A speedIF O entry
by David Welbourn (2001)
Genres: Slice of life

Get Neil Gaiman to sign your comic book collection. Very short; one room.

action: %
response: Well, here you are, in sunny sunny Alaska!! (That's sarcasm, by the way.) You're here to get your favorite comic book author, Neil Gaiman, to sign your entire collection of Sandman comic books. For some
reason, he's here for an astrology convention. And of course, *that's* in Alaska, because that's where the Faboo Telescope is, in middle of nowheresville. Ah, the rough life of a comic book fan...

Program by David Welbourn (dswxyz@look.ca)

You are at the astrology convention in Alaska.

You can see a large chest (which is closed), a luncheon and Neil
Gaiman here.
action: Open chest
response: Ah! The horror! Your heart skips a beat in fear! You open the large chest, revealing the dead body of Alexander The Great.
action: You examine Alexander
response: This is the frozen body of Alexander the Great. Dead, of course -- he died in 323 B.C. -- but still looking great! For a corpse, that is.
action: You take Alexander
response: That's fixed in place.
action: You examine the luncheon
response: The luncheon on the chest is somewhat eclectic, featuring, amongst other things, an okra and seaweed salad, elderberry wine, a box of Cracker Jack(tm), and a selection of chocolate Kinder Eggs(tm).
action: You check what you're carrying
response: You are carrying:
your Sandman comic book collection
action: You examine collection
response: Actually, FYI, these are *not* mere comic books. They are "graphic novels". They're in near-mint condition and in distressing need of
Neil Gaiman's autograph.
action: You get the wine
response: Neil Gaiman is your favourite comic book author, ever.

Taken.
action: You drink the wine
response: You drink the elderberry wine containing the arsenic and promptly keel over as your heart fails...
action: You eat the salad
response: (first taking the okra and seaweed salad)
You eat the okra and seaweed salad. Not bad.
action: You look at cracker jack
response: It's a box of Cracker Jack(tm), basically carmel popcorn and peanuts. There's usually a wimpy prize inside too.
action: You eat the cracker jack
response: (first taking the box of Cracker Jack(tm))
You eat the box of Cracker Jack(tm). Not bad.
action: You show books to Gaiman
response: Neil Gaiman is unimpressed.
action: You give the wine to Gaiman
response: "Are you trying to kill me? That's laced with arsenic!"
action: You open the kinder egg
response: Ah! The horror! Your heart skips a beat in fear! You open the Kinder Egg(tm), revealing a gyroscope.
action: You get the gyroscope
response: Taken.
action: You examine the gyroscope
response: This is the coolest Kinder Egg(tm) prize ever! A gyroscope!
action: Turn gyroscope
response: Nothing obvious happens.
action: You give the collection to Gaiman
response: "I'm hungry!", Mr. Gaiman pouts.
action: You look at what you're carrying with you
response: You are carrying:
a gyroscope
a glass of elderberry wine
your Sandman comic book collection
action: You take the salad
response: Taken.
action: You give the salad to Neil
response: "I can't eat that!", Mr. Gaiman exclaims. "It's covered with Nutri-Sweet! If I eat that, I get migranes."
action: You open cracker jack
response: Ah! The horror! Your heart skips a beat in fear! You open the box of Cracker Jack(tm), revealing an elastic band.
action: You show the books to Neil
response: Neil Gaiman is unimpressed.
action: You give the books
response: Mr. Gaiman magnanimously signs your Sandman collection! At last! At last! All your fellow geeks will be so jealous...

Please give one of the answers above.
action: You check what you're carrying
response: You are carrying:
a box of Cracker Jack(tm) (which is open)
an elastic band
an okra and seaweed salad
your Sandman comic book collection