Under the Bed
by Dan Doyle III (2012)
Genres: Fantasy

For many years you have hidden from the monster under your bed. Now, with the birth of your baby brother, the monster threatens not only you, but your family. Now it is not a time to hide, now it is time to fight the monster and protect your baby brother. Now it is time to destroy the terror UNDER THE BED.

action: %
response: For seven years you have lain in your bed, terrified of the night. Lying in the center of your bed, where the monster couldn't reach you, you waited in horror for the day. Your mom and dad didn't believe that there were monsters. They even checked. You had resigned that this would be your life.

Then your baby brother was born. For a while he slept in mom and dad's room, but now he's been moved into the crib in your room. And now the monster found an easier target. That's when you decided that it ends tonight. You've decided that tonight you will kill the monster. . .

Your baby brother's last chance. by Dan Doyle III

This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

On your bed is Donald Duck.
action: You examine Donald
response: Most people say that Donald Duck is just a stuffed animal, but he's Real to you, and that's all that matters. He would keep you feeling safe when the monsters would come for you at night. Talking to him often makes you feel better. Sometimes you think he understands you better than your parents, even if he only talks to you for pretend. You find that when you have trouble thinking about what to do next, it's helpful to ask Donald, or to show him other things you've found.
action: You kill the monster
response: "Monsters are dangerous creatures. They only come out at night, and the light scares them away. Normal weapons won't hurt them- not even a bazooka! Only light can hurt a monster." says Donald.
action: You hug donald
response: You give Donald Duck a squeeze and a kiss. You'll need some courage for the upcoming battle.
action: You look at the bed
response: Which do you mean, your bed or under the bed?
action: You look at your bed
response: On your bed is Donald Duck.
action: You look at your bed
response: Taken.

You can't see any such thing.
action: You look at the crib
response: In Danny's crib is Danny.
action: You examine danny
response: This is your little brother. He cries sometimes and he's kind of a pain, but you can't let the monster get him! He's wearing his favorite white shirt. Danny is holding a wooden sword.
action: You look around
response: This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.
action: You look at the closet
response: This is your closet. Can a monster get into the room this way?

Danny watches you intently.
action: You open the closet
response: You open the room closet.
action: You look in the closet
response: The room closet is empty.
action: You put Danny in the closet
response: (first taking Danny)

Oh, no. Last time you took Danny out of the crib your mom got so mad! Better not make her yell at you again. In any case, Danny is probably safer inside the crib than outside.
action: You put the crib in the closet
response: (first taking Danny's crib)

That's hardly portable.
action: You take the sword
response: You grab the wooden sword, but Danny has a grip of steel on it. You pull harder, but he starts to get that scrunched up face he makes when he's about to start screaming and you ease up. You won't be able to save him if Mom and Dad come in and make you go to bed!
action: You give you the sowrd
response: Danny farts, but it ends up being too big for him, so he giggles.
action: You take the sword
response: Taken.
action: You look at the sword
response: This is a gray sword with a black handle. Your Uncle Pat got this for you last year, but Danny plays with it a lot.
action: Go southwest
response: This is the hallway. To the south the hallway extends to the kitchen, and then to the living room, where Mom and Dad are probably watching TV or something. They always get to stay up late. Back to the northeast is your room, and to the northwest is the laundry room where Mom washes your clothes. The closet here is where mom keeps extra blankets and stuff.

You hear your parents talking in the living room, but it's too faint to make out what they're saying.
action: You open the closet
response: You open the hall closet, revealing a sheet.
action: You look at the sheet
response: This is a white sheet for your bed.
action: Go northwest
response: This is where Mom cleans your clothes and stuff in the washer and dryer. There's a big laundry tub here that the washer empties in to and some shelves where she keeps stuff. The only way out is back southeast to the hallway.

On the shelves are a blacklight and laundry detergent.
action: You examine tub
response: You can't quite reach the top of the laundry tub to mess with it at all.

You hear clock in the living room chime eight times. You only have four hours to prepare for the monster.
action: You take the blacklight and the detergent
response: blacklight: Taken.
laundry detergent: Taken.
action: You look at the blacklight
response: It's a small black thing with a purple bulb in it that glows when you turn it on. Sometimes things glow when the light is on.

The blacklight is currently switched off.
action: You examine the detergent
response: It's a jug of goop that mom puts in the washer with your clothes.
action: You turn on light
response: You switch the blacklight on.
action: You look at the sheet
response: This is a white sheet for your bed. The sheet seems to glow white with the blacklight on.
action: Look around
response: This is where Mom cleans your clothes and stuff in the washer and dryer. There's a big laundry tub here that the washer empties in to and some shelves where she keeps stuff. The only way out is back southeast to the hallway.
action: Kiss machine
response: You can only do that to something animate.
action: You go southeast
response: This is the hallway. To the south the hallway extends to the kitchen, and then to the living room, where Mom and Dad are probably watching TV or something. They always get to stay up late. Back to the northeast is your room, and to the northwest is the laundry room where Mom washes your clothes. The closet here is where mom keeps extra blankets and stuff.
action: Go south
response: Mom and Dad would see you if you went out there. Then you'd be grounded. And you'd have to go to bed.
action: You go northeast
response: This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.
action: You look under the bed
response: That's where the monster comes from. You're pretty sure it isn't there right now, but it's dark and scary, so you don't want to tempt fate.
action: Inventory
response: You are carrying:
laundry detergent
a blacklight
a sheet
a wooden sword
action: You put sheet under the bed
response: "The monster won't be able to come into the room with that sheet glowing there." says Donald Duck. "Of course, he won't be able to escape back under the bed once he comes out if the sheet is glowing like that!"

You put the sheet under your bed.

Danny starts to laugh at nothing, then stops.
action: You turn on the blacklight
response: That's already on.
action: You put the detergent on Danny
response: No, he might drink it!
action: You ask Donald about the monster
response: "Monsters are dangerous creatures. They only come out at night, and the light scares them away. Normal weapons won't hurt them- not even a bazooka! Only light can hurt a monster." says Donald.
action: You ask Donald about the detergent
response: "That's what your mom uses to clean clothes." says Donald.
action: You put the sword in the detergent
response: You dip the sword into the laundry detergent, and it now has a film of
action: You ask Donald about the sword
response: detergent over it.

Danny starts to suck on Donald Duck.

Now THAT'S a weapon to use against a monster!
action: You look at the sword
response: This is a gray sword with a black handle. Your Uncle Pat got this for you last year, but Danny plays with it a lot. Under the blacklight the sword glows like a holy weapon of light!
action: You look under the the bed
response: That's where the monster comes from. You're pretty sure it isn't there right now, but it's dark and scary, so you don't want to tempt fate. You see wooden sword and sheet down there.
action: You go under the the bed
response: No way, that would be crazy!
action: You put the sheet on Danny
response: Danny takes the sheet and drops Donald Duck.
action: You give Donald to Danny
response: (first taking Donald Duck)
Danny takes Donald Duck and drops the sheet.
action: You put the sheet on crib
response: (first taking the sheet)

Putting things on Danny's crib would achieve nothing.
action: You go to the south-west
response: This is the hallway. To the south the hallway extends to the kitchen, and then to the living room, where Mom and Dad are probably watching TV or something. They always get to stay up late. Back to the northeast is your room, and to the northwest is the laundry room where Mom washes your clothes. The closet here is where mom keeps extra blankets and stuff.
action: You enter the closet
response: You get into the room closet.
action: You look at your surroundings
response: Your Bedroom (in the room closet)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.
action: Exit
response: You get out of the room closet.
action: You get on the bed
response: You get onto your bed.
action: You look under the crib
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You find nothing of interest.
action: You look at the shelves
response: They're shelves. You can put things on them.
action: Inventory
response: You are carrying:
a sheet
a wooden sword
laundry detergent
a blacklight
action: You take Donald
response: Taken.

You hear the clock in the living room chime nine times. You are running out of time to prepare for the monster.
action: You show the sword to Donald
response: Now THAT'S a weapon to use against a monster!
action: You show the sheet to Donald
response: (first taking the sheet)
You grab the sheet, but Danny has a grip of steel on it. You pull harder, but he starts to get that scrunched up face he makes when he's about to start screaming and you ease up. You won't be able to save him if Mom and Dad come in and make you go to bed!
action: Davidw thinks we should eviscerate you
response: "I don't know what you're talking about!" says Donald.
action: You ask Donald about the sheet
response: Donald stares at you blankly.
action: You search your bed
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

There is nothing on your bed.
action: Sleep
response: What? And risk the monster taking your brother? No, you are far too brave to let that happen. Tonight, you end this-- there can be only one!
action: You look under your bed
response: That's where the monster comes from. You're pretty sure it isn't there right now, but it's dark and scary, so you don't want to tempt fate.
action: You wait
response: If you're sure you've set a good trap for the monster, you can wait until midnight when the monster will come into the room.
action: You give Donald to Danny
response: Danny takes Donald Duck and drops the sheet.
action: You put the sheet under the bed
response: (first taking the sheet)

"The monster won't be able to come into the room with that sheet glowing there." says Donald Duck. "Of course, he won't be able to escape back under the bed once he comes out if the sheet is glowing like that!"

You put the sheet under your bed.
action: You enter the closet
response: You get into the room closet.
action: You turn off the light
response: You switch the blacklight off.
action: You wait
response: You jump on your bed and wait for the monster to come. The time passes slowly in anticipation.
action: Look around
response: Your Bedroom (on your bed)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear a lurking presence slathering from underneath the bed. Slowly a dark, barely visible mass of teeth and claws stalks slowly into the room. You note its pale red eyes, glowing with some kind of dead light glaring around the room, before resting their gaze on Danny's crib.
action: You turn on the light
response: You switch the blacklight on.

The monster shrieks at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It makes a dash for the bed, but then realizes that its escape route has been blocked by the glowing white sheet you have laid under the bed. It stops in its tracks, and looks around, panicked, before looking at the closet.
action: Close closet
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You close the room closet.

The monster opens up the closet door, then jumps inside the closet, and slams the door. You wait for a moment, and hear no further sounds, and realize the monster must have escaped. It does not come back that night, but you must remain forever vigilant in case one day it returns.
action: You kill the monster
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You strike at the monster with the glowing sword. As the lit weapon hits the monster, it howls in pain and fear, baffled that you have found a weapon capable of hurting it.

The monster jumps inside the closet, and slams the door. You wait for a moment, and hear no further sounds, and realize the monster must have escaped. It does not come back that night, but you must remain forever vigilant in case one day it returns.
action: Inventory
response: You are carrying:
Donald Duck
a wooden sword
laundry detergent
a blacklight
action: You look at the sword
response: This is a gray sword with a black handle. Your Uncle Pat got this for you last year, but Danny plays with it a lot. Under the blacklight the sword glows like a holy weapon of light!
action: You give Donald to Danny
response: Danny takes Donald Duck and drops the sheet.
action: You put the sheet under the bed
response: "The monster won't be able to come into the room with that sheet glowing there." says Donald Duck. "Of course, he won't be able to escape back under the bed once he comes out if the sheet is glowing like that!"

You put the sheet under your bed.
action: You turn off the light
response: You switch the blacklight off.
action: You look around
response: Your Bedroom (on your bed)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it, which you have pushed up against the closet door and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear a lurking presence slathering from underneath the bed. Slowly a dark, barely visible mass of teeth and claws stalks slowly into the room. You note its pale red eyes, glowing with some kind of dead light glaring around the room, before resting their gaze on Danny's crib.
action: You kill the monster
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You strike at the monster with the glowing sword. As the lit weapon hits the monster, it howls in pain and fear, baffled that you have found a weapon capable of hurting it.

The monster runs for the closet, but with the crib in the way, finds itself unable to open the door. Danny's glowing white shirt forces the monster back away from the closet before it can get a good grip on the door. Realizing how complete a trap you have laid for it, and that you have it trapped, it turns towards you to make its final stand.
action: You examine the monster
response: You see nothing special about the monster.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You kill the monster
response: You strike at the monster with the glowing sword. As the lit weapon hits the monster, it howls in pain and fear, baffled that you have found a weapon capable of hurting it.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You put the detergent on the monster
response: Putting things on the monster would achieve nothing.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You give the light to Danny
response: Danny takes the blacklight and drops Donald Duck.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You give the light to Danny
response: Danny takes the blacklight and drops Donald Duck.
action: You turn on the light
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You switch the blacklight on.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
Realizing what time it is, you quickly run to your bed to prepare for the monster. It's now or never, you're either ready or you're not!

You hear some growling from under the bed for a minute, but after a moment it stops. You wait and wait, but nothing happens. Eventually you realize that the sheet under the bed and the blacklight has effectively stopped the monster from entering your room altogether. You fall asleep, realizing that you need not fight the monster now that you have a means of keeping it out of your room-- as long as you keep the blacklight full of batteries!
action: You turn on the light
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You switch the blacklight on.

The monster shrieks at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It makes a dash for the bed, but then realizes that its escape route has been blocked by the glowing white sheet you have laid under the bed. It stops in its tracks, and looks around, panicked, before looking at the closet.

Danny bites down on the blacklight bulb, which breaks in his mouth. He immediately starts screaming as shards of glass cut up his mouth and throat. Your parents come running in, and shriek upon seeing the blood coming from his mouth. Mom grabs him and screams, running to call the hospital while Dad yells at you about giving him something so dangerous and for going out of your room to get it. Danny is rushed to the hospital, where the doctors are able to save him. But you get a very serious spanking. Danny is kept in the hospital for several days, so at least the monster doesn't get him, but still, it seems like there may have been a better way to save him.
action: You wait
response: Time passes.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear a lurking presence slathering from underneath the bed. Slowly a dark, barely visible mass of teeth and claws stalks slowly into the room. You note its pale red eyes, glowing with some kind of dead light glaring around the room, before resting their gaze on Danny's crib.
action: You turn on the light
response: You switch the blacklight on.

The monster shrieks at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It makes a dash for the bed, but then realizes that its escape route has been blocked by the glowing white sheet you have laid under the bed. It stops in its tracks, and looks around, panicked, before looking at the closet.
action: You throw Donald at the monster
response: You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.

The monster runs for the closet, but with the crib in the way, finds itself unable to open the door. Danny's glowing white shirt forces the monster back away from the closet before it can get a good grip on the door. Realizing how complete a trap you have laid for it, and that you have it trapped, it turns towards you to make its final stand.
action: You give Donald to the monster
response: The monster doesn't seem interested.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You ask Donald about the monster
response: "Monsters are dangerous creatures. They only come out at night, and the light scares them away. Normal weapons won't hurt them- not even a bazooka! Only light can hurt a monster." says Donald.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: Go southwest
response: This is not the time to escape. It's time for you to make your stand.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You take the sheet
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

Taken.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You take the sheet
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

Taken.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You put sheet on the monster
response: Putting things on the monster would achieve nothing.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You throw the sheet at the monster
response: You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You drop the detergent
response: Dropped.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You throw the detergent at the monster
response: (first taking laundry detergent)
You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: Look around
response: This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it, which you have pushed up against the closet door and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.
action: You open the closet
response: That's already open.
action: You put the sword in dryer
response: The dryer is closed.
action: Kermit the frog style
response: "I don't understand what you're talking about, you big balooga!" says Donald.
action: Dryer
response: "Mom puts me in the washer for my bath and in the dryer afterwards. I hate it." says Donald.
action: You show Donald to Donald
response: Donald Duck is unimpressed.
action: You show the detergent to Donald
response: "That's what your mom uses to clean clothes." says Donald.
action: Show washer to Donald
response: (first taking the washing machine)
The door is stuck, and the buttons are out of reach, and it's not suitable for climbing, so there isn't much you can do with the washing machine.
action: You ask Donald about the martyrdom
response: "I don't know what you're talking about!" says Donald.
action: You look at the sword
response: This is a gray sword with a black handle. Your Uncle Pat got this for you last year, but Danny plays with it a lot. Under the blacklight the sword glows like a holy weapon of light!
action: Drink detergent
response: No, that's POISON! You're old enough to know better!
action: You jump
response: You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
action: You drop Donald
response: Dropped.
action: You check your inventory
response: You are carrying:
a wooden sword
laundry detergent
a blacklight
action: You get Donald
response: Taken.
action: Go southeast
response: This is the hallway. To the south the hallway extends to the kitchen, and then to the living room, where Mom and Dad are probably watching TV or something. They always get to stay up late. Back to the northeast is your room, and to the northwest is the laundry room where Mom washes your clothes. The closet here is where mom keeps extra blankets and stuff.

You hear the clock in the living room chime ten times. The monster will be here in just two hours.
action: Go south
response: Mom and Dad would see you if you went out there. Then you'd be grounded. And you'd have to go to bed.
action: Go north
response: There's a wall there. And you've run into enough of those to know that you aren't going through it.
action: You examine closet
response: The closet is kind of dark and spooky. Even the blacklight does not make it less scary.
action: You search the closet
response: The hall closet is empty.
action: You examine the light
response: It's a small black thing with a purple bulb in it that glows when you turn it on. Sometimes things glow when the light is on.It is glowing with an eerie purple glow.

The blacklight is currently switched on.
action: Closet
response: "Monsters sometimes come from under a bed or from closets." says Donald.
action: You go northeast
response: This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

Danny coos quietly in his crib.
action: You get Danny
response: Oh, no. Last time you took Danny out of the crib your mom got so mad! Better not make her yell at you again. In any case, Danny is probably safer inside the crib than outside.
action: You look in the crib
response: In Danny's crib is Danny.
action: You look at the door
response: This is your closet. Can a monster get into the room this way?
action: You put Donald in the detergent
response: But you might ruin Donald Duck by doing so.
action: You put the sheet in the detergent
response: But you might ruin the sheet by doing so.
action: You check your inventory
response: You are carrying:
laundry detergent
a sheet
a wooden sword
a blacklight
action: You examine danny
response: This is your little brother. He cries sometimes and he's kind of a pain, but you can't let the monster get him! He's wearing his favorite white shirt which is glowing in the blacklight. Danny is holding Donald Duck.
action: You dip yourself in the detergent
response: (first taking yourself)
You are always self-possessed.
action: Describe the surroundings
response: Your Bedroom (on your bed)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it, which you have pushed up against the closet door and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear some growling from under the bed for a minute, but after a moment it stops. You wait and wait, but nothing happens. Eventually you realize that the sheet under the bed and the blacklight has effectively stopped the monster from entering your room altogether. You fall asleep, realizing that you need not fight the monster now that you have a means of keeping it out of your room-- as long as you keep the blacklight full of batteries!
action: Look around
response: Your Bedroom (on your bed)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear some growling from under the bed for a minute, but after a moment it stops. You wait and wait, but nothing happens. Eventually you realize that the sheet under the bed and the blacklight has effectively stopped the monster from entering your room altogether. You fall asleep, realizing that you need not fight the monster now that you have a means of keeping it out of your room-- as long as you keep the blacklight full of batteries!
action: You put the sheet under the bed
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

(first taking the sheet)

You grab the sheet, but Danny has a grip of steel on it. You pull harder, but he starts to get that scrunched up face he makes when he's about to start screaming and you ease up. You won't be able to save him if Mom and Dad come in and make you go to bed!

The monster hows in anger at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It dives under the bed and escapes into the shadows. It does not come back that night, but you must remain forever vigilant in case one day it returns.
action: You turn off the light
response: You switch the blacklight off.

Danny coos quietly in his crib.
action: You turn on light
response: You switch the blacklight on.
action: You give Donald to Danny
response: Danny takes Donald Duck and drops the sheet.
action: You put the sheet under the bed
response: "The monster won't be able to come into the room with that sheet glowing there." says Donald Duck. "Of course, he won't be able to escape back under the bed once he comes out if the sheet is glowing like that!"

You put the sheet under your bed.

The monster shrieks at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It makes a dash for the bed, but then realizes that its escape route has been blocked by the glowing white sheet you have laid under the bed. It stops in its tracks, and looks around, panicked, before looking at the closet.
action: You stand on the bed
response: You get onto your bed.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You kill the monster
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You strike at the monster with the glowing sword. As the lit weapon hits the monster, it howls in pain and fear, baffled that you have found a weapon capable of hurting it.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You take the sheet
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

Taken.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: Pray
response: "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my sould to keep. If I should die before I wake, I hope I take that monster down with me!"
action: Look around
response: Your Bedroom (on your bed)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

You can see a monster here.

The monster leaps towards Danny, tearing him out of the crib with its long arms and dropping him into its massive maw. You scream impotently as it looks towards you. It realizes it can't hurt you, since you're on your bed, so it hisses at you and dives back under the bed and disappears into the shadows. The sight of the monster in person seems to have snapped something in your mind, as all you can see from then on is the shadowy mass of claws and teeth killing your baby brother. You never speak again, you barely eat again or notice what's going on around you, even in the morning when your parents attempt to interrogate you about where your brother is. Many more people try talking to you, but you scarcely hear them, and eventually they put you into a small room where no one tries to talk to you anymore. But they keep the light on, because when it's dark you scream.
action: You stand on the bed
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You get onto your bed.

The monster runs for the closet, but with the crib in the way, finds itself unable to open the door. Danny's glowing white shirt forces the monster back away from the closet before it can get a good grip on the door. Realizing how complete a trap you have laid for it, and that you have it trapped, it turns towards you to make its final stand.
action: You wait
response: Time passes.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You continue
response: Time passes.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You get sheet
response: Taken.

Danny grabs at the sides of his crib for a moment.
action: You sit
response: What do you want to sit on?
action: You sit on your bed
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You get onto your bed.
action: Xyzzy
response: Tonight, you may be eaten by a grue.
action: Describe the surroundings
response: Your Bedroom (on your bed)
This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it, which you have pushed up against the closet door and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.
action: You wear the sheet
response: Monsters aren't afraid of ghosts.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear a lurking presence slathering from underneath the bed. Slowly a dark, barely visible mass of teeth and claws stalks slowly into the room. You note its pale red eyes, glowing with some kind of dead light glaring around the room, before resting their gaze on Danny's crib.
action: You put the sheet under the bed
response: You put the sheet under your bed.

The monster leaps towards Danny, tearing him out of the crib with its long arms and dropping him into its massive maw. You scream impotently as it looks towards you. It realizes it can't hurt you, since you're on your bed, so it hisses at you and dives back under the bed and disappears into the shadows. The sight of the monster in person seems to have snapped something in your mind, as all you can see from then on is the shadowy mass of claws and teeth killing your baby brother. You never speak again, you barely eat again or notice what's going on around you, even in the morning when your parents attempt to interrogate you about where your brother is. Many more people try talking to you, but you scarcely hear them, and eventually they put you into a small room where no one tries to talk to you anymore. But they keep the light on, because when it's dark you scream.
action: Describe the surroundings
response: This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it, which you have pushed up against the closet door and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

Danny watches you intently.
action: You get under the bed
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

Are you trying to take a geometric space?

The monster runs for the closet, but with the crib in the way, finds itself unable to open the door. Danny's glowing white shirt forces the monster back away from the closet before it can get a good grip on the door. Realizing how complete a trap you have laid for it, and that you have it trapped, it turns towards you to make its final stand.
action: You get in your bed
response: You get onto your bed.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: Look around
response: This is your room. Well, it was your room, now it's yours and Danny's. It has a closet, Danny's crib, with Danny in it and your bed. The way out to the hallway is to the southwest.

Danny grabs at the sides of his crib for a moment.
action: You take the sheet
response: You grab the sheet, but Danny has a grip of steel on it. You pull harder, but he starts to get that scrunched up face he makes when he's about to start screaming and you ease up. You won't be able to save him if Mom and Dad come in and make you go to bed!
action: You turn on the light
response: That's already on.

The monster hows in anger at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It dives under the bed and escapes into the shadows. It does not come back that night, but you must remain forever vigilant in case one day it returns.
action: You throw the sheet on the monster
response: (first taking the sheet)
(first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.

The monster hows in anger at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It dives under the bed and escapes into the shadows. It does not come back that night, but you must remain forever vigilant in case one day it returns.
action: You put the sheet on the monster
response: (first getting off your bed)
You get off of your bed.

(first taking the sheet)

Putting things on the monster would achieve nothing.

The monster hows in anger at the various glowing objects in the room, realizing that you have some kind of source of light that it was not familar with. It dives under the bed and escapes into the shadows. It does not come back that night, but you must remain forever vigilant in case one day it returns.
action: You look at the sword
response: This is a gray sword with a black handle. Your Uncle Pat got this for you last year, but Danny plays with it a lot. It seems to have some goop on it from the detergent bottle.
action: You turn on the light
response: You switch the blacklight on.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear some growling from under the bed for a minute, but after a moment it stops. You wait and wait, but nothing happens. Eventually you realize that the sheet under the bed and the blacklight has effectively stopped the monster from entering your room altogether. You fall asleep, realizing that you need not fight the monster now that you have a means of keeping it out of your room-- as long as you keep the blacklight full of batteries!
action: Attack monster
response: You strike at the monster with the glowing sword. As the lit weapon hits the monster, it howls in pain and fear, baffled that you have found a weapon capable of hurting it.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: Attack monster
response: You take one final strike at the monster, bringing down your weapon of light upon it, just as your parents open the door to find out what all the commotion is about in here. The monster explodes in a shadowy goo, which envelopes the room, extinguishing all light. Your hear your parents shouting until your dad lights a lighter. They find you with your toy sword on the ground, and your brother safely in his crib. They yell at you for being out of bed, but you do hear Dad ask Mom as they walk away "Did you see some kind of animal or something in there?" and she is unable to answer, as she isn't sure what she saw.

You go to bed, triumphant, knowing you did it, you killed the monster and saved your brother!
action: You press enter
response: Jumping (while on the bed) or sleeping?
action: You press enter
response: "Map", "Xyzzy", "Pray", "Win", "Think", "Credits", "Kill Self"?
action: You press enter
response: Being very persistant about running into walls or trying to enter the kitchen?
action: You press enter
response: Giving the blacklight or detergent to Danny and then giving him time to play with it?
action: You press enter
response: Listening To, Kissing, Touching, Tickling everyone?
action: You press enter
response: Have you gotten all the endings?
action: You press enter
response: The endings are: HERO, BLOODY BABY, DEAD BABY, CAUGHT, RETARDED, OUNCE OF PREVENTION, POSTPONING THE INEVITABLE, FAILURE, and MARTYR.
action: You press enter
response: Donald responds to questions about: Danny, Vampires, (swearing), monsters, light, time, midnight, help, what do i do, mom/dad, washer/dryer, and closets.
action: You press enter
response: You can also try playing "The Tiny House" or "Suicide" by the same author.
action: Not exactly
response: Well, that's all!

Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions for AMUSING things to do, QUIT or UNDO the last command?
action: You fuck you
response: "Your mom is going to wash out your mouth for talking like that." says Donald.

The monster takes a swipe at you with razor sharp claws. It literally misses by a hair, making claw marks in your shirt without piercing your skin.
action: You hug the monster
response: Keep your mind on the game.

The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
The monster slams into you, knocking you down on the floor, the sword falling from your grasp. You reach for the sword, and your hand justs graps it as the monster grabs your ankle and lifts you into the air. On the way down into its mouth, you reach out with the sword, just as the jaws of death clamp down on you, ending your life.

Though you don't know it, the monster explodes in blackness which envelopes the room in darkness until daybreak, when your parents find your brother, safe in his crib, and you are nowhere to be found.
action: You hug danny
response: You kiss your brother, and give him a big hug. Hopefully one day he'll appreciate what you do for him tonight.
action: Tickle danny
response: Danny giggles.
action: You give the detergent to Danny
response: Danny takes laundry detergent and drops the sheet.
action: You get on the bed
response: You get onto your bed.
action: You wait
response: There's a wall there. And you've run into enough of those to know that you aren't going through it.

If you're sure you've set a good trap for the monster, you can wait until midnight when the monster will come into the room.
action: You wait
response: Time passes.

The clock in the living room chimes twelve times. Midnight!
You hear a lurking presence slathering from underneath the bed. Slowly a dark, barely visible mass of teeth and claws stalks slowly into the room. You note its pale red eyes, glowing with some kind of dead light glaring around the room, before resting their gaze on Danny's crib.

Danny manages to get the cap off the laundry detergent and starts pouring it into his mouth, trying to drink it like a bottle. You wrestle it away from him, and he starts choking. Panicked, you run to Mom and Dad, who come in to see what's going on. Mom immediately goes into hysterics and calls poison control while Dad yells at you and gives you spankings for giving your brother poison. They try to make your brother get sick, but it doesn't work and he stops crying and starts going blue. Years from now, when your parents can no longer look at you, or each other, and you are in weekly therapy, you still haven't forgiven yourself for murdering your brother.
action: Go south
response: Mom and Dad would see you if you went out there. Then you'd be grounded. And you'd have to go to bed.

You can hear the TV going in the other room.
action: You go to the south
response: Mom and Dad would see you if you went out there. Then you'd be grounded. And you'd have to go to bed.

You hear your parents talking in the living room, but it's too faint to make out what they're saying.