shirk his duties expertly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask amalek about pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK AMALEK ABOUT PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the thick pipe)
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalek squints and looks at his book closer as if trying to make
Floyd | something out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | You could ask Amalek about Amalek, the small leather book, the
Floyd | mysterious note, Rakton, Skayawa (the cat) or Warpeye (the cat).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a amalek" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A AMALEK
Floyd |
Floyd | "You never seem too busy." You say to Amalek.
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't turn his head from his book when he answers, "I'll get to
Floyd | it later."
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalek moves his dangling foot around as he reads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a book" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Elements of Ixteesh or the small leather
Floyd | book?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "small leather book" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMALL LEATHER BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you reading?" You ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Without looking up, he tells you "It's called the Helping Friendly
Floyd | Book."
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalek turns a page of the book he's reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That sounds like a book I'd read."
Zach says (to Floyd), "a mysterious" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A MYSTERIOUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't happen to know anything about a note that's been slipped
Floyd | under my door this morning, do you?" You ask the lazy youth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, stranger," he says with his nose still in his book, "nothing
Floyd | at all here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a rakton" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | "What can you tell me about Rakton, the First Mate?" You ask, trying
Floyd | to sound nonchalant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I dunno." Amalek replies, still reading his book.  "He's only been
Floyd | onboard less than a fortnight.  Leaves me alone enough, except for his
Floyd | asinine notes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "a cat" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, Skayawa (the cat) or Warpeye (the cat)?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "skayawa" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKAYAWA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is Skayawa your cat?" You ask Amalek.  He turns a page of his book,
Floyd | still reading, as he answers.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, he's the ship's cat, but I'm the one who cares for him,
Floyd | really."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "eat cat food" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT CAT FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a warpeye" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A WARPEYE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is Warpeye your cat?" You inquire.
Floyd | "Actually, we've no idea where he came in from.  He's only been
Floyd | hanging about for a few days."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "THE CAT IS THE VILLAIN"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Now where have we heard that before?"
		DavidW asks, "Did you guys examine Warpeye at all?"
		Zach says, "there's no time!"
		DavidW says, "He does have a strange eye."
Zach says (to Floyd), "show dirt to boy" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW DIRT TO BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interesting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | small leather book: That seems to belong to Amalek.
Floyd | small amount of water: You don't need to mess with the cats' water
Floyd | dish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin Boy's Quarters
Floyd | This cabin is barely bigger than a broom closet.  A patchwork hammock
Floyd | fills most of the space, strung between two of the walls.  An old
Floyd | pillow sits on the floor in a corner, obviously now a bed for the
Floyd | ship's cats.  Nearby, a food bowl and a water dish are provided,
Floyd | again, for the cats.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the patchwork hammock is Amalek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalek looks at you over his book to see what you're doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hammock" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X  HAMMOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabin boy must've gotten creative trying to solve the lack of a
Floyd | decent bed on this boat.  The hammock is made of dozens of different
Floyd | rags, cloths, blankets, and what-not, all stitched together to make a
Floyd | cozy-looking place to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the patchwork hammock is Amalek.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pillow" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an old, beat-up pillow that the ship's cats use for a bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "I guess to the boiler room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure"
		Jacqueline says, "okay"
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the stern door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's also the room opposite the galley."
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crew Quarters                                        Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew Quarters
Floyd | A disagreeable smell permeates this room.  Hammocks and low-hanging
Floyd | ropes are haphazardly arranged for the crew's sleeping needs.  Random
Floyd | bits of clothes and personal items are also strewn about.  The only
Floyd | exit is a door to the east (starboard).
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas is here, slowly sorting clothes and items, in a vain attempt at
Floyd | organization.
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas finds something and puts it in his pocket.  You weren't able to
Floyd | make out what it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas goes east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Crew Quarters                                        Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Daxas, one of the crewmates, here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to daxas" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DAXAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Daxas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas mumbles something to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Daxas about Daxas or the mysterious note.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a daxas" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A DAXAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "You look distracted." You say to Daxas, trying to sound friendly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's always something to be done on a bilgescow." He replies.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Daxas, one of the crewmates, here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is leaning against the ironwood table, absent-mindedly
Floyd | staring down the centerline passage
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "a mysterious" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A MYSTERIOUS
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't know if maybe one of your crewmate's slipped a note under
Floyd | my cabin door?" You ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know anything about that." He replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach has disconnected. 		
Zach has connected. 		
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas comes up from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x daxas" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DAXAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Daxas is maybe only five years your senior.  He's a newer member of
Floyd | the crew of The Rhinoceros.  He has a friendly enough face and he's
Floyd | large in both height and weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Cargo Deck
Floyd | This part of the deck is the starboard cargo deck.  From here, you can
Floyd | see the extent of this barge-like craft. This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater. There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way. The only structure on the
Floyd | deck is toward the very bow (north). It's the wheelhouse, where the
Floyd | captain pilots the craft. The door into it is open. Around the other
Floyd | parts of the deck, north, west, and northwest, you can see various
Floyd | crates of cargo stacked. At the very back of the ship, you can see the
Floyd | wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  On the
Floyd | edge of the deck here, a stovepipe juts upward from the galley below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "clean pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the stovepipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Since you've all caught up to me, I think it's now okay to show my own notes so far: [LINK]"
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's nothing but blackness within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "reach in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Hit it?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "hit pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a wide stovepipe jutting up from the edge of the deck.  It
Floyd | leads to the stove in the galley belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put hand in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT HAND IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I tried putting the dagger in but lost it. It didn't appear in the stove below."
		DavidW says, "However, I noted that we're not allowed to put the lantern in the pipe."
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's nothing but blackness within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "What else do we have? The bottle of dirt, some book..."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open latern" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LATERN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a chunk of cheese
Floyd |   an important note
Floyd |   some weird dirt
Floyd |   a small jar (open but empty)
Floyd |   an antecessor skean
Floyd |   a glowstone lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   a leather haversack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a mysterious note
Floyd |     Elements of Ixteesh
Floyd |     Phandaal's letter
Floyd |   some traveling clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black scabbard (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "open lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "take glowstone" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLOWSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the glowstone lantern)
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I never used the cheese. Also, we might be able to pick up Skayawa (the cat)."
Zach says (to Floyd), "read ixteesh" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IXTEESH
Floyd |
Floyd | Elements of Ixteesh is a prescriptive Ancient Ixteesh
Floyd | comprehension guide.  You are fluent in the language, but this has
Floyd | been your trusty reference book for those rare times you need to
Floyd | double-check something.  You've even made countless marginal notes in
Floyd | the tome, updating and expanding where necessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flock of swamp birds fly low in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Zach says (to Floyd), "put lantern in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LANTERN IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to take better care of your light source than that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bilgescow passes close to the black willow trees on the sides of
Floyd | the waterway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Like, if we put a cat into the pipe, maybe the cabin boy would actually move."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Meanie!"
		Jacqueline says, "But, um, sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Just save first."
		Zach says, "you can drive if you want"
		DavidW says, "But our real goal is to get Rakton to move. Perhaps we need to get Rakton to leave to yell at Amalek."
		Zach says, "Rakton did move"
		Zach says, "but the door was still locked"
		DavidW says (to Zach), "I never saw Rakton move."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, he moved."
		Jacqueline says, "And we tried to get in but the door was locked."
		DavidW says, "I missed seeing any of that."
		Jacqueline says, "He for some reason wandered into the guest cabin"
		DavidW says, "In my play session, I noticed Ostothas going into the Mate's room, so I suspect Ostothas has a keyring or keys."
		DavidW says, "Like, maybe we can try giving the cheese to Ostothas, and maybe Ostothas gets sick, and we take the possible keys he has."
		Knight_Otu says, "He did so here too."
		Knight_Otu says, "And locked the door behind himself."
		Jacqueline says, "mmm... moldy cheeses"
		DavidW says, "I think we should find Ostothas."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unclog pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNCLOG PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Worth a try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave the chunk of cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | Loud buzzing insects create a clamor around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YELL IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BLOW PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the stovepipe a solid kick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, um, the cat idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | A flock of swamp birds fly low in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is leaning against the ironwood table, killing time until
Floyd | the bilgescow reaches Badushizd
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scow Galley
Floyd | This small kitchenette is provided to prepare simple meals for the
Floyd | barge's crew.  A small table is here; its top covered by a thick
Floyd | chopping block, marred from ages of use.  A wide cupboard is fastened
Floyd | to one wall and a cast iron stove is against another.  The stove's
Floyd | door is open.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Skayawa (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for Skayawa but she instantly darts around the room,
Floyd | avoiding your grasp.  She doesn't appear afraid of you but rather she
Floyd | seems to think you're playing with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat stares at one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cheese to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW CHEESE TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That wouldn't be of interest to the animal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat stares toward the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "bleh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is absently meandering about, waiting for this trip to be
Floyd | over
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take glowcube" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLOWCUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the sort of glowcube that is meant to stay put as a room
Floyd | fixture.  Plus, you wouldn't want any of the crew seeing you disturb
Floyd | their things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening mate's door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath stretches his arms, eager to get off this boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crew Quarters                                        Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew Quarters
Floyd | A disagreeable smell permeates this room.  Hammocks and low-hanging
Floyd | ropes are haphazardly arranged for the crew's sleeping needs.  Random
Floyd | bits of clothes and personal items are also strewn about.  The only
Floyd | exit is a door to the east (starboard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Crew Quarters                                        Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bits of clothes)
Floyd | You kick around some of the clothes but find nothing of use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search hammocks" 		

Floyd ]  Crew Quarters                                        Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH HAMMOCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick wood" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the wood walls, the wood ceiling or the wooden
Floyd | plaque?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "walls" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the wood walls a solid kick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the stern door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give door a stern talking to" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE DOOR A STERN TALKING TO
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, boy's door, storage door or the stern door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stern" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STERN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin Boy's Quarters
Floyd | This cabin is barely bigger than a broom closet.  A patchwork hammock
Floyd | fills most of the space, strung between two of the walls.  An old
Floyd | pillow sits on the floor in a corner, obviously now a bed for the
Floyd | ship's cats.  Nearby, a food bowl and a water dish are provided,
Floyd | again, for the cats.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the patchwork hammock is Amalek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalek's dangling foot hits your shoulder.  "You still here?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull foot" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL FOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tickle amalek" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TICKLE AMALEK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cheese in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CHEESE IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the chunk of cheese into the food bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon hearing something land in the food bowl, Skayawa the cat races
Floyd | into the room to investigate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, that might be useful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa nibbles at the cheese in her food bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scow Galley
Floyd | This small kitchenette is provided to prepare simple meals for the
Floyd | barge's crew.  A small table is here; its top covered by a thick
Floyd | chopping block, marred from ages of use.  A wide cupboard is fastened
Floyd | to one wall and a cast iron stove is against another.  The stove's
Floyd | door is open.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "oooh, so put lantern in the bowl, have the cat eat the lantern, put glowing cat in pipe"
		Jacqueline says, "..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close galley door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Man you guys."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | supply of food: None of that food belongs to you.
Floyd | pile of ashes: You don't find anything in the ashes.
Floyd | lumpy glowstone: The wall sconce isn't open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit sconce" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT SCONCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick sconce" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK SCONCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the wall sconce a solid kick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "it's MTW's fault!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the thick pipe a solid kick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL FROM PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the cast iron stove.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push stove" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cast iron stove)
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "detach pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DETACH PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open galley door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin Boy's Quarters
Floyd | This cabin is barely bigger than a broom closet.  A patchwork hammock
Floyd | fills most of the space, strung between two of the walls.  An old
Floyd | pillow sits on the floor in a corner, obviously now a bed for the
Floyd | ship's cats.  Nearby, a food bowl and a water dish are provided,
Floyd | again, for the cats.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the patchwork hammock is Amalek.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Skayawa (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa sniffs at the cheese in her food bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skayawa" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKAYAWA
Floyd |
Floyd | A small female cat, gray as a thundercloud, Skayawa's eyes dart around
Floyd | the room, taking in everything that happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa takes a sizable bite of her cheese chunk and takes a moment to
Floyd | chew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Get her?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skayawa" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin Boy's Quarters                                 Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SKAYAWA
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for Skayawa and grab her just before she's able to dart away
Floyd | from you.  She tenses up and tries to squirm away, but gives up and
Floyd | relaxes a bit once she sees you're not letting her go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa looks around erratically as you hold on to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is leaning against the ironwood table, killing time until
Floyd | the bilgescow reaches Badushizd
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Cargo Deck
Floyd | This part of the deck is the starboard cargo deck.  From here, you can
Floyd | see the extent of this barge-like craft. This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater. There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way. The only structure on the
Floyd | deck is toward the very bow (north). It's the wheelhouse, where the
Floyd | captain pilots the craft. The door into it is open. Around the other
Floyd | parts of the deck, north, west, and northwest, you can see various
Floyd | crates of cargo stacked. At the very back of the ship, you can see the
Floyd | wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  On the
Floyd | edge of the deck here, a stovepipe juts upward from the galley below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Daxas, one of the crewmates, here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa squirms in your arms.  She reaches a paw towards the
Floyd | stovepipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa purrs loudly in your arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spy a large snake slithering on the surface of the brackish water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "oh my god, if this really is the solution..."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cat in pipe" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Cargo Deck                                 Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT CAT IN PIPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't even need to struggle to get the cat into the stovepipe.
Floyd | She practically jumps from your hands into the pipe's depths.
Floyd |
Floyd | From within the stovepipe, you hear a bit of a clatter.  Some
Floyd | scratching noises echo from its depths followed by a small crash and a
Floyd | final thud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "boooo"
		DavidW says, "I don't believe that worked."
		Knight_Otu says, "Man..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Starboard Fore Deck                                  Topside
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Starboard Fore Deck
Floyd | You're standing on the deck of The Rhinoceros.  From here, you can see
Floyd | the extent of this barge-like craft.  This deck is low to the water
Floyd | level as most of the ship is underwater.  There is no railing as it's
Floyd | easier to move large cargo onboard that way.  The only structure on
Floyd | the deck is toward the very bow (north).  It's the wheelhouse, where
Floyd | the captain pilots the craft.  The door into it is open.  Around the
Floyd | other parts of the deck, south, west, and southwest, you can see
Floyd | various crates of cargo stacked.  At the very back of the ship, you
Floyd | can see the wide stern wheel ceaselessly paddling the ship northwards,
Floyd | rhythmically chugging through the desolate, waterlogged swamp.  A
Floyd | wide, short ramp leads down to belowdecks.  It is stained from boot
Floyd | traffic and swamp water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is leaning against the ironwood table, absent-mindedly
Floyd | staring down the centerline passage
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath fidgets with his travel pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Skayawa (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa the cat stares at one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skayawa (the cat) goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scow Galley
Floyd | This small kitchenette is provided to prepare simple meals for the
Floyd | barge's crew.  A small table is here; its top covered by a thick
Floyd | chopping block, marred from ages of use.  A wide cupboard is fastened
Floyd | to one wall and a cast iron stove is against another.  The stove's
Floyd | door is open.  The only exit is port (or west, currently).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open stove" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cast iron stove)
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "I give this game a 1/10 for encouraging players to give cats moldy food"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in stove" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN STOVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cast iron stove)
Floyd | The is a squat cast iron stove, most likely fastened in place even
Floyd | though its weight alone would do the job.  It is black and well-used.
Floyd | The top cooking surface is made of grates that sit above the oven.
Floyd | The oven's door is open.  A thick pipe runs up from the oven and
Floyd | through the ceiling where smoke from cooking escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the cast iron stove are a bird's nest and a pile of ashes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a bird's nest that was stuck in the stovepipe.  It is a mess
Floyd | of twigs and mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the bird's nest is an old key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the old key from the bird's nest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Scow Galley                                          Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | This old key looks like it probably belongs to a nautical chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Closet
Floyd | This cabin is too small to be someone's quarters so instead it's used
Floyd | for random storage.  Currently, only a large chest sits against a wall
Floyd | here.  The only door is to the east (starboard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach asks, "wait, was the cat there?"
		DavidW says, "no, I didn't see the cat"
		Knight_Otu says, "We came across her earlier."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock chest with key" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK CHEST WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the large chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the large chest, revealing a stack of folded clothes and a
Floyd | cabin key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "ah, right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cabin key" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CABIN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the antecessor skean into the leather haversack to make room)
Floyd | You take the cabin key from the large chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x folded" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOLDED
Floyd |
Floyd | This is someone's stack of folded clothes, put away in storage.  They
Floyd | seem like a pretty mundane selection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chest. lock chest with old key" 		

Floyd ]  Storage Closet                                       Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE CHEST. LOCK CHEST WITH OLD KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the large chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock the large chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Astern                            Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Astern
Floyd | This is the end of the centerline passage, at the stern of the barge.
Floyd | There are doors port, starboard, and astern (south) here.  A faded
Floyd | wooden plaque with writing on it is fastened to the stern door.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head back north toward the bow.  Here, below the
Floyd | bilge line, the air is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Amidships                         Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Amidships
Floyd | You are in the centerline passage running from the bow to the stern
Floyd | belowdecks.  At this section, there are doors both port and starboard.
Floyd | Otherwise, you can head up or down the passage, from stem to stern.
Floyd | The air down here is thick with moisture and much of the wood around
Floyd | you is damp with condensation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Centerline Passage Fore
Floyd | This is the fore end of the centerline passageway that runs down the
Floyd | center of the barge, belowdecks.  The craft is heading north and this
Floyd | end of the passage has doors all around but to the south, where the
Floyd | passage continues toward the stern.  A short ramp slopes upwards to
Floyd | the northeast, taking one topside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy, ironwood table is situated here with a chair of matching wood
Floyd | and age.  Belowdecks, the air here has a hanging moisture.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the ironwood table is an old glowcube (providing light).
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock is absently meandering about, waiting for this trip to be
Floyd | over
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock mate's door with cabin key" 		

Floyd ]  Centerline Passage Fore                              Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK MATE'S DOOR WITH CABIN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock mate's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening mate's door)
Floyd |
Floyd | First Mate's Cabin
Floyd | This cabin is a step-up in comfort than for the rest of the crew.  The
Floyd | wooden plank bed has a simple pillow and a nicely folded quilt on it.
Floyd | A plank shelf, against another wall, is covered with neatly stacked
Floyd | papers.  A heavy, wooden chair is before it.  The first mate's
Floyd | personal belongings are most likely kept in the small trunk nearby.
Floyd | The exit is port (west).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden plank shelf are some neatly stacked papers.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden plank bed are a nicely folded quilt and a simple pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay. I have not been here before."
		Knight_Otu asks, "close the door?"
		Zach says, "get revenge for the cat!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close mate's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Just in case?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock door with cabin key" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK DOOR WITH CABIN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock mate's door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | At a quick glance, these papers seem to be mundane jumble of shipping
Floyd | business; invoices, cargo manifestos, and the like.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, who hides a key in a bird's nest embedded in a pipe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search papers" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Like, I'm just askin'"
		DavidW asks, "Someone who's barely been on a ship before?"
		Zach says, "birds love to build nests inside of hot metal"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not the mate, presumably."
		Zach says, "on moving ships"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trunk" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton, the first mate, most likely keeps his personal belongings in
Floyd | this trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trunk" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the small trunk, revealing Owls of Stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | It happens so fast that you're not sure what's going on at first.
Floyd | Then you realize you are being strangled by a cord.  Your hands
Floyd | automatically scramble to your neck, trying to grasp the garrote but
Floyd | your attacker is strong and you cannot get a grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "you're the park ranger!"
		Zach says, "the dirt! get weird with the dirt!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw dirt at attacker" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW DIRT AT ATTACKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You fumble with the small jar but in the commotion, it slips from your
Floyd | sweaty hands and falls to the floor.  Thankfully, it's strong enough
Floyd | glass and doesn't break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, changing topics: this situation is not good."
		Zach says, "the dirt! it did nothing!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab attacker with dagger" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAB ATTACKER WITH DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill attacker with dagger" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL ATTACKER WITH DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the antecessor skean)
Floyd | You're unable to do that because you're currently being strangled by a
Floyd | garrote.  Your attacker is behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | As he strangles you, Rakton whispers in your ear in a strange language
Floyd | like a lunatic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But the dirt was out of the jar!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Cut garrotte?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "die" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "to be fair, we are stealing his stuff"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick rakton" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You maneuver yourself as best you can to deliver a solid backwards
Floyd | kick on your attacker.  Striking him in the knee, he grunts and the
Floyd | garrote loosens slightly.  You take advantage of the opportunity and
Floyd | you slip away from him, stumbling across the cabin clumsily.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton is before you, blocking the doorway.  Dangling from his hand is
Floyd | the black, leather garrote that was just around your neck.  His eyes
Floyd | are red and glassy.  He steps toward you, whispering in a strange
Floyd | language like a lunatic.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press any key)

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "I garroted him in self-defense!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | (press any key)The blood-soaked blade of a sword quickly emerges
Floyd | from Rakton's heart.  Rakton stops in his tracks, wide-eyed as the
Floyd | blade disappears back into his body.  He collapses onto the floor,
Floyd | dead.  Behind him, you see your minder, Venkath Mock wipe the sword
Floyd | with a rag and sheath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You need to be more careful." He tells you without humor.  "Gather
Floyd | your things and meet me topside.  We've arrived."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jar" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the small jar from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take owls" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE OWLS
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the weird dirt into the leather haversack to make room)
Floyd | You take Owls of Stone from the small trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | First Mate's Cabin
Floyd | This cabin is a step-up in comfort than for the rest of the crew.  The
Floyd | wooden plank bed has a simple pillow and a nicely folded quilt on it.
Floyd | A plank shelf, against another wall, is covered with neatly stacked
Floyd | papers.  A heavy, wooden chair is before it.  The first mate's
Floyd | personal belongings are most likely kept in the small trunk nearby.
Floyd | The exit is port (west).
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden plank shelf are some neatly stacked papers.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden plank bed are a nicely folded quilt and a simple pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a leather garrote and Rakton's body here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "someone left a vague, anonymous note and we used it as an excuse to commit real crimes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take garrote" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GARROTE
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the important note into the leather haversack to make room)
Floyd | You pick up the leather garrote from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a leather garrote
Floyd |   Owls of Stone
Floyd |   a small jar (open but empty)
Floyd |   a cabin key
Floyd |   an old key
Floyd |   a glowstone lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   a leather haversack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     an important note
Floyd |     some weird dirt
Floyd |     an antecessor skean
Floyd |     a mysterious note
Floyd |     Elements of Ixteesh
Floyd |     Phandaal's letter
Floyd |   some traveling clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black scabbard (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x owls" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OWLS
Floyd |
Floyd | As you open the book, some sort of coded message falls out of it to
Floyd | the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | Owls of Stone is a slender volume of poetry written in the
Floyd | coastal city-state of Slezamane roughly half a century ago.  The
Floyd | quality of the poems are above average but they stay rather tame
Floyd | instead of touching on any topics of substance like politics or
Floyd | philosophy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take message" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MESSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the old key into the leather haversack to make room)
Floyd | You pick up the coded message from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x message" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MESSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't read this.  It's either in another language, or, more
Floyd | likely, in some sort of code.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rakton" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAKTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Rakton's  blood-smeared body is lying here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  First Mate's Cabin                                   Belowdecks
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Anything else we should get/"
		DavidW asks, "Do we want the moldy cheese back?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah, definitely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You meet your bodyguard topside.  The two of you stand behind the
Floyd | wheelhouse, watching the swamp finally give way to wide, clearer
Floyd | water.  Ahead, in the distance and dark against the bright horizon,
Floyd | you see the crowded towers and minarets of the city called Badushizd.
Floyd |
Floyd | (press any key)

		Jacqueline says, "Or not"
		DavidW says, "too bad"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd |
Floyd | Ivory Arch
Floyd | Leaving the city's harbor to the south, you made your way here, to the
Floyd | Ivory Arch.  It is a single piece of ivory, huge enough to span from
Floyd | one side of the boulevard to the other and no man lives who knows
Floyd | whence so vast a piece could have come.  Passing through the arch, one
Floyd | finds the entire underside covered in countless, detailed carvings;
Floyd | mostly statues and visages that seem to reach out from the ivory or
Floyd | stare at you as you pass through.  To the north, beyond the ivory
Floyd | arch, the buidlings give way to some sort of open town square.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your minder, Venkath Mock, is here with a grim countenance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hi, Warpeye."
		Knight_Otu asks, "What're you doing here?"
		DavidW says, "Warpeye is probably in on it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye's long fur is a cacophony of autumn colors but his feet and
Floyd | neck are white.  His keen face evinces his many years and his sage
Floyd | experience as a cat.  On closer inspection, you see that he is most
Floyd | likely named for his left eye which is actually a strange glass stone
Floyd | of shifting, indeterminate colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take eye" 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of Warpeye (the cat).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eye" 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye's left eye appears to be a small glass stone of shifting,
Floyd | indeterminate colors.  You can only imagine if it actually works or if
Floyd | it has different abilities altogether.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Crowding each other on the inside of the ivory arch are countless
Floyd | carved faces, statues, sculptures, and reliefs; some so new, they are
Floyd | currently being finsihed, and some so ancient, their creators and
Floyd | their meanings are lost to the ages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VENKATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Venkath Mock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath adjusts his scabbard and belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Venkath Mock about Venkath Mock or the mysterious
Floyd | note.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Ivory Arch                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Ivory Arch
Floyd | It is a single piece of ivory, huge enough to span from one side of
Floyd | the boulevard to the other and no man lives who knows whence so vast a
Floyd | piece could have come.  Passing through the arch, one finds the entire
Floyd | underside covered in countless, detailed carvings; mostly statues and
Floyd | visages that seem to reach out from the ivory or stare at you as you
Floyd | pass through.  To the north, beyond the ivory arch, the buidlings give
Floyd | way to some sort of open town square.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your minder, Venkath Mock, is here with a grim countenance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your traveling clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess we go north?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lord Phothice's Square                               Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Phothice's Square
Floyd | This town square is hardly a square and more of an askew hexagon.  Its
Floyd | dimensions are difficult to tell as the surrounding buildings crowd
Floyd | each other for space.  Avenues lead off in almost every direction.
Floyd | The southern boulevard leads under a gigantic ivory arch with an
Floyd | underside covered in countless carvings.  The way west is blocked by a
Floyd | spiked gate.  Beyond it is the courtyard of the inn known as The
Floyd | Vulgar Unicorn.  Even in your village, the far away Euyesus, you've
Floyd | heard a few tales of the tavern's rowdiness.
Floyd |
Floyd | As it's midday, the square is alive with a crowd of people either
Floyd | coming and going or doing business with merchants selling various
Floyd | commodities from tented booths
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks around and then rubs his eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Of course the way to our goal is blocked."
		DavidW says, "I wonder why."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Lord Phothice's Square                               Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a strong, iron gate with spikes at the summit, standing about
Floyd | ten feet tall.  It would be difficult and dangerous to climb and
Floyd | downright impossible to squeeze through the bars.  The gate is
Floyd | currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks around with a peeved expression.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd ]  Lord Phothice's Square                               Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the spiked gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Courtyard                                        Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Courtyard
Floyd | Nestled within the buildings of Badushizd, this stony courtyard serves
Floyd | the patrons of The Vulgar Unicorn as a place to enjoy if the tavern
Floyd | gets too noisy.  A dry fountain sits as a centerpiece, surrounded by
Floyd | four stone benches with areas of trimmed grass in between.  An open
Floyd | spiked gate leads out of this courtyard to the east and a shadowy
Floyd | break in the wall to the northwest leads to some sort of dark alley
Floyd | between the buildings.  The door into the tavern is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dry fountain are a periwinkle sadiki bird and a lavender sadiki
Floyd | bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lavender sadiki bird looks at you and says, "You're just some
Floyd | weedy, ill-nurtured apple-john!".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "oh."
		Jacqueline says, "My, my. Language."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Courtyard                                        Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dry fountain)
Floyd | The dry fountain has a wide, circular basin at ground level.  The
Floyd | thick sides of the basin are knee-high, made of brick, and provide
Floyd | seating like a bench.  In the center of the bottom basin, a stone
Floyd | sculpture rises at least ten feet.  It is an abstract thing, sculpted
Floyd | to resemble waves, or something that flows at least.  Water probably
Floyd | emerged from the top, flowed down the wavy channels of the sculpture
Floyd | before landing in the basin below.  Now, only dust remains.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dry fountain are a periwinkle sadiki bird and a lavender sadiki
Floyd | bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lavender" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Courtyard                                        Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAVENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadiki birds, named for the faraway continent upon which they were
Floyd | first discovered, come in a variety of colors and have an impressive
Floyd | ability of mimicry.  Unfortunately, sadiki birds have a penchant to
Floyd | only squawk curse words and insults at anyone unfortunate enough to be
Floyd | nearby.  This particular sadiki bird has lavender colored feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks around and then rubs his eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The periwinkle sadiki bird looks at you and says, "I smell some sort
Floyd | of impertinent, hell-hated barnacle!".
Floyd |
Floyd | The lavender sadiki bird looks at Venkath Mock and says, "You're just
Floyd | some gorbellied, common-kissing dewberry!".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I sense the author just having a bit of fun here."
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x inn" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Courtyard                                        Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INN
Floyd |
Floyd | This door appears to be very old but very thick and strong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your leather haversack.
Floyd |
Floyd | The periwinkle sadiki bird looks at you and says, "You're just some
Floyd | droning, clay-brained giglet!".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the inn door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Tavern Common Room
Floyd | Bright and shadowy, all at once, this tavern common room is covered in
Floyd | countless burning candles of various shapes, sizes, and colors.  This
Floyd | perpetual candlelight has been happening for so long, the floor is
Floyd | covered in dry candle wax, stamped into a dust that has become one
Floyd | with the floor.  The wooden walls and ceiling are completely covered
Floyd | in soot and the patrons through the many decades have taken it upon
Floyd | themselves to scrawl graffiti in it with their fingers and knives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Across from the front door to the east is a large, curved bar, covered
Floyd | in candles and spirits.  In between the front door and the bar are a
Floyd | couple of tables and a few scattered chairs, upon which various
Floyd | patrons lounge, drinking and smoking, filling the room with a smoky
Floyd | aroma of tobacco and herbs.  A wooden staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the curved bar, a young woman with dreadlocks attends to
Floyd | patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone breaks out in a hacking cough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "odd how the cat is following us."
		Knight_Otu says, "He's the villain, of course."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x graffiti" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAFFITI
Floyd |
Floyd | The layers of words, sentences, remarks, ponderings, and symbols go
Floyd | back many decades.  Some are crude opinions scribbled in the soot with
Floyd | a naked finger, others are intricate scrawls made with a knife or
Floyd | other sharp implement.  It seems that the fashion is to express one's
Floyd | political leanings or affiliations which makes sense in a landscape of
Floyd | city-states hanging in an ever-changing web of alliances and
Floyd | hostilities.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath fidgets with his travel pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Paevana the alewife)
Floyd | Black, dreadlocks awkwardly hang over a furrowed, friendly face.  Big,
Floyd | round amber eyes look thoughtfully around the tavern they've watched
Floyd | over for so long.  Paevana isn't greatly busy this evening, but still
Floyd | steadily works the bar; pouring drinks, clearing glasses, lighting
Floyd | candles, and talking to the various patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "we're looking for Deviah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to woman" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Paevana the alewife)
Floyd | As you approach a little closer, you notice there is a concealed
Floyd | staircase behind the bar leading down to a cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to Paevana the alewife.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could ask Paevana the alewife about Paevana the alewife, the
Floyd | Vulgar Unicorn, Deviah Favash or the room to rent.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a vulgar unicorn" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A VULGAR UNICORN
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've heard of this place." You say to the attractive alewife.  "And
Floyd | I'm coming from Euyesus."
Floyd |
Floyd | She raises an eyebrow, "Oh yes, the keepers of languages." She says,
Floyd | "I heard Xethes mention it recently."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can ask who Xethes is, she adds, "But yeah, this place has
Floyd | been around forever, so it's garnered quite a reputation."
Floyd |
Floyd | The herbaceous smell of someone's pipe smoke drifts by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a xethes" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A XETHES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Xethes?" You ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A friend." She replies, "He's a city official."  She continues to
Floyd | work the bar and you get the feeling that's all she's going to say on
Floyd | the subject.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a deviah" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A DEVIAH
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm here to meet someone." You tell her, "Do you know someone called
Floyd | Deviah?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," Paevana replies, "she's rented the upstairs back bedroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a room" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > A ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess I need a room for the night." You tell Paevana as she
Floyd | continues to serve drinks and tidy the bar.  She walks toward your end
Floyd | of the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | "For you and your friend?" She asks you, referring to your minder,
Floyd | Venkath.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, yeah," you tell her, "Him, too."  You hand her a coin given to
Floyd | you by your village Headman to pay for the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Paevana produces a key from her pocket and gives it to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the upstairs hall of The Vulgar Unicorn.  From below, the
Floyd | sounds of the tavern common room rises up the wooden staircase.
Floyd | Bedroom doors are set east and west and a lavatory door is to the
Floyd | south.  The soot graffiti continues on this floor, as does the smoky
Floyd | aroma of tobacco.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock comes up from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) comes up from below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask venkath about warpeye" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK VENKATH ABOUT WARPEYE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath looks at your leather haversack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x graffiti" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAFFITI
Floyd |
Floyd | The layers of words, sentences, remarks, ponderings, and symbols go
Floyd | back many decades.  Some are crude opinions scribbled in the soot with
Floyd | a naked finger, others are intricate scrawls made with a knife or
Floyd | other sharp implement.  It seems that the fashion is to express one's
Floyd | political leanings or affiliations which makes sense in a landscape of
Floyd | city-states hanging in an ever-changing web of alliances and
Floyd | hostilities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the second bedroom door, the first bedroom door or
Floyd | the lavatory door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the first inn key, the cabin key or the old key?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess the first inn key is for the first bedroom door. But is that east or west?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x first door" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIRST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a basic, wooden door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the first bedroom door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath adjusts his scabbard and belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock it" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the first bedroom door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "first key" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIRST KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the first bedroom door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter first door" 		

Floyd ]  Front Bedroom                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER FIRST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the first bedroom door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Bedroom
Floyd | Surprisingly cozy, this bedroom contains a large, comfy bed covered by
Floyd | an intricately-sewn quilt.  A thick but short curtain covers a small
Floyd | window in the east wall.  Completing the guest room is a stuffed sofa
Floyd | with a worn floral, but darkly colored cover.  The only exit is the
Floyd | door to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoo cat" 		

Floyd ]  Front Bedroom                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick cat" 		

Floyd ]  Front Bedroom                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) probably wouldn't appreciate that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the upstairs hall of The Vulgar Unicorn.  From below, the
Floyd | sounds of the tavern common room rises up the wooden staircase.
Floyd | Bedroom doors are set east and west and a lavatory door is to the
Floyd | south.  The soot graffiti continues on this floor, as does the smoky
Floyd | aroma of tobacco.
Floyd |
Floyd | Venkath Mock arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warpeye (the cat) arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Meanie"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close first door" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE FIRST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the first bedroom door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock it with first key" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK IT WITH FIRST KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock the first bedroom door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on second door" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON SECOND DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door after a quick knock but it remains locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I feel something's wrong." Venkath Mock tells you as he examines the
Floyd | door, most likely thinking of bashing it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, wait." You tell him, not wanting to cause damage or a scene if it
Floyd | can be helped, "Let me look for another way in.  You wait here."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine.  Be swift."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Why do I think that now we should check that alley that was mentioned?"
		DavidW says, "Are people content to let me check the alley next/"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was suspecting the lavatory."
		Knight_Otu says, "But sure."
		DavidW says, "The lavatory is closer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the lavatory door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Pipe-Filled Lavatory
Floyd | This strange room is some sort of lavatory, but not like any that
Floyd | you've seen back in Euyesus.  There's a commode made of polished wood
Floyd | with a small handle nearby. There's also a porcelain sink, but the
Floyd | commode has numerous pipes extending from it and clinging to the wall
Floyd | before disappearing into it and the sink includes a faucet which is a
Floyd | brass spigot also attached to a network of pipes.  Finally, there is
Floyd | an old mirror on another wall, affixed between more pipes.  The only
Floyd | exit is the door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Whichever"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | This mirror is very clean but a couple of the corners look a little
Floyd | battered, as if this mirror has been moved around more than a few
Floyd | times.  It is attached to the wall but the pipes covers a little of
Floyd | the mirror's edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mirror" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself reflected back at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Pipe-Filled Lavatory                                 Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea how such plumbing works; your home village still
Floyd | relies on outhouse technology.  From behind the polished wood commode
Floyd | and porcelain sink, pipes extend and crawl along the walls before
Floyd | disappearing into them.  Near the commode, a small handle is attached
Floyd | to a pipe and above the sink, there's a brass spigot, also on a pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm thinking this is not important ... yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "Looks like it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Hall                                        Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | This is the upstairs hall of The Vulgar Unicorn.  From below, the
Floyd | sounds of the tavern common room rises up the wooden staircase.
Floyd | Bedroom doors are set east and west and a lavatory door is to the
Floyd | south.  The soot graffiti continues on this floor, as does the smoky
Floyd | aroma of tobacco.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your minder, Venkath Mock, is here with a grim countenance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Warpeye (the cat) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Tavern Common Room                                   Vulgar Unicorn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tavern Common Room
Floyd | Bright and shadowy, all at once, this tavern common room is covered in
Floyd | countless burning candles of various shapes, sizes, and colors.  This
Floyd | perpetual candlelight has been happening for so long, the floor is
Floyd | covered in dry candle wax, stamped into a dust that has become one
Floyd | with the floor.  The wooden walls and ceiling are completely covered
Floyd | in soot and the patrons through the many decades have taken it upon
Floyd | themselves to scrawl graffiti in it with their fingers and knives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Across from the front door to the east is a large, curved bar, covered
Floyd | in candles and spirits.  In between the front door and the bar are a
Floyd | couple of tables and a few scattered chairs.  A wooden staircase leads
Floyd | up and a concealed staircase behind the bar leads down to a cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind the curved bar, a young woman with dreadlocks attends to
Floyd | patrons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Courtyard                                        Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Courtyard
Floyd | Nestled within the buildings of Badushizd, this stony courtyard serves
Floyd | the patrons of The Vulgar Unicorn as a place to enjoy if the tavern
Floyd | gets too noisy.  A dry fountain sits as a centerpiece, surrounded by
Floyd | four stone benches with areas of trimmed grass in between.  A closed
Floyd | spiked gate leads out of this courtyard to the east and a shadowy
Floyd | break in the wall to the northwest leads to some sort of dark alley
Floyd | between the buildings.  The door into the tavern is to the west.  It
Floyd | is currently open, allowing light and conversational sounds to spill
Floyd | out into the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dry fountain is a periwinkle sadiki bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Alley
Floyd | This alley is generally crooked, of course, and the way it is
Floyd | sandwiched between the buildings blocks almost any natural light,
Floyd | leaving  this passage in shadows.  The alley leads southeast (back to
Floyd | the inn courtyard) and southwest (deeper into shadow).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a squirrelly thug here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh no a thug."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thug" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THUG
Floyd |
Floyd | This man is lean and strange with dark circles under his bloodshot
Floyd | eyes as if he hasn't slept in years.  His greasy hair has the scraggly
Floyd | look of being chopped here and there by sharp implements.  He wears
Floyd | dark, stained clothes under a scuffed leather duster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Talk to him? Ignore him?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is Mock with us?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd say talk."
		DavidW says, "No, Mock stayed upstairs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to thug" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO THUG
Floyd |
Floyd | If you approach, he looks like he would rather mug you than talk to
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "And curiously, the cat as well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | The squirrelly thug blocks your way in that direction.  He seems to be
Floyd | waiting for you to approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill thug" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL THUG
Floyd |
Floyd | With your bare hands?  You'd probably lose that fight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dagger" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the cabin key into the leather haversack to make room)
Floyd | You're carrying too many things already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a first inn key
Floyd |   a coded message
Floyd |   a leather garrote
Floyd |   Owls of Stone
Floyd |   a small jar (open but empty)
Floyd |   a glowstone lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   a leather haversack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a cabin key
Floyd |     an old key
Floyd |     an important note
Floyd |     some weird dirt
Floyd |     an antecessor skean
Floyd |     a mysterious note
Floyd |     Elements of Ixteesh
Floyd |     Phandaal's letter
Floyd |   some traveling clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black scabbard (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put inn key, owls, message in sack" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT INN KEY, OWLS, MESSAGE IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | first inn key: Done.
Floyd | Owls of Stone: Done.
Floyd | coded message: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skean" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SKEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the antecessor skean from the leather haversack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put dirt in jar" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DIRT IN JAR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the weird dirt)
Floyd | You put the weird dirt into the small jar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an antecessor skean
Floyd |   a leather garrote
Floyd |   a small jar (open)
Floyd |     some weird dirt
Floyd |   a glowstone lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   a leather haversack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a coded message
Floyd |     Owls of Stone
Floyd |     a first inn key
Floyd |     a cabin key
Floyd |     an old key
Floyd |     an important note
Floyd |     a mysterious note
Floyd |     Elements of Ixteesh
Floyd |     Phandaal's letter
Floyd |   some traveling clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   a small black scabbard (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill thug with dagger" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL THUG WITH DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You were given the skean to use to defend yourself, if that
Floyd | unfortunate event arises.  But to rush in to an attack with a larger
Floyd | and maybe more experienced opponent doesn't sound like a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "How nice of the thug to wait for us."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw dirt at thug" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW DIRT AT THUG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the weird dirt)
Floyd | You pour the weird dirt from the small jar into your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You toss the weird dirt at the squirrelly thug.  It hits him without
Floyd | any fanfare at all.  But suddenly, he remains fixed in place, unable
Floyd | to move any of his body but his eyes.  His eyes dart around,
Floyd | terrified, but he cannot move even a finger, leaving him standing
Floyd | awkwardly like a frozen scarecrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Zach says, "thugs understand the importance of inventory juggling"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill thug with dagger" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Alley                                           Badushizd
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL THUG WITH DAGGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You were given the skean to use to defend yourself, if that
Floyd | unfortunate event arises.  But to rush in to an attack with a larger
Floyd | and maybe more experienced opponent doesn't sound like a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"